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The Question Not a New One--Resistance of Zoroastrianism--Of Mohammedanism--Of Pagan-Mohammedanism--Turkish Misrule--“Tears of Armenia”--Cause of the Russo-Turkish War--“The Infidels Must be Killed”--Testimony of an Eye-witness--The Treaty of San Stefano (1878)--Promises of Reform--Anglo-Turkish Convention of Cypress--The Treaty of Berlin--England’s Contract with Turkey--Disturbance among Kurds--The Abandonment of the Cause of Justice--Arms Denied the Armenians, but Granted All Others--The Turkish “Court of Mockery”--Correspondence of the London _Daily News_--Revision of the Treaty of Berlin--England’s Responsibility--Statement of the Armenian Question--Turkish Disregard for Pledged Treaty--Indifference of Other Nations--An Instance of Cruelty--Simply One of Many--“A Revolutionary Poem.”