New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17

Committed by the caamops Government on Deeee Subject Race
by NeunC
of the YoungTu

answer TO the Armenian appeal Djeydet Beg
division and irregulars attacked the Ar
menian quarters OF April -, 1915, and sftei
three weeks battle the Turks were eypele
from the city. The Armenians captured IRON
the Turks the major portion Of the anmg'
milton they used i'm this affair
The Van incident, the first instance Of Ar
menian armed resistance against the Turk
government, and which Is the grsyest charge
of rebellion the Turks bring against the Ar
menians. was therefore resorted 20 in SELF
defence. But the Turks distorted and erss
gerated this incident and seized upon il asa
sufficient cause to justify the prosecution o.
their long cherished campaign Of Aruenist
determination. From the beginning Of Nay
1915. the wholesale deportation Of the Ar
menians was ordered. Over one million met,
women and children were driven out other
homes. forbidden to carry food. money OF
clothing, were marched in long caravans fo'
month or three month";. and were subjected
to the unspeakable outrages OF the gen
darmes. the wild Turk, kurd and Arab hordss
Half of these unfortunates fell by the way
side, and the other half are now slowly dying
from hunger. disease and the cruelty Of The
Turk ycndarmes i'm the desert of ARABIA
Armenian men. women and children Of b.
Mussa, who arc also charged with rebeio'
were ordered on July 20 20 form a caravan
and start the journey Of death, and who ~
stead, managed 10 retreat to the neshbouns
mountains, and fought the Turks, with SW
pistols and rifles and ammunition they capt
ured from them. for a period or nifty tnfe
days. and were finally rescued by the Frene,
and British cruisers and taken 70 Port sac
The reports also show that the methods
deportation from 1900 or more localities were
directed from the same source and were e'
cuted with prompttude and tnoroughnesN
The following are the typical cases:
The 500 Armenian men. from hfieeq
seventy years Of age, were tied together %
groups of four driven to the valley Of Bay
ham and msssacred with clubs, hammer
scythes and axes
The bishops Of eight dioccses and th'''
sands Of prominent men suecumbed 70 'o,v
ures. such as pulling off their eyebrows pun
ing out their nails. clubp, e and driving hsN
through their bodies. Confessions OF OF
loyalty were wrung from many order th's,
tortures At Y all the women were ess7el,.
in the station, left there seyersi days WING"
food or drink and subjected to the ou'rss"
Of the gendarmes A caravan Of 700 iIV"
Angora. instead OF being massscfed en- ms''H
were ordered to be pushed ahead until "" '
died of hunger and fatigue. German ~
sionary reports That, except 200, all the ~.
Armenians OF Btls have been MASSACRE
The report Of the Italian Consul az IreoAos.'
states that prior TO the entry OF Italy 10 y,
war; the $4,000 Armcnians Of that cry We
loaded upon barges and trawlers and INV.
into the sea. u is confirmed that lsVvn
menians from the districts Of Siyas ana p,
put. largely women and children we,
marched over fifty days In the direeuou
Aleppo. and that only ls5 reached their 0"
tnation.
An appeal to the Turk in,the name Of
manity to desist from further sheddhs a,
innocent blood would be useless, because y,
Turk regards the murder Of the alien su''''
as legitimate and his own business. 80,
Therefore, he cannot be won over oy %
suasion or counsel. But German RUE ~,
preme at Constantnople. The honor Of - 49,
many demands that this shameful slsus -,
of the defenceless should not con'inus -,
longer. IL is therefore suggested tnH
President Of the United states, Ms the "
the greatest neutral nation IN the Il
should ask the rulers and the Presiden, a
all the neutral states throughout the "Si,I.,,
join him in solemn protest against r,r
and in earnest appeal 20 the Emperor o, IA
many that this reign Of purposeless os''-~'
should be AZ once stopped INK
A STU DENT OF NEAR EASTERN Al
New York, Sept IL, 1919.