The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-23
TURKEY HIDES HER BLOODY WORK
low towers the Ruined Villages. and
sheieisa Quarantine Surrounds Them.

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AopSrghtec. 1895. BY Associated Press.
ksals, Russia. Jan is.-Ia the letter I
Nsse ten days ago giving the result of
ms preliminary inquiries that I had
hsas al constantirsople. sassoun, Kera~
ma TrehiSonde and Tifiis, concerning
~ Alleged atrocities and the state of az.
sAss generally in Armenia. I enaeayoret
e convey some idea OF the difficulties
sAat wenld be encounterci la prosecuting
40 Fori or Investigation or getting at the
ssss facts OF the case. That | do not ex-
ssseFs'e these difficulties viii be apparent
Anm further Information on the point
sh5ch am now In position 10 supply.
isks- to begin With. tho cholera quar-
sas'ne which is being enforced on various
rofiiass OF the suifsn's domain in such
bsanef as TO draw net around the de-
garments of Armenia In which the
ssesii'es are alleged to have occurred,
saa 10 keep away from the scene OF OUT
Ases al independent Investigators. ii IN
announced that cholera exists in yaa.
ksls and Moosh. and ehat strict anaran-
ise Regulations must therefore be en-
stafced. Now. Il Is certainly a curious
circumstance that cholera should happen
- afeak out at this season OF the year la
sae Fezioa of the Sassaun lglaSsaeres. and
sesAere else in Asia Minor Who is 10
s'sse or disprose the statement THAI tho
sssssae Is raging In those snoweiad ard
1Sacscaily Inaccessible mountain fast
ssssesF Even in Constantinople and
kamaoak htsla or nothing is known by
we pussiie or by newspaper correspond
fssa- ~ -.
sssasly reported from time to time I'm
nose cities. In the Turkish capital a
t@neal oEsicer reporting a case OF cholera
sociVes double pay until clean bill oe
."sits Is returned from the affected DIS
Wei. AMI ia q country axe Turkey Il Is
Ui surprising il doctors ind symptoms OF
ss@esa In every thing from Group 10 ty-
ssesa Fever. IL Is pretty thoroughly
s sse,sEstooa that tfe quarantine saw Is tire
saess law tn Aealsh. ana thar even tn
sNhs0onaG courts must cow to II. So
aafa We are told. as we have been during
we pass ;ew DAYS. that an epidemic %
saossa has SGaaeniy made It's appear
sRsa N the region OF tho Sassoun mas
s%ese' even a bind man can see that it Is
3ai to decay ard ohS;raet the work OF
Turkish commission Of inquiry. II Is
.ssSFei here that tire Turks, forced TO
H SSil By ira protest % foreign dele
$50 or the commission. threw up ths
U.s. obstruction and hcisteti the yellow
As epon Il. Even foreign delegation
s0ass NOS ignore a cholera Qa&ra nslne or
la1 assaas - syssse il.
x = agreed that If tAe Turks have sue
- 500 N repairing the damage to the
: ss'1n VITA es, thera Is no reason Why
- commission should ret De allowed 70
- "a" srerse 81 the massacre and fiour-
- scout IN Ten fees % snow IL Il cared
- eaa' Sart Of thing. sus the refusal OF
:. turks TO allow any enc 10 travel
SasS tAe Sassonn country, ard the
- Quarantine suggests that the
sent 10 rebuild the destroyed VIII
- sAas been ssp1ea. or he snow was so
eessFe tie sroasy arrived that meth
0asa be done In that case the
as~S e the eatehsre3 Christians are
g. s hn2~- ella sDow. TIE Turks will
soSsa care that they ssach The scene
as e"'seses a-sS ~ the spring and
49, et' s~~ss* - 1h@ v-1s<<xrre De-