The sun., 1915-10-13
GREEKS NEXT. IT'S SAID.
American says Tarks plan ."
Drive ont Al Foreigners.

Prof. Samuel T. Dutton. secretary OF
the American Committee on Armenian
Atrocities gave on: statement yes
terday made by an American professor
in one of the mission colleges IN turkey
which tells of the staying OF Armeniahs
by Turkish "che.tahs." The "ctfettals
are murderers released from Turkish
prisons for the express purpose or prey
ing on the Armenians.
"The author of this statement. SAID
Prof. Du;ton. "is a graduate OF one
of our best American universities ana
the possessor OF several degrees. lie
has lived and travelled widely in India
and the Far East and has just arrived
here after an exterded journey through
part OF Asia Minor Every one Ia
miliar with the temper and spirit o!
Turkey at the present time Will readiiy
understand why his name and more
particulars as to the places cannot I've
given to the public now. The state
menT In part follows
During the last week in April our
professor OF Armenian was arrested az
night and taken to prison along with
twenty-five other prominent ArmeniaEs,
After a few days he was carried to SiNas
and detained there along with the rest.
Information from Sivas through the
Government agency stated thai he hai
died IN Sivas. That was the end OF
April. Then on June 26 the gendar-
merle arrested "A large number of the
prominent and strong men CT the city
al night.
among this number were two OF our
mos, prominent Armenian professors
!'rof. Hagopian ard Prof. ManasadJan.
They were taken 10 the soldiers bar
racks ard imprisoned there temporarily.
For a number OF succeeding nights the
prominent Armenians were arrested in a
.NnI
place. the whole number amounting to
l.2l5 men.
These l.2l5 Armenians were bound
together in groups OF FIVE or six and sent
away at night under guard OF the gem
uarmerie by order of the Government.
A, place about three hours distant
from the city on lonely road leading
to Zileh all OF these men were brutally
slain by the gendarmes and by the men
called 'chettahs.'
After thus disposing Of the stronger
and more influential men OF the tty the
Government gave notice to the people
on July 3 that the section IT the city
nearest to our institutions was TO he
entirely emptied OF Armenians and that
every Armenian man. woman and child
mus. prepare himself to 60 in thrc,
days Instead Of allowing this time for
preparation they came around the noAi
morning with large number OF On carts
and drove the people from their houses
The Government officer said that the
destination of the eXilcs was TO he Mo-
sui. city about 500 or coo miles dis
tant in the desert regions OF Mesopota-
mia.
THE authorities put all the girls into
wagons and sent Off the sixty-three per
sons connected with the girls school, in
Guiding the Armenian women teachers,
the pupils who were remaining there
during the summer vacation and all of
the servants.
The town of Samsoun &as similarly
emptied of its Armenian populat tion. also
Anasia, Vesir Nppru. Shorun and all
other towns and villages in the vicinity
of MarsOvan. The last of August along
the Anstolian railway, from Angora 10
Constantinoplc. ] saw as many as So
900 Armcnians scattered in the fields
and at the stations along the road in a
sad and pitiable condition. without ade-
quate supplies of food and no means IF
shelter. At Merkedjie alone the station
master told us there were 10000 eXiles.
"Repeatedly the officers Of the Gov
ernment said to our Consul when he
was making appeals on behalf of the
Armenians in our employment that the
purpose Of the Government was to
destroy totally the Armenians. He fur
ther said that when the Armentans were
disposed of the Greeks would be SINH
larly treated and after that the for
eigners A like statement was made by
Enver Pasha, the Minister OF War, tu
our Ambassador Mr.. Morgenthau. in
Constantinople, When Mrs. Morgenthau
made personal appeal to Talaat Bey,
Minister of the Interior, in behalf o:
the 4 Ar,nppian women and girls who were
being sent to death and worse than
death, his reply was. This amuses me.
THE motive of all this terrible per
secution of the Armenians. according
TO the Government officials. Was the fear
tina: the Armenans would strike them
in the back while they were fighting
their foreign enemies"