The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-10
ARMENIAN RELlEF.

The Distributors Muat Be Protected an1
Suffering Succored
Boston, December "A CORRESPONDENT
in Cons tantincple, l. tier received herr.
describes the conditions under which. in
his opinion, relief for the oppressed Al
menians must be distributed.
TO insure enectual work" the writer
says, at Will be essential for the United
states government to take under Official
protection the men who distribute. other
wise it VIII not be permitted by Turkey
lellet commission should be org auiHvd
IN America on an independent basis 10
De- Ne al least Iour supcrinteudeuts OF dis
uinuNun. one at AleNandrettu - go to
Ahtab, Marash and Corta, reaching the
case also OF the needy IN Tarsus Mount
ANS another a Trchizonde and lcrzroum.
Mlln u view To reuching the regions of
l7ltlls and Nan and third at Sassoun
Tor the regions from Marsovan 10 OAR
pool The fourth should go II Di4h4lir
and Mardn. There win undoubtedly be a
larse anne uut OF aid sent from England.
Probably II VIII be we'll for the Amuri-
can commission to make som alliance
with those In England iG order to cover
III" ground without tapping. There is
need for the greatest haste in getting some
objective relief INTO the hold Tho people
VIII be lying OF exposure ami starvation
very soon. Moreover che Turks art Try
force upon th,-. Vows in M9hamn,erdsn.
Ism They are offered aid on these condi-
,lous - some p!pces and in others are
picking ny The desolate and orphans and
simply 'aine possession OF them In order
e. make Them Mohammedans without any
will Of the peopi-,
The correspondent adds:
" ord las been reject, ed from Bard
ecseht Westoru Turkey. TO the effect that
uort than 390)l roplo have been bltcher-
81 IN Tnrkey IN suite o. the assertions Of
Keen only slight disturbances. Thes, 10 T.,
come from reliable correspondents who
s"Ns th'sa people have been neldlshly
r representatives. Of the s1-cllled general
powers; woods have been carried OIL w
r,0nN 'ases me louses ana even wlni,
great hIood letter" OF C6nstantnonic
Silnt ana Snaps his fingers ia tAc face of
! WJpe. Even America mas been slttiur
az c'he while the people here have htan
ms ruWrutal tl HruuSing to thoughts of
hHlier things have been driven Ike sheen
W We sl'NsUtSv more imam 5000 widow
/ ed women, dlshonorvd brides. orphaned
children artisans witNplt tools, farmers
WllhoNl ields 20 till ahd merchants With
out goods la sell are now ri,inr to IpaVru
tor Pity. rhc other day the town was
moved to - center by the services con
! icrtgd with tho burial OF uorii,n of n
'n, n'rN rms man, inulttecr ~ thus
tuMn s"lNs 10 q netSht"rng village, was
lou'N murdered by Turks some Voun.,
ltrn, iaNiu% tht'r lv,s in their hands.
went H. search of tho bCGV They fntt Il
Via, the hrd1 had been severed iron. AZ,
| uunk 1'hc trlk was so torn liz be,sts
am" ~ su % pUbid State that they could
| recover zone of 1t for bural. rhey :,
/ cured thu head. from which the lowe r lsS.
ANA the ewes were IN Ing and brought a.
( ituc- rs tho funeral cortrge inssoi
thruuph the streets s., ldtcrs u cr+4ro
| houses sat druktug and alcering. Trr,o
or sour Villagers, on or them a Protest..
AM, ana Very maly tom o. her Viu4r,e
| i4Nc been lost iu the sam. way.
ne ni9ou OF martyrs Is CRYING r,r ven.
| s.Shce III vain.
The American beard hero this afternoon
mCsNtH " ga !eetalu ,ouhrmins the pros
I ulspa'Chos Of last week that a musslrr,,
/ NNaS TAKEN place at aosara, Central Asia
~ VI pht thut the miss onartcs are sui,
Later advtces call attention TO certain
| tllhSs' particularly 20 be noticed in refer
ehet 70 the horrible massacre al Erzro,i,,
un WEDNESDAY October 80, The massacre
was thc Work Of the regular soldiers. ne
\ sisted only to limited extent nv ~,
/ populace, The Armonians were an 'itS
LheN places Of business, without an,.
/ fspepata.trlon Whatever Tor attack or de-.
S ~, IAN. IN n Trap. with little opp,rtuntH
! ,eI, tesls,an'o, one OF the soldiers ,vhG
/ 'o,k part IN the nlassarrc said ""0
| IN ~ CLOCK a Ia Turka (which would
/ nv |nnnu{ a NJ tbs bugle sounded ana
wv lCn ~ and We We're told 20 sharncn
our swords and set our arms I'M orlior a.,
use, About Z o'clock the buelc s9urdeI
anu AGAIN We fell In. We were told tbat
uos; inlt they had attacked the rSvern.
we We're marched out AMI ,o,a 70
S ~, thc nIiso, We attacked Mi saN.
IN running away we Were or,icre5 ~, ~
| nv and We simply shot down or an W
,HoSTe VINO were fleeing for safety.
I'm .SHSo mo nc, houses aud plundcred them
noon hour OF PRAYER was fnisha1 tue
all over tho CITY NsmU