The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-28
KILL ALL
ENTIRE klRIkAN POPULATION
EVEN TO LAST BABE Is
MASSACRED,
SLAUGHTER IN OTHER TOWNS

, SLAUGHTER IN OTHER TOWN,
Village OF DeurtyuI Destroyed by Fir
Five American Women Mission
aries Send Out PitifuI Cry for Hell,
-Sultan's Power Lessened.
Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey, Apr. 49,
The entire population of Kirikan. 10
Gated between here and Alexandretta
even unto the last babe, has been mas
sacred.
The French mission at Ekbaz was
yesterday besieged by fanatical Mos.
lens.
The Armenian village of Deurtyul is
surrounded, and, according to mes
senger who crawled through the Arab
lines at night and made his way here
for help, the situation there is hope
less. The buildings on the edge Of
town already were in flames when he
escaped.
The massacres are being carried out
with the greatest violence. Neither
women nor children are spared. The
motto of the Moslem is mo twig of
the accursed race shall be suffered to
live"
The Armenians, recognizing that the
massacres have been organized and
carried out by adherents of the old Turk
ish regime, are looking to the Young
Turks for future protection.
Five American Women PeriIed.
Beirut, Apr. 23.-Five American
woman missionaries are in danger at
Hadjim, in the vilayet of Adana,
Asiatic Turkey. One of them, Miss
Lambert, yesterday sent message
down to the coast asking for immedi-
ate help The women are entirely
alone and defenseless. The villages
surrounding Hadjim are in flames, and
Hadjim is invested by Nomad tribes.
Messages from the interior are being
suppressed by the authorities.
The records of the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions
show that Miss Virginia A. Billings
Miss Olive M. Vughan, Miss Emily F.
Richter and Mrs. Mary p Rogers,
wife of Rev. d. M. Rogers, who lost
his life at Adana, are stationed at
Hadjim.
Situation Is Serious.
The situation in the country north,
east and west of Alexandretta arising
from the anti-Christian outbreaks is
most serious. There have been massa.
ere and pillage at Antioch and rioting
at Birejik. Aleppo is in a state of
panic. There are only 400 Turkish
soldiers in the city. Business is at
standstill and there is every reason to
ear serious outbreak. The city is
:ull of Bedouin Arabs, Kurds and Cir.
cassians.
The town of Kirikan, a short dis.
ance east of Beilan and southeast of
has been sacked and
Murderers Stay Scores.
At Ayas, on the west coast of the =,
iulf OF Alexandretta, 418 murderers :,
ave been released from prison. They -
It once Joined the mob and began -
committing depredations.
At Tarsus 100 persons have been y
llled, houses have been burned, and :,
here are today 5000 persons without ~
ONES. y
Several native pastors from Aintab "
'ere killed while on their way to at =,
end the district missionary meeting a.
t Adana. %
The Turkish government officials =.
t Mersina have done everything DOS ~,
lble to check the trouble. The re. -.
ut OF their efforts was very limited "'
ut in spite of this they deserve ~
raise for their work. I
Sultan Safe; Powers Restricted.
Constantinople. Apr. 23.-The sultan 81
Turkey and the chiefs of the con-
ltutlonal party yesterday reached
l agreement under the terms of
hich his majesty remains as SOW.
elgn OF the empire, but with powers ". VI
more restricted than be-
re the palace conspiracy of April 10. y,
Weigh Both Sides Demands, pl'
Constantinople, Apr. 23.-Negotia. ~
ons proceeded yesterday between ~
azlm Pasha, the commander of the ~,
rst army corps, which garrisons ~
'nstantinople, and the commanding 10
neral of the army of investment on ~
e following points: ~ ~
The disarmament of 5000 time-ex- a w.
red men in the Constantinople gar n ~,
ION and the replacement of the re. ~ ~,
alnder of the garrison by Saloniki 30
oops; the punishment of soldiers ac. ~,
riding to the degree of their guilt W.
the revolutionary movement of last @>
Eek, and the transfer of the policing --
Constantinople to the reformed It
lcedonian gendarmerie all these con.
ions to be executed with care and Ne
liberation in order to prevent blood
3D. The investment of CONSTANT.
pie by the constitutionalists is prac.
ally complete, Contingents ~ tho