Show TURK A ATROCITIES AT T MARASH TOlD Brutal Slaying of Armenians Armenians Ar- Ar tr- tr Reported to State Department It Bv v Service W n Feb 29 The The most brutal of ot all Turkish atrocities the atrocities the and the tho massacre ro of Armenians Armenian girls mur murder cr of ot five eighty I who were worl under tho the direct protection of oC an American mission house at Marash In Turkey Wa was reported today to the state department The massacre took tool place aCt after aftem r fearful fear tear fill ful iii fighting between French and Turkish Turk Turk- ish forces The French v cro 1 compelled to withdraw and the tI-ic Turks descended I I I I I on the unprotected city nile and butchery Americans In tho the American college colleJo at Marash were fired upon when Turkey offered to mediate between the Turks and the time French Thc They were told told it was wasa national and not a local af af- af fair tall It Is believed helle hero that all Americans aro tro out of danger and the they arc are understood under tinder stood to lo have left lert with tho the French forces Protest t I is I Only All 11 tho American government go cando cando can cando do under the circumstances I la Is to forward forward for for- ward ard the time protest to the Ottoman government government gov gov- through Admiral Mark Bristol who Is the American high commissioner commission commission- er to Turkey and nd Is stationed at Con Con- The only assistance In sight for tor the Americans in tho the new war tone isone Ii 19 the presence pretence of at a n few fow torpedo s destroyers Inthe in inthe inthe the eastern Mediterranean that aro under the time command of oC Admiral 1 Bristol The dispatches to tho the state department depart depart- mont ment Indicate thoro thero Is open war at nt present enl between France and Turkey Retreat May In D Rout Flout It has been reported ted thou thought though h not verified ver vcr here us fiS yet ct that both Great Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain and Franco I will ivill send large largo forces to Asia Minor lInor Immediately Immediate J If this i is not not- done the French rench retreat now In progress ma may at an any moment be bo turned into a rout The he state departments department's announcement today which it Is declared was re- re I Continued on Page Pago 2 TURK ATROCITIES AT MARASH TOlD Continued from Wage rage 1 1 from a a. reliable source regarding regarding regard regard- ing Ing- conditions in Cilicia is a graphic account of oC the tho atrocities It follows tollow in full Cull The Tho Turks cut cul the railroad beyond Adana Turku FI Fire on Americans Fighting began bes near Marash on the I Oth ultimo between French and Turkish Turkish Turk Turk- ish troops On the tha same day an American Amerlean Amer Amor- ican lean car proceeding to and hayIng having hay hay- ing five Americans and a French officer off Icer I- I as passengers was several times fired Ired upon b by Turks but no one was really Injured and all six sis returned to Marash Jarash On the following da day In the city of or Marash a re regular ular battlo battle began between Turks and French rench an and did not c cease ase before beCore the tenth instant when the tho French withdrew owing to the tho fact tact they were greatly outnumbered by the tho Turks Prior to the beginning of ot the regular regular regu regis lar fighting between the French and the Turks the thc latter had commenced massacring massacrIng- Armenians at Marash arash and vicinities and before the eyes of ot re responsible responsible re- re foreigners at Marash tho they committed horrible atrocities It was estimated nt at that time that the number number num num- ber her of ot killed exceeded and it is feared that as man many have been killed since then Burn nurn Dead on I Lime JIme I me Kilns IUn Some Somo of oC the tho mutilated victims succeeded succeeded suc sue in escaping and tho the tortures of or children and women have ilave been verified Turks ha have 0 destroyed tho the Armenian parts of ot the cit city as well as tho the churches and they are frequently burnIng burning burn burn- ing lug tho the dead in lime Ume 1 kilns At Marash Americans Americana were running a rescue home for Armenian girls On tho tilt Instant that house was sacked and n 1 seventy five e 1 girls were murdered On the thc same sarno day tho the mountain collaSo of ot tho the missionaries as well ell a as the tha building of or tho tile Near East farm wore were burned Americans in the American college collego at Marash were fired tired upon and when they offered to mediate between tho Turks and the tho French tho former nent ni them at nt letter lotter stating that this was not nota a local but ut a national affair and that the demand of or tho the commander in chief of oC the Turkish national army was that the French should surrender On the instant when tho the French withdrew from Marash farash about Armenians left with them on foot fooL But many Armenians mostly wives and children were unable to reach their destinations as ay they died In snowstorms snowstorms snowstorms snow snow- storms during tho the three da days days' s Journey journe f from om Marash to The following Americans left lert Marash with them and arrived at Adana safely on the thc Instant Mr Crathern and Misses Dougherty Elfin Powers Posers and On the thc of ur February a Mr Eliot was wa still at with the tho refugees With regard to the tho Perry Johnson-Perry murder case no iio details wore known ut It Beirut or at Adana The Tho nearest point at which succor could bo be given the thc retreating French forces to together with the tIle American and Armenian refugees Is bay whIch lies lbs south of ot Marash The Tho French forces aro are reloading in this tills direction The he American destroyers may lilay b be bo sent there thero to care for th 1 American citizens |