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VqOCVIH. —NO. 52.
COSS CLfISED Oil CAOIPOS--SIAOE A GREAT HOME
Tjrown of El Roque Surrendered to Gomez Without the Firing
of Even a Single Shot.
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Gi ' 1* C .MO OnMRZ.
T- . r of -’• • Am . f. lrfher»y.
GOMI7 CAYS VICTORY’S CERTAIN
1h« I* ' <rg?ent L- ider Writes Words
ex Chwer to Minister Palma.
New Y lx*t r;..»r 36.—A l'-tter from i
Genera! Cta» 3, cemm.-rakr in chief of the ■
Cuban f. s, wr -.- n to Tom.i.. Estrada
J’ahmi. who b. nrs the title of minister of |
t . Cha-. r» ; ■ to the Unit-«1 State*, ■
I.w Jart . .t* £.ven oat .a Nvw’Yvrk. Iterv
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•■» .a- : J -ij 1; . Province of Santa
Clara. 1- .i..-.» •, iv>. To T»iu-.» Es»-
■-. " i Il.u. 7! !■ ar and tr’unxd ;
IT.. ; •!; It • n-.t 10. v since 1 wrote j«ti, |
but a i < , -rtuni r cff«-ra by whr h I may
*«t ou a w u ..C' of tiiiourxiu.ul
a: <xs cheer. R t » urrd 1 write you ;
•r I w nis t eft.n, owing 1
t<> tiie .-.g s,;. t.nt of Hurts which at the
■ • know I
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nil it* l ’ I” •«•
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,-t t than rep- uc w-.ro
..... ~ - ■ to the * • traty UU«I- ,
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1 . ml - r that ! • . br u - iporary
a .„ t 1. an turned
• t ; alt ... • rat.omt as we
' a ■ *«ry*i mom-y.
t „. s , . »..r i iw» leaders who
, <w ~<t- . «... lind «A* ry
ts
* ! 1.0" s It-... oW .file comment has
~.. . ; the s>;.":ai and irr. apoit-
ar • •m:. t I- t e*do ti.is
‘ r . .. <_’ • errerno-tancea, or for ■
‘ .. .' n> ■-»■ ' It is th* source .
/rum • - . U.e r»• my still hope and dream I
, t;.<ir rcve-iti*. To prevent I
that < *. t 'ti • ■•* 11 '<
In %A• ? ’ ol to ,
•■j r b» .* v d in r»*?r advisfil A •
■»*» ' • ■'■■* ■* l .' Sr '\i
To 1-- • te. t»> «!• ay it. to endanger it!
now u »- s’ ; snßy, I
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lot e on. ■ :T.r 1 have m-.r Mt more ,
Ever yar u " * ‘..'ammo GOMEZ.” |
CAMPOS’S LAMENT.
Says tit* Cui- :s Arc Cruel, Wicked
Wash n i • , D- n: • r ?•■—Th* Spanish
Urgr-m I m ’’? Governor •■ ■« ■
A.r',l* I .513 ai I ■ tV» ’ • -
••<1 vt* *-. 1* hjL*t 3t —CretMMml
. \ fr : i ~.ana. H- uas w i
. t * i t a coni-
rtUw L -- ia. ’.its of ll.e yiiy.
*7je ■••• r ■ ar tby th* m lj r >r.i-
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•■,; i.r.il I'tmi s !’.« the unlimited cnn
fd.-ree of I’. _ n gov rnm< nt mi the
•uiA- t of aU ’ *’
. i , I < « lamented the age
and criminal chara ur v. ich the insure
lan<l‘ h-av. given to this war, winch
‘.i:r\td. not against the trops. but
' -ait» • l»r«prrty. Th" - always flee before
the e .iurnns of the arsr, making this war
a verv ’ahor .r but ti e?• i’« ral has
"•!! confidence .n subduing the tawme
i‘“. n ?XI’ i . I ns"r. 1 a «-e n’’ Their 4SSfauTuc
[J or. * •* • ~ 1 tn ’
van.* ftom the • t ft re ’”7
of crops. a?’ uch it injures a g’.at
will probably be
convenient for war purposes, because it
will make more effective and easy the pros
ecution of lil€
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HOT IS NO* THREATESEO
The Spaniards Hare Retreated to
Joreliuos.
