Show I MASSACRE Of S. S CHRISTIANS I BY MOSLEMS MS I IH H I Bloody Deed at HeraK KeraI Moab's Mo Mo- Moab's abs ab's Ancient Capital Near J Jerusalem CONSTANTINOPLE Dec 9 A A telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram from Jerusalem today states that Bedouins have massacred the Turkish garrison at Kerak a a. town In the TurkIsh Turk Turk- ish 1511 et of Syria and killed more than one ono hundred I Christian inhabitants of that j place in revenge for the execution tion ton of a Bedouin chief The Bedouins the dispatch adds now hold the fortress In the vicinity of which there has hai been desultory fighting between tho tribesmen and the government troops for the last year and a a. half Kerak formerly the tho capital capita of Moab has a population of of whom are Moslems 1 The town Is S the last on the road from Damascus to Mecca where Christmas may reside It stands on the mountains of Moab and may maybe be seen from Jerusalem fifty miles away There are no no io American missionaries the only missionary station being that of the British church missionary society p for Africa and nd the east This is a branch branc I a of the organization at Es Salt and Is com corn composed posed of one ono missionary his wife and anc l o oho l native worker |