The Washington times., 1915-10-04
Unbelievable Horrors Described
In Report Made by American
Investigators.
APPEALS FOR MONEY AID
Account Given Of Prisoners FIog.
ged to Death and Tortures Of
Dark Ages.

A. recital Of almost unbelievable cruei-
ties. practiced In many instances on
women. children. and aged men. IL CON-
tained in a report made public today BY
the committee Of Americans who have
been investigating tho atrocities In
flicted upon Armenians in Turkey"
The suffering has been and continues
to be SO great that the committee, In
response to an appeal from Ambassador
funds to relieve In part the shocking
situation. The committee declares that:
THE crimes now being perpetratsd on
the Armenian people surpass In their
tory has recorded during the past Loo
years. The educated and the ignorant,
the rich and the poor. are all being sub
jected to every form Of barbartty and
outrage. 1t Ii Understood, however.
THAT very many Turks are opposed to
this policy Of persecution"
Committee Well Known.
well-known Americans. including
Charles II. Crane, Norman Hapgood.
Oscar 8. Straus. Cleveland H. Dodge
and bishop David II. Greer. COM
vouches for the information contained
in the report although the names Of
those supplying the frst-hand infor-
matio mare withheld 'in order that
| suffer irreparable harm
The report contains accounts OF the
| fogging to death OF Armenians In Turk
ish prisons; Of torturing with hot
Irons, Of the massacres OF families and
parts OF families: or wholesale deporta-,
! tions. and the heartrending suffering Of
| refugees driven hither and thither; Of
| countless attacks on women. and forms
Of torture that rival the dark ages.
| The American committees report ID
| one 0f than 10 wnrda var<nR
an account of Turkish outrages from
April to August Of the present year.
Section of Report. I
One section OF the report, which ~
typical Of others. reads:
THE following IL the text OF the
Government order covering the case
Art. Ind. The commanders Of the
army. Of Independent army corps and
OF divisions may, in case Of military
espionage or treason. send away,
either or in mass. the Inhabitants Of
villages or town. and install them In
other places.
1.-The orders Of commanders may
have been reasonably humane: but tho
most part unnecessarily harsh. ana In
many cases accompanied BY horrible
the sick and the aged. Whole VII
lagos were deported at an hours no.
tice. with no opportunity to prepare
for the tourney. not even. in some
members OF the family, 80 that little
children were left behind. AT ehe
mountain village OF Geben the women
were at the washtub. and were COM
water and take the road barefooted
and half clad just as they were. In
some cases they were able to carry
part OF their scanty household furni-
l AL 49,. - laSr
but for the most part they were neith-
even where there was time to do %.
Had to Leave Food.
I'm Hadjin. wcll-to-do people. who
had prepared food and bedding for the
road. were oblige to leave II in the
street. and afterward suffered greatly
from hunger.
''In many acses the men were Chose
Of military age were nearly all in the
army bound tightly together with ropes
or chains. Women with little children
In their arms were driven along under
the whip like cattle. Three dineren,
children were born on the road. and
because her brutal driver hurried heI
along the mother died of hemorrhage
also know of one case where ths
gendarme In charge was humane
man. and allowed the poor woman sew
eral hours rest. and then procured
wagon for her to ride in. Some womer
became so completely worn out ant
hopeless that they left their infants be
side the road. At one place the com
: mander of gendarmerie openly told tn,
men to whom he consigned a large com
pany that they We're at liberty to dt
, what they chose with the women ant
girls.
Starvation and Death.
: "As to subsistence. there has been
II great difference in different places. II
some places the government has fet
them. in some places It has permitted
the inhabitants to feed them. In som,
places II has neither fed them nor per
mitted others to do so. There has beei
much hunger. thirst. and sickness. an,
some real starvation and death"
The report of the American COMMITTEES
urges the sending of funds to Charlei
r. Crane. treasurer. 20 Fifth avenue
New York. for forwarding to Ambassa
dor Morganthau. The report Is sponsor
ed by Charles r. Crane. Samuel T. Dut
ton. Cleveland II. Dodge. Arthur c
James. stephen S. Wise, Frank Masor
North. John r. Mott. Stanley White
James l.. Barton. William sloane. vii
liam I. Haven. George A. Plimpton
I Karl Davis Smith. Bishop David II
Greer. WillSm w. Rockwell. and Os
car s. Straus.