Show NOT exaggerated investigations by the armenian commission mhd pit story verified Ve rifled and found to ba worse than at constantinople may 14 the commission which has been investigating alie atrocities in armenia traversed alie devastated villages aej arrived at giosan also houses were found burned alio people were sheltered in miserable hute aind ample proof WAS found of the mas dacre armenians Armen ians bodice were thrown into a pit where the turks endeavored to conceal crime bv pouring barrels of petroleum upon the bodies and getting fire to the oil alie Hames however failed to consume the mass and aliu dammed and diverted from its course in order to wash the half burned bodies but even this failed to obliterate the terrible evidence against the tucksand Turk sand the local authora ti compelled to remove the remains piecemeal taj vil lagera had removed tho bulk of tho bodies and interred them in consecrated ground before the arrival of the commission at commission has returned to moosh the delegates of tho powers left moosh april 5 the turkish delegates at first declined to accompany them then changed their minds they found the villages of and carool in mine standing in the midst of devastey dev asted fields they passed other villages where many houses were burned at the commission caused two pits instead ot one as originally reported to axi opened and found in them the remains of skulls and bones with their hair and clothing still adhering 1 n still another pit in a ravine near Jelliga osan were found decapitated trunks and oilier remains but few bodies however were found villagers told the delegates they had removed tho bodies from this pit the exhalations from alie pits were frightful the delegates experienced great trouble in upon alie laborers to finish their horrible task aa a result of alie investigation and reports of tho delegates alie powers have submitted notes to the sl covern ment impressing upon the porte the no inaugurating a scheme for armenian reforms should include tho appointment of christian officials in armenia the powers to have the to veto alie appointments 0 KOVir nors the notes of alie delegates do not baab their suggestions on the As outrages but on the general unsatisfactory condition of armenia |