The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-16

ne wnule esty was tossed wsfh eNnecta-
ton. and ve were expecting an attack
Some SAID The kurss had government sane
tous Others that the Turks in the city we're
in league with them The Kars2s. Wh3le
Tlo7der-ng the villages. Were hearl to say,
Ne are going 70 kAarrut The Turks n
TIE city said the hurgis are coming here
to plumber the Christian quarters. one
Aga. when appealed 10 use means for
defense of the city. sid Why should We
protect The Gi2ourSs On. LEI them he
killed Tae governor Of Nalata teie-
graphed here that 1910 Knrfs had couae
there. an1 thar Re could nor cope WITH
them. That threw the responsibility uDon
the kharput government. The leading men
o. Arackir went 20 tAe governor and asked
for protecs1on- They were treated with
contempt. These disturbances could rot
have happened Il strong orders bad Been
Sent - the governor generals - preserve
order at any cost
The terror and distress in the devas3at-
ed villages can scarcelv he pictured Those
who escaped with the.r lives have been
stripped OF everything else. with winter
Just AZ their doors Where the hurds have
alone devastated the loss OF life is no;
great. The kurds plumber bat DO not
generally XIII. unless resisted The idea
OF an uprising among the Arrnenians Is ah-
surd They are IN terror Of their lives.
They ara prepared to surrender all their
possessions II only their lives caa bc
spared"
Another writer describing the attack ~
on the city says:
The first attack began on Sunday. No
venbcr -. by few kurds. They were
driven OF. Monday there was another at
tack in the morning. This also was re-
pelied. These attacks amounted 20 little.
Later Monday the kuris and Turks from
the surrounding region attacked Husenk.
Several We're killed. The soldiers were
sent down the road 10 meet them. and
some of the principal Moslems also went
down. They had a conference with the
kurds. Then the soldiers withdrew TO the
city. dragging their cannon IN a very
leisurely fashion. After the soldiers had
reached the city the Kurdsa and Turks came
on yelling and firing. The soldiers made
10 attempt 10 stop them. They fired the
cannon once harmlessly over the heads Of
the kurds The Turks OF the city Joined
In the plumber and attack. The Armenian
school was first set on hre, then the great
or part of the Christian quarter. Christians
were shot down every where.
Il saw all these things with my own
eyes. for l watched with a field glass. un-
ii il became plain that the whole thing
was definitely planned and arranged. The
Christians had given up their arms and
cast themselves on, the protection oi me
government. No Christian fired on the as
sailants The missionaries took refuge IN
the girls school until that was attacked.
The mission house of Rev. -. =. Alien and
wife was burned and the school set ga
fire They then gathered in the yard, pre-
pared to die. Or Barnum spoke 20 the
ljtary commander, and he sent soldiers,
bat only two remained to protect the mis-
sionaries. and they demanded money or
they would 90 away as their comrades
had done. The missionaries decided 10 30
into the college building. AS they left the
school yard a Turk tired upon them from
across the yard twice, first at Mir. Allen
then at Rev. Gates. but he WAS a very bad
marksmau. and no one was hit. The
family OF AIR. Gates was the last TO leave
the yard.
Soon after the missionaries got into the
school building the officer sent for them 10
come out. The missionaries refused 10 do
SO, saying they had no confidence IN the
chiefs. and If they wished 20 offer protec-
tion they could protect them where they
We're. If they did not. the missionaries
would die there. AT last Alai Bey tMa-
hamet Bey). a CirCasstan. arrived. He
was the first and only man who acted as
If he meant 70 do anything for the mis-
sionaries He called back the soldiers
who had been sent by the military COM
mander. The missionaries al once came
out and began lighting the fires that had
been set. Alai Bey helped them. The
house OF Rev Gates, the house Of Mr..
Barnum. the normal school and the coll
lege building were saved, but eight Of the
buildings were burned. All the houses
were plundered and the soldiers made no
attempt to stop II. The missionaries were
stripped OF everything bat the clothes they
wore. The Turks Of the city were very
much disappointed that any OF the mis-
sionaries buildings were spared.
Tuesday the Kurds returned 10 the at
tack An order came 10 stop them and
yermssion was given TO shoot the kurdS
When this order came two soldiers laid
down their arms Nine kurds were killed
that day a Mezrel and FIVE at Kharput.
This finished the attack OF the Kurds. but
there was. and Is atill danger OF attacks
from Turks. The missionaries put them
selves under the protection of the govern
ment again formally. but the protection
was a sham.
"As a result Of the massacre" the writer
says, "frem Diarhekir 10 Malatia. Arahkir
and Peri the whole region is a desolation.
] counted twenty-oue ruined villages, and
there are said 10 be thrty-hve Of them. ia
the Char Sandjak alone. The missionaries
may not escape with their lives.
Washington City. Dee 15.-The Turkish
legation received from the sublime porte
tho following telegram under today's date.
People Of tho Persian tribe of Karlars.
who attacked the Armenian village of Van.
were successfully repulsed by the imperial
troops The goods and cattle stolen At
Alarsovan, Amsssia and Hahk were part
Is restored to their owners. The situation
at Ze'toun reYnain the same. EvcFywhere
e.ae order Is perfect Tho attacks on the
inhabitants Of the villages OF Zerkisn and
Kurzet Wan} We're made by brlgands from
Persia"