The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-28
ed in villages 300; total 55O.

lages 400 total l,200.
 Khnous-Killed in city -, killed in villages 300; total 800.
 Boulinak-Killed in city --, killed in villages 400; total 400.
 Harpourt-Killed in city -, killed in villages; total 1000.
 Sivas-Killed in city -, killed in will lages 300; total 300,
 Palu-Kiled in city 450, killed in vil- lages 200; total $50.
 Diarbekr-Killed in city 2,5OO, killed in villages 800; total 5000
 Albistan-Killed in city 800, killed in villages 100; total 400,
 Erzeroum-Killed in city 70, killed in villages 800; total 570
 Ourfa-Killed in city 300, killed in vil- lages 100; total 400
 Alasherd Kara Hissar Sharkl, Mala- tia and Ha1in, not given. Total so far reported-13, 200.
 It is probable that the numbers given will have to be increased with fuller information especially in respect to the villages From the hundreds of vil- |1ages which have been wiped out full statistics will not be possible for months.
 Discussing the responsibility for the massacres, the statement says that if the object of their originators was sen- sibly to diminish the Armenian popu- lation, the main object of the men who did the work was plunder Many thousands who must have perished, had the attack been a blind outburst nP fo mol tool aco Of an actif1cial movement, where cupidity was the chief motive. In every one of the places so far heard from i'm detail cases occurred where Muslems sheltered Armenians and saved them from death Near Trebizond they saved an entire village.
 But the fact that plunder was the chief interest with the men engaged in this crime makes the positions of the survivors most precarious. The pillage involved five times as many of the bread winners as fell In the massacre A very low estimate of the number re- duced to absolute want by the loss of all their moveable property is 200 900 souls of whom three-fourths are the wives and children of ruined traders or farmers. All trade, all agriculture and all manufacturing in the devas- tated districts have been broken up and the host of destitute people now face pitiless winter.
 The statement declares that this de- vasta'tion of eastern Turkey is a crime from which Christendom cannot alto- gether clear it's skirts. The precarious position of the Christians of the coun- try was known years ago? With the power to dictate, the Christian nations have neglected to deal with the Turk tsh question in any effective way This apathy has encouraged the Turks in their belief that they are powerful enough to intimidalte the western na- tions and that they are free from the moral restraints anywhere else deemed obligatory on mankind.
 In ultimate analysis these people will be found to have suffered this fate because they had aspirations and had begun to rise into a true manhood from the condition to which they have been brought by centuries of servi- tude
 The statement appeals to America to i IlSC III d lfehCiolpdl IllON NSIleIIl Ul lIIt- sistable force and to send out wise. unpartlsan men supplied with means to aid and encourage these crushed and ruined victims
 l The statement concludes as follows | This terrible sequel to the publica- tion of long delayed reforms was fore- 1 seen by the American minister, MT Terrell, who, on the very day when they were published, renewed his demands for telegraphic orders at the porte to all governors and military commanders for protection of American mission aries. He refused to leave his post for | months after leave of absence was | granted and made no secret of his belief that the real danger would fol- low the announcement of reforms for Armenians. Did the great powers of Europe foresee the danger? If so why was not care taken to provide against it? In every town guards were pro- vided for American missionaries. none have suffered and the universal ex- pression among Americans here is that their saefty is due to MT. TerreIls s prompt and firm. action and to Ameri- cdU lIllue4iCe dL tle pdldCe OI Ule porte. As to whether the central government made an effort to restrain fanaticism is too early to determine. London, Nov. 27.-The United Press representative at Constantinople sends the following report of an interview with an Armenian of high standing, who speaks with authority for a large section of the Armenian people, Russia would be glad" the gentle man said, ito obtain the country known as Armenia, but does not want the peo- liple She treats Armenians now in Rus sia very we'll and allows them religious liberty, giving a position of standing to the Armenian Catholics, but this is for a purpose. The customs of Russia are far reaching and she knows how to play the waiting game with all pa tience. Her purpose in this matter is plain. She wants to have Armenians believe that what is now done for their countrymen and church in Russia would be continued in Turkish Armenia | if Russia took over the provinces from | Turkey. She therefore bids for the sympathy of Armenians, hoping one day to be able to throw her troops across the frontier and take from Tur- key the provinces nearest the border. This could be accomplished best by the connivance and assistance of the Arme- nians: chiefly by the latter asking Rus