HORRORS IN CAIRO.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 July 1919, Page 5

HORRORS IN CAIRO.

ATTACKS V- ARMENIANS. VICTIMS DONE TO DEATH. some TERRIBL-E A’l‘R()ClTlh‘S. 1 . -—-~ 1 . A grilll picture the I'ecent.scen_es tn Cairo and of thgiittacks on Armenlan subjects by frenzied natives, by Reuter’s crorespondent who had int°T"le“"9d some of the thousands of Armenians now safe under British protection. _ “‘Nobody S"-Ch Scenes -as lia“v6"‘s ‘isgraced for ever the name of Turkey, but the fact. must be adm‘iVt__ted,.y that scenes every bit as disti-es Occurred in Cairo, thou h tf9?:‘s'«er 10‘ owinggto Brit.isl§,‘ j\nt3_ervent.in. dtcree hAII these poor are now 1: rown upon a they have a £eeli};gg’7::”+%f’ thhnkfulnfss for their deliveriéoficgs, yet, the future, like the past, _g_§""'ll{.i3nly appeal‘ as a black spectre. W‘)? spoken to one Armenian \x~q_nl§.§. sffho ‘pasetl through shvoeking exp'e\‘,_rl‘t‘§;cs. ‘I was,” she‘ K «i -'-3.“in A y_litt.le fiat.‘ in Mohamed \%l'l§,'Streel’sj_‘\/W together with my son, aged 70, andiififriliale bl'ett‘t'ion, when the crowd {fad been»/gatherillg in the street, Eetiameg‘ ghreatening. As it was quite il’}posSi»blé to ‘escape, we hid unclef Moss), Asinoxtrs 15:0 I§t‘_r_rY. “The ‘mob? then Ei_nva_'tled house, going firstf“‘t'c§’thez.second floor, where an Armeniztfiifgshoegmalier was living. We. soon exéixhence of ‘foul work. Shrieks ‘air, hutfhese soon died away. ’ “”f.’:‘("

“Shortly there was a banging on our ox-irnjdoor, which was smashed in. BleiyD,}ushc(l into the room al_lcl dragged 'l-vils out of our hid-ing-placcs. Foremost among them were I_l_atiVe policemen branfigshjng their sabl'<}s, who immedia‘tel.3r€s aafiackefl my f§nlalo relative and killed him, the {\\'lud_,Qs’§.§§ J . ‘KI vn§bfc§,r;pqt§'it}lé3§ I1‘;1(1:' ,_ Tho \\~"3fi‘é??r':*'~"’cleAscribedA_._how, in tho presence of slliT{§l‘ed 011t1"a‘§e b:€;rf7:l“§zli‘?l’.tii’la‘Ts§police? man: r..=V'\«’.llci:‘l':Qc--..;II;l,,8«_I1.--».~,x‘§I'II].‘C‘,.(‘1_ A _W_ith I—;niVos and“hal;'_9l_lets guarded fhc door. They afterwar(lsMs’i'l‘l‘§is‘}'{Lé“ii" ' iip ovel"y’r.lli'llg they. could fi&”ld,,3amd_,o'thr43_w the furniture into the st.l-cot, ' Thigg poo}',A,l§w{_§;_r;l;§_;_n, ;x:}}o_ was about fortgygggars of age, was in a broken, colldi‘t;iQl%'alld fainted While telling her distl'esS_,sglg , sétory. BNEERED TO PIECES. In anQ§};g§_,case an old woman with her only Syn heard, the mobs coming up the stl'(3et.. The son ran out to see wh:_lt was happening. He 11-wcer 1--.~-tul~hs‘<T,"but the mother I'ocogllispd his corpse 12Ltc__,1_:_"_z}_t.’«“t}:;,’_L3 hlosuit-.ll_. with both hands cuf in. El.‘ wli ' Two Armenians -who were walking in the B:Lbc'Fa'hal'l:i qLl2iilst‘er of {ht town found;l:s€..’gl'o,\\'(l, ‘pal'_l'isadillg the sfl‘:cet.. One of £tHo"l'iotel's_, seeing tho.m,Sholltn'hel'eupo'n yhoh mob ;_ltt'ack_ed them, tearing one ’fo“‘{§iebcs wifh brok-"en paveingg st’ol,;gs.;__ _ 4 . ', ‘ . :Allot,_iiol'l A'_‘.sX:l3lllcgiliall, "u". shopke'c'pcr, was dQ;_le‘to;'{lo_2l_tli in tllcVopei7a;S>clllare, ih tlL_('i'}‘c:g;§iré: "off Cairo. I M’

