THE ARMENIAN HORROR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2509, 12 October 1915, Page 6

THE ARMENIAN HORROR

! ENVER PASHA'S VENGEFUL

BRUTALITIES

By Telcjratl—Press Association-Copyright : ("Times" and Sydney-"Smi" Services.) ; London, October 10. i The "Times" correspondent says that ;.tho Armenian massacres 'began- when ■ . ; Envor ~Pashn's .army invaded .Russian .:•.territory.'.; Irregular, bands committed ■ .borrible-.criines: .. Men: .were thrown i over ; women. violated and abduct- ■ «d, andrchildren Islamised.; , . '' / . Tho; invasion of.-.'Azerbaijan- w-*s fol.lowed, by - similar excesses. .When; the ■.; Jsarykamish infuriated . .Enver'!,rutliless.'temper, a systematic •-.v:-of 25j000 -Armenians in • Bashkala followed.

;.-,The._principalmassaores were in 'Anar , ■ folia; Cecilia, and Anti-Taurus regions. ;.In some districts: resistance i waff offered,- which ' exasperated the' vtroops, > __ "u'ho gave themselves up to the most i ' wanton and bloodiest cruelty, slaughterf ing indiscriminately, Enver Pasha and, iw-- Talaat Bey undoubtedly approving.

, GREEKS IN TURKISH TERRITORY

i PERSECUTION AND MURDER

iV Br Tolejraph—Press Association—Conyrlri't ("Times" and Sydney "Sun'' Services.) v-v-London, October 10. (; i The' Salonika . correspondent of ; the j-. 'v Paris-"Temps"- says that '■ since the Turko-Bulgarian agreement-the persccu- ■ -i: tion of Greeks in Turkish territory has !•' , intensified, and there liaro been many assassinations. , Bashi-Bazouks mur-

S>v-> aercd four priests in Konia. --Thracian Greeks have been the great-' r. est. sufferers. Exiles have been driven fe-'f,iuto Asia Minor, whero death awaits . them. ' SOMETHING GERMAN-AMERICANS . , MIGHT DO (Rec. October 11, 8.5 p.m.) ! '?•'<■ . London, October 10. ' Mr. A. J. Balfour-(First Lord of the Admiralty), in a letter to Mr. T. P. i : O'Connor, says:—"Amidst all i'ho hor- . rors of this war there is; nothing more f horrible;.than- the treatment;of ci'e!;Armonians. Tho Germans could surely : : end .this disgraceful condition of affairs.; .1 should .suggest that the German-; 'Americans should use their influence to . 'check these, ■'

.;-The "Daily Telegraph" .points- out i v : . ihat' ! En'ver' Pasha has acted ;iri revenge ' ■: for his defeats in the Caucasus, and recalls Count RovenHow's hnscrupu'ous and' callous judgment that: "German *" public opinion holds that , this is a matter concerning Tnrkoy alone." '• • A '' — ■■■ ' INDIGNATION OF NEW YORK PRESS (Bee. October 11, 8.5 p.m.) ■ . New York, October 10. :: ,Tho newspapers: publish', denunciatory fvii; jrticles on the subject of the Armenian ■;(f: ; .ma^sacres;' s '' , Many i : ;.dcclaro,v tliat • the ITurk is following ik the Teuton's' footsteps. - v ': •- The. "Tribuno" remarks that f.l;o ■ ; .Jimericans have not yot' l fully grasped the truth that the Allies are protecting " ' iiot. only .themselves, . ' but V: the whole world from more - Armenias and other ' fielgiuins.