The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Massacre of $4,000 Is
Officially Denied,
However
Twelve AMERICAN
SIONARIES DIE
General Conditions In
Syria Said To Be
Appalling
~ THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.

INV THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
Gtartling stories haze OF late been
omint Out nj Syria CONCERNING
holasalc iaassaefcs. Oae oaSniacn
Soocft sas ehA, at,eos Syrians ia
oen sixin 10y tis s-xs in Lebanon
NE. Beth TIL, Turkish authorities
80 ne s:neric,a ,Ia0asAy save de
Hfo6 tsiA. IN gsGSsa. terms.
Sow comes a. authoritative state
Nons Juac DO .:sy. DR.. Stanley
hiks. ssr,wAry ~ The PrcsCy, e. al
Hnnrd I'll .orsasn inisSGcs. ;a@t a
nup a, mjssionarSg.s. the Ais-I pes
D0s 81 q Syria have within 70
- AAyu fsacAed his e,antry. and
- hey dsclars tina; GsrN has
- - EnnArnj aozeAnrv n Syria;
wholesale sIeccuons, AID that
y Inoney SAINT from ahis corntry
= relief Purposes Is Still being re-
G1Sed and used
lIt 10 true that notody is allowed 20
tar Syria, not even an American
r1lof commission. and thar even the
ut accredited persons, like this
Soap. could &c, away only with
1pot difficulty. and by the special
1wor Of D1emaI Pasha. commander
>chief of Syria. They were oblig-
~ 70 travel from Beirut around the
Dper end OF the Mediterranean. and
>Fough the Tnnrrs Mountains. In
nrman army trucks. Until they
0onched the railroad to Constant
ole In Asia Minor. From Constan-
nople they came TO America via
pS1in and Copenhagen.
Under the strong hand Of Djemal
onha, the abiest Of the Young Turk
n1ers, Syria. which includes old
Gnngfine, or the Holy Land proper.
~ been spared the excuses Of
mti Christian outrages which have
naSked the recent history OF other
%>s q the Turkish Empire. Even
" Armenians IA Syria have mostly
1DunDed. with their lives. The re-
cgts Of systematic quarantine Of
W Christian district OF the Leban-
~, 70 prevent footsfuffs from enter.
-. and to externinate the populs-
-. which were based on the word
u . native refugee. ere refuted by
nse Presbyterian missionaries. DR..
lite says explicitly:
There have been no Wholesale
oDoooations or massacres in SYRIA
The Lebanon There have been
ocuttons OF Syrisns who were dis
Dvered by the Turks TO have in
rlgusd agsins, the government and
y behslf OF the French. This con-
1fuied the reports OF hangings in
n1fuf which have been In the pa
-
The reports Of suffering by fam
- DO not refer TO special and re
ut conditions, but include famines
~ have occurred from the begin
- Of Turkey entrance into the
y. The total number OF deaths Ia
20 oivsn. hat there have been over
EDoo, and some villages have been
nGtjcsily depopaIased.
- DIR - the Americans. and par
ronrIy our missionaries are coz
- thsy have not suffered sert-
- either fsum lack OF provision
1bom Espionage They have been
$500 carefully. gather that the
n1oonariss have conducted them
>n1vUa - We knew they would. In n
Nv which IN. strengthened them
- the native yeoplc.
~ reports that restrictions have
- ~ upon the money which IL |
- ssnt, and that n is being fore |
40 the Turkish bank. are not |
Ugo1o: a.. nj least, we're no, up
uno -. Our money "a still GO
1ogwurA unintesruptediy.
~ the rnemberE cf the mission
Wo0 and vejoieing ir the oppor-
n 20 stay am continue the
osause o. the worsd-wsde sen,i-
u1nl interest In Bible lands, the
glea Of Distress in Syria have had
" circulation. Real news has
- dt0lcult TO secure. The 'lid'
- been clanped down tight. be
nnee u the military operations un
~ way. directed toward Egypt
~ cosst has beer blockaced by tn
- neet. 80 that no supplies bav
ra0ro6. 80 when the news cam
~ native sources nrst by the wa
ugypt. that the Christians wer
- enttrsly exterminated. by -
n&ions and starvation, nobody Wa
position to deny the report
w the real facts are known.
And they are had enough. II
~ that people are daily drcppin
" from starvation In the street
Do1sut and Damascus and Jeruss
and the other cities ard town
@he Holy Land In certain VII
~ The case has been even worse
- sonnunities have persisted