Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-14 | Page 6 | Turks Massacre the Christians

oo TURKS MASSACRE THE CHRISTIANS Survivor of Russian Guard Tells of Fight at "Gateway to Persia." Petrograd, via London. .Ian 14 9:15 a m The correspondent of Bourse Gazette at Tiflis sends a statement mane to him bj Schodja Ed Dachuleh, the former governor of the province ol Aserbljan Persia who has arrived ar-rived in Tiflia rle is one of four survivors sur-vivors of a guard of 400 horsemen who defended the bridge at thy entrance en-trance to Miandoab. the gateway of Persia " He (ought the Turks for teu hours enabling refugees to escape to Maragba, fifty miles south of Tabriz All Christians who remained In Miandoab. Mian-doab. he stated, were massacreed. "When I heard that the Turks were advancing" lie said, 'I posted 1500 troops In one of the Miandoab forts land 1200 in another I myself with 4i relatives and friends fought a , hopeless battle at the bridge until all j but four w ei r killed by the Turks' quirk filers. I then fled on horseback horse-back from Tabriz to Julfa All the members of the consulates and banks escaped from Tabriz "