MESOPOTAMIA.
A STORY OF HORROR. EXPERIENCES OP ARMENIANS, Received June' 22, 1 a.m. London, June 21. Mr. Candler, writing from Bagdad, says the British Government is caring for the Armenian survivors of the massacres. The women describe the horrors as endless. The martyrs of the desert thought they were going'to a specially prepared colony. The Turks daily separated hundreds of men and took them a short distance away, and either shot or cut them down with the sword, frequently being killed by" sticks, stones, daggers or knives. Many of the women were pushed into the rivers or thrust over precipices. Out of 1200 from two villages 400 women and girls survived. The Turks did not spare males over 9 years.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1917, Page 5
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120MESOPOTAMIA. Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1917, Page 5
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