SClllC—£ otfhtlle I'iOL(7l'é:‘:h3Vill‘g ‘indicated the hcuse ‘in xvhicli he was living as ’tllC"‘lsuilding from .whie.h a revolver shot had been fired, the mob attacked 3l‘=<l 533"-.3:1’v..€'.‘(1 looting the! zipmtnients of Ajnltesefiand Italian subjects living there.‘ . The .4xl‘llllClll.f£lll e.~:ca_petl‘ from roof to I'oof,.§:;.n_d finally tumbled into a Greek pliarniaey in the Square. where first aid was :I(lnli.nistel'C_(l..-.. Troops then :11-rived on the scene, but on quiet bemg appm'en‘fl_v I'e's‘t;o:-ed, they moved off. , _ o'l'>Eß'.»x‘- ‘SQUARE SCENE. ‘ The mob, ho\x'e\'c°r,i::i,giain sux~g;ed into Opera Squaie, and visited the pharmaey in starch -of the fugitive ArmenianmOtherst._qllickl§Z,.£9Jlo’\\'ed and started to clestroy the shop. The Arnienian was tlidilz 'd.l:2lgged;~_;in_tp,__the street, and tliere. in the D}‘CS(IILCC,._Of hundreds of Citizens,‘ .t141,C-.3 Il‘__.'3il~-.,"\_'g"§l‘.s_,-._l)i'ltiered beyond 1'01:Oglll*(l()l,1-$(;_tthC:;_;n1f)h; daneing on the lifeless body. Even.a£tel:,,l.h.c._=@9l'pse had been placed in :1 covered ambulance they tore away the cover, spat upon the bodyf‘:hid3etixlt-iiiiletlfiii-butter it. The tlrezidful‘?-seeiié‘*ix>iisi;s\i'i{'llessecl by people on neighbouring balconies. These ‘are only some of the revolting incidents of tl;x"e-?‘l‘S‘:.*Ll~:'t-‘=~i"<?\\' days. but theysuffiee, sa§"§"llie'?iliessag<>, to show the state off:‘:'in»{=ec)di"it-3-.3‘:lt present prevailing in Cai:‘i'b‘.j_"a'n:d how completely the lou*er'élenis7iits”:“'of the population have been‘ by the lust for I bloodshed._!é%n;&q3ills:.;‘§(§. 5 i .t,rsi.~ ‘r9=.:' 4

CONCERNING FOOLS. M LORD FISHER’S REFERENCE. . “ "LONDON,-‘June 30. Lord Fisher writes to “The Times” The classic German remark addressed to a British ofiicer, “You always will be fools; we will never ‘be gentlement_.” is applicable to ‘the Scapa. Flow incident. Lord Fisher adds: On the whole, I prefr to b a fool, even as a matter of business, Suppose we make the Germans, who have heaps oi‘ co-. 11., supply the Allies next winter or pbrliaps for a longer time. IRELAND NOT TO RECOGNISE PEIACE TREATY.‘ . NEW YORK, Tune 30. Mr_ De"."alera, in a statement point—ed out that Ireland was not bound by the Treaty. He sent the letter to M. Clemencau declaring that since Mr Lloyd George did not represent the Irish people, they would not consider the Treaty valid. ' ' EMBARRASASING PRESIDENT l WILSON. NEW YORK, fiune 23. The ‘Times’ ’.’ Washington corres{pondent reports that Senator Phelan, speaking on the Senates resolution concerning Ireland, said_ “-Itis an attempt by the Republicans to em‘gbarrass the President. There is llittle expectation among Republicans {of aiding the Irish cause. It is claim?ed the "Presidents poli?:"3”r'of self-de-‘termination should be applied to Ireland, but the Republicans refuse to understand that the Peace Confer~ ience confined itself to applying selfdetcrmination only to those nationalities arising out of the War.

G£=RifiANY's BITTER CUP. ""'_' \ WRY FACES AND BITTER VVORDS. . 4~Helfel'i‘elll,‘.intezwieiwed, de_;;la’red 'tha.t ; __’ll_";.):('[‘_‘(l_o:l_lC._ln_Ql'Q harm tg ‘7 »'Gcl'.r)g_z;_lry; 7“tl.l‘an”: Prfiesi'3;le‘nt:j_l}Vil:sQn, _v M. C:l._elllellceé‘ui"-._ jgpd ‘-“IKE;-_ f,‘L.l"oy‘d [1 _GeQrge cenrbined. GernmnsVmusfg:-pr-epirreg for _ a day =cf revenge and, resurrection. The «hiring genel'atiCn“ wo‘lild again raise ' up .1-he..,.n3_tion: . - . .—————:o——_-——_. PRESIDENT WVILSON’S MESSAGE. LONDON, June 30. , l’l'esident.’vV'il_son' wirelessed from H aboard 4the George VVashillgton_. in re-,'-,7 ply to :1 message frbm"King George. President Wilson said he possessed _a strong conviction of the truth of the King’s message concerning new ties between the great British pople :‘~.l}.d" those of ufhe United"Stat'e’é. V _ e N ATIO N ALI-SATION. BRITISH GOVERNMEI\'T’S ._ ATTITUDE LONDON, July 1. Mr Bosar Law, rel)l§"T'ng't6 a dcpu~ ’t:7;t"on Of‘ 150 Coalitionist Conlmoners, Llmiecl that the Transport B°ll meant the ’ll;:*ional}'sation of '.r:‘lv.'.ly'.<;.- E 330 -G'oVer'nment was not committtd to nationzrlisation of ‘the’ coal mones, GREEKS V. TURKS. ' LONDUN, July 1. A Greek Communique issued at Sxnyrna. reports numcrdus eonfiiets in the hin-w:-C].1;111d of Sllxj,'l'llu_between the Greek occupation troops and Turkish Irregulars.