New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-22
TURKEY ACCUSES
FOES OF TORTURE
Replies TO u. s. Protests
with Counter Charges
of Atrocities.
CITES TEN CASES
OF BARBAROUS ACTS
Russians, Greeks and Armenians
Declared Guilty Of indie
scribable Crimes.
Iron Tho Tribuns Bureau.l

Washington, Oct. 21-Turkey's reply
TO the State Departments representa-
tions concerning the Armenian mas
sacres came to the department to-day
in the unexpected form Of a series OF
counter charges alleging barbarous acts
committed by Russians, Greeks anc
Armenians against the Moslems along
the Caucasian frontier. Charge
d'Afaires HusseIn Bey delivered g
memorandum to Secretary Lansing emu
merating ten cases which had been yeri-
fed by the Turkish authorities.
The State Department has not deter
mined what action is TO be taken. Am
bassador Morgenthau has instructions
TO continue protesting 10 the Sublime
Porte against the barbarities Of the
Turks, and the department is consider
ing whether, in view of the Turkish
memorandum. its protests should be
withdrawn.
According TO the Turkish Charge, the
Russian troops. assisted by the Greek
and Armenian populations of the dis
tricts OF Tavashguerd, Pensguerd, Olty
and Ardanouche, and had been thor
oughly investigated by Seifoullsh Ef
fendi, a member Of the Turkish Par
lament from Erzeroum. The ten in.
stances cited, il is said, are only a part
Of those authenticated by Seifoulah
Effendi. and certain details have had u
be omitted because Of their indescrib-
able horror"
Revolving Charges Made.
Following is summary Of tho
charges:
A band Of Russians and Armenians
went 10 the house of Murad Bey, g
wealthy and charitable MussuIman OF
Kirechoud, evidently 20 assault his
twenty-year-old wife Murad Bey, un.
able to protect her, shot her dead and
was murdered by the aggressors. Iii,
son, who pursued the same course, was
likewise put 10 death.
The same offenders went TO IsenZour
locked the Turkish men in a barn anC
then attacked the women. A thirteen
year-old girl was among the victims.
Moslem refugee women az ParissoJ
were attacked by Greeks and Armen
ians. Some threw themselves from 9
200-foot precipice.
Moslem women who fed from Arda
nouche 70 Tavasguerd were assaulted
and left half dead. Their aggressor.
/ pierced the cheeks of their babies witt
bsyonets TO prevent their taking thC
milk of their mothers. Mothers an
children died a slow death under tn,
eyes of their prosecutors.
The wife and daughter Of Thrahim, 4
/ Mosiem Of Mokdjalar. we're carried
away 20 Pertek, in the district of Oily
and there assaulted. Two Turks rush
ing 10 their aid rescued the younl
girl. The mother died of twenty-on,
wounds. The daughter died OF shocl
/ two months later.
Attacked in Husbands Presence.
Armenian and Greek guides in thu
attack on the village of Erehenet
/ brutally assaulted the wife OF Imam
+ Oglou Osman Agha in the presence o
/ her husband. The latter was after
ward murdered and his body cut q
pieces.
Zebra. wife Of Mouhb Oglou Mo
/ manned Ali, also OF ErRhenes. eigh
teen years old. was tortured by thu
same malefactors for three days. afte
which she was killed and her body nor
ribly mutilated.
The Armenians in Dauzote beheadet
a certain Cherif and four other Mus
sulmans who had taken refuge in tina
I village.
4 Greek named Yani murdered be
fore q large crowd Carib Agha. o
Karnavas. in the district Of Tavas
guerd. who had fed TO Abort, in tn
Z district of Tortoum. The Armenian
present Joined Yani and dragged TWEEN
/ ty-fve Mussulmans out from tn
houses where they had concealed them
selves. These people were COLLECTED
together and all OF them killed afte
/ having experienced horrible tortures
/ Their bodies, cut 20 pieces, were thel
exhibited on street corners.
The same murderers proceeded q
/ the village of Djihan and there the,
attacked FIVE aged men, seventy year
Old. These were first covered will
wounds and afterward smeared wit
kerosene and burned alive.