The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-28
FROM ARMENIA.
rr4E ASSOCIATED PRESS INVESTI
at GATOR HEARD FROM.
III Porte has Announced that Cholera
Exists In the Sassoum District. to
Keep Out Truth Seekers-Min-
lister Terrell's Troubles.

A London. Feb. 21.-(Copyrighted 1894
.hy the Associated Press)-The special
|JI JI,l6rrespondent of the Associated Press,
n %bo was sent out from London to Arme-
u nia to investigate as to the atrocities
n eaid 30 have been perpetrated upon. the
X Aru,en,ans, nd whose first report, il
lettnr sent from Tiflis, Russia, was re-
chiyed here On the second inst. and cabed
lb America that day, has made second
aerort This, like the first one, was post
| Ia ar TiAis 1t is dated January Is. In
VA the correspondent SAYS:
f'Iu the letter | wrote ten days ago, CIV
B;he the result of some preliminary enqui-
fries had made at Constantinople, Sas-
k4soun. Trebisson and Tifis, concerning
4 the alleged atrocities 9nd the state OF al,
W fairs genrally in Armenia, endeavcreu
& to convey some idea of the difficulties thhI
"A would be encountred in prosecuting any
sort of investigation or getting at the reai
~ facts of the case. That did not eXag,-
gerate these difficulties will be apparent
a from further information on the pom
u -hicb [ am now in position to supply.
N 'ake, TO begin with, the cholera quar-
Il antine which is being enforced IN varl-
n Gus parts Of the sultan's DOMINION III
n such manner as to draw AROUND tne
ii districts of Armenia, in which the atrocl-
lies are hA,Seu W ltlNC ONNuiN
Skeep away from the scene OF the out
RACES all Independent investigators, IL
lis announced that cholera exists IN van,
Rittlish and Moosh and that strict quar-
H antipe regulations must wherefore pe
* *rpforced. Now, it certainly is a pecullar
d sicircumstance that cholera should nave
kRnappened to break out at this season Oh
h the year in the region OF the Sass0un
fmassacres and not in Asia Minor. VINO
lis to prove OF disprove the statement tilas
4hhe disease is raging in those snow clau
4land practically inaccessible mountain
y fastnessest e.,,,,
N "Eyen in Constantinople and Stampoul
y little or nothing is known by the puDnc
lur by newspaper correspondents concern
ling the cholera outbreaks reported from
AYhese cities In the Turkish capital
fnedcn officer reporting a case OF chol-
Sera receives double pay until clean
HbilI of health is returned from the a1iecteu
district, and in country ike turkey IL
of cholera in everything from Group 10
Typhoid fever
ut is pretty thoroughly understood
Mflat quarantine law is the highest law
Won earth and that even international
3courtesy must bow to it. So, when we
kare told. as we have been during the
bast few days, that an epidemic OF chol-
Eera has suddenly made its appearance IN
4the region of the Sassoun massacre,
aAeven 4 blind man can see that 1T IS meant
tto detain and obstruct the work OF the
sTurksh commission of inquiry. 1t is be-
Viewed here that the Turks, forced to
.;.tSgall by- the protest of the foreign
~tielegatcs on the commission, threw up
the obstruction and hoisted the yellow flag
anon it, 4 foreign delegate could not
ignore q cholera quarantine or find means
IA eyade il. No information has been
yOuchsafed as to the form in which the
choiera has manifested itself in the Sas-
bspun mountains and one is forced to
believe that it is raging among the rocks
md mountain peaks like snow storm.
"a Those who were not killed in the mas
ksncre have long ago fled to other parts of
Tie country, and those who did not have
cans to flee have been clapped into
Ail. Of course, there are many persons
in and around Moosh who would have
bigone to the Sassoun mountains and
quarantine will save them from getting
:. NJ the commission. If the Kurds have
succeeded in repairing the damages to
the Sassoun villages there is no reason
why the commission should not be al
ibwed 10 visit the scene of the mas
sacre and founder about in 10
feet of snow if it cared for
IDuL SOEI VI lUluS, DuJ lIc VI lhV
Turk to allow anyone to travel through
the SassOun country and the timely quar-
a1tina suggest that any money sent to
rebu ID the destroyed villages has been
stolen or that snow was so deep before
the money arrived that nothing could be
done In that case the bodies of the
butchered Christians are buried under
10 feet OF snow. The Turks will take
good care they are first in charge and
clear away the massacre. The Turks are
safe until April, and by that time their
marvellous ingenuity may find way out.
Even with cholera quarantine it would
be practically impossible for the commits
sion to make any real headway until
spring, owing to the intense cold and the
great amount of snow in Armenia. The
situation may be judged to some degree
by the fact that the roads to Eriivan and
Kars, in Eussia, which are in a much |
lower attitude, have been for more than a
fortnight blocked with snow
Tales of oppression, outrage and muir
ler in other parts of Armenia. Turkey, J
srelas thick as blackberries here and =,
long The southern coast of the Black sea, '
ard enough information is obtainable