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The year is 1896.
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A Turkish provincial governor
has called...
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an emergency meeting of his council.
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Be seated,
be seated, please.
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Your glasses, Governor.
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This came an hour ago,
over the wire from the capital.
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Your Excellency...
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On this day, the eve of our
national feast of Bayram...
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Armenian fanatics have
dared to set fire...
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to the National Turkish Bank
in Constantinople.
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It is the wish of our Sultan...
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Abdul Hamid the Resplendent,
the shadow of God on earth...
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that the Armenian subject people
throughout his empire...
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be taught, once and for all,
that acts of terror...
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cannot be tolerated.
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Our Sultan has the patience
of the Prophet...
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but he has now given signs
that he would be pleased...
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if this lesson were impressed,
once and for all...
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upon this dangerous minority.
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How this is to be effected
will be left to Their Excellencies...
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the governors of each province...
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...and to the army post commanders
stationed in each provincial capital.