Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
What Turkey Says.


The Turkish legation has received the
following official communications:
'"rhe Armenian agitators, who made their
appearance in the steep mountains of Ia
louri, situated between Sassoum, in the
southwest of Moush (vilayet of Bitlis), and
the district of Calb of the Mutessarifat Of
Guendj, combined their forces at the insti-
cation of a certain Hampartzoum who,
under the assumed name of Mourat, was
already giving trouble in those regions.
This Hampartzoum, born in Hadjin, after
having for years studied medicine in the
Civil Medical School of Constantinople and
participated in the disorders Of Coum-Ca-
pou, fled to Athens and thence to Genoa.
He afterward went disguised and again
under an assumed name by way Of Alex
andretta, from Diarbekir to the neighbor-
hood of Bitlis. and he began then and
there his seditious agitation together with
five other individuals. Hampartzoum was
giving positive assurances to credulous
people that he was a foreign agent, backed
by all the European powers In his plans to
upset the Turkish authorities. He succeed
ed thus In gaining to his criminal ends the
Armenians of the villages of Siner. Sinai,
Gulli-Guzat, Ali, Hedenk, Shank, Che
kind, Elffard, Mousonne, Etek, Akdjaker,
as we'll as those of the small borough of
Talouri, comprising four districts
Now, these insurgents, under the COM
mand Of Hampartzoum, abandoning, to-
ward the latter part of July last, their re-
spective villages. and after having placed
in inaccessible spots their wives, children
and belongings, and secured also the CO.
operation of other armed insurgents that
came from the valley of Moush and from
the cazas of Calb and Selvan, assembled
together numbering more than 5000, at a
place called Endouk-Dagh. Five or six
hundred of them decided to fall upon
Moush. They began by lacking the tribe
of Delikan on the Mount Courlink, in the
south of Moush. killed few of them and
robbed them of their belongings. All Mus
sulmans that fell into their hands were in
suited in their religion and murdered In d
most horrible fashion.
1.-The regular troops of the neighborhood
of Moush were also attacked by these in
surgents, who, however, did not dare to
attack Moush itself, owing to the strong
military forces of the town. These rebels
together with those assembled at Endouk-
Dagh, organized, then, separate bands
which assailed ferociously the tribes close
at hand committing horrible crimes and
depredations. They burned alive the nephew
of Eumer Agha, and assaulted and muir
dered Mussulman women of three or four
houses of the village of Gull-Guzart. They
also tortured many Mussulmans, forcing
them to kiss the cross, putting their eyes
out, cutting their ears and submitting them
to the most horrible indignities.
1.-The same rebels, at the beginning or
August last attacked the tribes of Farinar,
of Bekirah and Balkan committing crimes
similar to the above. The insurgents OF
the villages of Euligheunuk and OF Yer
mOuch, situated IN the canton Oh 1Je'idh
district of Calb), attacked in their turn
the Kurds living there, as also the villages
of KAISER and of Tchatchat.
Toward the end of August last, the
Armenians were attacking the kurds In
the neighborhood of Moush. burning three
OF four villages, including Gulli-Guzart.
I'm relation to the agitators of Talouri
numbering more than 5000, after having
brought CONSERVATION and death among
Mussulmans and Christians alike. they re-
fused to surrender. and continued their
criminal proceedings. Regular troops were
sent to the spot to put down the rebellion.
The chief, Hampartzoum. fled to a
high mountain with eleven of his asso-
ciates in crime. He was captured alive,
not, however, without his killing two SOL
diers and wounding six. BY the end Of
August last all insurgent bands were dis
persed.
Women, children and invalids were
treated with due consideration and accord
ing to the dictates of Islamsm and hu-
mainly. The insurgents who fell were
those who refused to surrender and pre-
ferred to fight the lawful authorities of
their country. The insurgents who were
captured will be punished according to the
law"