THEY AWAIT THE INSURGENTS
Rebellion Is On tn Earnest nnd No
Quarter Asked.
ie smiATioM is sms for spai;;
"ommoniestion Between La Valias
and Havana Cut Oft—Twelve
Soldiers Ordered Shcu
Key WeM, fin.. Thviwnber 3K —Advice*
r- • -niv. I from <’uba today fire that nbatlln
o yesterday afternoon l-etwron the
vanp’uarda of th« insurgent* and Spanish
arm s. untl that the F|«nlard* wera rv>-
|>ulsed. fob I'd i’ratt. w!i«» commanded
the Sp iniah van-, mm!, was killed. Marti
nes Camp.* wa* present and directed
t ■ ruinst of the ih.amani* to .loxcllatius.
Viunpoi’* fon-va «r«» not intrenched at
tlsat place, ii|K< leg to |*> attacked by
Ueoiez’s main army. Campos haa armed
all the clvUms in Jovellanos and la forc
fnc them to do mili’ery «hity. Advices re
ceived by Cut" n IcadTß via Olivette con
firm the report of the caplunt of the town
«» lit JcMir - !■;’ the CitlKins. The Kpantsh
r<-.ln nt Met • ■■• lat i’J n—»-
were paro rd exi* |>t tw»ivc, w
—viih Hvii■;? poi»on*d the water
tn the reservoir of the town. They were
tried, eoi w t d un 1 shot. After takinc
it’l the iirtr.s. pnovielons, found in the
t- vrn the insurgents Bet tire to it and
then left F 'UK tn the direction of QUin
. a Jovellanos. They aim destroyed
the rugar plantauons near San Vicente
and I-a Antonia. The vamtuand of
forces under the command of lA*vvte has
cntPTV d the town of Quintana, between
Matanzas and Coion, and destroyed by
Pm th© lorgnet sugar plantation on the
Th." train that left Colon for M stanzas
waj d.talncd at Quintana by th* ,r> " j
f rgvnta. Columns of smoke could le i
oh. nly seen from Jovellanos. The sugpo-
tion Is that all plantations in that dis- j
t- l have been destroyed. Macro and his
r ■■ nave enc.unj"**! at the plantation Al ■
x, r> . and Gomes has cstalJu-hoi his '
h. - dnuarten at the plantation !a .'.ypano. I
g; urns to Hotnrro Itot.ledo. of me ,
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Telegraphic Communication Cut Off.
Al’ tr‘*«*Knu»hic communkibtion betw«
j -rst \ d!>tr.t*t and Havana t»:u> htitn <
<l«‘-trvv<d tv insurgents, and no trains '
have |-a.-> d over thv road sin<u Saturday I
L T* • r;t:lr*»ad stations at MadATiA and *
To-.i Ulonjnr g to the United Railroad j
Company have been destroyed by lira ■
The tnnir-ents under Nunes have en- [
i -• i i ; lotion Revi.lo, and de- ;
cr. ■■• I all the can*.
The f.m • « «'f A'.i ' io Macro and Quin- 1
ttn li.Ludi r.. ceuipoto the rear yunrd of the
i. f-ri.v under Gnm*z.
T .o Sj .1:1.11 is I rid.ibite l all pnHfe. en- •
tertainmen:.’ on the iS.'.h, and ordered ail •
ifciloons < i.,.-c<l ut 1- o’clock at nlpht
!. ier>*'’, witn a '.aryo fon-<. ill m inching |
ro . n» • w 11 lo pathwnd ih.s year. Gon.i-n .
ha« n itißed «’air."n>a that it i« Ihb inten- I
tUm to des,*r».y u!'_ the rugae to pro- j
GOMEZ'S MAGNTFICENT TACTICS,
The Story of the Wonderful Sweep
Westward Made by the Cubans.
The Story of the sple'i Ld straU gy of me >
Cnt.an:’ tcali r Gomez, by w.lch t! >-y gam |
u i »,!v.v;tnri <>f the Spaniards i
B-id wh. h has brought them almost to me
r .♦'■s of Havana itself, is intensely inter
....Ju:. The movements of the past three
H .. ... tuun * ’ f —■'lt i’npi.:-tut., e. The
• i.i. rr.i! frft.ii Havana t. !l of the great
, , ... .... ■_ in that oHy ever th* near ap-
• ■ . rmy. Het
it urgent ns.vi meats have been con
•.! to ti»e provi’e e of I’uert y Frlnell.-o
audio the eastward of that province.
