Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-12
TURKEY ADAMANTINE
 TO ALL PROTESTS.
Nothing Definite obtainahle In Con- stantinople of Fate of Armenians.

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 constantinople. Oct 11.--CBy virtue fo a total suppression of all news on the subject the Turkish government has succeeded in throwing an impenetra- ble veil over it's actions towards all Armenians- Nothing definite is ob- tainable in Gonstantinople of the fate of this people out in the provinces but planned against the Armenians in the Ottoman capital were not carried out owing to objections of the German government.
 separate notes were presented to the Ottoman government by the German ambassador ad interum. Prince Ho- henlohe-Langenburg If the Associ- ated Press Is rightly informed, these notes had no far-reaching effect. be- cause under present conditions. the
 German government has been obliged to act rather gently. Turkey is still the ally of Germany, and the Armen- fans seem to have alienated the good
 will of the German government and
 people to a considerable extent by
 having made open cause with the En- tente Powers. Many of them have | joined the Russian forces near Van and at Zeitoun and Dort Jul they re- volted against Turkish authority. The I icial incidents in weeks of endeavor
 to persuade the Turkish government to ! take a more reasonable and humane view of the Armenian affair. One of | the notes drew attention to the great I injustice of making all Armenians suf- 1 fer for the acts of a few.
 1 The Turkish government. however, | seems to have remained adamantine.
 As already stated. 1t has been inn
 possible to secure accurate informa- tion in the premises. Turkish officials have either refused to discuss the sit- nation, or have placed all blame on the Armenians; these latter, on the other hand, have either refused tc
 talk for fear of being also persecuted
 or have assigned all responsibility tc
 the Turks. mass of irreconcilable
 statements has been the result, rang ing, on the part of the Turkish of1-
 cials, from the absurd claim that tho Armenians were being well treated, tC
 the assertions of Armenians that 1T Zeitoun, Dort Jul and other placel
 SC. 900 Armenians had been massacred
 That the Turks have in many in stances been guilty of needless sew erity. and in some cases have permit ted barbarous acts of violence. in cluding murder and rape, seems wei
 established. On the other hand, tn Armenians in the Van country hay been accused of similar excesse ] against the Turkish population an' ? the Turks having power on their side } nave repaid such acts with liberal in , terest. it Is said. in well informed Con stantinople circles.
 It cannot be said that the acts e , the Turkish government in this con . nection have found the approbation O
 the advanced Turkish clase In the cap ital, who, for the greater part, favo [ a policy of consolidation. and some c r whom even go as far as to advocat the establishment of a separate Ar 3 menian state in Asia Minor under tn 3 sovereignty of the Ottoman Imperis ! Government. Meanwhile the tendenc 8 of the Ottoman government, to eithe g deny altogether that the Armenian 8 are being persecuted. or give Its act e a too obviously artificial basis an T character would have but one resul 3 namely that 1t is both ashamed an n afraid to let the truth be known. Tn n many attempts made by the Asaoci c eted Press correspondent to thro' s some light on the Armenian situatio = resulted in failure. because the Turk g ish officials would not talk and tn s cens0rshtp would not permit the fire e lpassage of dispatches on the subjec
 Nevertheless 1t must be said ths [, the Armenians are not blameles Is Divested of all factors related to tn 5, national ambitions of the Armenian = their conduct towards the Turks an c the Ottoman government has invite e constantly measures of repression. I'll e rising of Zeitoun, Dort Jul and Va, e and wholesome assertions of Amer n ian soldiers to the Allies on the Ga e lipoli Peninsula. and to the Russian If in the Caucasus, have turned ti 5. Turks heart into stone in matte1 I@ Armenian, he is now wreaking yer te geanee upon guilty and innocent aliiS rei Constantincple has for weeks hs
 Hts daily crop of Armenian rumor d One of the most interesting of the c, Is that even the Sheik-ul-Islam ht ,- protested against the excesses fro se which the Armenians have suffere m There is a possibility that this iS tru ye because the Sheik-ul Islam is a ms n- of moderation and very progressi' L. tendencies.
 l. It Is asserted in Constantinople tn of the German government has for son D. time even at the beginning of q as war. taken a special interest in tl Id Armenians. The Germans feared fro ig the very start of the war betwe' w Turkey and the Entente that the A