Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

tions' to the mountains where trenches had been prepared. Coarse peasants, who were employed to do what was done, said it was pity to waste bull lets and they used axes.
 Then the Turks turned on the women and children, the old men and little boys. Scores of oxcarts were gathered and in the early dawn as thev passed, the squeaking of their wheels left memories that make the blood curdle even now. Thousands of women and children were swept away. Where? Nowhere No destination was stated or intended. Why? Simply be- cause they were Armenians and Christians and were in the hands of the Turks.
 Girls and young women were snatched away at every turn on the Joulney. The girls sold at Marsovan for from $2 to S4 each. I know because I heard the conversation of men en- gagged in the traffic. know because I was able to ransom three girls at the price of $40.
 The misery the agony, the suffer ing were beyond power of words to eX- press-almost beyond the power of hearts to conceive. In bereavement. thirst, hunger, loneliness, hopelessness, the groups were swept on and on along roads which had no destination.
 T received word from Ambassador Morgenthau that our premises would not be interfered with Next morning the chief of police came with armed men and demanded surrender of all Armenians connected with the College. Girls School and hospital. We claimed the right to control our grounds as American citizens.
 More than two hours we held them at bay They brought more armed men, They again demanded surrender of the Armenians. I refused. They challenged me for resisting the Turk ish government. They said any one who did so was liable to immediate execution They broke open our gates, brought in oxcarts and asked where the Ar menians were. 1 refused to tell They went through the buildings smashing down the doors. Then our Armenian friends, feeling that further attempt on our part to save them would brir;, more harm probably than gool. came forth, profess Ad themse.vcs loy2i Turk ish subjects and offered to do what was required.
 An oXcart was assigned each family with a meager supply of food, bedding and clothing. The mother sat on the load with her children about her, the father prepared to walk beside the cart I offered prayer and then the sad procession carrying 72 persons from the college and hospital moved away.
 These teachers were men of charac- ter, education, ability and usefulness, several of them representing the fine type of graduates from American or European universities. The company went in safety for about fifty miles Then the men were separated from the women. Their hands bound behind their backs and they led away. The eight Armenian members of the staff of instruction of Anatolia College were among the slain. The women and chil- dren were moved on and on. No one knows where and no one knows how many of them are still living.
 The government officers plowed the Armenian cemetery in Marsovan and sowed it with grain as a symbol thai l no Armenian should live or die to be i buried there No Armenian student or l teacher was left to Anatoia college and i of the Protestant congregation in the :, city of $50 souls, more than 900 witt !. their pastors were swept away. It was 1 a government movement throughout-a , movement against the Armenian people.
 These things are typical of what