Evening star., 1909-04-29
Vail Incited Adana outrages.

ADANA, Asatic Turkey, Saturday,
April 24.-Emergency hospitals establish
ed here contain 800 patients suffering
from wounds, many of whom are women.
The average number of wounds to each
patient is four.
There is great and immediate need
for food and medical supplies. Practical
ly the entire Armenian population of
Adana, $1,000 people, is homeless. with
out bedding or clothing. and the food
supplies In the shops are exhausted.
Some wounded Armenian women have
told Miss Wallace. an English nurse, who
is caring for them, that they were shot
by the Moslems because they screamed
when they saw their husbands killed be-
fore their eyes. Many Armenian girls
were carried off by the Turks as booty.
A large number of mutiIated bodies have
been found in the houses of the city.
During the first five days of the dis
orders while fighting. killing and plumber
ing was In progress on all sides. the vail
of Adana kept the Turkish troops in gov
ernment house day and night under or
ders. On the sixth day he ordered them
to put stop to the fighting which could
have been done on the first day.
Stephen Trowbridge, an American mis-
sionary. said today:
One man is responsible for the disor-
ders here. the vail himself. He had it in
his power to suppress laWlessness and
massacre, but deliberately refrained from
doing so. He said simply: We are not
responsible
Turks Regret Situation.
"The better cass of Turks in Adana,"
Mr.. Trowbridge continued, members of
the committee of union and progress, are
deeply grieved and saddened at these
dreadful events. Some of them are ready
to join US in relief work for the Armen-
ians.
"One bey already has opened his house
to refugees
The American missionaries allowed no
armed Armenians to enter the mission
premises. They conf1scated all weapons
at the entrances to their houses During
the four days not single shot was fired
from the mission buildings.
Immunity was secured for the Arme-
mans who had taken shelter with the
Americans upon condition that they would
give up all their arms. This stipulation
was strictly carried out.
The only shots fired from the mission
premises were by soldiers, who. toward
the end of the five days Of fighting. fired
| from the mission grounds and the roof of
the servants quarters upon the rioters.
The soldiers explained that this was
partly Ito communicate with the other
soldiers firing from the minarets.'
The missionaries have picked four Maui
ser bullets from the walls of the girls
school Few civilians had Mausers.
school saw an Afghan throwing masses
of burning wool soaked in kerosene into
the grounds of the American girls school.
and at once gave the alarm. 1t took the
missionaries five hours of hard work to
put out this fire.
1t is probable that the best elements of
Adana will demand the execution of the
vail
William Chambers. an American mis-
sionary, is caring for TOO refugees in his
house and on his grounds
One of the most threatening features of
the situation today Is the garbage and
Nth in the streets. which have not been
cleaned for week. There is not enough
water for drinking purposes or to dress
the wounds of the injured.
The local authorities have rescued much
plumber from the looters. None of it has
been returned to the owners. There are
great piles of loot in government house
Scenes of great brutality occurred In
the neighboring towns of Bagliche. Os-
manieh and Hamidieh. In addition to
killing the men. the Moslems carried off
women and children for slaves.