Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-07
ARMENIANS DIE
WHILE FIGHTING
AMERICAN MISSIONARY DECLARES
CHRISTIANS FOUGHT DESPER-
ATELY IN SELF-DEFENSE.
WOmENAND CHlLDRENSURVIVE
Most Pitiable and Wretched Multitude
Passes Up and Down Streets OF
Adana Like Lost People.
MANY MoHAMMEDANs ARE SLAIN.

ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, May O.
Rev. Stephen r. Trowbridge, a mission
airy of the American board of commits
sioners for foreign missions, estimates
the number of Armenians killed in the
province of Adana since the outbreak
of the anti-Christian rioting at $1,000.
The missionary said today:
"A conservative estimate of the Chris
tians killed in the city of Adana is 1000.
This calculation is made up from the
lists prepared by the priests and other
officials who give permits for burials.
Not fewer than 10000 persisted in the
towns and villages of the province. This
Inquire is based upon the full information
sent forward by the British consul.
Women and Children Survive
The surviving Armenians in the en-
tire province are largely women and
children. They amount to about 25,0OO
souls, and are today without homes,
shops, tools. clothing or bread. A most
pltiable and wretched multitude is pass
ing up and down the streets of AdaDa
like lost people. They throng the big
factory yards, where a dole of flour is
given out by the relief committee.
Crowds of broken hearted women and
children are coming in from the coun-
try to even greater misery in the city"
Mr. Trowbridge has written further
account of the events at Adana, eSpe-
cially with reference to the attitude of
the Turkish authorities. In this recital
he says:
1--WE understand, from consular tele-
grams, that the sublime porte assured
the ambassadors at Constantinople that
a slight outbreak had occurred at Adana
with about fifty casualties and the burn
ing of a few houses; and the porte de-
clared further that the Americans here
were amply protected.
Armenians Fight Desperately.
eve do not know the exact origin of
the struggle. | say struggle because this
has not been massacre in the sense
that the Armenians died without resist
ing. They fought desperately in self
defense, and the fury of the Turks in
creased in proportion as the Armenians
succeeded in Staying Mohammedans
For two days preceding the outbreak
there had been a bitter feud between
Moslems and Christians. In one vine
yard shooting was begun and hatred
was aroused on April II. An Ar
menian who had been beaten shot one
of his opponents dead and wounded two
others. This man escaped to Mersina
and took passage on vessel"
Warships Receive Situation.
BEIRUT, Asiatic Turkey, May g.
The situation at Suadia, where a num-
Der of Armenians have been massacred,
has been relieved as a result of the
presence and exertions of the captain
of the British battleship Triumph and
the British consul at AleXandretta, who
went down the coast on board the Tr-
umph. The two officials visited Gala
dorm and Kessab, and found these towns
indescribable charnel houses. There are
over 1000 helpless and destitute women
in the village on the sea coast near
kessab.
Palace Yields Riches.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 6.-The
commission which is taking an inventory
of the property at the imperial palace
at Yildiz has discovered, according to
the local newspapers, bank notes to the
value Of $2,250,000 and a large quantity
of jewelry, including one rosary alone
valued at $375,OO0 Papers seized at the
palace show that Abdul Hamid had over
$5,OOO,00O on deposit in Il foreign bank.