The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-11
PERSECUTION Of
ARMENIANS TOLD
Woman Missionary Writes Of
Brutalities Committed
BY Turks.
I'D III 3f
CONDITIONS TERRIBLE
Cruelties Of kaiser's Ally
Toward Hated People
Unbelievable.
CONDITIONS TERRIBLE
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mouse method pursued. The peoplc
were very brave. Many Of them went
quietly to work to prepare themselves
as best they could for the hard journey.
It NiNshe Remembered that most Of the
men had been sent away in July, so
now it was mostly women and children
and old .lnsr. and. boys who were to be
deportcd. 4g
Took Old Women
we began at once to have Greek
women sew toryArmenian women hav-
ing cloth sllves with rope solcs made,
underwear and outside garments and
bags for th9m TO. wear as a sort of
kln.psack VIZ Used every sort Of ma
terial we coujst find some Of the pro
ductions being lsirc. works of art. We
bought whae shoes VIC could from the
market, but they Mere only light slip-
pers and fofi 81. five dozen pairs 1T
that. We had large quantities Of a
sort Of bread called "jcllsamets' made.
This contained an extra amount Of fat !.
and when baked hard keeps i long time
without spelling. The families that
We're wcll-to-do did great deal. also.
for the poorer ones IN providing them
with food aud clothing. The people
were only allowed to sell few of their
things, Just enough to get a little
money for the journey. Some of them,
of course. were able to sell a good deal
and to give away or hide many Of their
things. ManS Of them came to us beg
Gn9 us to store their rugs and valu-
able things. It was impossible for as to
do SO. as the government was watching
us very closely and asked us for a writ
ten statement Of everything we had
belonging to the Armcnans Tho
Greeks as Veil as the Turks took al
vantage Of the Armenians going to
their homes begging, stealing or buy
ing their things from them.
'fAn order came and was posted over
the gate leading to the government
buildings in Caesarea. signed by Talaat
Pasha. saying that all Protestants and
Catholics were to- be forgiven" and
allowed to stayinstheir homes. In spite
of the difficulty between the civil
anltmilitary 1870 asitiaaauiAs 6inu,aaly
decided that Massoldiers' families were
to be free, also.
'''The rest ofahc people, were sent out
in relays so the. agony and fear was
long drawn out
Families Lost Everything.
Some families sold everything they
had. prepared their bread and then, as
their names were not posted in ,ht
1iC{ nr1ara1 10 90, 81,
would eat up their bread and be com
PEELED to prepare u fresh supply. This
happened several times over until ,hos
exhausted their supply Of materials
and, in not few cases the order came
for them to leave suddenly and the,
had no opportunity to prepare y fresi
supply. Then we would send Greel
women around the town IL buy u lite.
here and a little there SO they shoult
not have to start out without food
we were not allowed to take boys
and girls into our schools except tiios,
belonging to one of the three Glasses
Exempted.
Two of my Violet girls had to go
They were told dreadful things would
halpen to them on the road. get the,
went bravely. ! told them, as l sal.
goodbye to start Il 'Niole. club i,
Aleppo. and they said: pte WILL ",
have our notebooks with u.s.
They reached Aleppo safely, an,
:f.erward were able to get 20 Eeiru.
where they are taking nurses train
ing in the Armenian hospital.
"Gradually many of the wo1nel
bought their way, or came secretly
back to Talas and Cacsarca. onl. to !,
sent out again TO another village whtl
discovered by the goyernmnet. Thes
poor unprotected women and childrel
suffered in ways too horrible to de
scribe. Those who suffered no ;tctua
harm, We're under a severe menta