Non-Moslems, Christians and Jews, Gypsies and Yezidis (Devil Total Moslems. Worshippers). Population. 1. Adana 185,000 215,000 400,000 2. Aleppo 644,597 261,977 906,574 3. Bitlis 295,000 75,000 370,000 4. Diarbekir 301,509 112,016 413,525 5. Erzerum 501,101 146,009 647,110 6. Marmmet el Aziz 378,723 101,263 479,986 7. Sivas 848,474 273,450 1,121,924 8. Trebizond 1,001,260 70,211 1,071,471 9. Van 325,000 105,000 430,000 --------- --------- --------- 4,480,664 1,359,926 5,840,590 --------- --------- --------- Even if for the sake of argument we were to grant (although such is far from being the case), that the Christian and Jewish population does form a majority over the Moslem one, it proves no case for the pro-Armenians, because all the Moslems are solidly united in opposition to any alteration of the status quo, while the Christians have no common idea or policy. Thus a large majority of the Roman Catholics and Protestants, including even the Armenian Roman Catholics and Protestants, as well as the orthodox Greeks, favour the status quo, as do also the Jews and Gypsies. The Gregorians are hopelessly divided: some want a national existence when even their friends, like Mr. Buxton, agree that “the population is too divided to permit success,” while others desire annexation by Russia, and on the other hand Boghos Nubar Pasha, the leader of the largest section, declares that they desire to remain with their fellow Moslems an integral part of the Ottoman Empire. VIII. The stories that have been so assiduously circulated about wholesale “massacres” of Armenians have a distinct object in view, viz: to influence the future policy of the British Government and to prepare the public mind for the desired settlement—the incorporation of Armenia in the Russian Empire.