Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-01-05
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aud ksrds GuiItless OF Cbr,.,,o, ,
~, ne Printed Reports of Massacre.
,.m. 'u..sess Perpetrated Upon Armen-
."s tented 81 the Porte None So mi, :,
~ Those wkaswiI Not s. '' ,''"
bosroS. Dec. 3l.-oficial le,ters ro
,en'iy sent out from the American
ooard OF commissioners for foreign
missions containing accounts relative
70 'nc European-Tursey mission were
opened " the Turkish officials. The
letters wese subsequently, delivered
pu' with the Turkish word Exam.
~ rmea written upon the envelope.
s, sIhls ms ins 1that the Turkish upy.
!, dttenpting 10 assume nm.
'nority over the mail of foreigners.
"hen the reports of the massacre ~
onr's'lans IN the Sassoun region of
eastern Turkey, after more than a
-. mon.n OF suppression on the part Of
the Turkish officials, became nub,i,
'ne ottoman government was alarmed |
at the widespread publications in tbe
and English press. Under
from the foreign powers the
sultan agreed to send a commission to
investigate and report upon the ont.
rage In view Of this promise Of ,ho
neutrality-suspicious. of the Euro.
'ean powers at Constantinoplc decided
y wall Tor the report before taking
my positive action. But after this de-.
is'on ny the powers, and while tbev
vere waiting for the departure of tho
ui'ans commission, which had been {
ppointed and which was to make fail ,
no impartial investiga tions of all tbc {
mars reported by the English consul q
well as by any individuals from ,ha y
assoun region, the Turkish govern.
'eh' came out with the official state. r
.n' VI the case, which statement was I
lin'ed IN all the papers of CONSTANT. d
opie. All Papers printed in Turkey
= e uhder close censorship, and no DR..
u c'uid refuse to print the state.
eht under penalty of immediate sus. d
'nsion' Hence the Christian period.
us were compelled to print what
ey Knew to be false. The statement 81
llows: eN''n' !,
Some of the recent European rov. he
nave stated, contrary to the trntb Bl
al few Armenian villages havn la
en- destroyed, and in the meantime Sc
sons nave been massacred bv tho til
rk'Sh soldiers in the region of sas. fo
'h' Others. in order to mapnifv hi
'se reports have asserted that ~ Oh
VS. OF the outrage were prevented de-
III ieaking out by the obstacles the at
'ernment put in the way of travel. ole
from that district ag
inc subjects of the empire OF sas. div
n district are quietly engaged wit, chi
II business, and the people travel 70
erever they wish to in perfect wiz
'!!y' Some Armenian bandits be. CHI
induced by agitators, began lately +
na about Sassoun to disturb the has
&c I ana comfort of the people bv wh
plundering and blocking wit
M ni.s,yavs ~ 70 Qrdes to, nut "a, r,ni Fai
uch dlsastei-e government en-. II
's the nccesslrl means, and conse. ate
ntly ordered out sufficient he
J. OF imperial soldiers ~ kim
fourth army corps. Thus the ey. GUS
,on OF the revolt being checked rail-
troops were withdrawn to their som
quarters Taere was no interfer. III
oy the kurds, but as stated above ceas
armed bandits have ventrred to Lick
rderly actions, the sublime norte ex-S
hg been notified by the reports of own
authorities of the fourth imperiaj cisco
corps, and also by the gov. whie
al Betlis, undertook to in. Ex
gate as to the focts; and II Is
'quently commission of inouirv son,
'osed OF Abdoolah Pasha, Komer torio
Medlld Effendi and Hafez Tev6n Fran
a. was appointed, who will start disin
week by the steamer 10 tha $50 back
'e trouble. In general the sn. exter
porte will never allow such ont. his u
70 be perpetrated, as published /,
~ papers, upon her subjects