The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-02
TrREEY'S BLOT OF BLOOD.
The HOTIOTS Of The Armenian MASSAGE
Told AiTCSh.

rive Thousand Persons Butohered and
rbirtv-ave Villages Plundersd and
burned - Women Outraged Before
sloin-A Priest Hack to Pieces on
.bs Roof Of His Church and Then Set
on Fire-A Large Number Of Women
and Girls Collected in a Church, Kept
for Day 8, VIOLATED by the Soldiers and
Then killed.
BOSTON. Jan. lin consequence of a
meeting Of the Armenians of Boston, held
T., Friendship Hall last Sunday evening.
,b4 following cablegram was sent this
afternoon:
TO Hon. William f. Gladstone, Lon
don, Eng:
..The Armenians OF Boston thank you
for your sympathy and aid"
The Armenians of this city feel that
the diplomats Of Europe VIII never take
an interest in the affairs of their coun-
trvmen unless it is shown that every act
in their favor is keenly appreciated, and
they take this means Of expressing their
sincere gratitude for the stand taken by
Mr.. Gladstone in his speech last week.
Boston. Jan. Letters received by
well-known parties in this city from rela-
be sources in Turkey give still further
testimony regarding the outrages in East
ern Turkey. The following letter comes
from a city not far from the scene OF the
outrages. The writer is a man in whom
the highest confidence may be placed, who
has spent more than a third of a century
in that region and knows the country and
people WELL This testimony is from a
source which is entirely Independent Of
any which has been given before. Later
accounts increase, II possible, the hor-
rors Of what has taken place.
The letter just received is as follows:
THE Armenians, oppressed by the Kurds
and Turks, said they could not pay taxes
TO both the Kurds and the government.
Plundered and oppressed by the kurds,
they resisted them and there were some
killed. Then false reports were sent to
COpstantnOple that the Armenians were
IN armed rebellion, and orders were sent
to the mushlre at Erezgan to eXterminate
them root and branch. The order read
before the army, called in haste from all
the chief cities of Eastern Turkey, was:
Whoever spares man, woman or child,
is disloyal'
'The region was surrounded by soldiers
OF the army, and 10000 Kurds, also said
10 have been massed there. Then they ad-
yanced upon the center, driving in the
people like a flock of sheep, and continued
thus TO advance for days. No quarter was
given no mercy shown. Men, women and
children were shot down and butchered
like sheep. Probably when they were set
fHn HNe .fws
lives and resisted in seIf-defense, while
those who could fed in all directions,
bui the majority We're slain. The most
probable estimate is 5000 killed, So vii
lagos plundered, razed and burned.
Women were outraged and then butch
cred.
"a priest was taken to the roof of his
church, hacked to pieces and set on fire.
"A large number of women and girls
We're collected in a church, kept for days,
violated by the brutal soldiers ana then
murdered. 1t is said the number was so
large that the blood flowed out of the
church door. The soldiers contended
over beautiful girl. They wanted to
preserve, but she was killed.
Every effort is making to falsify the
facts and pull the wool over the eyes Of
the European governments. But the
bloody tale will finally be known, the
most horrible, it seems to me, that the
nineteenth century has known. AS a con-
hfmaton Of the report the other day, sew
etaI hundred soldiers were returning from
the seat Of war, and at village near us
one was heard to say that he alone, with
ms own hand, had killed thirty pregnant
women. Some who seem to have some
shame for their atrocious deeds, say;
" nat could we do? We were under or
derT "
odessa, Jan. Journals in the eau
casls say that domiciliary searches are
sthl made daily in Armenia and that nu-
merous arrests are made The local pris-
ohS are crowded. The Bitlas prison is
HIle- with Armenians-among them a
priest more than 20 years old who was ar
ivs-ed Tor refusing to betray his sons
h4aing place. The Armenian Catholics !
nave appealed to the Pope
VIENNA, jan 1.-Dispatches from Con-
sLaht.nople tell of numerous arrests
throughout Armenia. The whole prov
tcs IS disturbed. Many troops have left
CS3o'hstantnople for various parts of Asia
MINOR IN the last few days The pretext
va was IAat their time had expired and that
siey were going home, but there is good
te@soh 70 believe that they were destined
" ne military centers notably Erzein-
eol Inc recall of Abdullah Pasha. the
,tOsl 'earless member Of the commission
~ ~ INJURY, has been cancelled on account
st,e e"e Forte's anxiety 10 dispel unfavor-
1'+9 reports to which II gave rise