Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
ARMEN|ANS SENT
ON TRIPS T0DEATH
Slain and Robbed by Kurds or
Left to Die of Thirst
on Desert.
PEOPLES ARE RAPIDLY
BEING ExTERMINATED
Women Throw Children Into Eu-
pirates Rather Than See Them
Suffer-Tortures Terrible.

| LONDON. September 25.-"The Turks
are gradually but effectively exterminat-
ing the Armenian people, asserts the
Dedeaghatch correspondent of the Times.
| The modus operandi is TO send from
each Armenian village day by day as
| many persons as train can carry.
When they arrive at konish or some ad-
jacent station they are turned out and
an escort supplied over the Taurus
| mountains
Once on the other side they are sup
piled with enough food for a few days
and told to continue their journey TO
the neighborhood of Mosul. as they will
| now be in perfect safety. But in point
| of fact the region is nothing but a des-
ert and before many hours maraudjng
bands of kurds or Bedouins rob and
pillage these helpless men, women and
children, so that those who are not act
ually slain. die of hunger or thirst
Not one ever reaches the intended dcs-
tination. for should any one try to es-
cape in another direction Turkish shep-
herds have orders to shoot them at
sight.
Throw Children Into River.
The consequence is that many dis
tracted mothers throw their children
into the Euphrates rather than see them
suffer. Some even sell them for what
they will bring before starting on their
journey.
"A widely known American mission
airy who arrived at Constantinople the
first week in September declared he
saw as many as $4,000 Armenians col
lected around one station waiting to
be sent on this journey from which
none would ever return American
missionaries scattered about Asia
Minor, and particularly in the Armen-
ian districts. gradually are leaving
upon the advice of their amba ssador
The attacks upon Armenians are said
to be excused upon the ground that
they assisted the Russians In the
icupation of the town of Van"
Women Sent Into Slavery.
The Chronicle prints what 1t declares
to be accounts by eyewitnesses of
Armenian massacres, asserting that be-
sides many thousands killed, half
million have been deported in a sys-
tematic manner by local authorities
while thousands of others have been
imprisoned. The charge is made that
after the men are massacred the wom
en- and children are sent into slavery
to be converted to Islamism.
The Chronicles informant charges
that many children are sent out alone
starvation or robber bands.
Massacres Reported.
Massacres are reported to have
taken place in the provinces of KhaS-
put and Diarbekir, especially at Mar
din. Women deported from the prov
ince of Erzerum. it is said. were left
for several days on the Kharput plains.
where they died OF hunger. At Sari
Kichila a caravan is reported to have
been compelled to proceed, leaving the
children of both sexes behind.
Armenians living in Turkish towns
along the Black sea, the Chronicle as
serts, have been compelled to accept
Islamism and have been sent into
towns Inhabited by Moslems.
Chabik-Arissar, which resisted dis
armament and deportation. is reported
to have been bombarded, with the re-
suit that the entire population, includ
ing the bishop, was killed.