The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-27

cultivators were thrown into prison by the
Turks under charges Of revolutionary con-
spiracy.
There will be no crops planted In eastern
Armenia this spring, for the country
everywhere Is suffering from a reign of
terror. The presence of the commission Of
inquiry ut Moosh and tho indignation of
the Christian powers of Europe have had
absolutely no effect on the conduct Of
either the Turks or Kurds in eastern Tur-
key.
When the new grass of spring enables
the Kurdish horsemen to move about the
country the work of exterminating the
Armenians, which was interrupted by the
fall of snow after the Sassoun and Moosh
massacres last autumn, will be begun
anew. With no crops and no cattle OF
their own, the Armenians will either dio
of starvation or fee to Persia and Russia.
The famine will seriously affect both
Kurds and Turks, as they live mainly
upon the industry of tho Armenians-the
former by opon robbery and the last named
by extorting and outrageous taxation.
Some of the Turks and a few of the
Kurds realize that they arc killing the
goose that lays the golden egg, but they
can do nothing as persecution of the Ar
menians Is ordered by the Sultan Of
Turkey.
Proofs of Crime Not Lacking.
II is fact, which the British govern
ment can verify by consulting the report
of Mr.. Patton, an official OF the British
consulate at Tebriz, Persia, that in several
cases the Turkish officials In the devas-
tated district Of Armenia tried hard to
save the Armens ans from death and their
property from destruction, but when
they protested against the murderous
raids of the troops the officers read 10
them the orders Of the sultan, and so
nothing could be done.
He was accompanied on this tour of in
vestigation by DR.. Wright, an American
missionary, stationed at Salinas. These
gentlemen took testimony from several
witnesses TO the effect that when the Tur-
kish soldiers and Kurds appeared at a GER
- tain village they killed some of the villagers
who dared TO protest against their out
RACES and that one of the dead men was
cut up and boiled in a kettle like so much
beef. The boiled pieces were then given
to the villagers as food The wretched
creatures We're compelled TO eat their dead
friend to the last mouthful.
In another village, a party Of Kurds
found child asleep in cradle. They
overturned the cradle and smothered the
child. Then they dissectsd the body and
roasted pieces Of it before the fire. AS
climax they compelled the members of tho
family, including the child's mother, to
eat the roasted pieces.
But these are only casual incidents
picked out at random from the mass of
testimony taken by Mr.. Patton and DR..
Wright. The details will be found in Mr..
Paton's report. II II is ever made public.
The revolutionary leaders hardly know
whom to rely on, for their most trusted
agents may be in the pay of the Turkish
government.
The headquarters of the revolutionary
party are in London, and it is from there
that the head leader issues his orders to
his executive leaders in Russia, Persia
and Turkey. With regard 70 the financial
methods of the Evolutionary party, /
look upon IL as my duty TO give n word Of
warning to kind-hearted persons In
America who are subscribing TO funds for
Se relief Of the Sassoun refugees. / am
convinced that any relief raaney entrusted
10 any Armenian will sooner or later be
aSeQ to help the reyolutionary cause