New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-06
THE SULTAN REWARDS THE BUTCHERS

THE SULTAN REWARDS THE 81 i|iir]i''''
MORE DETAILS or THE ARMENIAN MAssAchh -
THE TURKISH SIDE or THE CASE
London. Dec 5.--A private letter received from
an Armenian resident Of Constantlnople says
rrentv-three villages In Armenia have peeil
comnelled to embrace Islam. During the massAcre
soldiers ripped open the women, stu.h .hho'rh Tho
born babes on sRearsn To and cdmPete the msounc
the sultan while expressing his horror mas nas s,nr I
h sPeGs, ,v iTpops as signs Of his approval Which
OF our msfortunes shall we Iainen' ,,, tn p,ise,v
to be subjected the most cruel reamenS y, oy thv
commission? The news OF our eaiainSes look into
each others faces and there read the sorro" anu
pain OF the heart 49, AT.
The writer OF this letter. which bears the date
y, November 6. was obligOl to hide 1t for days.
owing to the dimciliary visits made by the ponce
In an interview to-day. Secretary Atkin
Of the Anglo-Armenian Association saih '"a,
on December 8 the Earl OF Kimberley secretary ol
State for Foreign Affairs. held an hour p'is"'e
conversation with +. 5. Stevenson NJ. r. Presi'e''
~ the association 1t is understood that lord KIM
bcrley WILL at the request OF the Porte seieV' d"
independent commissioner. whom ne may aSN ''''
OF the great Powers TO appoint.
The official statement Of Lord Roseoery ana LOT"
Kimberley is expected to be made public TINS week,
but nothing less than the trot, ny ,be igerln Treaty
European control Of Article ei & Sl ,g ec reforms In
Armenia without delay will satisfy the assocaeo, y,
Inc Iudxs Iu,, recnnily Committed is satisfactory
ane IN q a. vrged that such a body should be purely
Euror,ana r,a , the foreign embassies in London me-
pae'ais IN relation TO the massacres. The memo
rIals aege that the Pores official stiteihgThs Th r
nov as they have been heretofore false. Inc ~, ~ .
menians have been tricked for sN,een ;a' ;h por,es
deliberate orders The association WI ask anS ,S wll
sistan nee OF Armenians in the 'ih,eu d IN
also demand that Armenia be forthwith piacs' r"
The Daily News hears that japanese goiu
loan for a large amount Is under oiscussioh III
London. 49,. .o--o,oo,den, IN Odessa SAYS that
the warships Orel and Saraton have been opdesea 1
to transport more ltn, iam The troops will
TONED on the Turkish frontier IL Is Deie'e'' '"'e
u Wsaehington ss Dec 5.-The Turkish Leeauoh mas
received the following communication III iesd'"
to the Armenian troubles: ,,,,.
reward the end Of July last under the lnsosa ga
som Of sn sn Armsnan va@es nn1a near
separate bands and armed w',n ,aniacked the tribe
nS belikan killed a few men Of that trine, I am anu
ofterward fen on the tribes Of Bekirah ana -, Emer
1nfse & onn Of tbe chiefs Of the Bekrah tribe. ana
not only outraged Mussulman women oi Death nn in
an atrocous manner Men were also ior.uftb ~, these
more ferocous way. Not satisfied win an ,nds tned
iawless aisa few villages Inhabited by Mussul-
mans Thanks. however to the 'as,ton wore
the lawful n a%thGr ,he nsursent 9e che
The pres Highrditich. of KILL itlsse ai'd ,inn
The Statement. often published in some SOM ,r OF in
European newspapers TO the erect una ina ,ve eman
troops !, ,eriv untrue No unarmed individual was
Killed. Twenty insurgents, having ,,on and
were were beir depositons before the legal authorities
of Moush were taken. were set free IL a was where
The chief Hamparzoum and his accomplices Weat @ht
hiding themselves. The above facts sr"d siomd and
am with the exception Of the brigands who broke
into rev DIT, one else was III treated