"*The ir.“u -eats, a little over two weeks
as-o entered tho province of Santa t'lar.i.
from the province of Puerto I’nncipe. at
1- j ra, and defeating Colo: -1 Segura and a
Sta i.h column, made a most wonderful
i .vM< e fr-ut -’i U-.nt province, passing
throurh the flower <>: the SpaJilsh army,
I ail to number n!>oui ;*•.<»*» men. Them
v ere a few brief shirmislies. but nothing
Flopped tho tri>onphint advance of tho
< • ;■, 1.1 • .ipc. i" G‘ ' ™‘ Mart :u zde Ciuii
j,s wno i-J made bis h« ad<iuartets at
?-c,"a Clara, capital of the province of
that name, transferred them t® Oenfnegoa,
v ilh the .nr oir d intention of personally
rommanding the troops which were to
check the insurgent advance. Hut in spite
0* r>»port*d n puls* s, th* insurgents pressed
< -.ivanl and passing Vlaretas. Santa < l.ira.
San Jt*an He l-.syeras, Ranc-uelo and
otUer towr.s. pushed on for the frontier or
MataHBML At one time it was reported that
they Intended to attack Hantn t iara, but
thejr tactics seem to be to pass all the
1.- tovns airi to press on for Havana, it
only h few days ago tha. the an
nouncement w;.s made that they were nt
1 « I-i' t-. still in the province or Mr s
« ! vra ant marching onward to Havana.
Then came the u. ws thax tlxy had entered
the province »f Matanwis nt i’litrnn Mala,
causing the pna < n confusioa nmong tie
Spanish commr-nderr Hong beforu Uns,
howovnr Captain Gem nil Martinez do
Campos' had changed hla heudQuuxiera tu
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GEN. MARTINEZ DE CAMtVS,
leader of tho Spanish Army.
Colon and ho commence <1 hurriedly co.i
centmtlnug hie forces there, intending to
compel Grnwral Maxitno Gomel to light
U pitched battle.
Clever Flank Movement
A day or so ago the insurg tits caused
n scurry in Colon. Firing was heard nt
Alulca. about fifteen miles from that plane,
and the Spanish troops were hurriedly
summoned by thn buglers to m.-< t t.bo .
enemy. Re-enfore* nients were sent to the '
front from Colon, but this rrints to have 1
been nothing m re than a ruse do guerre,
for it turned out to '>« 1 ttlo more than '
nn outjost affair, and while the Spanish
troops were making for the point the
main body of the enemy passed south
wan! of Colon, mar th., frontier of the
provjr.i e «.f Havana, thus turning the
flunk of the captain f' neral, v. I. ~ with
' i .01 tai • y > -■ <*—• t
troops, Who re utterly unused to traveling ,
in t ils thickly wooded country, without |
r. ular reads and v 'h heavy "rass and
low bushw >od t • interfere with every
movement, are not thought I 'y to i*
able to cairh up w .tn the quickly movin T
Cubans, whose machetes clear a r ad tor
tb -i- advance and whn, mw h mere fa
miliar with the country and accustomed |
PASS OVEIR CUBA. 1 ? \
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so tb dim distance.)— wby under the sun does be want to reaebso sari
If its the love of Liberty and Free Institutions be's after, wby does be pass over Cubar
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to the climate, easily distance tho Mpnnlsh ’
soldiers, who in th.- n.a.r. uro nothing mir'> j
th . Isivish r rnit • from My.Un, i.ttcrly
... . . ; . ; moun- ,
tain. T', plainsmen and rough In il
• workers who ‘^’^ c^tJ n r f Ul the '
' At one time it bJoKcd n i
general would sm e. ■ d in bringing iU>out |
a pitched battle beto-e Colon. !t 1
ls’>f he had the entire insurgent .one |
before him. but Gomes suddenly appeared j
to retreat toward the province of tan.a
Clara. This, however, was only a
movement. By a beautifully < "» 1
counter-march the in-ur nts ou -
cd tho famed S>«nlsh commander, and
Mondav moroiWff mado their appears
to the town *’f JnviHanos. n...y
n nmi ‘XmmArd : the nubW
Uardena >’:•••• 1
Admirable Cuban Tactics.
Tho insurgent army mar bed < >’ rn ”s*’
I the jcivmce of Manta CUru and uuo■ .JG
ianz.is in the most adm rabl- mdltary
formation possible under the clrcum-
It U divided into three columns
--one to the ’onth. under Uaerot nrd
Buaraab »»•'"’ 111 ' **’ , r i' " " ’
Ano’hcr column m:>r."h«d
parallel and northward, under Antonio
Maceo. It number, d over three tnomand
' men In the center of th.se two columns
was tho main body of the insurgents, num
bering ov r six thousand mm. ui dor Gm
j Maximo G«mez in the ei-»tcr of
each column w. the insur ent =*’ ’'.cy,
consisting only of two th d 1
. lumn. :a. ad 'f >"■ - ■ i ■
timns was tbo vangu -rd of the insur -0,1 s,
comnored of I.WO men .Mid commanded
I hv Brigadier General I ranclsco tercz.
