Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-30
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We also cabled $1,000 to Cairo. TO care
for the large number OF refugees who
had escaped to that haven. We are
organizing committee in Boston. and
other auxiliaries throughout the coun.
try. We must raise at least half a
million dollars, and that will not suf.
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impartial Observer Tells Facts.
The following statement Is made
tn writing by professor. q graduate
from one OF our best American uni
yersities and the bearer OF several
/ university degrees He has lived and
Travelled widely in India and the Far
East and now has just taken an ex-
tended journey through part Of Asia
Minor. Every one familiar with the
temper and spirit Of Turkey at the
present time win readily understand
why his name and more particulars as
to places cannot be given to the public
now. They are known to the commit
tee on Armenian atrocities, who vOuch
| for the historic accuracy. OF the fell
lowing statement. s. g -
During the last week in April our
| professor OF Armenian was arrested
by the police at night and taken foi
the prison In the city along with %
other prominent Armenians After q;
few days he was carried to Sivas and
was detained there along with The,
rest, and information from :Sivas'
through the government agency stated
Ifhaf hei hoa df<1 L..
the end Of April Then on the e6th
OF June the geldarmerie arrested q
large nuVber Of the prominent and
strong men of the city at night.
Among this number were included
two Of our most prominent Armenian
professors, Professor Hagopian and
Professor Manasadjian They were
taken to the soldiers barracks and
imprisoned there temporarily. For q
number of succeeding nights the prom
inent Armenians were arrested ii 4
similar manner and collected at the
same place. the whole number amount
ing to 12l5 men,
Slain BY Wholesale
These 1915 Armenians who had
been collected In the barracks were
bound together in groups OF five or
six men and sent away at night unders
the guard Of the gendarmerie By orders
Of the government AT q place about
three hours distant from the city on
lonely road leading to Zileh all Of
these men were brutality slain by the.
gendarmes and by the men called Chef
tel1s. The latter we're murderers who
had been released from the Turkish
prisons all about the country and let
loose for the express purpose of prey
ing upon the Afnfcnians. They OBJ
tanned as reward for their work
whatever money and other valuable
possessions they might find upon their
victims. One Of the zaptiehs who took
out this party stated to the professor
Of French In our college that he had
personally killed 80 men with an AK
and obtained from them $50 pounds
Turkish. IN addition to this we have
as evidence that all Of these men
were slain, the direct statement of the
ccmmissaire Of police himself, and OF
many OF the gendarmes who accompa-
MED them. In well at the place OF
slaughter, German farmer reported
to our consular agent, Mr. Peter. that
he had seen so bodies of Armenians
and long trenches on the side of the.
mountain where other victims had
been buried Our consular agent visit
ed the scene of this slaughter and
collected large number of papers
from the bodies scattered about on the
ground. These were letters, identi.
ficati0n papers. ETC., which were car.
ried In the pockets Of the men, per-
sonally saw many Of these papers
which had been saturated with blood.
People Driven Out
After thus disposing Of the strong.
er and more Influential men of the
city the government gave notice to
the people through the town crier on
july 3, that the section of the city
nearest to Our institutions were to be
entirely emptied Of Armenians and
that every Armenian man, woman and
child must prepare himself to go in
three days. Instead of allowing this
time for preparation they came around
the next morning with a large num-
Der of ox-carts and drove the people
from their houses. allowing them to
make little or no preparation for the
journey; allowing them only to take a
pillow and one bed covering and a
supply Of food only sufficient for
few days. This process of deportation
was continued every day or two
throughout the whole month OF July
until the city was entirely emptied of
its Armenian population which
amounted to about 10000 souls. The
officials who deported the people on
the first stage of their journey report.
ed that at some distance from the city
the men and boys were separated from
the women and girls and most, If not
all of the males were killed and the
women and girls we're sent on and
gradually taken from the guards to
he annrnnriated by Turks in their