Asia Minor
ADVANCE AT ERZINCAN.
TURKISH ATTACK REPULSED.
Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.20, a.m.) Petrograd, July 31. A communique states: We further advanced in the Erzingan region and repulsed a Turkish attack in the region of Disygiaver, in the direction of Mosul.
SHOCKING STATE OF AFFAIRS.
CHRISTIAN? STARVING IN SYRIA. WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS AND ATROCITIES. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. I (Received 11.10 a.m.) Rome, July 31.
Refugees give shocking details of the situation in Syria. The Christian population is starving. Wholesale executions and atrocities f commenced during Enver Pasha’s visit, when Djemal Pasha’s attitude to, se,.Clu% tians, became more hostile. Many villages lost a third, even half, of the inhabitants. Starvation is due to the food blockade.
At Lebanon, scores of Christian leaders were executed mid exiled. Four Bishops who were called up to the colors have since not be hoard of. *' a '
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 2, 1 August 1916, Page 5
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150Asia Minor Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 2, 1 August 1916, Page 5
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