! Fcidnd tho throe columns was the rear
ATLANTA. GA., MOHDAI, DECEMBER 30, 1895.
‘ j gi«nrd of the insurgents, numbering nbc.ut
one thousand mon, under the command of
I Quontin Handera. Finally, scouting ahead,
right and loft and bringing up in the rear
' 1 of the insurgent army, wero the Cuban
cavalry.
Among the Cuban commanders, tn *d-
IJtion to those already mentioned, are
Gerefln Sanchez, the Nunoz brothr rs, Cneo
and Rodrlgucz.
The insurgent nrmy has passed through
tho Union, nolidad, Alavti, Espana, Ar
menia, Flora, Alg.-orta, Coloso, Diana,
bantu Elena, Ang< litu and Santa. Ger
trudis plantations in tho Jovellanos dis
trict of Mntanzas, setting fire to them and
burntag them after their passage. Th©
Insurgents also burned the ra lroad Ftation
of Quintana, easiwar! of JovellaJKH, and
dOKtroy'd tho railroad.! behind them in or
der to prevent the ad; of the Spaniards
from the e.as-iw ird up n their rear.
Within a Few Miles of Matanzas.
Tlio Insurgents yesterday had passed
Llmonar, a small tov-.i only a few miles
from Matanzas, and vote pushing for the
railroad which inn e.- s Matanz.is with
Havana. Should they obtain control of th s !
Him they w '1 have nothing to stop them '
from appearing befura Havana within al
few d.'.„u, provided they can obtain pop- '
; ■ Jimi of sinlu ieut rdlu.e clock to trans- !
port their fore. . wist ward.
I'nless Captain < ne !; ,i Martinez de I
Camps has .. com;.lie u-l a miracle .if ,
daring sttra.egy ullowlii;.; Gomez and his |
forces 1 . .-.lip ny in < rdi r that the Spani-'h I
troops mav lx- hurried after rhe.m and by I
a . rrtle irom H i-.aiui . .i-i- i tl-.-rn between
two lire.--, it wand appear that the insur
gents are ncsters of :be snuat.on, and that
Havana a a Spanish p sswslon i.s in great
dang r. 'lnc In I del t, >-»’ of that city arn
■ I 1 true, but he a• • n t nearly
no strong a < they - !- ml.t be, and although
the msuig. nts 1.0 k >-.11. r. , a popular up
rising in Havana r.i'ght turn the tide in
i -)’ ir favor.
The t tlds r» ainst . ,ic rds
&?d<* *tn overtake iho triumph.-.m insurgent
are y< ry h<-a.\ y. In aJd‘t:*»n to dt - I
stro.s in;- the rn’ ■ r the iri: uri-ents in 1
many .yfier hav d< u- ev< ’•ythinv jxy>
v : «le to imp ;o me of the Span- i
isii army.
' 1 • -'it' ib’-ieral Ma-tinez de 'irnpos h.-i.* I
ord- red «' • Spanish eider* neareg to 1
the joiir.i nt - -Gcliera : Valm-s, Alre. oa
and N.> i,> ;i:.. .■ th., i-siirgenj.-i un
• ler a -I.v and .--.t! eiri ;m :■ .:,■■■<. but' it is not
■li-mght lih-ly ih.it t o ■■ g» nerals will be
able to do what the int.rin . n-ml hlnualf
in- : been utial.ic to m-eoinplish.
late i it Captain Gen-
eral Mar: zde Car ha« managed to
;.' t. out of Colon, ;■ ■ i nt has laced ' '
olios If at the load of the Sp; -. di forces 1
: ; Eimom-.r, twenty ml’-, ea-t of Matanzas,
wh- re he expects to ■ able to .--.trike at
th-- Insurgents.
■■ i -of I'-wit. im all parts of the
country ft m an>u- I Mat-:, .a- are dock- t
leg into Havana, a--. - :o the oflh-f.il !
■’ ? • h< • ■ .... . . ~. thart they are ;
ir,.- ■. • ■ .... , jneurgents, ! ‘
who are being - ». * < med with pro- I
vis!- ns by tin- . hi r■ o. all the towns ‘ 1
along the rouie , , v > i-.-.v.
