THE CRUEL TURK.
MASSACRES OF ARMENIANS. WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED. By Telojraph.—l'res3 Assn.—Copyright. Received March l(i, 2.20 p 111. Constantinople, '.March 15, All eye witness of the Muranh massacres described one of the most horrible incidents, A hundred Armenians were besieged in a cellar for iive days, when the Turks invited them to surrender, promising protection. The men were shot as they came out and the Turks then entered, and armed with axes and knives, they slaughtered women and children. Only two escaped. The Turks similarly attacked girls in a rescue home. They killed all and set ■fire to the building.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ,
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1920, Page 5
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103THE CRUEL TURK. Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1920, Page 5
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