Turkey

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 21, 23 September 1915, Page 5

Turkey

Armenian massacres. ,\\ *"""■ ■ • \\ ' i A NARROW ESCAPE. (i .;„• United Pbbss Association. ~,'•;''■••" ~,,Official;, Five Arhlehians' who Reached In'tio'ch' ';Bay in July,' kept |off the Turks until September,' when munitions failed. They succeeded in signalling French cruisers, which conveyed them to. Port Said. HORRIBLE DISCLOSURES. ,],',., ' '"'"l ■'>-('■'■" i 1"' I "—ir-.M 1 h;-:>-. .... •.';''' ",;, London, Septembeji; •, Bryce's letter adds that the Jjurks with relentless, qruelty am es*i the ,Chin.i?tiaH l; Armenians 1\;h,o; have not .rebelled and <are' un,-; armed. Men of military been killed, and convoys of Turkish soldiers,. <iorn.posedi -lftigely. of, released criminals, are driving and, woinen- ttr- -unhealthy* 'parts: i of- -the desert. Many were murdered, and 'the' 1 All :will perish sooner or later. The Italian Consul describes how troops drove ten thousand Armenians at Trebizond to the shore, placed them in boats, and took them out to sea and threw them overboard, drowning all men,'women, and children. In some cases Armenians were saved by accepting the Islam faith, but half a million have been slaughtered, deported, or are now dying of \ disease and starvation. Germany alone can end the massacres, and America should persuade Germany to exercise her influence to stop such ghastly work.

FORCED TO EVACUATE ASIA MINOR. (Received 10.5 a.m.) London, September 22. The Press Bureau states that a French official communique confirms the report that the Turks took advantage of their opportunity to completely destroy the Armenian nation. The Armenians have been forced to "evacuate all towns and villages in Asia Minor, and have been deported to Arabia and Mesopotamia. All Armenians in Constantinople, lawyers, doctors and professors have been systematically exiled, and their goods confiscated. Germany, although momentarily all powerful in Turkey, has done nothing.