The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-30

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CONsTANTINOPLE, April 29.--A
telegram received here today from
Adaua saws the fighting which began
there again Sunday continued sor~twc
days and that terrible FIRE was de
stroying the Christian quarter of The
city. and further efforts wnrc being
made 10 stamp out the Armcnian pop.
ulation.
ADANA. Tuesday, april 2i.-Condl-
tions In the country surrounding Adaus
as a result Of the recent fsnatical
Moslem movements upoh the Christian
population arc terrible. Dead bodies
arc living ont in the fields. Number
less Armenian farm houses have been
burned. Conditions are most unsanl-
tary and dyscntcry Is appearing
Great Need Of Help.
The emergency hospitals established
here contain 800 patients suffering from
wounds, many of whom are women. The
average number Of wounds TO each pa
tient is four There is great need for
food and medical supplies. Practically
the entire Armenian poDulatlon OF
Adana. $4,000 people. is homeless. with.
out bedding or clothing. and the food
supply in the shops is exhausted. Sons
of the wounded Armenian women have
told Miss Wallace. an English nurse
who is caring for them. THAT they were
shot by the Moslcms because they
screamed when they saw their husha uds
killed before their eyes. Many Arme
as booty A large number of mutt
lated bodies have been found in the
houses of the city.
During The first five davS Of the dis
orders, wbilc fighting. killing and plum
dering we're going on on all sides, the
vail of Adana kept tho Turkish troops
in the government house day and night
under orders. On the sixth day he or
dered them TO put a stop TO the fight
ing. which could have been done OF
the first day.
Blame on One Man.
Stephen Trowbridgc, an American
missionary. said today:
Conc man is responsible for tnc dis
orders here, the vail himself He haG
it in his power to suppress lawlcss
ness and massacre. but deliberately re-
Trained from doing So lie SAID sim
plv. 'We are not responsible.
<'The better class of Turks in Adana
the mombcrs of the committee of union
and progress. are deeply grieved and
saddcned at this dreadful event. Some
of them are ready to Join lis In relief
work for the Armenians. One hey al
ready has opened his house to refu'
gees
The American missionaries allowed
no armed Armenians to enter the mis-
sion premises. They con6scated all
weapons at the entrance to their houses.
During the four davs not n single shot
was fired from the mission building. I'M
muniiy was secured for the Armeniaps
who had taken shelter with the Ameri-
cans upon the condition that they would
give up all their arms and this stip-
uatiou was strictly carried out.
Girls Fired Upon.
The only shots fired from the mis-
sion premises were by soldiers, who
toward thc end OF the ave days of fight.
ing fred from the mission grounds ana
the roof of the Scrran headquarters
upou ihc rioters The soldiers eH-
planned that this was partly Ito com
municate WIN Inc othtr soiulofs uTihS
from the minarets.i The misslonarles
have picked fourteen Mauscr bullets
from the walls of the girls school. Few
civilians had Mausers.
The nuns in a building opposite the
school saw an Afghan throwing
masses Of burning wool soaked in kero-
senc into the grounds of the American
girls school. and at once gave the
alarm 1t took five hours hard work
ON the part of the missionaries to put
out the fire.
II is probable that tho best clements
Of Adana will demand the execution
of the vail. William Chambers, an
American missionary. is caring for 600
refugees in his house and on his
grounds -.
One of the most threatening features
of the situation TODAY is the garbage
md filth in the streets. which have
not been cleaned for week. There Is
NOT enough water for drinking pur
poses or 10 dress the wounds of the
in iured.
The local authorities have received
from the lootcrs. but none of
IL has been returned to the owners,
There are piles of loot in the govern
mcpt house. Scenes of great brutality
occurred in the neighboring town of
also in Osmanieh aud Hami
d;cb. In addition TO killing the men.
the Moslepis carried off women and chill
dron for slaves.
BUYS FINE