''Pro Armenia'' (1900–1914)
was a French-language fortnightly that took pro-Armenian positions.
The goal of the journal was to raise awareness in Europe about the plight of Armenians in the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
.
It was founded at the initiative of
Christapor Mikaelian
Christapor Mikaelian (Armenian: , Krisdapor Mikaelyan/Chrisdapor Mikaelian; 18 October 1859 – 17 March 1905), also known by his ''noms de guerre'' Hellen (), Topal (), and Edward (), was one of the three founders of the Armenian Revolutionary F ...
, a co-founder of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...
, enlisting the help of a number of prominent
Dreyfusard and leftist intellectuals.
Pierre Quillard
Pierre Quillard (born Paris, 14 July 1864 - died Neuilly-sur-Seine, 4 February 1912) was a French symbolist poet, playwright, translator (from Greek), and journalist. An anarchist and supporter of Dreyfus, he later became one of the first ...
was its editor-in-chief and
Jean Longuet
Jean-Laurent-Frederick Longuet (5 October 1876 – 11 September 1938) was a French socialist politician and journalist. He was Karl Marx's grandson.
Early years
Jean, often called 'Johnny' as a boy by his family, was born in London on October 5 ...
was its secretary.
The members of its editorial committee were
Georges Clemenceau
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (, also , ; 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A key figure of the Independent Radicals, he was a ...
,
Anatole France
(; born , ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie França ...
,
Jean Jaurès
Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 185931 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès (; oc, Joan Jaurés ), was a French Socialist leader. Initially a Moderate Republican, he later became one of the first social dem ...
,
Francis de Pressensé
Francis Charles Dehault de Pressensé (September 30, 1853, Paris – January 19, 1914, Paris) was a French politician and journalist.
Biography
He was the son of Protestant religious leader Edmond de Pressensé. He was educated at the Lyceé Bon ...
, and Edmond de Roberty.
It temporarily ceased publication after the
1908 Ottoman constitutional revolution.
It was published again in 1912 and 1913 under the title ''Pour les Peuples d’Orient''.
In 1914, the last year that the journal was published, it resumed its original name.
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Digitized issues{{authority control
1900 establishments in France
1914 disestablishments in France
French-language newspapers
Dreyfusards