Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-12-15
THE ARMENIANS!

Washington, bee 1.-THE Turkish le
CATION has received the follow ing uthriAl
commu icAti0n The Armenian agi,Atofr
VII" made their appearance III the steer
mountains IL TAlnuri, situated h-twrrn
Sasrnum, in the anuthwrs, IL M"ush, In
village 81 Btli-J and dis,ric, u CAlb.
hut-ssSrisl Gnd GurndJi, combined their
forces al the ins,igstion ~ u certain Ham.
psr'loum, who. under the assumed name
oi Mourat. wsr already giving trouble in
those r-Kions, THIS HAmpsriEnum after
having frr eight years studied medicine
at u civil medical sch"ol and participated
ia disorders, hed To A,herAs and thence
a. Geneva. He Afterwards went disguis-
81 and again under assumed name by
way II Al,xAndr-t from Darkhro Ia the
neighb"rhod 81 Bi,lis. and he began s,zli.
hous agitation together with live other
individuals lie has given positive aS.
surances to cr-dulous people tina, he was
foreign agent, backed by all the Euro.
p"An powers IN hin plans Ia upset the
Turkish authorities. lie succeeded thus
IN getting TO his criminal ends ID. Ar
menians II the villages Of siner, simAl.
Gulli-Guzst. Ahl. HeieIk, Shank. Che.
kind, Elfsri. Moussone, Et.k and Akd.
jerk. AZ we'll as tho-. ~ the email Dor.
ough Of Tslouri. comprising four die.
tricts.
Now these insurgents under the com.
msnd II Hampartzoum, abandoning To.
wari the after part II July last, their re-.
spective Villages. and after having plac-
ed in inaccessible spots their wives.
children and belongings, aud secured CD
operation Of other armed insurgents. that
came from the valley % Mousb. aud from
CssAr Of Cslb and Selvan. assembled To.
gs'h-r, numbering more than 5000 n, Il
place called Endouk D.gh Five or riI
hundred decided 10 fall upon Moush
They began by at Arking n tribe of Deli.
kans in Mount Corlink. in the south II
Moush, and killed few II them aud rob
bed them 81 their belongings, All the
Musselmen that fell into their hands were
inSulted in their religion and murdered Ia
q moe. horrible fashion, Regular troopr
vi neighhorhoud Of Moush were Alnu
attacked by these insurgents. who, how.
ever. did not dare 10 attack M"ush itself,
owing Ia the strong military forces 81 the
i"wn. The rebels together with the r-b-ir
assembled a, Endouk D.gh. mgsnix-d.
then separated ami assaulted frrucinuuly
The tribes close At hand. committing hor.
r'bie Grimes and depredstious. They
burned alive the nephew Of Runner Agha,
and assaulted aud murdered Mussul,n-n
and women II the houses VI the village Il
1ulli.GuzAt They also tortured many
Auss-lm-n. forcing them to kss the cruus.
putting their eyes out. cutting their rarr
ID and submitting them Ia the mos, hon.
rible indignities. Amer having bruugh,
and death among the Mus. |
sulm-n aud Christians alike they refused
IN surrender and continued criminal ,,ru.
ceedings. The regular troops were zen, |
la the spot To put down the Rebellion.
Chief Hanpar'zoum n-d 10 high noun.
lain With eleven associates. He Was cap. |
Iur,'d alive, not, however. without he
killing two soldiers aud woundiug sir. by
the end Of August last ali the insurs.ut
bands were dispersed The women, chll.
Iran and invalids were treated with due
and according to the die.
lAtss u Islsnism and humanity, The in.
-urgen,s who were captured will he pun
lshed by law.