’ -f "w-Cuban rd- 11
vices by the ::< amship Olivette tonight •’
1 rat- that Quintm Bandera >s at l.a Moca. •
All tho radroad? between Jovellanos and | (
M.atanzas have been destroyed by the in- j s
jmrgcnts. 1 t
Maximo Gomez has Issued a manifesto I I
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| asking all sympathizers with tho Cuban 1
causo to leave the city cf Havana before
I tho l r >th of next month.
Gomez and his forces have entered Las
I Palos and Aguacuto and are stead.ly ap
' preaching Havana. 1
No battles of any importance are report
, ed in Havana tho past two days.
SO'HTTE OF THE IHSUBGENTS.
A Mounted Band Dashed Into a Ha
vana Suburb. ■
1 New York, December 28.—A Bocorder i
special from Key West, Fla-, says:
••Havana, was thrown into a panic
Thursday by a daring act of the insur- ,
gents. About 3 o’clock In the afternoon a |
band of mounted revolutionists numbering ■
probably 150 dashed at full speed Into Pal- i
tnyra. a populous suburb of Havana. As [
the raiders galloped through the streets I
they fired their revolvers, which terrified ’
tho inhabitants many of whe® fled Into I
Havana and announced that the insurgents :
were advancing on the city.
i ’The news spread rapidly and caused I
i tho wildest excitement. The renort soon I
| r. achc'l tho pa.lxce and acting Governor 1
I General Arderius got all the Spanf.-'h i
1 troops und r arms to r< ;cl the expected '
: attack and ordered a regiment ’o Palmyra
| to reconnoiter.
, “When tho troops reached the suburb
• j Continued on Fifth Column Second I'age.
! BUTCHERY BY TURKS
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• Over 100,000 Armenians Have Fallen
a Prey to tho Mohammedans.
BLOOD RUNS LIKE WATER
Baron Chntjian Talks of the Recent
Massacre of His Countrymen.
Crimes Perpetrated.
The story of recent outrage* In Armenia
reads like a romance of the dark
I ages. It will cause a shudder to pass
' through, the heart of Christian America
| and n sigh of pity will tie wafted to the
friendless and persecuted natives of that
1 unhappy land.
I Baron Chutjlan, of Harpoot, who has
, been in Atlanta for several weeks, has
, just received startling news from the cen
| ter of these Turkish outrages. This letter
1 brings to him the Information that Har
poot has b<-cn destroyed, and that his
J mother has fled for safety to the neighbor
' ing mountains. His father was poisoned
I by the Turks twenty-one years ago, while
bo himself was recently banished from
the home of his nativity by tho same ty
rannical Invaders.
“As soon as 1 can settle my affairs in
this country,” said the baron, “1 am go
ing bm k to Armenia. I shall provide my
self with weapons, and though I am only
one man against a million, I rhall make a
stubborn firtit for my persecuted country
’ men. 1 have lost my father and doubtless |
! my mother has likewise fallen a prey to ,
1 the Turks by this time. I have no chll- .
dren depend- nt upon mo, and I am willing i
to dedicate my life to the cause of Am
monia. 1 shall go back in disguise and
fight from ambush since nothing can bo
accomplished in open battle. I want to
carry back with me tho assurance of help
from America. If America withholds her
sympathy, my country is doomed for- .
The barn.i spoke with the eloquence of
deep earnestness. His faco was flushed
and bls voice broken and husky as he do
livered himself of this speech.
Bloodshed and Bobbery.
Tn the latter r>— ived by the baron, and
to which allusion has first been made, tho
ehuddcrlnr details of the last descent of
tho Mohammedans are clearly set forth.
Hein is tho letter tran dated into Eng- -
llsh:
“My Dear h'llonj: The icvent terrible ,
, )t | . , 'J.; ~W 1| . HI ’ -tVHM •
fo~ your na’l n and that It I
would almost kill you, s ’ I will ot ly t
enough to give you in idea o' the fearful
Slaughter*. In the morning about 7 o elocK
the T irl sh government let loose its sol
dier'-. and the mob seized like wolves upon
the defenseless Armenians. The only sig
nal given was the report of a pistol, and
the but-fiery commenced. Os course we
were unprepared, and they had a fair
chance to commit slaughter. They butcher
ed hundreds and hundreds, and committed
all manner of crimes upon the women and
children. They burned thd houses and
other buildings as well as churches and
Benools The church down town has been
destroyed and converted into a Turkish
niosc.ue, and the up-town church has been
mado a stable for the horses of the gov
ernment 1 fear to give the other news for
fear it will drive you mad or set you
crazy.”
Driven Away from Home.
