Armenia and Her People; or, The Story of Armenia by an ArmenianFilian, George H.
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Armenia and Her People; or, The Story of Armenia by an Armenian
Filian, George H.
Armenia; Armenian question
Another Letter from Baiburt.
"The Armenian bishop's vicar was killed, the teachers in the
schools and many other men and women were massacred. Women jumped
into open wells to escape worse deaths; the villages round about
were laid waste.
"Following this was the Erzinghan massacre. On Friday, the 25th
of October, 1895, the Moslems finished their noon hour of prayer
by pouring out of the mosques and attacking the Armenians in the
market, who, taken by surprise, were shot and cut down to the
number of 500; their shops being all plundered."
(Signed) An American Missionary.
ERZEROUM.
This is a large city, almost on the boundary line between Russia and
Turkey, in Turkish Armenia. It has about 60,000 people, one-third of
whom are Armenians. Several times since the last Turko-Russian war
the Christian Armenians have been massacred there by the Turks and
the regular soldiers, and during the recent atrocities also there
were massacred, and in all about 3,000 Armenians were killed.
Letter from Erzeroum.
"Nov. 27, 1895.--The massacre evidently was pre-arranged. It began
all over the city at the same moment. The bugle was sounded,
and the soldiers began. They first said, "No harm to women or
children," but they soon passed those bounds. A soldier who was
on guard says the order was given by the Porte. We made ready
for defense, but it soon appeared that the soldiers had cut off
the rabble from our section, for no mob passed our street. A few
men tried to open the door, but three well-directed shots from
our balcony sent them off.
"The soldiers at the head of our street, apparently to guard it,
broke open three or four houses within a stone's throw of us,
and carried off everything they found. We saw loads of plunder
carried away by soldiers. A large number of women engaged in the
same work. The affair began shortly after noon and continued about
six hours. One Armenian was called to the door by an officer, who
professed to be friendly, and was cut down in cold blood. Others
were cruelly murdered. The death roll must be towards 300, if
not more. Between fifty and sixty wounded are in the hospital.
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