Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-17
Thousands Of lrnsnlals HassacTod
BY Turkish Soldiers.
MEy, wonLS AND CHILDREN SLAIN
by Direct order, II /, stated. Fr, m
Coustaplinople-Onl'lai Version
OF the ARiir.

lcopariiss his lie, ~ tue Earl 0i Kun.
berry, secretary OF state for foreign
snsiis. Toe letter 10 accompanied by
one from Hasopiau, In which he say,;
III have no reason 70 doubt the authtn.
ticity Of tho details. rhey will he
torn out by fuller official reports witch
have been, or wuicn Will SON he re-.
crivrd ifUm the BRITISH agsnts Ia
Armenia"
The letter Of the Armenian thus pre-.
faced 10 dated Bitiis, UctOuei 0.h. Ine
writer aayti
"ihs called rebellion Of the AT.
meniaus la 1873 was get-up ansiG
Tor tho fepiusfIOn VI wbiCn this chic,
magtstfatu got a drcofAtiOa.
ems year thu kutuH carried 90
Armenian oxen nnd the Armenian
appeal Tor tue restoration was rciu eli.
A hgbt euturd, two kufds were
killuu aud three we're wounded.
"lhU kurIs tmus Ittuly carried
their drau bu,Ofo the governor, utclsf-
INK the Armenian soidivis mai Ov,f.
run tue isud, killing aud piuudufiug
the kutds.
"ruus furnished a pfot'xt, trosrs
from iHf ana near, CUmmhhutd by -
Iasua aud matsbal, were hurled ~
the district.
"rne iasha IL said TO have hung
from hlr breast, u. tot fradiu. u 10 nis
toiditfu, an order from CONSTANT o.
pls ~ cut the AfmruianH up, root nuu
branch, and auJufing them 10 do 30 n
they loved thUir kiug anu gOvernmtuL
"NeHriy al VI these thiugs we're tu-
lated here aud there ny H1ldiufs VINO
tI0k part IA the horrible carnage.
some oi thom were weep ng.
alt T. saiu that loo luil TO each OF
them 10 dispose VI. No oJmJasituu
was shown ~ age vi SEA, even Ny thu
regular HuluieiF, NOT even when tue
vicuuH fell applicant nj turir isut.
"Six.run tn usnu iofEBus ulUi such
fate M even tue dafkttt ages VI uaTk.
cued a riva uatdly witnessed, iot the
women ana tender babra mlgut, nj
least, nave uau u cnaure lot a itio OF
e'hvtfy, WINE tucir wOmhuhUOl was
but uitCkufy bsiOfu tue ofuvl Iust
that vnued It, de baucn by Htsbbin.
women 10 death with tue biyUnrt
whilr tender babes were inipacI wan
tue same weapon on tnpir ucAl
mO,heft' breasts, OF pefhap, seized by
tue hair 20 have tnyir heads chopped
or wish the sword.
"in ono place 800 or 100 womsn, after
oIug forced 10 suiye vie Iufpo.vs by
the mefciiess so.diety, were hacked ~
PAGES by sWOfu anu OAyOnvI Ia the
valley below.
"ln another place rome 200 weeping
anu wAIiii 8 women begged iUr com.
passion, fAinng at the commanders
icvt, but tLo biuOlthifsty wTut b, alter
Ofdtfing their vocation, directed his
s,luitrs 10 dispatch them Ia similar
way.
"ln another place some sixty young
bu-uu auu tho more attractive girls
were crowded Into "a church ana after
Violation wtr, slaughtered anu uuman
gore was toOn flowing nom thv church
door.
"At another place large company,
unueT the lvauefsuip Of their plissIs,
fell down D. tore them begging To-
compassion, anu Aveffiug tnuy had
nothing To do with the cuipfit,. But
Eli 10 10 purpose. All were called 90
one place Aud tbs pf0lO'Al was made
" several OF tue mIie attractive W..
men ~ ouauge their faiin, IA winch
event their i've, were TO be sp.fua.
They sal; 'Why SHOULD We ueuy
Cnris? We aro no m 10 tnau theSr, ,
pointing 10 the maugl,d iOruH OF their
husbands aul ufotnofs, 'eiii US too,
u. Il they did 90.
"But why ptolong the sickenlug tai :
There musl be u God In heaven wnu
will do right In all thete mat,oIs, VI
some OF Us would lose faith"
Another letter says some Of tho reg.
ulAr sDl tiers tnemrvlypz admit lLvy
Killed 100 persous each In frndisi
manner, anu that rape was followed
by tue bayonet. Twenty OF thirty
Armenian villages, it would seem
have been wholly destroyed, anu somt
peraOuH were hut 10 death with keTO'
seno IN their own housrs.
TURKISH vERsIoS.
CossTANTINOpLE, Nov. 10. - TIL.
following titclai account oil tho NJ
meniau tfIuuio Was Issued TO-DAY:
Some Armenian Origanus, prUvl el
with ann Of foreign make, joined al
insurgeui kuid tribe Tor the purpose 70
committing excuses. lnuy burned
auu devastated several Mlstrlmr
Villages. Asan instance OF tnp ipruci
~ Of tho AmruiauH, II II repOrte,
they burned awe Musselmau. Rsg,
ulhl AtNuNa MNlh HNhN ~ 30 nNNNh "
protect psaceaUle Inhabitants agaiHs
these appropriations,
Tue OF man troops not only pr
teetod aud 10 puutvd tue submissive
portion ol the population aud tue wO
men ana CHI ditn, tut tley Tt-tstat
llthed order nn tranquility. It's 40
true that the kurus Hulzud the iutn
ture, effects RuI cattle ~ the iugiuv
ArmeuIaus. The lAttortook their 81 Q.
To tue m iuntalns before foy0iuus,
The Armenian, women at pftseu
with tue kuris uvlung to thp fam lie
OF the brigauus auu went OF their ow
accord with their husbands to H.
insutl cut kutur. Resi- ceiling the VI
lagos alleged 10 have Uueu destroy q.
IL was the Afmonians VINO cgrrloi oI
oil their belonsiuks before bucUnin
bHgauus.
ooNFhMA7IoN or the STORY,
LoNDiN, NV lG "A Dispatch 10 ID
SidHaafd rom Nvin,, Buigara, Say
tue. uvsplto the lLufkirh gUyciLuu q
silence, iacts nave Clms Odi wuic
leave no uOubt that nsspuufr
Chuala has occurred o. as I'M D
tant "a scale 49, tle uulolury AT BaOl
Buigafiu, VII Cn cent "a tnfiil Oi hur {
thf,u h tho c,vihz-d world. lt
r. uble logan with tue refusal OF Ia
ATm6uiaLs 10 pey tex, N The PEI
Uotaibiy wei fuundtu, that the IT,
Qutnt Kur1lsn RAILS nave impove
bred th,m'
In lhs meantime, the governor