Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-18


toman Bank.
At last the Turks lost patience. An
incident not very serious in itself
served them as pretext. At word
from the authorities they few to the
assault, and the massacre, was terrific.
The poor country people, by far the
most numerous among the victims, paid
for the agitators' rashness, though
much less interested in Armenian inde-
pendence than In regular showers and
good crops.
Tho British consuI's Heroism.
The behavior of the British consul
is highly praised. Fastening from
Mersina at the first news Of the out
break, he went to the vail and used
every means in his power to persuade
him to restore order. He was met with
woe-begone protestations, promises of
the best Intentions, and avowals Of
powerlessness to do anything. To be
sure, there were no regular troops In
the city, but only a few companies OF
reservists- lately called to the colors.
Those ragged good for nothings made
the most Unsuitable incendiaries and
murderers.
Obtaining weak escort, the British
consul flung himself into the saddle and
rode through the streets Of the city, not
hesitating to dash In between the COM
batants under rain Of bullets. He
was wounded-by an Armenian, who.
despite the presence Of European,
could not restrain himself from firing
at the Turks.
While relating these and other de-
tails, the missionaries guided us to the
French monastery. What spectacle!
The courts, the conversation rooms.
and the classrooms were crowded with
ragged, haggard, downcast Armenians
who had sought refuge there when the
firing began. Day before yesterday
there were more than three thousand
of them. Yesterday and today many
plucked UP courage and went back to
the Armenian quarters. The SCARED,
starving and the homeless remain. The
women wall and mourn. The children
play-just as II nothing had gone
wrong. The men are silent and mo-
tionless.
Agile, neat, and smiling beneath
their spotless white hats, the sisters
come and go among the crowds. They
are wondrously calm, and when they
tell you they have not known mo-
ment's fear, you believe them. Yet
saw bullet marks everywhere. One
Of their dormitories Is simply riddled,
and there are evidences that the shots
came from near at hand. The rooms
through which they led Us are clean
and cold with well-waxed floors and
furniture carefully busted. How do
they manage to look after so many
things and feed such multitude Of
refugees without greater detriment to
their housekeeping?
A Scene Of Horror. -
They toox US into the infirmary. An
Armenian refugee with some little
knowledge of the physician's craft was
bandaging the wounds Of an old woman
who sat in an armchair. l approached.
The poor creature had eight horrible
zashes on her head, some as broad as
your finger and reaching to the bone.
She had been hewed with sabre.
The brutes who had assailed her had
further vented their fury by chopping
off foot and slashing one Of her arms.
They had murdered her daughter be-
fore her eyes after subjecting her to
odious outrages. Need add that the
wretched mother had gone mad? She
kept shaking her head. at can't be!
1t can't bel" she seemed to be saying,
And then she would cover down, ter
AS the doctor was cut
ting away her hair, he touched one
of the wounds. / heard inhuman cries,
like the howls of q dog-and turned
away, sick with disgust and wrath.
We crossed a court. Women, all Of
them old, fell upon their knees, touch
ing our gold lace as II 1t had been
some holy relic and as II It would save
them from the Turk. They sobbed.
they entreated. they begged us to save
them, but humbly-oh, so humbly!
Some Of them fell down in frat or me
and kissed my feet-even Kissed the
ground / had walked on. Yes, my
mere footprints! This is not a legend;
1t is strict truth. Women, women. with
gray hair. There came an ache in my
throat, and could not utter word.
Three Thousand corpses Floating In
tho River.
April "a.
The river into which three thousand
corpses were thrown is beginning to
carry them out into the bay. They
come floating past the ship-humefled.
hideous. One is that Of a
little girl four or five years old, another
that Of a man slashed upon from the
chin down, like a carcass In butchers
shop. His arms and legs have been
hewn off.
Only a week ago was at the quiet
naval port of Saline d'Hyere. What a
strange spectacle is to be seen within
three and a half days Of Toulon, and
how little expected It!
AS I finish writing learn that, de-
spite the sight Of the uniforms, despite
the visit of three commandants to
Adana and despite the threats Of the
vail, the burning and Staying is still
going on. With aid sullenly rendered
by regular troops landed yesterday the
British consul must have succeeded In
saving the monks and the nuns and
who had shut themselves up
In the government building. 1t is said
that the first shots were fired by Ar
menians, exasperated at the sight Of
the Turkish soldiers, though these lat
ter had come to save them. Tomorrow
men will be put ashore to occupy the
Mersina consulate.
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of Upsala, Sweden, Is called the
and has two large wheels,
giving it the appearance Of a minia-