The record-union., 1895-12-02

PIE nave 10 pear, most uiilOEIuHdlSlS
"On the same day the shops, monas-
tries and the villages of the Armenians.
after being plundered, We're set on fire.
-Four hundred We're killed and more
than double that number We're
wounded Thousands of men, women
and children wrapped in rags, for they
have nothing better, are wandering
new from street to street. to beg for
piece of bread. Add to this unbearable
state of affairs the efforts of the Govern
ment TO hold Armenians themselves re-
sponsible for the horrible plumbers and
massacres. Many of our leading and in
fluential men are now put in Jail, ana
are compelled to declare that Armeni-
ans themselves are to be blamed. We
are receiving threats and orders from
the Government every day which we
are expected to obey. Sad and heart-
breaking news is arriving from day 10
day from surrounding towns, such as
Kamakh, Refazia, Terjan, keghy and
many other places. The frightful and
notwithstanding condition of the people
deties description. In behalf of thou
sands of orphans. and in behalf of thou
sands of mourning, famishing and
wretched people, we beg to ask for us
the mercy of his majesty the Sultan
Help, help, help Immediate help!
In the pangs of death The People OF
III II,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The Turk
ish Legation received from the Sublime
Forte the following telegram under to-
days date:
THE Armenian rioters Of Zile and
Sivas having closed their shops and
fired on the Mussulmans, killing one of
them, an affray occurred, during which
four MusSulmanS, out of whom two were
soldiers, and five Armenians, We're killed
The necessary measures for the restora-
ton of order were Immediately taken.
The Armenian revolutiOniSts at
tackled the district of Enderin, burned
the palace of the Governor and plum
dered the neighboring Mussulman vii
IL ges Troops were sent out for the re-
preston of these disorders"
LONDON, Dec. 1.-The representa-
tive at COnStantinople of the United
Press, telegraphing under yesterday S
date, pictures a pitiable condition of
affairs at HarpoOt, where the American
Mission buildings were burned at the
time of the recent massacre there. The
representative of the United Press has
received advices from HarpoOt. show
ing that there is great danger of hun
dreds of the poorer classes of Arme-
mans starving to death. The peril that
confrOntS these people is an immedi-
ate one. They are absolutely without
food and without the means of getting
any. The American missionaries have
sent thousands of dollars to relieve
this distress, but the sums furnished by
them have gone but a little way to
ward off the famine which threatens.
The money has been expended as ad-
VantageOuSly a S possible, but there are
so many persons who are homeless,
foodIess and helpless that nothing but
Government relief will save them from
a great disaster.
The people are now in a condition of
apathy, and many of them, it is be-
lieVed, would welcome death at the
hands of their enemies rather than to
await the slow process of starvation.
Some however, who have little money,
or who have been secretly assisted by
comparatively Well-tO-dO cOmpatriOtS,
are fleeing to small places in the inte-
rior, where they hope to better their
miserable condition. They run the risk
of being massacred en- route, as the
Government will furnish them not the
slightest protection.
Those Armenians who have fled to
Constantinople, thinking that in the
capital they would be more or less un-
der the protection of the representa-
tives of the various Powers, have found
their hopes dashed to the ground. Per
haps if they are allowed to remain they
might find the protection they seek.
At any rate, it is pretty certain that
they would be safe from -blOoded
massacre but the Government in the
case of the refugees is enforcing the
principle of SerfdOm, that every sub
iect is bound to the soil, and large num-
bers of Armenians are daily arrested
They are shipped in patches to the
places where they were born, with the
warning that it will be better for them
to remain there.
LONDON. Dec. 1.-The Daily News
will tomorrow publish a dispatch from
Constantinople saying that the Porte
has documents, claimed to have been
written by Armenians at Kharput, de-
claring the education given by the
American missionaries has seduced
their young men from rectitude and
brought calamity upon them. The dis
patch adds that elsewhere the official
forces are starving Armenians to force
them to sign papers that the liberty en-
jOyed under Turkish rule is not equaled
in any land.
The Daily News will also publish a
dispatch from Odessa giving an inter
view with Captain Noble of the British
steamer Loeb Rannich, for Odessa,
which arrived a few days ago at Cha
max at the entrance of the Dardanelles.
a few minutes after sundown. Captain
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either side of the straits was lined
with troops under canvas, and that
cannon were placed at close stages
along the banks. Two blank shots, one
from each shore, were fired at the Loeb
Rannich The Captain did not heave
his vessel to. thinking that the shots
were part of some military maneuver.
Soon three shells were fired at the
steamer The first shell dropped un-
der the bow of the steamer the second
fell astern. and the third whiZzed
across the bridge few feet from the
Captains head. He was astOniShed,
and thought that war had been de-
clared between England and Turkey.
Hitherto the Turkish authorities have
always allowed time margin for YES
sells arriving in the straits after sun
down The head of the Dardanelles is
covered with tOrpedOes.