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Faithfulness, at What Cost?--The Greek Revolution--In the Island of Chios--An Explorer’s Description of an Assault--Massacre in Syria in 1860--Scenes in Damascus--Letter from American Consul-General--Correspondence in _London Times_--Testimony of American Missionaries--A Noted Change of Sentiment--Sultan Abdul Hamid--A False Accusation--Condoning Injustice--An Armenian Revolution Impossible and Absurd--Kurdish Chiefs Armed for Suppression--A Medical Missionary’s Letter--Who Posted the Placards?--Two College Professors Unjustly Imprisoned--Moslem Mobs in Possession of Cæsarea--Official Reports of Turkish Outrages--Rev. Father Endeavor Clark’s Experiences--So-called “Agitators”--Result of Trial--Why Their Anchors Could Not be Lifted--Enquiry in the English House of Commons--Memorial Sent by the Society of Friends to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs--Reply to Memorial A Difference of Opinion.