The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-09
Supreme Commander Of Turk
ish Army Declared to Have
Ordered Terrible Slaughter
Accompanying Siege of Van.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
CONFIRM THE CHARGE
Not a Man Spared Save Those
Over Sixty; Comely Women
Carried Away, Others Are
Put to Death.

w.
London. Sept. as-Dctails Of the
siege OF Van and the massacre at Ar
menians by the Turks are given In
the current issue of the Near East
which fixes the responsibility for the
crime on Icvded pasha. IL was on
Jcvdcd Pasha also that the refugee
American missionaries, IN the story Of
their aufferings %rccouutcd to the as
ISOLATED Press correspondent at Pctro-
grad this week. laid the guilt. Jevded
IL the supreme commander OF the.
Turkish army operating In this Prov
ince.
Van. the ancient capital OF the Ar
menlan Ardzruni dynasty. was occu-
pied by the Russian army In It's adj
vance In the Caucasus during the firs.
week OF last May. The Russian COM
mander. General Ogaucsov, who is an
Armenian. was assisted hy six Armeu-
ian volunteer regiments under the Ar
mouian revolutionary. AndrIuIg, who
had fought with the ~Bulgari1ns
against the Turks In the first Balkan
war. But long before Van fell 20 the
Russians, Jcyded Pashu started the
work Of -massacreiug the Armenian
population.
The massacre began at Shadokh, a
large and Isolated village. where not
q man was spared except those over
sixty years OF age. CT the women,
| The mere comely were carried away
By Jeydcd's soldiers and kurd tribes
men. The massacre was carried out
systematically In the entire province
OF Van beginning with the outlying
| village. Great care was taken Co pre-
vent rumors OF this from reaching
tine capital.
There was living In Van City at that
time Prince lnhknum. an Armenian
who had formerly been useful to tn.
government ia scttlins TROUBLES be-
| tween the Turks and the Atiucuiaus
He was asked hy Jcsdcd 60 $50 Go "a,
villages aud try a. reconcile the con-
tcnding parties. Jeyded addressed rht
prince ia a letter az his dear friend
rho prince, unHwure OF the pot
started Out with a number oi advisers
The entire party was slaughtered hy
a party OF Jeyded's horscmeut whll,
taking lunch at "a coffee house.
At this time alsp there wds Boo Van
an Armenian member OF the Turkish
parliament by the name OF NramiuH
who was invited by Jcydod 90 call uI
MIN at headquarters. ON arrival 81
HEADQUARTERS Nramlan was arrested
"a large stone was Tied Co bus Ieut an,
ne was thrown int "a LAKE au,
drowned
The Kussiaus we've nov reported 1i
the advance. Talaat hey pubAshg'
e warning against the ArmCuiaus pan
ticipatlng ON "a penalty OF dire punish
uHAmH al HH. 80 H#- #H.- ..L
in the isolated parts was carried b,
survivors, "a the Armcuiana PIC
pared TO sell themselves as dearly a
possible. the peaceful element as We
as the rcyolutiuuaries. Jcsded the
called on the Armenian bishop 10 Nis
him The bishop refused. Th,rcupu
Jeydcd descended upon the 'rcbe.
q hous city of Van with an army ,
70 5000 Turks ana kurds uud called 20
E the people 60 Day down thor arm
6 surrender without conditions au
81 trust to the olcmcncy ul tho auitIl
This offer WAS made through "a
70 Italian consul
OF the 10000 Armeulans iu VA
e. only 45U were armcd-25O with riff
and the rest with revolyers. For .
q days this handful defended the CIT
d lon the 30th day General Nsaues'
D larryed with his Armenian tuluut.c
land Russian regulars and the Tutl
rctrcatcd.
% Conditions were az that time iriga
ful. as the only doctor ln the city
look after tho sick and wounded b.
been Dr. Allen an American mlssiu
n airy. But with the Russians can
nclp and doctors ana nurses 80
"a arrived from T.fIis. Committees We
appointed Ca I'D the sufferers, al
d the peasauts -tarted iu 90 tll q
fields ana rebuild their homes.