New-York tribune., 1920-03-06

shall remain at our posts, however, and
do what we can to shield the Armenians
and protect American interests. We
hope for the best, but many fear tho
worst.
Armenians Are Frantic
February 10: General Querette has
been granted twcnty-tour-hour delay
before leaving the city. Armenians in
the compounds are frantic. They are
determined to leave the city with the
greatest fear is for Miss Buckley
1Miss Frances S. Buckley, of Cape
Vincent, N. W. She was in the Be-
shalom orphanage and has not been
heard from since the beginning Of the
siege: s!;S. -. a+.;n o,,. 49,
a journey, giving them food and cloth
ing to the extent permitted by our
limited supplies. Many orphan boys
and girls will leave with the exilcs
Or. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson (of Boons-
hill. Tenn.) will remain, as will ali.
the missionaries. DR.. Elliott mabel
Miss Schultz, Miss Powers mabel II.
Powers, Of North Hero, Vt) and Miss
Dougherty (Minnie f. Dougherty, of
Holyoke, Mass) will leave with the
troops.
II had decided to stay, but as two or
three. thousand persons are going as
sheep without shepherd DR.. Wilson
thinks l had better 70 with them to
take charge and endeavor to find food
and shelter at their destination. 1t is
hard trek Of nearly seventy-five miles
over mountain and plain. l fear many
will not be equal to it. Troops and
rof, 1of+ ~ 1,ok Il 4 n
tonight. The general and his staff
left at 1O:30. 1t was bitterly cold. The
city was in flames and the guns were
booming over the hills covering our re-
treat.
February IL: AS the column moved
away from the city it was a blaze Of
splendor the great barracks evacuated
by the French being on fire and sill
houetted against the sky.
February ~: The weather is Sc
yerely cold. Many of the weak ones
have dropped by the wayside to freeze
or starve. The column reached Bell
Pounar at o'clock this afternoon. The
village offered meagre accommodation
and the refugees camped in the open;
suffering is severe"
February 13: During the night a
snow storm ragged. The column moved
forward before daylight. Increasing to
blizzard the storm continued through
the long march. From twelve to eigh-
teen hours soldiers and civilians made
their way through snowdrifts, the weak
and intirm dropping out from sheer ex-
haustiOn.
"February Id: We did our best for
the refugees, but many of them died
upon reaching the destination, where
there was no accomm odation and little
food. I left with the French wounded
this evening on a train for Adana and
conferred with DR.. 'Dodd. of the Ameri-
can Committee for Relief in the Near
East, and DR.. Chambers, of the Ameri-
can Mission. Milk and blankets were
dispatched Immediately to Islahie and
all the American forces put themselves
at the service of the stranded
Armcnians."
10000 Believed Perished
Mr.. Crathern believes more than 1000
refugees persisted in the snow on the
march Of the column from Marash to
lslahie. He says the Armenians esti-
mate half their population Of Marash,
o. 10000 persons, perished altogether
from the outbreak.
Miss Buckley and al the Americans
besieged at Marash are safe and the
Near East committee is rushing doctors
and medical supplies to help the twelve
American workers ssh in Marash.
The massacres which the Armenians
feared would take place at Marasb
materia lied. according to recent re-
ports from Constantinople and other
places. 1t was during these disturb
ances that James Perry and Frank s.
'ohnson. of the American Y. M. c. A.,
were killed
Various estimates have been made as
20 the number of Armenians who were
victims OF the massacre, but no definite
official announcement has yet been