Evening journal., 1917-12-22
The Atrocities in Armenia!
Teacher in American COLLEGE, is Crucified by Turks
Written Especially for THE EVENING
JOURNAL
BY DIR. FRED p. HAGGARD,
Secretary, American Commission for
Armenian and Syrian Relief.
b n. HAGCARn.


Armenian and Syrian Relief.
Copyright i9i7 by the Newspaper En-
terprise Association).
(This is the last OF six articles on
the horrors in Armenia, told by an
American authority on tho subject. Dr.
Fred p. Haggard has spent much time
investigating the atrocities Of the Ger
man-dominated Turks. and is head OF
the Armenian and Syrian relief work
in the United states)
From the outbreak OF war, the Turk
ish government, backed by their Ger
man masters, have been at the bloody
work Of exterminating the Armenians.
Syrians and Greeks, until today the
story Of atrocities, deportations and
sunerlngs passes belief.
In preceding articles / have briefly
reviewed the principal acts Of the
Turks-the forcible conscription Of Ar
menians, Syrians and Greeks into the
Turkish army, as an excuse for taking
them In droyes into the mountains and
deserts and deliberately slauehterng
them the deportation" Of their fsmi-
lies at the point OF the bayonet in which
old men, women and children were
driven into the wilderness for slaughter, ,
the enslavement Of the young girls
I'm Turkish harems: the death and tor
ture inflicted on hundreds Of thousands:
and the starvation Of the remainder.
Three millions Of Armenians and Sy-
rians have suffered death. or are home
less and starving; thousands Of Greeks
deported from the sea coasts are in
danger of starvation; 100000 Of those
IN need are orphans; little children
scarcely able 60 feed themselves live
absolutely alone IN deserted homes;
1900 children under i2 years Of age
are starving in Syria and Lebanon
alone; and in this district sufferers
were dying at the rate Of 1000 day
recently.
Using military necessity" as an ex-
cuse, the Turkish government has done
its worst--to wipe from the earth the
non-AIoslem population.
Some atrocities, because OF their re-
voting character. it is impossible even
te touch upon-they are literally un-
printable. But as examples ! give in
closing a few cases Of what these peO-
pie have been through-and what they
are likely TO go through so Ions as
Turkey is permitted TO have DONNA
tion OF this territory.
A faint conception Of the terrible
hunger experienced by thousands Of the
deported Armenians may be gained
from an incident told by q returned
American consul who said that In his
daily walk from his house TO the con-
sulate he counted as many as twelve
bodies Of persons who had died Of
starvation the previous night. Fifty-flve
Der cent. Of the population OF Lebanon
are reported dead from starvation.
There is in America young Arme-
nian. Mo0shek Norperian, who escaped
the Turks and made his way TO this
country. He tells almost unbelievable
stories Of Prusso-Turkish atrocities in
Harpoot Vorperian is a. years old, the
son Of an Armenian professor. He es-
osped from Turkey. crossed the noun
fains into the Russian Caucasus, crossed
Asia and landed in Seattle last summer
"The Turks crucined a professor in
the American College" says Norperian
AFTER two months Of these tortur-
ings the Turkish government ordered
all Armenians 20 be deported 10 the
SYRIAN and Arabian deserts, and in July
1915. 1900 Armenians. the most promi-
nent men in our city. with their wives
and families, were driven out into the
Mothers cut the Ions hair Of their
dsuehters so they would not appear at
tractive TO the Turks l saw my mother
cut fhe long blonde hair Of my sister,
but they could not take out her beau
tiful eyes.
.XNe were driven TO Malatia. There
one midnight the Turks took 5i9 Arme-
nian men 20 the nearby mountains and
killed them with axes and knives. one
Of the Turkish soldiers laughed and
told me they did not use guns because
CARTRIDGES cost four cents each.
"That same night an oflcer took my
sister away. Over 250O women and
children and girls were dealt with that
night. Their money. goods and clothes
were taken Our Armenian women could
not hear TO live without clothes and
threw themselves into the river.
II found my way through the eau
casus 10 the Russian Army. There
found Armenians who had escsned
were starving and could not ind
blade Of grass TO eat.
aThey buried Armenian children alive
IN Turkey" 49,,
There are many facts to prove that
the unspeakable Turk has surpassed
under Prussian tutelage even his OWL
historic lendishness.
The story Of this war contains nc
more terrible chapter-history viii
never record more concentrated brut-
ishness.
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