Britain’s Lord Bryce welcomes Russia’s liberation of Erzerum, saving Armenian lives. “There is no people in the world which has suffered more. It has been a victim not of religious fanaticism, but of cold-blooded, premeditated hatred on the part of the brigands who term themselves the Turkish Government and who do not intend vitality except in their own element.” #TheNewYorkTimes, 02/23/1916, #ArmenianGenocide #GenocideDiary