New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-05
ARMENIAN SUFFERINGS.

STORIES TOLD IN LETTERS AND TELEGRAMs RE
CEIvED IN THIS CITY
DIR A. Ayvazian has received number OF letters
recently from Armenia. in which the terrible s'''e
of affairs there is graphically described.
one letter from a town Kharpoot has been
translated in part by the doctor The writer says
..1,be situation in which are found am sure
has no parallel in history. 1t seems thai 'h' OPP
pressions and prosecutions under legal preehs'ohS
committed on the Armenians are not enough no"
they have begun to murder and 10 pu''heI oP'"S
without any fear of anybody. Every DAY We "'"'
of some village being plundered end "hc' a''
numbered. | use the word in its most horIlole
scuee Houses are left entirely bare. not even
.,,er for wafer or vessel for salt beinS lett'
What cannot be carried away is destroyed ie"
DAYS ago these robbers attacked several villages Oh
Tho t,unhrates River and CARED off all the ships
and small boats belonging 10 the Armenians' i"''
lee, untouched the ships belonging 10 the lnFKa,
"Armedan was rich village 81 30 idin''.S'
great multitude OF Turks and huris iatcy a''d'Ac'
the village With the attacking party were many
women carving bags and baskets. They piund'rcd
the place the women and children carri"' away
everything thai portable, the men "'u'''"''''
and destroyed what could not be carried away anu
hundreds Of articles which had Naiue LOT 'ne''
original owners were destroyed smpy TOR !hhe
ni.a sure Of the destruction, but TINS WdS ho ~
worst Wherever women zen mo ,ny n nr,,1e in
Turks they subjected to the most -
dicnitics The Government station oi hut lN.',
only miles away. bat nObtNA thit' ~ ~
moor villagers The police at the SD on VII ~
real pcrp,trators of the ouirag, lhe n'pu,S ~
ernor OF the state. instead II proi"c'ins me NJ.
nruans with the group OF soldiers N''' ~ INV
village osi.nsihly n search OF f'dIh - ,..-
piura Is another Armenian village IN'i'F Jay
AGO kurls from Dcrsin attached IN" NI'ihS' an"
Numbered every house and carried IN" hppy -
hoadGuarters which they established ""t- a" l" VI
iage They threatened % butcher me l'''pl''.
= they would not hrins them i'"if hHi'h I'D 'n's
or other vAluahir~ Turk, nave thicH', hr' lN'
inh,bfants of the village of Liz mat uhi'~S t"'N
embrace Mahoinctanism they vii l.. "pi'nri'r' 50
Won see a great night IL going on h''"r'" '"' &c,
al lueaiiaf power. The Turks are SUPP re j an ,
.ncouragcd and FIST gated nt the ''pf'i i.i' am
me Armenians have MOI only ~ support ""' arc
prosecuted. ,.......- - l.r
barisn the writer says. ,. ..,.ot mi
thousands Of families are now almost """"l ''l'
are furnishing wanderers. Tnilit DAYS "S" 'n'7.
same pcople wer. we'll 10 do. hrl ing tn"ns''N'S
and the community in which they hNod. III -. -
nlaces scores Of Armenlans, iu order 10 say" u"',
lives have outwardly accepted MahonctdMsW, "Iu
travellers Who have o. travel through 'n' va i",S
towns now dress 80" Mahofncians ana iMiulke IN
their usagcs ia order 20 be proi'c.cd' "ey no.
o~iv sneak Turkish. bat 90 through AL th' ininls
s,i ceremonies connected With the TURKISH i'-lh
l,r Ayvazian also showed number q! trl'S ANS
which reople IN Armenia were forced by thr GOV
eminent % send. and IN which tn"y say ne
rcnorts az to the state % anairs IN Armenia hi'
Exaggerated These kilograms we're h'ial"t ~
Governmeri officials AMI - relus" 10 soma th'h
would have been cause for aiiit.onaI persecution.