Show ARE VICTIMS Of Death List in Single Asia Minor as Estimated ed by Missionary WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN PITIABLE MISERY TurKish Officials tent and Troops Assist at the Massacres i H n i i 4 4 44 4 BEIRUT May Jav 6 The G.-The The situation situa situa- I. I. tion at where here a number 4 4 4 of Armenians have hao been massacred massa- massa 41 4 1 cred has been Leen relieved as a arc re- re 4 4 s stilt edIt lt of the presence and exer- exer 4 44 r 4 of the ca captain tain of the Brit Brit- 4 4 4 ish battleship Triumph and the 4 I 4 British consul at who 4 went wont down own the coast on board 4 41 1 the The two officials 4 I Ii i i visited and 4 i I. and found these towns inde inde- 4 44 4 charnel houses There 4 4 4 are more than 1000 and helpless 4 I 4 destitute women in women a a. village e on 4 4 the seacoast near 4 4 4 I H I-H-H-H- I H H. H ADANA Asiatic Turkey Wednesday April 28 via Constantinople May 6 The Rev Stephen R. R Trowbridge a a. missionary missionary mis ails of the American board of commissioners commissioners com com- missioners for or foreign missions estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates the number of Armenians killed in the province of Adana since the outbreak outbreak outbreak out out- break of the Christian anti rioting at The missionary said today I A conservative estimate of the Christians killed in the city eity of Adana Is This calculation is made up from the list prepared by the priests and other officials who give permits for burials burials bur bur- Not Wot less than perished in ill the I towns and villages of the province pro This figure is based upon the full information I sent nent forward by the British consul The surviving Armenians in the entire entire entire en en- tire province are largely women and children They amount to about souls and aud are arc today without homes shops tools clothing or bread brea A most pitiable and wretched multitude is passing passing pass pass- ing mg up and down the streets of Adana like lile a lost people They throng the big factory yards whore where a dole of flour is given given out by the relief committee Crowds of brokenhearted women and children are aie coming in from the country coun roun- try by to oven even great greater ct misery in in the city Mr Mr lIr Trowbridge has written r a further account of the events at Adana and especially with reference to the attitude atti atti- tilde tude of the Turkish authorities In this recital he says We uWe understand from consular telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams rams that the tho sublime porte assured the at Constantinople that thata a slight outbreak had bad occurred at at Adana with about fifty casualties and the burning of a few fow houses and the tho porte declared further that the Am Americans Ameri AmOri- cans here were amply protected ri-I ri Armenians Arc Fighting righting Wo We e do not know tho the exact origin of the struggle I say bay struggle because because because be be- cause this has bas not been heen heena a massacre inthe inthe in inthe the sense that the Armenians died without without with with- out resisting They fought desperately in in self defense and the fury of tho the thoI Turks increased in in proportion as the I Armenians succeeded in slaying Mo Mo- For two days vs preceding the tho outbreak outbreak out out- break thero there had bad had hadeen been een a bitter food between between be be- tween Moslems and Christians In one yard shooting was begun and hatred was aroused on April 12 An Armenian who ho had been beaten shot one of his opponents dead and wounded two others This man escaped to Mersina and took took passage passage on a yes ves sel sd The Turks in Adana then assumed a menacing attitude which greatly z alarmed the Armenians Th The body of f the tho Moslem killed in the vineyard was I purposely dra dragged ed to au an open square squar and left thorn there exposed by the Turks asa asa as asa a fanatical challenge e. montana Armenians Fire Volley A rumor spread among the Armenians Arme Anne on April 14 i that massacring ipg by I the Turks already had been begun and aud as a 3 demonstration of self defense a volley of shots was as fired from the tho roofs of Christian houses This in turn was I interpreted pi in the Moslem quarters is as mi attack attak end and l he hI wor word spread pr Jd like wildfire wild wild- f flu fire lC that thit the A Armenians wore w-ei-e in in revolt r aol and must be h rushed Subsequent events have shown that I the Adana government acquiesced if iff f Continued nn on TI norm A 4 l ARE VICTIMS t. t t Continued from JAl page 1 ot actually participate in the J and aDd indiscriminate attacks made mado madei i lire and rifle rine and sword u upon on tho the Armenian colony including our ourt J t congregation which as al a abeen t been a wholly loyal to the tile govY gov- gov Y c tint at t. t Two Christian Christan prisoners who t pad from front government headquarters lead horsemen came in at intervals outlying t towns and villa villages es and nod to to toe the military authorities s as asAe ask 1 k At Ae Finished is finished or Osmin meaning of course that 1 S population of these thee places sit put to the tho sword The mill mili- received this information er of course urther occupation euP e-euP tion of ot ret by rt regular lar soldiers be be- Iy f afternoon of April 14 H. H at bet of the struggle Jle These pt it up a cruel fusillade into tf the Christian quarter They ed by the parapets of ot the b There were wre no patrols of jr r police all an day Wednesday II i ae e OB ou Thur Thursday clay and none Done on 1 the real risi crisis when a Mos Mos- os' os j I filled the streets from here bare sv surging ugin against the walls 1 school The government VM U no 40 protection whatever er in tn Dismay 1st Mr Trowbridge r related reached the governor of t a dash duh across aeron the tho city catTy carry 1 kish flag dig and accompanied nied by v was running r about in J 5 Mr Trowbridg Trowbridge said aid and andI I jU ery a give he coherent answer and ad demands I told ike 0 e murder of H Hen Henry Dry a x 1 M. M Bogers American mission mission- LU J turned hiraM pale pal at m my state state- he 11 a had liaa alread already h bes heard ard rd K His ma answers were ere i t be wi r responsible I replied Yon You must b be e e ba have hare no other force toree to rethe re- re r t. t the ike government Y You lID have baTe us u. through this tor was so In alarmed and andi i hat H it was s clear that h he h had of the situation Prisoners common Turks Turk were run run- a d out oat of the tilt KO governors governor's mor an au aua I e a her ker The governor finally fir etc with his In commandant who ho I I t troop under ne Oman Ber J I dispatched t la d to the American aD I back hack to the mission att observed that a all 1111 I I the ba central square of If Adana AdaDa tr Christian and aad Moslem Im had half been hen I I lie ire related various varis examples j et governments government's indifferent indifference to tn the theof i Cof of tile the Armenians The Arpin Ar- Ar ArI I I pin begging refuge fI at government tiers were re killed in the market I j i H Villagers who hI brought prisoners r II i to tote to the te government headquarters headquarter were fre I I's Is i s 's aked ked I I Why WhY Bring Prisoners U C Why did you TOU not finish these Gia Gia- II ours cure in the villages lIa why have bare nu Q u brought them herf bere Fifty Armenians were wre thrown into I I l b river above aboTe Ad Adana n t tt I t the he fi fighting railroad postal rod I and telegraph tele graph ph communication was cut ent t off I It is Mr Trowbridge's es e's conviction that a plot ex existed to de destroy the th I Armenians in na province and that of f the tt total number MO 10 10 were rp clair I |