Show I ITHE ORDER CAME fOR av w p mm 9 r w THE SLAUGHTER Proof That Death of Armenians Was Planned by Abdul Party Asiatic Turkey May 15 ISIt It was wa learned here today that the local fromi Constantinople on the day d y following the outbreak of If routing of or Adana Adan Jlmes mes message nie sage suggesting the killing of or Armeni Armenians Arm nl ans as a precaution against Insurrection Insurrection Insurrection tion The identity of the sender of the communication has not been disclosed but he was closely clo ely connected with the official life of ot the party then In power I Cesarea Asiatic Turkey May lay 1 16 18 Vigorous action on the part of or the city government prevented a massacre of ot Armenians at Cesarea When the gov gOY governor governor received a telegram from Con Constantinople Constantinople directing him to take sharp measures against Armenians and Syri Syrians Syrians ans he tore the communication up He i ithen then sent for the commander of the troops and asked him if It he had a sim similar lIar ilar message Upon receiving an at af affirmative reply he demanded that it be given over to him The commandant demurred The governor then took a revolver from his desk and covering the commandant said Unless you hand that message over oer overto overto to me at once I will blow off ot your our head The commandant surrendered lh the dis dispatch dispatch dispatch patch Adana Asiatic Turkey May 16 U thousand refugees were fed fedin fedIn fedin in this city yesterday Three hundred persons are being cared for at atthe atthe atthe the American hospitals established in Adana It is estimated that of the refugees are ill of or them from measles dysentery and typhoid fever On account of ot the underfeeding and exposure expo ure the mortality is great among the children |