The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Massacre of $4,000 Is
Officially Denied,
However
TWELVE AMERICAN
MISSIONARIES DIE
General Conditions In
Syria Said To Be
Appalling
" the RELIGIOUS RAqsLgR.

~ the RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
Startling storie~ haze % late beet
SoAing cut oi syria ccneernine
Wholesale rnslsszcr,a. -'ne common
1uport Was that sc,toD Sy:tars had
Ten slain by the Turks in LEBANON
Gnono. Both ths Turkish authorities
- Ire American embassy asvs de-
~ tAis. IN general terDlS.
Wo1v CONES IN authoritative state
1nont srozs the Kew. Or. Stanley
<h11A. seer~ayy u the PreSlL.s Ian
oard Of fc.eiga .nissicns: ~ a
rDpup OF missionaries. the lNst per
wonno out u Syria. have with.n re-
cnnt dayo reached this country, and
Ut they declare that there has
DooR - general massacre In Syria
- Wholesale executions. and that
- money sent from this country
~ yulisf purposes is still being re-
1fvod and used.
i = true that nobody Is allowed 10
49, Syria not even an American
- commission. and thar even the
ouk accredited persons, like this
1900. could get away Only with
onk di1iculty. and by the special
6Nog Of Djemal Pasha, commander
mGn1ef Of Syria. They were oblig-
8G1 - travel from Beirut around the
Srpw end Of the Mediterranean. and
onGh the Taurus Mountains, in
y mnn army trucks. Until they
onQhn6 the railroad TO CONSTANT
nDoa n Asia Minor. From Constsn-
DnD1o they came TO America via
oS11A and Copenhagen.
Under the strong hand OK D5emal
~. the abiest OF the Young TURK
oGgs, Syria. which includes old
DnUtine, or the Holy Land proper.
- been spared the excuses 81
- Christian outrsges which have
EE1pod the recent history Of other
nsh e the Turkish Empire. Even
~ Avnenians in Syria have mostly
nuwed with their lives. The re-
~ Of systematic quarantine Of
~ Christian district OF the Leban-
m, % prevent foocstuffs from enter
"a and TO exterminste the popula.
& ~. which were based on the word
M q native refugee, are refuted oy
>eae Presbyterian missionaries. Dr..
\ Shite says explicitly;
xhere have been no wholesale
gSecutions or massacres in Syria
the Lebanon. There have been
~ ~.bn rrara
ovored by the Turks 90 have in
1lgued against the COVE 'nment and
b - bohsif OF the French. This con
G1lfuted the reports OF hangings in
oirut which have. been in the pa
9ea
The reports Of suffering BY fam
~ 40 not refer TO special and re-
~ cOnditions, bat include famines
have occurred from the begin
~ Of Turkeys entrance into the
-. The total number OF deaths is
~ etven, but there have been over
80, and some villages have been
1ccticsIly depopplated.
- Car Is the Americans. aud par
n1nsIy our missionaries are con-
mnd. they have not suffered seri-
~ either from lack OF provision
from espionage. They have been
ntchcd carefully. gather that the |
IA11Sionarics have conducted them
nn1voe ~ NC knew they would. In
~ which has strengthened them
1&h the native yeoplo.
r IAA reports that restrictions have
- put upon the money which is
~ sent. and that II IL being fore
mo tho Turkish bank, are not /
pQse, or, AZ least, were not up |
80 IS. Our money IL stil &C.
torward unintcrrupted,y.
~ The members OF the mission
uou and rejoicing ir the oppor-
~ 20 stay ann continue the
Uooauss OF the worldwide senti.
nontai interest In Bible lands, the
>oD1os of distress in Syria have had
o1o circulation. Real news has
80 di0cuit to secure. The lid
- been clamped down tight. be-
nnoe Of the military operations I'M
- way, directed toward Egypt.
- coast has been blookaded by the
~ neet. 30 that no supplies have
o1preA. so when tho news came
- native sources irst by the way
uuvp&. that the Christians were
- eptireiy extsrminated. by ex'
ntlons and starvation. nobody was
3 position 20 deny the reports.
- Ne real facts are known.
~ they are had enough. II Ia
30 that people are dat,y dropping
~ from starvation In the streets
n>1rvt and Damascus and Jerusa-
u; - the other cities and towns
- Molly Land. In certain vii
- eass Has been even worse
~ esnnuni,nss hate persisted