The sun., 1918-12-24
ARMENIANS BURNED
TO DEATH BY TURKS
Official British Report Is
Made of Massacres to En-
terminate Race.
MANY THOUSAND VICTIMS
Men Slain, Women Mutilated
and Children Drowned or
Buried In Caves.
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LONDON, Dec. 23.-The Times prints
the following:
The following statements concerutE
the manner in which tho Turks IN l91.
and 1916 endeavored to exterminate
the Armenians have been officially
tested by British officers. each witness
being subjected TO cross examination.
The first statement is by Miss i K.
an Armenian. from kharput.
"I started with $4,000 people Of both
sexes from Kharput in June, 1915 A,
Kanti 5000 men were removed. It.
Kurbab 1000 men and 1000 inva,ds
We left these people and soon after
saw smoke. A boy OF l3 who es.
capped said they had all been burned
with kerosene by the gendarines. Near
Eerashehr we were stripped NJ or
clothes and rags given to us later
Three women hid their gold r. ,rrl,
mouths. At Rasel Ain / and twenty.
nine other women and one boy hrhos
the gendarmes to put us on a train
At Aleppo saw gold filled teeth torn
from a woman's mouth"
Many Drowned or MutiIated.
Another Armenian woman, Miss G
L., deposed as follows:
IT saw thirty-fve children thrown
into the River Kharbu by the gen
darmes. Those who swan ashore were
weighted and thrown back. That va,
In September, 1916. About the same
date. near Chellache. saw ahol.
thirty women disemboweled, and a.
the same place. a half mile from MY
tent, saw smoke rising from places
where l knew over 1000 women and
children were encamped. Two chill.
dren who ESCAPED told me the res,
were being burned"
Mr.. X. of Aria testified:
AN Armenian woran told ne TIA,
in August, 1917. a number OF children
and adults were put in a cave near
Cisibin. / went there and found a
cave Of unknown depth. l wcr, IL
and after walking some hundred ,arls
found it was full Of childrrns homes.
l can identify the place"
Another witness made tbs state.
ment
I'm September, 1916. al SAeGa'p I
was taken into a wadi with women
and children, We were heator down
with sticks. l was knocked down and
lay among bodies \ boggar1 Arab
came afterward and drew me out la
swan across the river with me and
carried me TO his tent. two days Jour
ney away, where lived. As an Nab
! was tattooed with tribal marks les,
the gendarmes should find ne After
two years I went TO Nis.b!n wiz some
women who went TO sell wheat
Only Nine Out of 1000 survive.
4 survivor OF a party deportca frnm
Amasia thus deposed:
i LETT Amasia IN a convoy ~ ,.no)
men. women and children in tU&
1915. arrived at Aleppo three m.,,as
later. On the way great number ~
them were removed, with the!r .-..1
tied behind their backs. includat my
brother. Many others. abou, 200 wtrs
suicide. l, with only nine Others. slr.
v!ved the journey TO Aleppo.'
Following is a statement = !. -
menian OF A!ntab:
II left Eheddiah with convoy go
strong in September, 1916. w were
stripped of all our clothes ard c~'yen
naked for three hours. We w.ro
finally driven into an enclosure, SIR
rounded by the gendarmes, and ,.e~T
one was massacred in turn was
stunned, but recovered TO tindsnyeeH
covered with dead. and another nan
escaped"
These are examples o' mV'N e'i-
dence OF the manner IN switch ~
massacre OF Armenians was carried
out. The Turks are putting very
obstacle in the way Of repatriation Of
the survivors.