THE TARTAR REVOLT.
4 HOLY WAR PROCLAIMED Horrible Atrocities Children Thrown ta the Dogs St. VETEKSIiIIu:, Sept. 12. General Gori, Viceroy of the Caucasus, refused lo allow the Armenian committees to ong-anise militia in self-defence, under Kussian officers. Thousands of Tai-lar horsemen arc crossing the lVrso-Hussian frontier, ami joining the insurgents in tho Caucasus.
A holv war has been proclaimvd. Ailnenians arc massacred irrespective vi age ami sex. ■Mutilated children have been thrown lo the dogs. Ihe survivors are forced 'lo cmbrace lylainism. I'i'ince . Isisianoff, a Caucasian lamkd proprietor, has been assassinated. Tartars desecrated the church at Baku, and stole the sacred vessels, and riddled with bullets an ikon of the Virgin.
FURTIIEK MASSACRES. (Received Sept. l.'l, 9.45 p.m.) St. PETEUSBWKJ, Sept. 13. In a light between Socialists and Cossacks at Tiflis, thirty of the firmer were killed mid fifty wounded. Tartars at Minking, in" the Caucasus, massacred 300 Armenians. There is no truce between the Tartars and Armenians at Baku, but less fighting has taken place.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7925, 14 September 1905, Page 3
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167THE TARTAR REVOLT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7925, 14 September 1905, Page 3
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