Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-06

turkish Armenia, Wnero tHe 4uFAs 61e
Military experts estimate the total
strength OF the Turks at 10000 men,
with 65 to 90 batteries. or 230 guns; IS
to 40 squadrons Of regular cavalry and
this army probably viii be detached to
defend the Black sea littoraa leaving
from two to two and one-haf army
corps In Erzerum.
1T is stated that Gen. Lman Won
Sanders Of the Pruss1an cavalry is in
command.
Armenians Make Appeal.
"The Moscow Armenians are appeal
ing to their fellow-countrymen In Rus
sia for volunteers for the Russian
army and for funds for medical detach-
ments They also are requesting aid
for refugees.
'It is feared that there will be afro
cities, but it is declared that If they
occur they will be the last, as q new
sun will soon arise over Mount Ararat
and a new life dawn for the Armenian
people,
Reports of outrages against the Ar
menians have begun to come In. One
of these, a dispatch from Tihis, Trans
caucasia, coming by way Of Petrograd,
the Daily Telegraph's correspondent
says:
ne luIklSn ATInGnlduS were plll-
lessly plundered on the eve of the
war. Hundreds were arrested. The
arrival of the Russian troops was
greeted enthusia stically in those
neighborhoods where harvesting now
has been resumed.
Refugees Join Army.
Large numbers Of Armenian refugees
have reached Odessa seeking enrolment
in the Russian army. They will be en-
rolled as a special corps and sent to
the Caucasus.
The Russians administered most Sc
we're losses to the Turks during their
advance across the frontier. The Rus
sian artillery was slillfully handled, and
created panic among the Turks
Russia's sudden and energetic advance
into Turkish territory is believed in
Petrosrad to have been meant to dis
band and overawe the kurd tribes, who
are little interested in the success of
Turkish arms and are more concerned in
the safety of their own villages Among
the towns occupied by the Russians is
Akhty. an important junction of the
highways to the upper Euphrates river
1t is rumored in Petrograd that Gen.
Sanders Pasha will assume command
of the Turkish troops on the Caucasian
front.
Slavs Are Welcomed.
The Rome Tribuna has just published
a Petrograd dispatch regarding the
of the Russians in Armenia
1t also says that the Russian news
papers refer to Constantinople by it's
old Slavonic name Of Tzargrad. The
follows:
THE Russians in Armenia are oper-
ating along a front Of 100 miles They
entered Turkey by two routes. one
column toward Erzerum and the other
striking southwark. The Armenians
everywhere welcomed the Russians, re-
garding the war as one of liberation.
Several entire Turkish regiments have
been taken prisoners.
THE name of Constantinop1e has been
replaced in the Russian press by the
old Slavonic name of Tzargrad.
Emperor Williams cousin, Count Won
Schwerin, died at Lod1 from wounds
nfewice."
Holy Places Respected.
The Enghsh- government has ordered
that holy places shall be respected by
the British gun fire. The necessity for
respecting the feelings of her Moslem
it is considered here. may ham
per Great Britain somewhat in the
prosecution Of the war against Turkey.
but with her large Moslem population
1t cannot be disregarded.
In addition to the assurances received
from the Indian princes. England has
been informed by the leaders OF the
Moslems in the Malay states that her
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