Evening star., 1896-03-17
ON THE OTHER SIDE
The Porte Alleges Grimes Done by
Armenians.
TO TIE TURK IT Is ALL POLITICS
Riots and Destruction of MussuI-
man Property.
D Y n A M T E o 8 E D
o TIE TURK IT IS ALL POLITICS
D Y N A M I T E q 8 E D

the sublime porte q report containing a de-
tailed account of the Armenian trouble in
some Of the Asiatic provinces Of Turkey.
The report deals with the Armenian dis
turbances as whole, and treats of each
vilayet separately. Beginning with Trebi-
zond the report opens with the statement
that 'the Armenian agi.ators, endeavor-
ing to realize their subvertive designs by
destruction and ravage. procured arms.
cartridges, bombs and dynamite. hoping to
impress the Mussulman population by the
number of their engines of war. It was
thus that they caused the troubles at
Talouri, Sassoun and Yozghad, ard, later,
those at Constantinople, which in turn re-
acted on Trebizond."
The following are excerpts from the re-
port:
IN Erzeroum 1t is stated that band had
as Its chief one Serope, who had a convent
as his refuge, and that it was his object to
create an Armenian question to provoke the
Intervention of Europe. The instructions
which they had received from him admon-
ished them to call themselves by Mussul-
man names, In order that they might
attribute to these latter the ousrages which
they committed. These instructions came
to them from Constantinople, in shape of
letters written on the one side in ordinary
ink, on the other in invisible ink The au-
thorities discovered in the adjoining con-
vent and neighboring cave whole manu-
factory Of arms and weapons and their ac-
ceSSorfes. and large number CT rifles and
Martini cartridges, which they seized.''
Alleged Intrigue.
In Bitlis the report says: IAN Armenian
questioned by a commissary Of police, de-
clared that certain Mr.. George, a Pro-
testant missionary. in the service of whom
he was employed, announced to them three
days before the Bitlis incident that reforms
were going to be effected, and also wrote n
letter to the Armenian bishop, in which he
stated that six vilayets had already been
ceded to Armenia This, of course ccneIu-
sively proves that the Armenians were al
iured and melted to revolt by the promises
made to them by the Protestant mission
aries"
In Sivas, the report states, an Armenian
was arrested at the very moment when he
was extort1ng money from notable in his
community, and he admitted that he was
one of band of Armenians who had been
placed under the orders of a certain Daniel
and that his band was organized after the
English SYSTEM" and bore the name cf
nountaineers' band.
In letter found in the possession Of an
other Armenian arrested as belonging to in
surrect1onal committee it was asserted
that this body owed its organization and
land.
Judicial inquests were held to discover
the perpetrators of the various crimes
The 9Th Of December Daniel, the famous
brigand, was captured on the coast of
Cotchkin. the man who had plunged into
ao1ect terror the entire population of Vi
Vayet of Sivas. Following a. judicial in
quest, and on the avowal of his acolytes
this Daniel had been condemned to hard
labor Tor life year and half previously,
and this because Of murders. From the
advices received. Daniel had assassinated
IN the most atrocious manner the substi-
tute of the imperial procurator general OF
Kara H1ssar. a corporal, the chief of the
F1d of D1I
sulmans of Sahar-Dag, of whom two were
women He was recognized as the chief of
a band. organized by an Engl.shman, un-
der the name Of .Mountaineers' Band,
murders and burnt and pillaged a large
number Of houses and Mussulman VII
lages.''
"kinglOm of Armenia"
In Diarbekir the porte states that ut
was established that a certain Hamouch
Abraham of Mardin, master Of a Protes-
tant school, sent in every direction letters
to propagate the idea that an Independent
kingdom Of Armenia would be established,
with constitution based on twenty-four
fundamental articles, and, on the other
hand, which had as it's purpose the ex-
citing of the Kurds and the nomadic tribes
by means Of seditous writings and false
news. The 4th Of November they seized
In the hands of the Armenians four bombs
"The value of the buildings, houses and
personal property destroyed during the
riots, and for the loss of which the blame
must be laid at the door of the Armenians.
exceeded 100000 Turkish pounds. More
than two-thirds Of these great losses were
suffered by the Mussulmans. Lately received
official advices describe the case Of one un-
fortunate Mussulman who was having him
self shaved by an Armenian barber who
at the signal Of the lieutenant cut off the
poor mans head. At Alepp,'' so runs the
report, 1.-The Armenians of Zeitoun pillaged
and burned the Mussulman villages of
Bechan and Kourtel. They burned the Mus
sulmans alive, cut of the breasts Of the wo-
men and strangled the children. They
caused also great massacres at Tchoukour-
Hissar. These facts, at first known through
telegram sent by the Inhabitants, were
lately confirmed by the official reports of
the vilayet.
Violence by Armcnians.
During the night Of the Oath of Novem-
ber the Armenians Of Zeitoun burnt about
forty houses in the villages Of Demir and
Lari- 1t was shown by official advices that