Show ARMENIA IN ARMS KARS russia april 20 during the abe past three ibre weeks I 1 have had unusual opportunity for or obtaining additional confirmation of be facts contained to lik my announcement of the impending uprising of the athenians in turkey next mouth month I 1 have traveled many miles up and down and agrosa the border in search of certain facts and as a a result remits I 1 have bad the satisfaction of actually seeing fleeing and handling some of the rifles rides now being smuggled arrole aero the turkish frontier by we the agents ot of the revolutionary party More moreover oer the plan of the bairt party w have been fully explained to me W some of the most moat active and intelligent of the leaders leaden of the eastern wing ok the movement and I 1 am now entirely satisfied that unless forseen unforeseen un stances arise the uprising will take place as announced the exact date for this the uprising hu has not yet been fixed fied owing for the he moot moat part to the fact flaat that the extreme abe c tion of the revolutionary ps party ts to not ready for active operations operation whether or not me central section will wait ait lor tar the eastern wing longer than the mouth month of may I 1 do no bot know nor has haa the matter actually been decided I 1 am asked to believe that the eastern wing cannot be read ready for hostilities in ili may and possibly not before the lot lit of J july uly the eastern wing baa been having a hard time of it 11 owing to td circumstances over which the leaders have no control I 1 the armenians Armen ians in the eastern end of Turk turkey eyare are in a 0 edition bordering on starvation on this hi polut a leading executive of the revolutionary party said to me three days day ago it if men have nothing in their stomach tomash tom aoh what will they do we must first food feed them before we can expect them to fight when we can got get food enough on tiivi hand to lost last them two mouths then we hall show the world bow Armen armenian ians can fight there will be no crops planted in eastern armenia this spring for the country everywhere Is ia suffering buffering from a reign of terror the presen ev of the commission of inquiry at moosh aud and of the christian chriatian powers powen of europe has haa had bad absolutely no effect on we conduct of 0 either the kurds burds or turks in east ern era turkey 1 am just to la receipt of trustworthy advises advices from a non armenian source at van VAD to the effect that a massacre is looked tor for at any moment the investigation of mr paton along the persian border has ban confirmed lik 1 a 9 general wai way the me facts which I 1 have incidentally obtained during we be part pad sight eight weeks the events of the mm mas sacre acre were so eo bor horrible that even the exaggeration of the armenian mind falls to add anything to them mt mr paton was accompanied on this tour of investigation by dr wright W right an american missionary stationed at salmis these gentlemen took testimony to the effect hat abat when the turkish soldiers and curds kurds appeared at a certain village they collected some of the villagers who dared to protest against the outrages out and many of the dead men were cut up and thrown into inso a kettle and boiled like so much beef the boiled pieces were then given to the villagers for food the abe wretched creatures were compelled to eat their friends to the last mouthful in another village a party parly of kurds burds found a child asleep in a cradle they overturned the cradle and smothered the child then ihen they dissected the body and roasted pieces of it before the fire As a climax they compelled the members of the family including the childs abild la mot mother herto to eat the he roasted pieces the refugees who tell these then stories are for the most part ready to return to armenia to wreak vengeance on their perse persecutors cuton as soon as an they are supplied with ammunition arms rind and food by the revolutionary party and as already stated the only thing jack ing is food the leaders leaden and agents whom I 1 have met are apparently sincere and trust worthy Ita tt should bould be explain explained edin to cou lection with the he revolutionary movement that there are three revolution ary parties but until I 1 have tangible proof of the active existence of them I 1 shall continue to speak of the revolutionist revolutionists ti sal though there were only one party the I 1 headquarters of the revolutionary party to is in london and it is from london that thel head boad leader issues his orders to his hip executive leaders leaden in russia persia and turkey it to Is my duty to give a word of warn ng to the kind heated persons in great britain and america who are subscribe sub scrib ing funds for the relief of the gassoun refugees if these contributors have no desire to aid the revolutionary party they should certain ascertain very truly the ultimate destiny of their contributions LONDON may 26 rov bev joseph parker D D in a sermon at the temple tempie yesterday advocated war for the be redress of armenian wrongs wrong if hooes sary gory may 26 A om 0 inference ference of delegates of the armenian as socia ions eions throughout europe was held bold in paris today it was resolved the scheme of reforms in armenia sug seated by the powers looks lacks necessary guarantees and hat no further prom toes by the porte should be accepted |