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that they were fleeing for their lives.
The inhabitants Of Galata quickly
caught the fever Of alarm, and, in turn.
shut their stores and houses, and
Joined in the scene Of confusion, an
example which was promptly followed
by the people Of the Pera quarter.
Seeing people flying through the
streets in terror caused others to do
the same, until the air was filed with
excited cries and the noise Of a rush
ing multitude. Those who could not
join in the stampede barricaded them
selves within their houses and pre-
pared to see r
Their Most Horrible Fears Realized.
Eventually the police regained their
presence Of mind, and DESTROYS of put
ting an end to the panic, they circulat-
ed the report that the stampede from
the Stamboul quarter was occasioned
by the escape Of lion from a me-
nagarie, and that the animal, having
been killed, there was no occasion for
any further alarm. This report, as
good as any other under the circum-
stances. spread quickly, and the dis
turbance began to subside. Finally
the genlarmes circulated among the
people and explained to them the real
state of affairs, which soon caused the
majority to return to their usual cccc-
pations, somewhat disguised at hay
Ing been so needlessly frightened.
Relief for Armenians.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE American
Red Cross society has decided to ac-
cept the duty of distributing relief
funds for the Armenian sufferers.
by An Eyewitness
Boston, Dec. 17.-Letters ut hand
from correspondents at Harpoot, Est
ern Turkey, give a detailed accoun: of
the scenes and incidents attending
the recent massacre of ArmeniAns
there as we'll as Of the massacre itself.
1.-THE first excitement over" says the
writer Turkish atrocities were dying
out and tranquility was pretty u ell
restored, when the Dersim Kurds be-
gan to plxnder the villages right and
left, and six Of which were in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of Harpoot, the near
est one beinghwithin two hours of the
city. The whole city was tossed with
apprehension and were expecting at
tack. Some said the Kurds had gov
eminent sanction, others that the
Turks in the city We're in league with
them. The Kurds while plundering
the villages were heard to say: We
are going to Harpoot' The Turks in
the city said: The Kurds are coming
here to plumber the Christian quarter
One Agha, when appealed to to use
means for defence Of the city, said:
why should we protect the Giaours?
Let them be killed.
'The governor of Malatia tele-
graphed here that 1000 Kurds had
come there and that he could not cope
with them. That threw the RESPONSE
b1lity upon the Harpoot government.
The leading men of Arabkir went to
the governor and asked for protection!
They We're treated with contempt.
These disturbances could not have
happened if strong orders had been
sent to the governor generals to pre-
serve order at any cost. The terror
and distress in the devastated villages
can scarcely be pictured. Those who
escaped with their lives have been
stripped Of everything else with win
ter just at their doors. The whole
thing was definitely planned and ar
ranged. The Christians had given I'D
their arms and cast themselves on
the protection of the government. No
Christian fired on the assailants. The
missionaries took refuge in the girls
school until that was attacked and
the mission house Of Rev. o. P. Allen
and wife was burned and the school
set on fire. Then they gathered in the
0-,1 10
spoke to the military commander and
he sent soldiers, but only two re.
! manned to protect the missionaries
and they demanded money or they
would 80 away as their comrades had
done. The missionaries decided to &C
into the college building. AS they
left the school yard a Turk fired upon
them from across the yard twice
first at Mr.. Allen and then at Rev. c.
Frank Gates, but he was a very bad
marksman and no one was hit. They
| are now protected"
Islam Or Death
Constantinople, Dec. II. - Reports
from the interior Of Turkey say the
! Armenians are offered the choice OIL
islam or death. At Marash an Armen
ian who was ordained an Anglican
clergyman, refused the choice, an(
was killed by slow torture. At Khar
poot two protestants preached an(
were murdered for the same cause
At Achme fifty-two persons died az
martyrs to their religion. At Ouzoo1
a large number Of Armenians were
captured and led to neighborin.
Turkish village, where they were or
dered to change their faith. Fifty O.
them rushed into the Euphrates ant
were drowned, the Turks shootins
them while they were in the water
At Hob eighty-ive were killed. Thi!
day the British vice consul at Van de
scrlbeS the condition of the Armeni
ans there as being too appalling TO-
words. Thousands Of women an(
girls are wandering through the snow
piled in the streets without shelter O.
food and barefoot, their ravishers onl,
having left them a chemise and SOM
of them only a cloth to cover their ma
kedness. An eyewitness of the bar
barity Of the massacre at Kaisaric]
on Nov. 30 says that men and womel
were literally hacked to pieces to tn
number of several hundred. Some O
the Turks say that thousand wer
killed. Saturday afternoon severa
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