The record-union., 1894-02-15
EounL Bnht1t9 po1nDer.

United States Government, which in turn
demanded that Moossa Bey be punished.
Turkey, not caring to incur the ill-wlll OF
the United States, sent for MoOsSa Bey.
He came to Constantinople in state, and
was given a palace with a retinue of
servants.
Then word was sent to the local gov
ernment in Upper Armenia to ask all
who had complaints against the late Gov
ernor TO come to ConstantinOple.
Twenty-six prominent Armenians ex-
pressed their desire to go, for the purpose
of testifying against the deposed Gov
ernor. They were taken to Constanti-
nople in chains and cast in prison, whore
tWenty-three of them died of torture.
The other three were set at liberty and
were only too glad to be allowed to re-
turn to their homes without giving testi-
mony against Moosa Bey. AS there was
no evidence against him when his case
was called for trial, he was eXonerated
and sent back to the same province to
continue his cruelties. Before going, how
ever. in order TO disown the complaint
Of the missionaries, he went TO the Bible
house in Constantinople and bought d
Bible, whereupOn word was sent TO the
United States that Moosa Bey had re-
pented Of his cruelties. MOosa Bey had
in his position; not To offend the Amerl-
can missionaries, and thereafter he
abused the poor Armenians to his hearts
content, and the outside world was none
the wiser
Moossa Bey's case became known, not
through his cruelty to the Armenians. but
because he made the mistake OF touching
an American citizen.
There are many Beys worse and more
AInnSca of
people of the United States have never
heard.
If the American Board of Commission
ers for Foreign Missions WOuld devote
half of the amount of money which it
spends in converting ArmenianS from
Christianity to COngregatiOnalism, to the
work of keeping the world informed of
the cruelties which they endure at the
hands of the Turkish Government, the
Christian world would rise up and de-
mand that the outrages should cease.
In all that | have said have touched
upon things not OF the past but of the
present, of the closing days Of the nine
teenth century, and OF most OF the in
stances Of cruelty and outrage | have per-
Sonal knowledge.
\ method OF torture of ArmenianS in
prison is TO put live Goals in the palms of
their hands and burn around the eyes
with hot irons.
Language is not strong enough to de-
scribe the horrors which the ArmenianS
suffer. They must be seen 20 be realized.
do not ask the people to take my
word alone for it. Occasionally some of
the barbarities practiced on the Arme-
nian finds its way into the daily and re-
ligious press of this country.
The following is from the New York
Press:
Private advices from Constantinople
give the Press information OF tragic
discovery. The harbOr of that city has
no Wharves. Vessels, after discharging
their cargoes at the cuStomhOuSe, anchor
in the harbor and receive their return
cargOes. September 30th last Russian
merchantmen anchored off Seraglio Point,
and, having received her cargo, raised
her anchor to sail for home. The anchor
seemed to be caught in something heavy.
After long efforts it was raised. 1t brought
up with it fifteen large haircloth sacks,
such as are used by Turkish merchants
in packing goods for shipment. At
first the Russian Captain thought he had
disclosed smuggling scheme. Upon
investigation he discovered that the sacks
were filled with human bodies, each sack
containing from fifteen to twenty. Fur
ther investigation disclosed that they
were the bodies of Armenian political
prisoners. Foreign ambassadors to Tur-
key had recently complained that the
prisons were overcrowded with Armen-
ian prisoners, and the Government de-
cided to remove the cause OF complaint.
Accordingly about 800 prisoners were
taken on board of Turkish man-of-war
ostensibly for transportation to Africa.
In the night, however, the poor fellows
were murdered, their bodies placed in
sacks, which were tied one to the other,
and thrown into tho harhoF This "a n
keeping with the Grand Vizier's declara-
ton a short time ago that he would settle
the Armenian question by annlhllatlng
the Armenians as race"
The following, a dispatch from Con-
stantinople, is from the Washington Stdq:
''An earnest appeal has been presented
to the Armenian Patriarch to use his in
fuence in behalf OF the Christian women
and girls in Armenia, who are being car
ried off in large nun bers by Kurds. 1t
appears that women are scarce among the
wild tribeSmen, who, when they want
wives, sWoOp down on some Armenian
neighborhood and bear away all the
goOd-looking young women they can
find. In several instances the Kurds
have broken in on wedding parties and
carried the brides off from the feast or
church. 1t is believed that the Kurd
tribesmen nearly all have wives, Judging
from the number stolen, although it is
intimated that they dispose of the surplus
at fair market price for Turkish harems.
The Turkish authorities are accused of
encouraging the kurds in their lawless-
ness, and instead Of trying to catch and
punish the raiders, they arrest and inn
prison the ArmenianS who resist them.
One Armenian father at Sivas, blessed
with four daughters, went to the Valy to
ask for protection, as he feared a visit
from the kurds, and was seized and kept
in prison for a week. When he was re-
leased his daughters were gone"
The following is from the same paper,
under Constantinople date:
THE condition of affairs in Armenia
is becoming more serious daily. Con-
slant arrests of Armenians are reported
i'll private letters. 1t is estimated that be-
tween /, 500 and 1000 Christians are now
in Turkish dungeons. The recent an
nOuncement that the Sultan had pro-
claimed a general pardon of Armenian
prisoners was mere humbug. Only few
Armenians will be released, and they will
be set free only because no evidence what
ever of their connection with the pre-
tended Sedition could be obtained"
The following Constantnople dispatch
is clipped from the New York Tribune:
''Moslem mobs have possession of Cae
sarea. They have established reign of
terror over the ArInenians, have robbed
hundreds and have killed many. During
service in three Armenian churches the
mobs burst in the doors, stripped the
women of their jewelry and beat and cut
the men. After :the Armenians fled the
Moslems sacked the churches. They
afterward went through the streets, at
tacking all the Armenians they met,
bursting in private houses and sacking
shops. All places of business are closed
and trade is utterly stagnant. Violence
Awarded Highest T