THE ARMENIAN HORROR
GHASTLY DESERT MARCHES OF DOOMED PEOPLE SURVIVORS NOW UNDER PROTECTION London, Juno 21. llr. Cannier, tho war correspondent writing from Bagdad, states that the British Government is caring for surTivor3 of the Armenian massacres. The women" describe- the horrors of tho endlcS3 inarches across the desert. They .thought they were going to a speci-ally-prepared colony. Tho Turks daily separated hundreds of men, took them a short distance away,'and either shot or cut them down, with swords. They were frequently killed with sticks, stones, daggers, - and knives. Many of the women were pushed iuto rivers and thrust over precipices. Out of twelve hundred from two villages, only four hundred women and girls, survived. The Turks did not spare any males over nine years of age.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3118, 23 June 1917, Page 10
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129THE ARMENIAN HORROR Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3118, 23 June 1917, Page 10
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