The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-16
ARMENIAN OITRAGES.
Cruel Treatment of American Git
izens in Marsovan.
OUR MINISTER ACTS PROMPTLY.
Demands the Release Of Americans I'm
Justly Accused and Prompt Trial of
Those who Are RevoIutionists-The Lat
ter Threaten Objectionable Persons.


ter Threaten Objectionable Persons.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The depart
ment of state has just received from Min
lister Terrell a report which throws some
light on the report telegraphed from Con-
stantinople few days ago, saying that
American citizens had been injured at
Marsovan. From Minister Terrells report
it appears that on July 1 an Armenian
named Garabed was assassinated at Mar
sovan, close to the church door, as he was
going to attend early service. He was the
chief man of the Protestant community
and chairman of the council of thirty,
who are responsible for the peace of the
city, 1t was alleged that he had given
the government information in regard to
the revolutionists.
Consul Jewett, In reporting this case
July 10 to Consul General Short, at Con-
stantinople, says that numerous Arme-
mans were arrested, as IL was said there
was little doubt Garabed was murdered
by them Among those arrested was a
naturalized American citizen, who had
been a student at the American college
at Marsovan, but who, as Mr.. Jewett was
| informed had been dropped from the roll
| some months ago,
| Minister Terrell was promptly informed
concerning the assassination and the i'm
| prisonments which followed it, and took
/ immediate steps to insure fair treatment
| of the naturalized citizens, and called
upon Mr.. Jewett for any trustworthy in
formation he might have regarding the
danger to the missionary teachers at Mar
sovan from Armenian revolutionists. He
| informed Mr.. Jewett that though Turkey
has right to7RYpel undesirable classes of
people from her territory, she has no right
! to treat the acquired American citizenship
of any of them as an offense, and to inn
/ prison them for that cause, nor to imprison
them on mere suspician. He instructed
him in such cases promptly to demand
| their release and that if any of them are
arrested while engaged in armed resist
ance to the government to demand a fair
trial
Mr.. TerrelPs report of the troubles at
I Marsovan is based upon verbal state.
ment of Mr.. Dwight, leading American
missionary at Constantinople, and is as
follows:
"More than year ago sixteen persons
at Morsavan received written notices that
they would be killed unless they cooper
ated with the Armenian revolutionists
President Tracy and Professor Briggs, OF
Marsovan college, were two of these
They had incurred the i'll will of the revo
lutionists by refusing to receive in the
college the sons of certain men suspected
of being revolutionists. Garabed who wa;
assassinated, was another of the sixteen
who received notice, and Mr.. Dwight has
been informed that still another has beer
assassinated. A Turkish guard was fur
nished at the request Of Mr.. Terril to pro
tect the American families from the assas
sins. Mr.. Dwight considers that guarC
sufficient TO protect the missionaries at tht
college, and Mr.. Terrell has not applied
for an additional force.
"lhe local governor informed the Arme
mans, after the killing, that he intended
to arrest all suspected persons and i'm
prison them until they revealed the name
of the guilty ones; that their object wa
to provoke Turkish vengeance in order tt
secure the sympathy and intervention o
Christian Europe, but that they would
not succeed, as he had caused to be preached
in the mosques for months that such wa
their object, and that any Turk who killeC
u Christian would be the worst enemy o
Islam"
Mr.. Terrell adds that the revolutionist
of Marsovan had organized, and marked
the American professors long before th
Sassoun atrocities