The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-28

~ fresh outbreak OF fanattctsm ana
murder last night at Adana. accom-
panied by iooting and incendiarism.
The situation there IL critical
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Adana, Asiatic Turkey. April 81. via
constantinople, April 27.-rhe Rev.
Herbert Adams Gibbons. OF Hartford.
Conn. missionary Of the American
s Board OF Foreign Missionaries. sta
toned here and at Tarsua was an eye
witness Of the scenes OF horror and
destruction at the center OF the Mosiem
uprising. He gives as follows the hrst
graphic story OF the series OF massa-
ores, rapine and lncendiarism.
THE entire viIayet OF Adana has
been the scene during the last ave
days, Of terrible massacre OF Armen-
lans. the worst ever known In the his
tory Of the district. The terror has
been universal and the government Is
.powsrless to check the disorders.
Adana, the capital OF the province. has
been the storm center
conditions have been unsettled for
some time and there has been anirnos-
ity between Turks and Armeniana ow-
Ing 70 the political activity OF the lat
ter and their open purchasing OF arms.
EARLY last Wednesday morning.
while / was in the market. k~noticed
that the Armenians were closing their
shops and hurrying to their homes.
An Armenian and Turk had been
killed during the night and the corpses
were paraded through their respective
quarters. The sight of the dead In.
famed the inhabitants, and crowds at
once began 20 gather In the streets
armed with sticks, axes and knives. A
few Arfnenfans assembled in the een-
ter.
"A few young Armenians assembled
IN ths center Of the covered niarket
and began ertng reyolver4 into the afr.
BY III O'clock in the morning the
crowd had begun the looklug Of shops
s.The military commander az Adana
was by my side III the market when
the frlng .commeneed He had not the
courage % andaavof 10 dispense the
mob; he returned to his residence and
ala not venturesout for two days
civilian Chambers, Field Secretary
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
zion prdcaeded 10 the Koenik and
fnund 4 hovvlInr mob demanding arms
wsth which "a XIII the Gtaeura We
then went to fhe Telegraph once to.
summon tha British consul on, the
sts-,- ~ 4hs huIldino we .av three Ar
,ssrssns syhn NAB bean9 ma ssaered.
1nAs. $500 = haav v,,,ttIatad vhiia
-. ,,ars Il, ina taierrsnh nfYiee = mob
$3.50 49, Az rS-,,.s T,h.ra "a wera
D..a -,tIsd 80 Arr.arfanr heSors our
SUI NJ .S.st..sst.s -,.r@ s,,,y,t-
eyes. Ine un1orsnnss ~ 81, ~,
SeAns Nns ....ss 80. $3.50
tnsy VERY ~ usA Wv
we m~naBeo . mas oar Wy 49,
Ine nsxt room Wnere ,ra auo Ie,e,
sentat1sns 70 tne vail. inis olnclal
said ne could 40 nothihs. ae was
afraid for his own life ana no made
no attempt 70 protect US. somehow we
managed 70 get 70 the interior OF the
Konak, where We remained AZ the sioe
Of the government omctels TOT the next
forty-eight hours
THAT afternoon the situation grew
distinctly worse. The Armenians with
drew to their quarters Of Adana, which
Is situated on a hill and converted their
houses that held advantageous posi-
,tions into fortresses. Here the nght-
ing went on for two days. during which
the Armentans succeeded in beatinE
on their Turkish assaiiants.<
"Wednesday evening Major Daughty-
Wyiie. the British Vice-Consul at Mer-
sina, arrived at Adana and established
headquarters In the house Of a drago-
man Of wealthy resident. where many
refugees had been received. The wife
OF the British vice-Consui. who was
brought into Adana under IRE on
Thursday, Sended personally many
wounded women and children.
Adams Was Hell.
"Adana was hell. The haxaars
were looted and set on fire. There was
continuous and unceasing shooting and
killing in every part OF the town and
nres ragged In many quarters.
Moslems from the peighborho0d be-
gan pouring into the city and notwtih-
( standing our vehement protests. the
vail distributed arms to these men, all
leging they were Turkish RESERVES. Z
major Daughty-Wylie, at the head
Of troops which he compelled the vail
to supply, went 70 the railroad end of
the town and Was successful In pre-
venting the villagers from coming into
Adana. Later. while the Major was at
tempting to pacify the town, he was
shot and disabled.
missionaries Of the Central Turkey
Mission had assembled for distrtcf
conference in the center of Adana on
the day Of the outbreak. They receiv-
ed and protected hundreds OF refugees
in the American Seminary for Girls,
and courageousiy endeavored to pacify
the warning elements
"on Thursday Daniel Mine Rogers and