The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-17
TURKS AS CANNIBALS
They Cooked and Ate the Flesh
Of the Armenians.
YET NO NATION HAS PROTESTED


TFfTIx. Rsss<szn Trzns-Caucassn. Dee is.
IA letter which appeared IN paper mere
states that for nineteen days the resi-
dents 90 Arrnens2n villages where the out
raxes were rerpefrated fought against tie
Kursas The Arr.enaans lost WHY ten
warriors. while the Kuras lost $50 When
the troops under Zesxkd Pzxfsa appeared,
the Armerizns were compelled 20 sue
enrnb After Zekki Pasha's treachery ~
offering peace. sixty young ArmeEsans
were seized and tortured horribly for
three days Then ail-were murdered ard
their bodies buried in a ditch Among the
Armenian heroes vino lost their lives. the
writer mentions Derbe1roz. who with his
own hand killed seven Kur6s In . fair
Eight. lie was captured and fayed TO the
waist Pieces OF hts flesh were cooked
ard eaten by the savage Turks while he
was ssiH alive.
London, DEC. I6-The Standards Con-
stantinople correspondent says that Sir
Fshilip Currie. British ambassador TO
Turkey, has induced France and Russia
20 tofn England in her humanitarian cam
paign ia the teeth Of German opposition
Lord Roseberry mas asked f. T.. Steven
son. member OF parliament, al chairman
of the Angio-Armenian Association that
q eepatafion be appointed at the meeting
to De held tomorrow 20 submit 10 Lord
Kimberly. of the foreign office. the rssolu-
tons adopted. The FIRST resolution viii re-
cord the indignation caused by the porte's
continued vToAtion or The principles OF
humanity, and that the slxty-frst article
Of the Berlin treaty Is allowed. owing to
the indifference Of the sggnafory powers,
20 rannafn 40 long iDoperative.
The British government Is called upon
to take the initiative In insisting on the
immediate introduction OF definite reforms
ir,e a rfgenIa in accordance with the pledge
given az Berlin By Turkey The second
Resolution says: while approving the
international consular commission, we
believe that the mere Furnishing OF few
Offenders will not change the situation.
What is really required Is concerted and
vigorous action by the powers" Ia the
third resolution the meeting viii raise
protest against the continued refusal OF
the foreign Office since isSg to publish the
consular reports relating TO Armenian af-
fairs and will call for early information
concerning Armenians VINO. either I'M
tried or after mere mock trials. have been
Imprisoned and maltre4ted. Among the
speakers At the meeting will be Com
monerx c. r. Schwaun. Sir J. w. Peese.
r. A Claiming. r. J. Morton and Editor
CIayden Of the Daily News.
Constantnople. Dec. is.-Ths proposal
that consuis OF Great Britain. Russia. and
France shall act with the Armenian com
MISSION appointed To investigate the
the reported atroo4fies OF the Turkish
soldiers In Armenia. emanafed from the
porte I'm consequence OF Great Britaln's
represe nta tons on the subject. but II Is
now stated that tire cOnsuls OF the three
powers viii only follow the commissions
deliberations and make suggestions re-
Ear,iing the presence and examination OF
witnesses. The conzuls viii not st with
the commission. bat their presence with
tbs commission Is expected TO assure the
population. The porte viii be officially
informed Of the instructions which Will
BE- gwen 10 the o0nsuis BY their respect
I've governments. and formal request
20 the porte for permission "a send the
consuls with the commission viii also
be made by the powers Interested. I'm
order To facilitate their task