Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-07
Pitiful Survivors wandes Ike
They Were Lost Through
Ruins of Their Homes and
Die of Starvation.
$4,000 MASSACRED
IN OPEN DAYLIGHT
By FRENZIED MODS
Wretched Women and Children Wall
Through the Nights of Terror and
Many Have Become Insane-The
Homes Are CharneI Houses.


Cny Associated Prssa1
ADANA. Asiatic Turkey WEDNESDAY
Aprfl - via Constantinople. May Sine
Rev. stephen ID. Trowbridge, mission
AIRY Of the American board OF commits
sfoners for foreign missions. estimates
the number OF Armenians killed in the
province OF Adana since the outbreak OF
the anti-Christian rioting, at 2oo0. The
missionary said today:
- conservative estimate OF the Chris
tians killed in the city Of Adana Is 5000.
This calculation Is made up from the
lists prepared by the priests ana other
officials who give permits for burials-
mot fewer than 1900 persisted in the
towns and villages OF the province. This
figure Is based on the full information
sent forward by the British consul.
Wretched Survivors
.sThe surviving Armenians In the en-
tire province are largely women and chil1
dren- They amount TO about $500 souls
and are today without homes, shops,
tools. clothing or bread. A most pitt
able and wretched multitude is passing
I'D and down the streets Of Adana like
lost people
s@rhey throng the big factory yards.
where a dole Of -four Is given out By the
relief committee. Crowds Of broken
hearted women and children are coming
In from the country 10 even greater mis-
cry in the city"
Mr. Trowbridgs has written a further
account Of the events at Adana. espe-
ciaIIy with reference 10 the attitude OF
the Turkish authorities
In this recital he says:
The Awful Truth
we understand. from consular tele-
-
ambassadors at Constantinople that a
slight outbreak had occurred at Adams
with about 80 casualties and the burn
ing OF few houses and the porte de.
cIared further that the Americans here
were amply protected
we do not know the exact origin Of
the struggle. / say struggle. because
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 Armsnians
succeeded In staying Mohammedans. For
two days preceding the outbreak there
had been q bitter feud between mos
lens and Christians. In one vineyard
shooting was begun ana hatred was
aroused On April L. An Armenian who
had been beaten. shot one OF his oppo-
nents dead and wounded two others.
This man escaped TO Merslna and took
passage on a vessel.
Dragged Corpses Through Streets
The Turks in Adana then assumed
q msnacing attitude. which greatly
alarmed the Arfnenians. The body of a
moslem killed in the streets was pur-
posely dragged TO an open square and
left there exposed by the Turks as a ia
naticai challenge.
"a rumor spread among the Armenians
already had been begun. and as a DEM
onstration OF self-defense, a volley of
shots was fired from the roofs OF Chris
tan houses. This In turn was inter-
preted in the moslem quarters as an at
tack and the word spread like wildfire
that the Armenians were In revolt and
must be crushed.
subsequent events hace shown clear
ly that the Adana government acQufesced
II II did not. actually participate, In the
cruel and tndiscriminate attacks made,
with FIRE and rife and sword upon the
entire Armenian colony, including our
Protestant congregation which, as a
body. has been wholly loyal to the gov
eminent Two Christian prisoners who
escaped from government Headquarters
declared that horsemen came in at inter
walls from outlying towns and villages
and reported 10 the military authorities
as follows:
Death Kneu RunR
Hamidieh is finished or 'osminieb Is
finished, meaning. Of course. that the
Armenian populations of these places had
been put TO the sword. The military OF
ficers received this inform alton as a
matter Of course.
The further occupation Of Mohamme-
dan minarets by regular soldiers began
shortly after noon OF April IA, at the very
outset OF the struggle. These soldiers
kept NJ cruel fusiIlade into all parts
OF the Christian quarter. They were
shielded by the parapets Of the minarets
There were no patrols Of soldiers or Do
lice all day Wednesday. the 18th, none on
Thursday and none even on Friday at
the real crisis, when a moslem mob filled
the streets from here TO the river, surg
Ing against the walls Of the girls school
The government furnished US no protec-
ton whatever
Continuing, Mr.. Trowbridge related how
lie reached the governor Of Adana by a
dash across the city carrying the Turkish
flag and accompanied by two Turks.
Governor Turned Pale
The governor was running about in
dlsmay." Mr.. Trowbridge said. land could
--2rcely give a coherent answer TO my
questions and demands told him OF
the murder OF Henry Maurer and ID. NJ
Rogers, American missionaries. He turn
ed pale al my statement. although he
must already have heard OF the killings.
His answers we're. I cannot be response
BILE To this I replied: You must be
responsible. We have no other force to re-
~ on except the government. You have
completely abandoned ne through this cri-
sis
The governor was so alarmed and con-
fused that Il was clear that he had no
mastery Of the situation. Prisoners and
soldiers. common Turks. were running
in and out OF the governors audience
chamber. The governor finally conferr-
ed with h. s----sssr-sat. WIZ srdered $50
~>S under Osman B% = - dispatch
ed 70 the American schc.~
- hts way back 10 the mtEFion house.
Mr. Trowbridge observed mat all the