The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-17
hRMEyTaNs AGAINST CHRIsTIANs.
RevoIutionists Threatened Americans
Long Before the >a--oun Massacre


WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE state De-
rartment as recei, ed a report from Min
is;,r Terrell AT Constan; noplc, dated July
9th. relating to the Armenian ieNoiution-
lists nj AIars0VaH which Is OF great inter-
est In con- ection with the press telegram
published Yesterday about rOt ~ s.'a'
place. IN which some American HllsS'o"
aries are said TO have becn injured.
Ii appears from Minister Terrell STAT,
men that on July Ist an Armenian ".i+,'
GarabeG was assassinatsd at .d@lsoNah,
close TO the church door, as ne was COINS
TO attend early service. lie was nc ti,tt
man OF the Protestant community an
Chairman OF the Council OF Inlriy' Nno
are res onsiDlc for the peace or the cry.
Ii was alleged that he had gwen W
Government information In regard 10
tire revOlutionists.
Consul Jewett. in reporting this case
July 18th, to Ccnsul-Gcncral snort a.
ConstantinOpic. said that numerous Ar
mcnians were arrested, because there was
little doubt that Garabcd was mulaereu
by them Among those arrested wa
nnturaliZed American citizen, VINO haH
been student Al the American college
at MarsoVan. but VINO. as Mr.. JeWelt
was informed. had been dropped from
;hc rolls some months before.
Minister Terrell was promptly informed
concerning the assassination and the I'M
prisOnments which followed il, and TOOK
immediate steps to insure fair treatment
Of the naturalizcd citizen, and called upon
Mr.. Jcwctt for any trustworthy inforina-
uon he might have regarding the danger
to the missionary teachers at MafsoNan
from Armenian rcvolutiOnists 10y reason
Of threats 10 assassinatc them ana also
the precautionary measures for their pro-
lection afforded or rendered by the Local
Turkish authorities.
He informed Nr. Jewctt that though
Turkey had a right TO eNpel undesiiaple
classes OF people from her territory she
fNt..
can citizenship Of any Of them as an OIL
fence, nor TO imprison them toI lhd'
cause, Tor TO imprison them on mere sns-
picion He instructed him IN such cases
promptly To demand their release. ana
that. if any Of them were arrested WINE
engaged IN armed resistance 10 the Gov
eminent. 10 demand a fair trial
Mr.. Terrell's report on the troubles al
Nars0van was based upon NeInai SUI,
n4ent of MIR Dwight. a leading American
missionary at COnstantinople, ana IS az
follows:
More than year ago sixteen persons
at Marsovan received written notice ina
they would be Killed unless they W0Ulu
cooperate with the Armenian revolution
lists. President Tracey and professor
Riggs, OF Marsovan College, were two OF
tlcse They had incurred the ill-will oil
the revOlutiOnists by refusing 10 receive
I'm the college the sons Of certain men
suspected of being revOlutionists.
"Garabcd. who was assassinated, was
another OF the sixteen who received hotict
and Mr.. Dwight has been informed that
still another had been assassinated.
Turkish guard was furnished at the re-
quest OF Mr. Terrell. 10 protect the Amerl-
can families from the assasains. Mr.
Dwight considers this guard sufficient 90
protect the missionaries m the college
ana Mr.. Terrell has not applied Tor an adj
ditionai force.
Tho local Governor Informed the Ar
menians after the killing that he intenced
10 arrest all suspected persons ana I'M
prison them until they revealed The names
Of the guilty one. that their object was
20 provoke Turkish vengeance ia order %
secure the sympathy and intervention ar
Christian Europe but that they would
not succeed, az he had caused 10 De-
preached In the mosques FOR months
that such was their object and that any
Turk who killed n Christian would DE
the worst enemy Of ISLAM
Mr. Terrell added that the revOlutionisis
az MarsOvan had organized and marked
the American professors long before the
SassOun atrocities