The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-31
SHOULD BE STOPPED
By the Civilized Christian Nations
Of the Earth.
Over One Thousand Christian Men,
Women and Children, the
Prey Of Mohammedans.

Full reports Of the Baku atrocities
are published at Vienna. The massa.
ores OF Kishineff and Gomel were
childs play in comparison. Over l,00C
Christian, men, women aud children,
were slaughtered within three days by
Mohammedans, amid scenes defyinR
description. The victims were shot,
stabbed or burned to death, their ewes
gouged out and otherwise mutilated.
All this happened In the presence OF
the police force, a regiment of infan.
try and several squadrons of Cossacks
and the governor, Price Nakashides,
who were unmovcd onlookers for three
days. The officers and troops amused
themselves while the Strengthening was
going on.
The whole was arranged by
the government to prevent the
political manifestations threatened
3y the Christian Armenian pop.
ulation. The Mohammedans, who
are called in those parts Tartars, were
supplied by the government with re.
volverS and ammunition and given q
free hand. at the house OF Balabek
Lalayoff upward OF forty persons we're
burned to death, those trying to es-
cape the flames being Instantly killed,
soldiers and officers cody looking on.
Lalaye1, with his old wife and nephew,
escaped to the cellar, but were found
and cruelty tortured, their eyes being
pierced. The military interfered only
when resistance was offered by the
Christians, and then the Cossacks
helped the Mohammedans to beat the
Christians. Tue wells are still full OF
corpSeS.
Reuter- quotes the PeterburRskia
T!edomosti for the following account
Of the massacres at Baku: From 6
O'Clock on the morning OF February
20 and from noon on February % q
massacre without precedent ana quite
unexpected took place In the streets
and public squares at Baku. Tue
Tartar Inhabitants, armed to the
teeth, attacked the Armenians, whu
were unarmed and defenseless, and
pitilessly maSsacred them, without
distinction OF rank, position, age or
sex. The panic was general Ali
shops and places OF business were al
once CLOSED, but the oWDers uf them
were shot down. q sort of torpor,
which 1t is impossible to describe,
'eemed at first to have taken posses
sion OF everybody. There Appeared
TO be nobody to take the iefsuse OF
tre unfortunate people. Tne soldiers
old not attempt 10 disarm the fanaui-
cal murderers, who hunted men like
wild beasts, killing them by hundreds.
1t was In vain that the defenseless
inhabitants imp oree the governor oy
telephone 10 send help. The repl,
vas always the same. mo Cos,acks;
NJ guard. " LIZ Was equivalent to tha
ver1ic-: Die, since thou ATT taken"
The DUdies OF men, women and Chil
dren aud horses were lying In the
streets and squares by the dtz4ns, by
Eundreds. There was no one To take
the % away!
The authorities remained inactive.
Blood To 4cd IN streams, and every.
where the criminal apathy OF the au
thorities was tne subjaot OF universal
Indignation. The M .ssacre lasted al
ro0St three days. Toward noon on
February 10 a T..rtar entered an
Armenian church aud gan to fire on
an Arm !! In soldie The police OIL
CIR who was present arrested him, buL
afGer"ard sol nim at liberty WiGnouJ
disarning him. and Shouted to the
crowd. KIN MIN, or he will kill you
all" In saving himself the criminal
tired on the crowd, one OF whom ran
after him and killed him. This seems
10 have been the signal. In all no
fewer than 10, 900 cartridges were ex-
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