Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-29
5ELEGRAPHIC.
ARMENIAN REPORT
!. gI,lsy Of The Agitation I'i
Several Ysais.
,,,,re OF KILLED rxAeaFnATEO
49,, III, People were subjected to
''' r Is.p cru'l'I'' cAH'''
Be Denied.

. Ian. 2s,--Blue book, nave
l0s ,I',,.5 containing all the oihoiA'
I''n w., ~, ,slatlve to Armenia oe'wson
eis,, % lsDs, and october 49, lSs',an
jay ~ Of tho consular delegates
TIE i'Iy w. the sasoun commission
''! rs. ,,pori give, the history OF . Toe
ln' ~. agitation for several Year,
A, W ,.eo,d, the obstacles thrown IN ~
'na ,'.y Of the commission by .ne
", ~, delegates. also aequi" 'ns
a a,''nl,u, Of the charge brought
w., ham OF burning their own
'sAu" ~ lncite an outbreak amVn l...
pioge'l ~ adding that the laws
'ntn ,,ss,r,o., 10 prove that the Atnie-
'.i,l. .,ls ,s' In revolt, but show that .ho
.,,,ator Mufsd inslignIeI se Tss ,.iisr
.s's,,n outrages on kutds' lno i az.
w. ,,talialed, anu the Atmoh'"'
g,ilo lheif villages. ,n.r,ans
~ Ra,as followed, and the govern
l.. IN notning TO arrive nj n peace ,
,.iii ,.s Iis or 10 protect women anu
cnl.dfen. - u.t the number
d, tilled has been grossly exaggetssev,
Ind Inc report aumils thai owing 70
~ y" .s.spee Of repatriation, It IL lmpos-
I'M ,ysn approximately 10 NIX me
,'s, N victims. There ~, however,
s1rsndei 10 the report iAoulased htt
IN evidence rendered the committee,
", vilisyss mentioned show total OF
"a victims. These Villages were NJ
AIMED ana the inhabitants icl'tereu'
rbe British delegate, 5hipley, Ia n
r,smofsp dum attached to the Joint re-
~ ifom the evidence gathered by
,sn.nl Hamraon during his tour, essi'
m,lss too total number OF victims
M ibe galseun district, including
s.,lb, from starvation, NJ about 200.
Oue OF the worst ctscs OF oVid'blooded
cruelty, Delegate shipley says, was tue
murder OF prisoners In the camp al
GbslleruIan, under promise OF safe
cspducl But the number Of those 40
murdered was only forty OF MY and
gst hundreds, as has been stated.
DELEGATE SIMPLIFY, while he admits
tina, there were violations OF women,
a,,,fls that tho alleged Wholesale
bulehery Of women was not confirmed.
He points out that while an agitation
,lbysniye Of tue Ottoman authority
has existed among tho hrmeniane In
Turkey and abroad, which has exas-
tenled the Turkish government, II
mus, be admitted that the government
bad failed In Its authority OF atiording
IioIeelion TO all classes Of Its subjects.
lie complains Of the suppression Of
evidence before tho commission Of
Taiklsh officials az not calculated 10
hIvAnee the interests Of the truth.
The report OF the consular delegate
records iha, the protest made by tho
delegates against the Intimidation OF
witnesses and the suppression Of evil
deuce BY government agents and their
attempts 10 remedy this state OF things
Ssfs always iruiiless, 90 that the eluci-
dalton Of the truth was very difficult.
Especially on the question OF the vlo-
h,lon Of women did the commission
dAplAy the greatest repugnanee nj dis
covering the truth. Only four female
witnesses were heard. The commits
ZION refused 10 hear moro.
Mr shiploy further declares that tho
Aimenihns we're hunted like wild
beasts, and II the slaughter was not
gleA.er II was solely owing to
Ite VAslness OF tho mountain
unges, which facilitates the es-
cape Of the ArmeniAna. lie was con-
vlneed that the Turks aimed at the
complete determination OF the Ar.
menlAnI In the GheileguEAn and
Ialon districts. He Hlys that the
iloiy Of the torture OF the priest 1T
uhelleauIan seems 10 have some foun
dalton, but the alleged flAying OF an
Armenian by Tewnk IL extremely
eOublml,
Without desiring 10 appear partial TO
lhs Atmenians, Mr.. Hhipley empha.
,lle' Tue FAC, that they were exposed to
we iapAeiiy OF government ofiicials
SUI 70 the eKAetlons OF tho Kurds, who
would have burned their honpss and
h9len 'heir cattle unless they paid their
demands.
Consul Hampton also atluches n
'spgN Of NE inSdequacy OF and the OBJ.
"aeles 70 the distribution Of relief
among tho official dispatches is one
ilom Y. ri. Haliward, the British vice
su,ul a. Van, written In Noyember.
l'si, which describes horrible butch,
uyoy The kurds Of sAssoun. when men
, SS,e burned alive, a Ghelleguzan
gr 's,' was tossed on bayonele, and
uA,y glfls were driven to the church
asa Ihe soldiers then ordet6d 10 dispose
", 'ntm "a tney liked and then 10
this story. PV uo"D''
TUE STANFORD rAn