The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-08
ARMENIAN ATROCITIES
Not Less Than 5OO,O 900 of the Untortu-
mates Killed or Dying,
THE VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Mrs. Mnybrich's Cnsc 10 Isc Recon-
sidcrcd- d-Con,smcnts OF tile British
Press Unnnin,ouslS Against Arbi-
trntion Concerning the SchonnburG
Line Territory.

London, Dec. What Information
Is obtainnble and The nature of the Con-
sullr reports that arc reaching the For
ciEn Oiilce confirm the worst fears OF
the destruction, OF the ArmenianS with
IN The area from Trebzond, southeast
OF Van, then southwest to AlcXandret-
TO, on the Bay OF ISknnderoom, from
AleXandrcttn slightly northeast to Ea.
a-llissar and from kara-tlissnr north
east To the TrcbiZond. Whole Chris
tinn towns and villages have been pill
laHed and burned and their inhabi-
tants massacrcd. Those who have
been left alive have been forced to
abandon their faith and turn Moha M
mcdans. Accurate details concerning
the condition of the Consulate remain
wanting, but there Is no reason to doubt
the reports derived from fugitive sur
vivors and the better sort of Turks. who
have not shared III The outrages, that L
similar condition of affairs exists In
those places. The correspondent of the
Speaker, the pnper which first gave
publicity To the Armenian outragcs. is
now known to have close rcla tions with
the Consulate in Constantinoplc. and
from information derived from them he
estimates shat not less than 500, 900
have either been killed or are now dy-
Ing of starvation beyond the chance Of
timely relief
He says that after the soldiers had
sacked the Armenian towns and VII
lagos, the kurdS Completed the plum
der The latter mixed what grain they
could not carry OF with dung and set
with no rnnj nnI iha,r hnmn. h.nn,, nr
SmOldernE ruins.
The Ambassadors have advised the
TO under,nl;r tho relief nf ~. ',iS,rn,,se5
uno,ic hm, ~. Wv. n,o.n,, oi r'ie ",S,aGshe" 'r
Red Cross agents would reveal horrora
that the Porte must conceal. This fact
debars the possibility of the Govcrn-
The representative of the United Press
who has been for some time In Constan-
tinople, hns received a letter from the
Hadjin Mission, which begins with the
words: 1--WE are alive. praise tho Lord !"
The letter refers to the ncrmnnent
part that Circ:,ssinna have taken In The
atrocities around IiaLjIn and saws that
ten thousand Circassinns and Turks
were actively employed i'm sacking the
Christian villages. The Governor did
nothing TO protect the Christians and
even refused them permission to defend
themselves. He did. however, promise
the aid OF regular Turkish troops who,
the writer states, We're of the same fca-
lurc nH ihoSc engaged Ill the murders
'',,, ir,i"Sc'
~, M ny ihSE oi lhcse statements, tne
olllcIai urkiSii statcmeht' repeatedly
Soni'n''nicateu . 10 thc nresS. that order
nds n,ch restored everywhere become
Tr Tr ,i,', E;, ou,
~. c'SiI o'iiTc pupilsncd ail us
,.,'9l .i,ii ,i'it ION, shyS the sncakcr' LORD
n,hiir IJn u.n,,,h ,,iI, ~ ~ ~, ~, ~
str.nts '' '' ''''
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uritish Anhoesnior ho. nr,Ic,I ir' II i,,,,t ny
Jackets: frnm IN nriti.,, y,,,r<s,i't IT, "
cuard M. Enhn.sv 10 dorLtf,I W
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stantiv o, dmt,, .;rnn, 70 "a ,i1,, III
built non fence ian Tnn, hinb ,s ,,,,:
rounds all rho ,ro,,nI,s Ponn,, - -
lIlat lis intcrn,, orn,an,nnt in,,,,,,a.. ,,, ,
cral cannon Si, unnr,, JSiiin,t -
British Ambassn,ior M Tho tjnn ar ,i'o
deposition of Abdul Aziy dnnn,oI ti,o
security of the t,mbossv so crn,,Into
that he took none or Tho .xtro nr.,.,,,-
tions adoptcd by other ArloscnIor..
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I'm IN" cit,, T., "a, ,' ''t, DIsl ,t rciiSc
helm, dano.o,, .,,m ,te VI a'in isu.,hn
. ,.i,.,,,,,s1,,. i'T III" ,'t l'oMria seicc,iliE
po.ha 10 H., ~ iMclo. M 'iS. ahi'i
ha n,.,is r,,,,.I Wi, - iiio't iiNeiS 10
,I"Nc pteh received from
r 'iiE thut inc AIiib revolt in
a,;.,; a'si,;n i" Sp'canlnS. ihdian pilgrims,
H., as ~. az ocnslii.' nave been warned
-, 80, ,, ~ y, aIisa,c lor mem TO attempt
~ ~ piuIee,i W mecca without an escort.
icuii", ,.,, we Si'! when contains the
hnir,r ~ Moi,a,,'i,l"o: laI i Is inaccessible.