MORE OUTRAGES.
THE DEATH-ROLL ESTIMATED THAT 30,000 HAVEDIED. A HOLOCAUST, ; l SOLPIERS JOIN IN MASSACRES. (or TEt;En;i*Fft—muss assocution—coftbiobt.) (Rec. May 6, 0.20 a.m.) " * London, May 5. Further massacres have occurred in Adana. Four thousand soldiors aro looting, shooting,' and burning. Inetead of pouring water on fires thoy saturate and feed them with kerosene.. ... .■..'• Both the French eohools and tihe Josephine Convent have been destroyed. Feare'are entertained regarding the American missions at Nadjin and Tarsus. ~ , ,"; It Is estimated that 6500 have been killed In Adana, and that 30,000 have beon killed In the entire provinces, while 35,000 are homeless and penniless. BULLETS AND FLAME IN ASIA MINOR, ■■•.'• SOLDIERS' OUTRAGES. • TWO THOUSAND IN BLAZING SCHOOL, : i Constantinople, May 4. When the Adana massacres were renewed on April 25, the soldiers and Baßhi-bazouks fired volleys into an Armenian school. harbouring 2000 refugees.'. . . . , The building was won "ablaze, Those emerging from it wero shot, and many of tie remainder were incinerated. '. .. \ ;';.'.; APPEAL FOR RELIEF. : e ■;.'■ ' Belrgt, May 4. ; A relief committee has been formed here, under tho chairmanship of the American Consul-General.
The committee appeals for £10,000, on.behalf of tho sufferers at Adana, Alexandretta, Tarsus, Mersina, Latakia, and Antioch.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 500, 6 May 1909, Page 5
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195MORE OUTRAGES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 500, 6 May 1909, Page 5
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