New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-16
THE WORST ENEMY OF ISLAM"
WHAT Is PREACHED IN THE MOSQUES IN MAR
sovAN TO PREVENT THE ARMENIANS

FROM GETTING SYMPATHY
Washington Aug. 15.-The State Department has
received a report from Minister Terrell at Con-
staninople dated July %, relating to the Armenian
revouonists at Marsovan. Asia Minor, which Is
Of great interest connection with the press tele-
gram published yesterday about riot at that
place in which some American missionaries are
said 10 have been injured. 1t appears from Minis
ter Terres statement that on July an Armepiah
named Garabed assassinated at MarsoVah'
close TO the church door. as he was going 10 attend
early service He was the chief man OF the Prot
estant community and chairman OF the Councii
of Thirty who are responsible for the peace OF the
city II was alleged that ne had given the Govern
ment information In regard TO the revolutonlsts.
Consul Jewett In reporting this case July Is 10
Consult General Short, at Constantinople SAID that
numerous Armenians were arrested. because there
WAS little doubt that Garabed was murdered by
them. Among those arrested was naturalized
American citizen who had been student at the
American college at Marsovan. but who. as Mr.
Jewett was Informed, had been dropped from the
rolls some months before
Minister Terrell was promptly informed concern
ing the assassination and the Imprisonment which
followed A. and took immediate steps to insure
fair treatment Of the naturazed citizen ana ca'eu
upon Mr.. Jewett for any trustworthy Information
he might have regarding the danger to the mis-
sIonary teachers at Marsovan from Armenian
revolutionists by reason OF threats assassinate
them.
Mr. Terrelrs report OF the troubles Mt Marsovan
was based upon a verbal statement OF Mr. Dwight,
a leading American missionary at Constantinopie'
and Is as follows
More than year ago sixteen persons at N, Mars IS
ovan received written notice that they wOuld De
killed unless they would cooperate with ne t; AT
menian revolutonists. President Tracey ara FRO.
fessor Riggs OF Marsovan College. were TWO OF
these They had incurred the Ill Will OF the reVo-
lut!onsts by refusing to receive in the college tne
sons OF certain men suspected of being revolution
lists Ciarabed. who assassnated was another
Of the sixteen who received notice. and Mr.. Dwight
has been informed that still another has peen
assassinated. a Turkish guard was furnished al
the request OF Mr.. Terrell to protect the american
families from the assassns Mr. Dwight considers .rs
this guard sufficient to protect the MISSIONARIES
at the college and Mr. Terrell has not apPea ,oT
the Armenians after the killing that ne INTENDED 10
arrest all suspected persons ana imprlsoh them
until they revealed the names OF the guilty. ones,
that their object to provoke Turkish vengeance
in order to secure the sympathy and intervention
of Christian Europe, but that they would not sue
coed as he had caused to be preached IN the
Mosques for months that such was their OBJECT
and that any Turk who Killed Christah "ouid
be the worst enemy or Islam.
Mr. Terrell added that the revolutonists AT
Narsovan had organized and marked the American
professors long before the Sassoun atrocities