Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-09-08
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

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Francisco. l have threaded my way
through camps of myriads of starv-
Ing Chinese, in the great famine of
four years ago. But no experience
have ever undergone has been SO
depressing as a visit to Adana, the
+ center of the Armenian massacres of
a year and a half ago. Throughout
these Investigations in Turkey, Adana
has kept arising as a specter.
Now l have seen what remains to
be seen of that holocaust of blood and
fire and pillage. The heart of the
city is 0ll in ruins. People are only
beginning to rebuild. Widows and
orphans bulk largely in the popula-
tion. A measure of self support is
coming through the picking of the
cotton crop. at which family may
earn as much as 20 cents day. 1t
streets of the city, and had pointed
,ut to me individuals as well as
Fneighborhoods which had been re-
sponsible for share of the five thou
sand deaths. as IL there were Gym
cal lagr upon the faces of the Turks
who watched the stranger pass.
A Pail Upon the Country.
e came down through Asia Minor to
Adana and two days back In the
Taurus mountains 1 was told that
Here the massacres began" The
christians were harried through
many villages and into Adana and
rarsus. The whole region ran blood.
)ne cannot enter into conversation
With a group of people without quick
y hearing echoes of those awful days.
CHANGED to meet six prisoners just
nut Of Jail. where they had been i'm
,risoned since the massacres, because
hey had defended their village
gainst the Turks who assaulted 1t.
,ome of the stories of the defense
I individual homes and village COM
uunities are thrilling to the last de-
rec. One English speaking young
aan told me quietly when / ques-
Toned him that he had not been in
,dana at the time. but in a nearby
ilIage which had successfully resist
d the attacks of the Moslems. At
he last attack, when the Turkish
oldiers and the fanatics came upon
hem, the men of the village moved
i a boz outside the walls, to make
here a last stand for their homes
nd loved ones; for they knew IL the
NJ utchers got within the gates. all
ould be over.
The massacre swept like forest
re over all this beautiful region. 1t
Ives visitor a creepy feeling to
4 ave a resident point out to him. here
I'D there. an individual who led In
hz h,-tu tt ha
4 .al leaders in the massacre were
aver punished. To the credit of
Il ie young Turks, be 1t said, they
F anged fifty-siI unimportant persons
hom they held responsible. On the
rot find an ominous questioning as
whether the party in power has not
zen obliged to make terms with the
q dictionaries.
Unaveneed Americans.
r Il comes as a surprise TO learn that
4 ,body has been punished for the
,ld-blooded murders of Rogers and
aurer, the two Americans who were
81 lot down while engaged in carrying
* alter to extinguish a fire. The very
ines of the murderers are men
IS med here. 1t would seem as II the
4 nplest kind OF detective work on
* part of the government could find
culprits. 1 saw the exact place
the tragedy. The men were shot
pm a window that was pointed out
~ me, while they were engaged in a
,rk of mercy. It was not random
lis from a distance-the nature Of
strAt precludes that-but we'll
ned sa6ts from the home of a well
own Azen. occupied at the time
Turkish neighbors. Trowbridge,
third American. escaped only by
ling on his face.
Here arises an important question.
safety of all other Americans in
- rkey Is endangered by the immu-
zM y of the murderers of Rogers and
o. .urer. The fanatics have not been
to spread the news that two for
ners had been killed and nobody
lished. II this may be done with
punity once. why not again? Amer
ms in this part of the world are
II to perturbed over the situation,
H. they point to the well-known
VI ge of Great Britain in following to
bitter end whosoever sheds Brit
blood. The deepest instinct of
ionality calls for the protection OF
zens abroad. The department of
te has filed a caveat with the
-kish government, SO that the way
,et open to demand the punishment
he offenders and Indemnity to the
lilies of the slain. a. is true that
Nv persons of no consequence were
ished for the murders of fifteen
usand Christians: but nobody has
punished specifically for the
tn of the murdered Americans.
he Reason for the Massacres.
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