New-York tribune., 1896-03-30
AFTERZEITOUN'S SURRENDER
THE DESPERATE PLIGHT OF THE GAR
RISON AND REFUGEES.
THOSE ARMEN1ANs BROUGHT TO MARAsH STONED
AND p1UNpERED-How THE TURKISH CENSOR

THOSE ARMEN1ANS BROtohi ~ '1NiNSA-
AND p1uNpERED-How THE TURKISH CENSOR
TREATS EVEN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
Constantinople. March 9-The revolt Of Zeitoun Its
heroic defence and final surrender are by this t''e
well known to Americans. All resistance Is al an
end the Turkish forces have occupied the place; .,e
redifs reserves) being slowly disbanded and the
Pacha has received his decoration. The question Oh
the hour is What is be done to save the Zeitouhh
and the refugees In the city. now that surrehoe'
Is an accomplished fact?
The following letter written from Marash under
date Of February H. will give an idea OF the present
condition OF affairs:
Peace has been made with Zeitoun, and thus Sa Iaa
there has been no terrible catastrophe there me me
sT :.s.. srs qe sS down " FRIDAY to
and sent on before gh the next ane fo rea at
2eitoun few days longer watch the carrying out ya
Of the terms and then they viii come mere era anI s 200
refugees from the surrounding villages in ndon IeIt1on
and these were N asd most aEsre ro want and sick
agrssd to m 2emsned ede and
voy of $50 OF these poor refugees were 1ousr shch %
Mran %1a seTsr Put hund1ed
now begins another tale Of woe Ine lrsi ses ss dlte
being put into the anr No s
for either their protection their nourishment one
were sick Their condition Is extremely pitiaoe:
The clothes on their backs S ARE are about not Beading
and the Church in which they was Pundered d,i IN
the massacre and the windows were tSsmseves
by beaIIng the men. Taey also carried OIL ie"
@ suffer the woE G Mha could be done for
these people, several nayes came n orngS SSyomght
G the rs@ zeSan & their DUTY pretty
least did not abuse them on the way rneS ppr out
and amused themselves by beating the refugees ana
peng them with stones while Marasn The siree
wa. spr,nked with their blood little boy was
killed BY stone and tbs Sssd mrnHs bngY an hs saying
him unhurt all the way from oSany %soun oh has
to Ssen be pS, Sfn into q" an school
had some goods with them, but they were all plum plum
srsd on nosns Ne S so
going be brought here nor what tns pan a, s o of
them viii certainly die II they left here we
for them Our means are not & az al aisris
uting relief In the smallest driblets to over eWo ~
Mara,h, besides sending relief to several small VII
dIatey to meet this great and terrible need ,
From all over the country ana esptG.at&Iy & ,''. 9r
money The need grows greater rather than smaller
day by day the scanty stock ot s,,tn, how
ever the case OF the Zeitoun seems the most des
Pete The suffering g and IN tSai 5essmsa W pbaby
never be adequately described There wac death n
ali the zetounli fought on with stubborn courage
that has never been excelled; Now that the sur SUI
able az before with their crops destroyed, their
business ruined money and stores gone ana a. nus us
refuge n what hsy hope e. fSr7 A5Ss.s Ex:.
burned and the land seized 6y Mosem rv sbs se
TIE Value that the Ottoman Government attaches
TO- ss s'ms IN orss %t 'ns
few weeks ago at the Constanhopc pie Iasco, corn
tain press in NewYork city an iDGsT STHhuTs ,b
entitled a Few Facts About r IIrKss OF course s"s
highly lsuda,ory. although 70 regular reader %, OF
se4 the ar raVSr veil sSo
TO the birthday and coronation Anniversary euiosies
in HS Shsh Tr5asy 'a
fIi army, Efficient navy, and rapidly s ihcrene'ns
people under tho presiding genius Of the gracious
Sovereign The brochure a carefully prepared
s' moSs in,ciiirence and knoWledse OF ,he country
than /. usually shown In such compositions only
tho Discrepancies between the facts and The state.
ments between the practices and the theory sci
With the object OF spreading as widely as possible
brDehap was distributed free Of charge America
and presumably had large circulation. Now, II
,ndyIda 'n s@zea with the pous desire OF spreading
accurate information about Turkey among the De-
nshs SSe. % this s f2ee & work ns o CONS
nople The CONSIGNMENT rsachsd the Cus'o i1uye .r
picked. There seemed to be nothing seditious. ana
st he va. in doubt 6Gr ne s had a nj 20 and went 10
tho palace. He called forth the high functionaryj
IN, INSPECTOR OF mems thoughts and the keeper OF
the IMPERIAL secrets and explained his difhculty
Burn every copy, was the sharp reply. ,, ih1,,e use
don't want them here. Burn them up And IL
done ~
The Incident ought 10 be instructive to those adj
mrors OF tho Turkish Empire. who forget that
whitei sepulchrcs usually contain dead men bones
II the travellers who praise Enthusiastically the
Turkish Empire could 1--we here one year. free from
court influence, would travel one days Journey
into the Interior, they would gain new and less
rose-colored View OF this Empire than u set i9rtn
In pamphlets; and no one knows this better than
the palace officials. Hassan Pacha, the Minister OF
Marine ,s immensely pleased to hear the enco-
mums heapcd upon his ironclads lying maJestlcaly
I'm the Golden Horn but II would give Hassan lach1
a thrill OF exquisite agony to think Of an American
or English engineer looking at the boilers OF those
vesses The Sutan's troops that parade at Selam-
lik are well ed and clothed, but II you could have
wretches drafted from the interior! Courts are es-
tabsh-d and judges are appointed ana sessions are
held but try get Justice from one OF those courts
without a brbe and you VIII learn more than
pamphlets can teach especially II you be
Christian.