Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-16
ATROCITIES OF THE TURKS
Movement Against Christians in Asia
Minor Beyond Control of Turk
ish Authorities.
MANIFESTLz The PORTE NOT DISPLEASED
Eight Hundred Armenians Massacred
in Cold Blood-American Mis-
sions Burned-Turkey Evi-
IDENTIFY Testing Uncle
Sam.
1895 by Associated Press.

Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press.
Constantinople, Nov. 16.-The news
from the diffent provinces of Asia Minor
continues grave, confirming beyond
doubt the impression, which has pre-
vailed here for along time, that the move
ment have now assumed proportions
which had placed it beyond the control ol
the Turkish authorities, even if the latter
are really desirous of doing 30, to punish
the Mussulmans for massacreing Armen.
ians. In fact it is considered doubtful
whether the Turkish troops would fire OH
Mussumans if ordered to do 30.
The inhabitants around Kharputare
are in state Of
GREAT DISTRESS FROM HUNGER,
and, if cold weather was to set in sud-
denly, there would be much more suffer
ing and siderble loss of life.
From Gueran, in the valley of the
Sivas, where the Kurds have been besieg.
ing 1000 Armenians, it is reported that
all the Armenians have been massacred.
In the district of Mardin, where there
is large Christian population, Chaldeans
ard Syrians, a number of villages have
been burned to the ground. The people
are destitute and are suffering from sick
ness due to exposure and hunger.
This outbreak is regarded here as in
dicating systematic campaign directed
from Yieldiz Kiosk against all the Chris
tians, and not against the Armenian
Christians in particular, as generally be-
lieved.
. This puts more serious complexion
on the whole matter and is feature which
will Immediately attract the attention of
the powers, even if it has not already
done 40.
THE TURKS WERE THE AaGREssoRs.
At Sivas and elsewhere the Turks have
claimed that the Armenians were the ag-
gressors and that the former simply de-
Tended themselves when attacked. The
weakness of this plea can be judged from
the fact that, during the recent massacre
at Sivas, 800 Armenians were killed and
only ten Turks met death.
1t is safe, therefore, to presume that It
was massacre pure and simple and not
an ordinary disturbance, which resulted
In such great loss of life among the Ar
menians.
The report that four Jesuit priests, un-
der French protection, had been murdered
at Malaties turns out to be untrue.
There was disturbance, but the priests
escaped.
Not day passes here without revolu-
tionary posters being placarded on the
walls or distributed on the streets.
The real state of affairs can not be as
certained by the representatives of the
embassies, much less by representatives
of the press, but it is currently stated that
400 Softas, Turkish theological students,
have recently been arrested.
AMERICAN MISSIONS BURNED.
ople.--About 800 persons
were massacred by Mussulmans at Khar-
put and eight out of the twelve buildings
belonging to the American missions were
sacked and burned. The missio naries es-
capped.
TURKEY TESTING UNCLE SAM.
Boston.-The following cablegram was
received to-day by the American board
of foreign missions from Rev. H. G..
Dwight, Constantinople via Philliopolis:
give hundred killed at Kharput; eight
of the twelve mission houses were burned; !;
lives spared; houses stripped; Turks will
regard this as test of the intention of
the United States to defend the missions.
No missionaries anywhere we're killed.
Tho villages everywhere were desolated.
The people are naked and starving. In
stant help needed. (Signed) Dwight"
MAssAoRED IN PRESENCE OF TURKISH
TROOPS.
Rome.-A dispatch from Alexandretta,
northern Syria, says that massacre of
Christians occurred in that vicinity in the
presence of thirty Turkish soldiers, who
did not render any assistance. 1t is
added that the European residents of
Alexandretta are III danger.
NEWS CONFIRMED AT WASHINGTON.
Washington.-Secretary Olney has re-
ceived cablegram from U. s. Minister
Terrill confirming the Associated Press
reports from Constantinople concerning
the massacre of 800 persons by Mussul-
mans at Kharput and the destruction of
a large amount of property.