| Show BUTCHERED BY TARTARS armenians in the caucasus slain W phout mercy st petersburg A holy war has been proclaimed in the caucasian dis tracts of Zange zur and jebrail where tartars are massac the armen lans without distinction of sex or age the country Is swarming with bande of tartars under the leadership 0 their chiefs many thousands of tar tars have crossed the perso russian frontier and joined the insurgents in destroying armenian villages at the village of armenians were slaughtered dispatches say that mu children were thrown to the dogs and thai the few survivors were forced to embrace islamism in order to save their lives |