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Show NEW CHAPTER OF HORRORS. Armenians Ruthlessly Slaughtered by Fanatical Turks. Bucharest. Since the entry of the Russians into Trebizond it is possible to lift the veil which hitherto haj shrouded the fate of the Armenian population of that city. The Russian troops found all the Armenian Ar-menian houses plundered and mostly in ruins. They had been pillaged by the Turks, the authorities interposing no opposition. The deportation of Armenians was carried out in accordance with instructions instruc-tions from Constantinople. Some 300 of the leading families received the order or-der to prepare for emigration and purchased pur-chased wagons to transport their property, prop-erty, but four days after their departure depar-ture all the wagons were brought back to the town. The emigrants had been massacred and their property plundered. plun-dered. Other groups, eacn of several hundred hun-dred families, followed. This process was continued foT some time. Eventually, nuwever, new methods were adopted. The police entered the houses of the remaining Armenians and forcibly expelled them. They were driven through the streets and the houses were locked up. The whole Armenian population of Trebizond, numbering 10,000, wns thus exterminated. It is hoped, however, how-ever, that some hundreds may yet be found in villages in the neighborhood. At Erzerum, wnere the Armenian population is estimated to have been 25,000, practically the same program was carried out. |