—••But,” continue the correspondent, “1
hope that God may comfort you. Os course
it is God’s will, and now, my friend, while
1 am writing this letter 1 see the smoke
rising from your moth r’s house, which
has been burned by the Turkish mob, and
your mother, with her daughter-in-law
and time children, have fled, and we know
not w hither, it is better they wen- dead, for
we know not whether they are starving or
freezing. For God's rake, my friend, hasten
with help. A little more and we are lost.
Let our voice be heard in Christian Ameri
ca and let them hasten to our assistance,
for wo are on the edge of ‘he abyss. We
shall fall into the depth of distraction
if not helped soon. Oh, brother, what a
time has come that we live to see our loved
ones dead before our eyes and we dare
not give them prop r burial. There is no
water In oar house, but we dare not go
nut on the streets for it. We are hungry
civil thirsty, ami we must die of starva
tion. My friend. 1 can writ no more.
The tears fill my < yes and I am almost
choking. Oh my God, is there a Christian
nation I'ving yet?”
Who .an read this letter, written in tho
f blood of Turkish oppression, and resist
k Its pathetic app al? How sad the unhap
py contrast as pictured aa.iinst the ease
i and luxury of Christian Amer.ca?
Over 100,000 Massacred.
1 , Resuming his sad narrative tho baron
went on to say that during the last four
years over 10o,ow Christians have been
massacred by the Turks. For six centur
ies the country had been ruled by tli.-so
oppressive tyrants and ma sucres have
I taken place from time to time. Tho last
<>m of these was the most revolting and
accompanied by tho most disastrous cons--
t quences. The Turks had found he Ar
i menlans reduced by their victory over tho
lin worshipfq-ra and took advantage of thus
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BARONA. J. CIIUTJIAN.
, Whose Parents Have Fallen I'rey to th-
Turkish Massacres.
opportunity to seize *he country. Ever
unco that time the Armenians had been
under Turkish Oppression. No just-u had
be.-n shown the nativ .-, but, on the con
trary, the most violent robberies had been
committed with the approval of the gov
ernment. If complaint Is made against
these robbers they are '-Imply told to catch
the robber. The one who makes the com
plaint usually suffers further annoyance.
Turkey has always done everything to keep
tho Armenians poor. High taxes have
been levied upon them. False accusations
brought against the t -her merchant , who
wen- thrown into jail until they were will- ■■
i-’ig to pay large sums of money for ’.heir
freedom. When it is difficult to find accu
sations of any kind, the government hires .
a Khurd at a smaii • -i.-- to 1:111 a Chris-
,l . n of_ut im;-j:tan- or 1- s in-
His Father Poisone l.
"In this way.” said th; baron, "my father
■was killed by the Turks. He was : min
ister of the gospel arid had great influence
among his p< ople. Because he was pro- ,
tecting them from the cruelties of the |
Turks the government wanted to get rid c-f
him. As they could br ng no accusations
against him or cause him to be kill'd th*-y
gave a great dinner in his honor and drug- .
god him. Three days later t died. Such
eases are very common among the- Ar
menian Christians. They conk not stand ,
these atrocities, and so carried them to the
high court, but the mon- they complained
the greater cruelty was inflicted upon
them. If the Armenia is prospered they be
came tho objects ot bitter jealousy on the .
part ot the gov- rnment and both their
Fchcotbouses and < htirc.hes were destroyed.
They may destroy our churches but they
will never be able to destroy o ir religion.
Who Are tho Armenians.
Baron Chutj.an gave a lengthy descrip
tion of the country w hich has thus fall- a
a prey to the cruel Turks. Armenia is
about twice the size of the state of New ‘
York. It is bounded by three seas, tne |
i . . ■ Red and the Meditermnean. |
and the Persian empire. At one time the ;
population numbered 32,'< '.(WO, but t his ■
number has In n redu- d to only a million
and a half native Armenians. Persecution
has been the means of driving thousands ;
and thousands away, and these are scat- I
tcred all over Europe. Armenia is one of ■
the oldest of Bible lands. It is located on a
high plateau from the center of which rises
Mount Ararat, on the top of which the ark |
rested after the deluge. Haig, the great i
grandson of »>■;.' , w.rs the founder of the ■
nation. The Armenians were among the t
first to e:nbr&i e Christianity, and have re- I
majr.ed 1. ;.d to that faith eV r sen e
“Do you wonder,’’ sei ! the baron after he
I shed I .- mt, “that 1 am an
xious to go back to my country, and,
need be, to lay niv. ■ if on her aitor. 1 want
the people of America to help us ! .’.irope
has turned a deaf ear to our entreaues
and our only hop< is .n the friendship of
America. I prey God that she will
Baron Chutjian is a crpet_ merchant
and resides in Syracuse, N. 1 He 1-ts 1
been in this country for thre»> years, bur
1 been in constant communication with j
friends in Armenia. He will cross tne 1
water as scon as he can close up bi ■ busi
ness in this country. Having business at
the exposition, he will remain in \tiant ,
until tile first of the year. He wdl then
rail for Turkey and take up arms against
tho government which has played so long i
the part of tyrant and oppressor.
