The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-09-28
STATEMENT CONFIRMS MASSACRE
OF ARMENIANS BY TURK TROOPS
American Committee, After Investigation, Issues Report On
Atrocities By Sultan's Forces; Propaganda Of Extemina-
ton Now Underway
(By the Associated Pressl.

(By the Associated PreSSj.
New York. Sept. ga Statemen
the massacre Of Armenian
n Turkey was given out here toda.
Prof. Samuel 7. Dutton, secretar,
f the committee on Armenian atroci
les. formed for the purpose of inves
the facts regarding the massa
Other members Of the commit
ee include Charles r.. Crane, Cleve
and; Dodge ID. Stuart. Dodge Arthu
James, John r. Mott, rabbi
Wise. Frank Mason North
White, James l.. Barton, an
Sloane.
Text Of Statement.
The statement in part says:
"A subcommittee has thor
oughly investigated the evidence
and has just made a report to the
full committee, confirming in
every particular the statement re-
Gently made by Viscount Bryce
regarding the imprisonment, tor
ture. murder, massacre, n exile
into the deserts of northern
Arabia of defenseless and innO-
cent Armenians, including de-
crepit men, women, and children
and their forcible conversion to
Islam.
Written testimonies of eye
witnesses have been examined
with utmost care. The witnesses
examined included Armenians,
Greeks. BulgarianS, Italians, Ger
mans. Turks. Englishmen. Ameri-
cans. business men, travellers, and
officials of great variety and rank.
Not a single statement can De
questioned as to the facts report
ed. These all agree in the decla-
rations that from Smyrna or the
west to Persia and from the
Black Sea to Arabia a propaganda
of determination of non-Moslems
is being carried on by the Turkish
government, far surprising in fe-
rocity and exceeding in deStruc-
ton anything done by Abdul
Hamid during his long career Of
massacre and determination.
The statements examined Gov
er hundreds of towns and cities
in which in many instances all Of
the ArmenianS have been killed
outright, often after horrible tor
ture. or sent to the desert to die
OF starvation and that. too, with
diabolical cruelty. The oStensi-
BILE deportation Of men, women
and children toward Mesopota-
mia is usually but a form OF
marching refugees, into the
mountains to be outraged and
butchered.
Included among these refu-
gees and victims are pupils and
graduates from the American
schools and colleges, teachers and
professional men who have taken
degrees in American and Euro
pean universities, men and wom-
en- who have represented the
brains and enterprise of the coun-
try for a generation or more.
THE plan Of procedure, which
is identical in all parts of the
country eem to aim at the com.
plete elimination of all non-mos-
lem aces from Asiatic Turkey
and already that aim is in fail
way to accomplishment SO far a.
the Armenians are concerned.
In several places American
property has been seized. Ameri
cans searched, imprisoned am
expelled from the country, theil
letters and kilograms, even from
United States consular officers
intercepted and their lives put il
jeopardy.
Evidence seems to prove tina
probably 500, 600 Armenians hav
already been murdered or force,
to the desert where only dealt
awaits them unless relief is sc
cured at once And all this ha
taken place since March and j
now at the height of its gruesom
fury.
THE committee is confdeu
that if the press Of the countr
should, with all the emphasis a
its command voice its protest an
call upon the Turkish governmer
to put an end to this crime agains
humanity and return the exile
who may yet be living. to the
homes it could hardly fail t
produce results.
I'm view of the great inf1uenC
which Germany and Austria 81
ercise over their ally, the Amer
can people cannot fail to hol
them morally responsible if the.
atrocities Ire permitted to col
tinue."
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