The herald., 1894-11-17
Men, Women and Children
RuthleSsly Slain by
Soldiers.
THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS.
No Compassion shown for Age, seq or
Conditien-Rape Followed by
Cruel Murd sr-Sioksn.
ing Scenes.

LONDON, Nov. 16.-The chairman Of
the Armenian Patriotic association, G.
Hagopian. has sent the following letter
received from an Armenian whose name
is not given because it would jeopardizs
his life, to the earl Of Kimb berly, the
secretary of state for foreign affairs. The
letter is accompanied by one from Hago.
plan, in which he says:
II have no reason to doubt the
authenticity Of the details. They will
be borne out by fuller official reports
which have been, or will soon be re-
ceived from the British agents in Arme-
mia. The events reported are the re-
enactment of the Bulgarian atrocities,
with all their most eickening details Of
fiendish lust and atrocious cruelty on
unarmed Christians and defenseless, in
nocens women and children, deliberate.
ly planned and ruthlessly executed
under orders received from Conetan-
tinople."
Hagopian concludes by saying that
the time has come to abolish in toto the
existing administration of armenia aud
replace it by another regime approved
by Great Britain and other signstories
of the treaty of Berlin and be under
their immediate supervision.
The letter Of the Armenian thus pre-.
faced, is dated Bitlis, October 9th. After
saying that the magnate appears to be O
second Nero, the writer continues:
THE so-called rebellion of the Arme-
niana in 1898 was got-up affair for the
of which the chief magnate
got decoration.
This year the Kurds carried of Ar
menian oxen, end the Armeniana' ap.
peal for the restoration was refused. A
fight ensued, two Kurds were killed and
three wounded.
"The Kurds Immediately carried
their dead before the governor, declar.
ing Armenian soldiers had overrun the
land, killing and plundering the Kurds.
This furnished a pretext for massing
the troops from far and near. The
troops were commanded by paeha and
a marshal. and were hurried to the dis
trict.
1.-THE paaha is said to have hung from
his breast, after reading it to his SOL
diers, an order from Constantinople, to
cut the Armeniaus up root and branch,
and adjuring them to do 80 if they loved
their king and government.
"Nearly all OF these things were re-
lated here. and the soldiers who took
part in the horrible carnage claim the
Kurds did most of the WORK while thew
only obeyed the orders of the otbere.
1T is said that 100 fell to each OF them
to dispose Of. No compassion vas shown
to age or sex, even by the regular
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supplicant at their feet.
Sixteen thousand persons met such
a fate as even the darkest of darkened
Africa has hardly Witnessed for the
and tender babes might at least
have had chance for liis OF slavery,
while their womanhood was but
mockery before the cruel lust TINT ended
ts debauchery by stabbing women to
1eatn with the bayonet. while tender
babes were impaled with the came
on their dead mothers breast
Or perhaps seized by the hair TO have
their heads chopped off with the sword.
SIN one place 800 or 400 women, after
being forced to serve vile purposes by
The merciess soldiers, were hacked to
pieces by sword and bayonet in the val.
ey below.
in another place some 200 weeping
md wsiling women begged for compass
,ion, falling at the commanders feet.
out the bloodthirsty wretch, after orr
iering their violation. directed his SOL
lers to dispatch them IN a similar way.
"In another place some 60 young
brides and the more attractive girls
we're crowded into church, and after
were slaughtered end human
,ore WAS soon flowing from the church
ioor.
"Ai another place large company,
lnder the leadership Of their priests,
ell down before them. begging for COM
passion and syerring they had nothing
o do with the culprits. But all TO no
purpose. All were called to one place
md the proposal was made to several OF
he more attractive women to change
heir faith, in which event their lives
we're to be spared.
"They said: Why should we deny
Jhristp> We are no more thsn these,'
pointing to the mapglsd forms OF their
husbands and brothers. Kill us, too
and they did so.
"a great effort was made to save one
beauty, but three OF four quarreed over
ler and she sank down Ike her sisters.
But why prolong the sickening tale?
There must be God ia heaven who
sill do right in all these matters, or
ome of us would lose faith.
zone or more cousul3 have been or.