The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-04
EXODUS OF ARMENIANS
WHOLESALE BUTCHERY
American Commission Publishes Authenticated Stories
of Horrors Unsurpassed in History, All Laid to
Direct Orders of Turkish Government.

After months OF Investigation an
the amassing OF evidence from source
whose veracity and authority are no
TO be questioned the Committee o.
Armenian Atrocities finds that tn,
crimes now being pe%rpetrated upon tn
Armenian people surpass for horror an,
cruelty anything that history has re
corded during the past thousan,
The committee. which is composed o
Charles X. Crane. Samuel r. Dutton
Cleveland II. Dodge. Arthur G. James
stephen s. Wise. Frank Mason North
William !. Haven. John II. Mott, Stan
ley White. James l.. Barton, William
Sloane. George A. Plimpton, Kar
Davis Robinson. Frederick Lynch
Norman Hapgood. Edward Lincoll
smith. Bishop David II. Greer
william W. Rockwell. Oscar s. Strau.
and others representing American in.
tercsts In the Turkish Empire, has col
lected n mass OF statements which re-
veal the tremendous scope OF Turkish
cruelty and picture In simple Language
the frightfulness OF the methods EN-.
ployed to destroy the Armenian people
The writer's of the statements are
known to the committee. which vouche,
for them and their statements. Ir
most cases 1t has been necessary tc
conceal the name OF the place from
which the statement was written ant
even the names OF the cities and towns
referred to I'm order that the writer OF
his interests may not suffer irrepa.
rable harm.
After supplying in chronological
order. beginning with April %. 1915
brief statements reporting the growth
nf tho Ttirktsh naat,at tha
Armenians and outlining the begin
nings Of the systematic attempt to up
root the Armenisns by every conceiv.
able means OF ortur and outrage
and wholesale robbery and expulsion,
the report OF the committee takes W
specific cases OF terrible cruelty.
The burden Of all these is misery and
hopeless agony. II II a matter of fac
story OF untold misery, OF disease. star
walton. murder. deportation and the most
shocking crimes against women-all d.
rected to destroy utterly the Armenian
race and Danish the Christian religion
from Turkish soil. Many portions OF
the report are absolutely unprintable.
Government IL Blamed.
Such shocking outrages as were only
occasionally mentioned by Lord Bryce
and his colleagues In their report dealing
with German atrocities in Belgium occur
on practically every page of the report
which deals with the expulsion and ruin
OF the Armenian people. And all through
the terrible story runs he comment
This IL not due TO fanaticism or TO
popular demand. but Is purely arbitrary
and is directed from Constantinople."
ON July l6. the committee learned
that 'the deportation Of and excesses
ppntnat pa.r.fpl vpnaniup nc "A 70 iuSraaQ-
Ing and from narrowing reports Of eye
witnesses IL appears that a campaign OF
race determination is In progress. Pro-
tests and threats are ~unavailinR and
probably incite the Ottoman Government
20 more drastic measures. as they are
determined to dIsclaim responsibility for
their absolute disregard of capitulations.
and | believe nothing short or actual
force. which obviously the United states
H. not in a position TO exert. would ade-
quately NEE, the situation"
The text OF the Government order
which empowered Turkish command, ~
TO kill. despoil and scatter the Armenians
was as follows
"The commanders OF the army. Of in
dependent army corps and OF division
may. In case OF military necessity and
In case they suspect espionage or treason.
send away. either sinGly or IN mass. the
INHABITANTS OF villages OF 'o""s an" H.
stall them in other places"
ii're' '''"L"'ms =" ..e !.
"I'tle'' - ~ n''
Whole villages were deported a. an
y . -, nn, 49,. g..
- ,n,,,Lor ,b. .c.,.
49, -, ,h. famil> =, ,Ln,
ti.,ta .hnJ,,, var. I,f, behind l.,
- rasns ~. r,,r-.boso Of military
.'" ,oarI, an lr .,, ,rm,-were
,,n,i,' ,oys,n.r win ron.s or
- ~ iii u.,Ie chi,drn, In
,r"'n nr tn ,ha Ias, stages of pr.C.
W.. driven along under the
,"h y ca,,,. Nn,y women and girls
haya heou outraged Al one place the
ro,rn,ndar NJ rcndarm.rie opruIy told
~, mo, ia whom n. consigned A large
,ornarv ma. they were a, liberty 10
do AZ they chose with the women and
rirls These reople are being scattered
in small units. three or four families in
A, Mace. among "A population Of different
race and religion, and speaking a differ
en-, language
The trouble tor the Armenians he
as for all other n~atlonal!t!es. with
collection % soldiers, The Gov
swep, of all men possihl" for
military service. TIN" special Armenian
"e'n ,ha adt,r
men of the national, Armenian pollti-
parties were gathered up and sent
TO , Mace where thcy have been i'm
ever since. In June the Gov
began looking for weapons.
were -, zed and by torture
corfessious were extracted tina, a large
N, w,,nous were in the hands