VILLAGE OF MELIEL ATTACKED
Food Furnished to the Starving Ar
menians—Situation Critical.
Constantinople, December 21.—An oliicial <
telegram from Zeitoun reports that the |
Turkish forces which have be n ml dancing ;
for some time upon the latter place made .1 ,
successful ambuscade and were vi< torious, |
but withdrew to Marash, which place offer
ed better facilities for the encampm- nt o.
the troops.
Oth< r reports of the engagement have It
that tl e Armenians won a v.ctcry over the
Turkish troops and took about a hundred
prisoners.
1, iters received in Constantinaple from
the Interior show that orders have b en '
Issued to the Turkish soldiers to spare
neither man. woman nor elr.ld. A Protest- ,
ant clergy man pastor of a church in Zel
toun has acted m the < sp icily of envoy in
the parleying that has taken place between ,
the Turks und the Armenians at that
place, the latter being in possession of the
town.
A division of the Turkish army has ad
vanced to Geben, two days march from
Zeitoun. Upon the appearance of the troops
the inhabitants of the town, about 2.000 p< r
sons, fled and took reiuae in Zeitoun, It at
ing their cattle anti other prejierty. The
soldkrs are burning ;.li of the houses and
their contents, provisions, etc , a’s they go
along. When the soldiers arrived at Gcbtn
they ordered 8.000 loav. s of bread to be
supplied to the Christi vis. The bread was
furnished ai d the r.ieuous soldiers ate
every loaf bes. ■ ’ th. last animal bearing
tne food was unloaded.
Another division of Turkish troops is
i advancing upon Zaituua from Marash, but
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t the prevailing floods make *hc ford ng of
- streams difficult. A third division 13 ad
-4 var<-!ng from C’oekoun. T1 s d:\ision must,
traverse a difficult pass which a hundred
men cun defend. The general opinion Is
! ti-at the Armenians in j-os: ---,on «, Z'-itou..
. have nothing t-> fear except hunger.
, It is reported that the United States
cruiser Marblehead ha* tired . number
1 of l *‘V, k E,iOts at. the t -Wil of Ah.: ria. In
! Asia Minor. If trie report is true ilic shots
were probably bred with the object of
fr gl.t<-mng the Turkish as a m ans c.f
r,e< irrinc- the perfection of American prop
erty at Tarsus and Adana.
An official telegram dated December 21tth
rays that the Arm nians at Zeitoun hav-.
■ " ■” upot ' t m. 1 ..
chi' Iren ! ' V<: * ,l a,ld
cattle anji tho Js~ i.n Ynops f ami
IZZET PASHA’S RECORD.
He Resigned Five Times and Is Ktiu
in Office.
Constantinople, December 25.-The cap
ture of Zeitoun by the Turkish troops .3
officially confirm, d. No detuik; L s the fall
of the place are gi.-.i,.
E-z.-c > asha, v. lio r rntly ndcressed a
largo report to th-, -jltun pointing .-it the
deplorable situation of the country, bus
l-en placed under arrest and is w await
ing tr<.d by court martial. His troubles
are d uo to the r ope rt whJch the su itan re
fused to r ,-d. When Izzct i'asha louxul
I..at the suiiun rest.: u to lay any at
tention to his report he’resigned his office
o. <-hief equerry, but the sultan refused to
1 accept his resignation. Five times was
: 7 ' ‘ UI r ‘ “ hut the sultan re-
1 r-is. .. to allow izz< t to retire voluntarily.
I A “ ° rticia; fiejort has It- r issued stating
■ that the gov. rnm--nt is making an inquiry
ou * ra IS*s kt Harpoot. It denies
| th:.! any mission ;ry pro;<erH was bu.-ne;
in t pre? ,ce of th- troops. On the con
trary, it says ’hat th.- offi.’lals used the
t ’ -ops to tr. < tmv -t of th ir ability to pro
t t t.-e rm- -r.ar:-s and other foreigners
and thereby jt.-w rtod the buraing of a
large part of th- :. -si riary bu.i dug*, a
company of troops, the report mid.:, is still
guarding th* *'* pre” rty
Turks Victorious at Zeitoun.
i - ■ ' . ~»n
in <’ •■ .line pie ~f th .. r .
egrar.n under date of today that it is
r--;M.t there that Zeitoun. which was
In r e of A.rmvnuin<s- b:m
before tn.. „, t ~ ~t- ~ . "
Bona Fide War in Turkey.
