Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-19
KHARPUT BUTCHERY.
Story Of Tho Massacre Of Eight Hun
drsd AfmenlanS.
AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
Belonging to American Missionarios-.-
The SULTAN In Dead Earnest
at Last.

response to kilograms sent 10 khHrput
by the United States minister, Terrell,
iuquirlng Into the burning ana pilisg-
Ing OF the American missions there, the
Porto has furnished some information
to Terrell, and additional facts have
been obtained from other sources. As
Terrell will communicates direct with
the state department ut Washington ON
tho subject, tho faca In his possession
cannot be given out here. But enough
is known OF the disturbances TO enable
the As7ooia,ed Pres, to give the fol-
lowing general outline;
The trouble between Kurde and Mus.
sulmsus At khATput had bOen brew.
Ing fuT some time. On one hand II Ia
claimed that hrmeniaps, melted by the
agenleoi their revolutionary committee
had been arming themselves, holding
secret meetings and preparing ior fe'
volt against the Turkish auihOrltlof.
Tue crisis was TO DO pteclpiiAtei ny
al attack upon the MussulmRn quar-.
ter. a second version IL that the
Tutke, acting under instructions from
Iildia Kiosk officials, II not from the
sultan himself, deliberately planned TO
massacre the Afmeuians Of hharput.
kurde were provided with wtnpDns
similar 10 those used by the Turkish
s3ldiery, anu ammunition plentliully
distributed. At a signal agreed upon
quarrel was picked with the Afmens
ians, ana an attack upon their quarter
commenced. The Armenlaus aniici-
pating tho outbreak, had armed thcm.
selves ~ well as possible, barficaded
their dwellings anu made ~ deter
mined a resistance that the nrnt attsok
Of the kurds was repulsed.
The American missionaries had np-
Piled Tor protection, TO Terrell. He
called personally on tn. Porte, sent
several notes 10 tue minister OF foreign
affairs, insisting that the Turkish VI.
ticials should protect thu American
mitsionaries. and notifying the sultan
aud his ministers that they would
be held Responsible for tho safety
Of the missionaries. Tho Turkish
oflicinls promised TO protect the lives OF
the missionaries and detailed gend-
armies TO guard their property. Whom
the Armenians tspuisod the first Mt
tack the kurds were Infatuated and
thoy proceeded TO tue quarter OF Khar-
put wneTe the American mission IL
located aud quickly overcoming the
opposition OF inc gendArmes, II there
were any present, ransaokedl he houses.
Including the eignt American mission
buildings and exploding q shell In the
house. OF one Of the missiOnsrie,. Tho
American missionaries placed them
selves undor the immediate protection
OF the Turkish governor who still has
them under his care. During the pill
laying, 1t has been asoettained beyond
a doubt, that the kurda were supported
by the Turkish troops In u number OF
instances.
Later, q second aud more successful
attack was made by the kurds upon
the Armenian quarters and n terrible
massaoreh followed. Conservative
estimates say that from 500 to 1000
peuons were killed. The A merican
missionaries formally protested aGainsI
the destruction OF property 10 the
Turkish authorities and to MIR. Terrell,
who, when all facts are thoroughly es-
iablished, viii most likely demand
that the Americans DO oompo nsated.
In faot IL Ia understood that Terrell has
already been assured that the Turkish
government 10 prepared 10 DO what II
right when the blame 10 placed where
II belongs.
A ttesn fanaiioal outbreak occurred
at Moosh but WAS suppressed by tn,
Turkish authorities alter forty Anne
mans were killed. There 10 evidences
that the Porte has been frightened by
tho gathering Of foreign heeis IN
Salonics bay, anu by aivlco, accom-.
panied by clear statement OF the real
situstlon, received from dermany and
Ausiris, who seotn to be acting IL
accord, into adopting really energetic
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