Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-15
TURKS AMI CHRISTIANS.

TURKS AND CHRISTIANS.
Agitation on account Of the AfmenI.
an outrugea ~ ttll carried ON both In
lHr go nnI iu this country. The
Turkish government has taken great
paine enieavoflng 90 create an im.
precision that the mattaaro was nccea.
sary Tor the suppression u rebellion,
aud that tho affair was greatly oXuggef-
ntoi. II h but natural that the govern.
mont now under tho cou.uro Of the
civilized world should make every
effort 10 throw tho blame somewhere
rlse.
The aiialfa Ia Atmenia, however, nfo
too much oflho same character o. those
OF Bulgaria, slill within irrah memory
OF most u ~. Tho terrible outragts
Ia that country Ia 1876 were treated
much Ia The same way, and yet on IN.
yesugalion oyery detail was more than
c0rrOu1ntul.
Concerning those events tho Amofl.
can consul general % philippopolis To.
ported 10 the United S,atus minister st
Couslanlinople o. iollowsi
Pumrorous, August 10. 1870.
Air-lu rHiDtOuC0 GO the Atrocities aud
masaaCrOs committed by tho Ma Ls ia
bulgaria, hayo the honor 10 inform YOU
that have visited tho towns ~ Adrian.
oplc, fhiippupulls.nudI alAt- BlzardIlk
and villages in the surrounding districts.
From what ] hnNo personally s on, aud
FROM lho Inquiries I hayo made and tho
Information have received, have as
contained tho following facts!
"buring tho last winter aud snrlnr,
agents u tho bulgarian Cummittn ut
bucharest made AN agitation iu bulgaria
for an insurrUction against tho Turkish
government, aud met wish considerable
encouragement among tho younger part
| Of tho population.
"Owing ~ tho betrayal OF the plot, tho
insurfocti0n broke ont promatufolv ou
tho first and second OF MAY in some of
tho villages, The Boys OF Adrauopla
and IhilippOpolis practically soisrd on
tho government and armed tho Mu--ul-
man Inhabitants OF tho town and Of
tho country, arms being s0ul Tor
that purpose from Con-lautluopIo.
These armed Mussulmans, callod bash.
hnzouks, were then, together with tho
Tow regular troops "a. hand, seut into "a
campaign against tho bulgarian villages.
Tor tho purpose Of putting down tho iu-
Hurrccilon aud Of disarmiug tho Chris
tinu population. 10 was icrte 90 atusgf
" tho Mussulmhn villages against thor
Christian uUlghboH.
"iho lnsurEOut villages made llitlU or
no resistance. La many instances thoy
surIundorOl their arms upon tho TINT
demand. Nearly all tho Villages which
wore attacked by tho hushi-hagDuk4
wuro burned aud plllngDl as were also all
those which hnu boon abandoned by
tho terrified inhabitants Tho inhabi.
bua ui some villages WUrU muBsuprUI
A,tUr exhibitions Ui tho most foroclUu.
cruelty, and tho violation not only off
women and glrls, but uYuu % porauuH of
tho other sUN. These crimes woro com-
miuud by tho regular troops TO- VOL na
by the baHhi-hnZuukL Tho number of
villages which were burned Iu whole or !
In par. iu tho districts Of philippOpuIls. |
knpichus aud IHar'lslhrljik, h at least |
sNty.hyo,
particular attention was glvon by |
thu troops % thu churches and schools, |
which lu some oAHUa WurH DESTROYED /
with petroleum and guupowdor.
"lt lH dlmoult 90 estimate tho number /
" Bugar.NHs who wuTo killed during /
the Tow days that tho dlsturuunces |
la,tudi bus 1 am inclined Co put 1900 |
us tbo lowest for tho districts 1 have
named,
"a lew "details gathered ON tho SPOT
win sorvo To Hho" how tho troops did /
thUlr work.
"m purua..ta tho church WAS bone
hlflud and about 1000 uf Iuu iuhthl.
taulH wuru NilIui-mIuy of them women
and eHll1fyu. Many women worD yiU-