Co-nstantino ,-’e, December 27.—A feml
ofliclal dispatch fr«rn Men na says it Is
reported that the irmer ..ui. !o--t 'v > raf >n
and the Turks 27. in the fightir- wb--',
rest-!. _ ■. p r< .pt ;<.l —;10.... EL'*«.
Juda-m Smith-
Boston. !■ - ■ • . r 2r;.-T!.o Rev. Judeor-
Smi.b. D.D.. • - ir-' of ‘ Vuerfcaa
boaej. h,.s fumish<-d t m allowing:
"App al t<> <J’.e f’eojde of the United
St.:ib 1,. :- rs fn-tn T-irl-.ey aid persona,
communication with o!!i .--’rs ci ... - I -i
Cross compel me to ir ■an appwal to tli-u
people of the United State*, x.-ii-s appea.
Is mn-io n- > ■ -tan -of the ministers’
-r.eef ■:> f'iiyrlm hall to eo.i-
Mikr'r. IFf to- A.nn--ir ms. The multitude*
of tho stifTerir-’g and perishing tn A rmena
have not I --n In the leas’, exaggerat-i.
•nd their distress deepens dally. Whax
.v<r is dor -for their help • 1.« tbe dons
now or It will be too late- The demand Is
|-n: rative for large sums to be sent im
melately on r way. Th" nat.-omti Rea
Cross lias t'ubliviy annour.. . is re.i. >
to ■m-d.-r-..'; - : - work <-• rrhef. -ro
11-01 >’r-.■' - nil - move 1 . this work
ai. gina-a - I 1 ’ ’is ought to -o
Borton. Without a« h.... ..irge gift." s- .
a’iid imt'u : '
ENGLAND’S WAR STHSNGTIL
What British Statesmen and Soldiers
Think of Her Army and Navy.
From Th* Irish Republic
r» k--> f ut-’it: ‘P'.df thr men ar«
J; 1 ?.: c
: ■ A". ‘ :K. -. b mon
1 u 7, ‘ ■ . d
V Ilell the 1 . i- ■. •
and do th. Istv. • :1 ' > 1 r
it'fti tram S • l ie'•• Umd S ’ '/■
sldl’t • ■ t: I ’ -■ '■ ■
1 .. ,’ n '’. <sit I,‘r "orps at
: ■ ■•'■" »••<■ -'■- :_ ■• -
at’.d Equipments'’ tor even this ' modest
1O > r . rd Charles Beresford: "We have no
amv 't AhaX is n»tor a. froc
iv-i r -.*and‘our emsuL: .n a- « ;re would
in no degree uhatev.r d< uj»on the
str.: :tii the aimy. t • ■ at--s
n.k.ro-’.'Eomr: - ' a’nd
that of France absolm iy prov- ’•at wo
have i O r- is maid" : t_- . ■ ■ ' • i ■'
coasts, food supply, etc., u.-.v.:. < France
Captain Gambit r, R ■;. zl Nai y: ’ The con
vietion cannot be et ; led tiiai amoiig tre
chi.f reasons why <>ur foreign ; oiuy »
uatigerous is that we ha-e : ■ army to de
fend our shore- and carry cut our foreign
oi I.gallons. I tr 1: *ve »iv a:e .--c-uriing a
great national disaster by not forcing this
qm s.ion— a disaster in tm* fornv of loss of
I maritime prestige—for Ki> .1 i: d would cer
, tainly not l>e able to send 01 . a ti-.et troui
; home ;orts sullici’ iit to rd: a gf.at 1 low.
I leaving our home, unpref l. d. Il Is idle
| bunkum to talk of our M. • leTrancan fleet
j Is-ing able to cope slngl -handed uith a
us, when ihere is nothing to prevent tho
; entire From-!i army, Aliaalie and M.diter
i ram-on. from l».-ing unit. Her - it is neo
< ••-ary to emphasiz. the In umr .veruole
, t..- t that ot.r military :i ■ preparedm ss is
the chief came of our . •• .knoss abroad.
, The naval for •w. are »m: lad to keen
in home water and in the \i. i.t-rranean
; is the price we pay for ktvp.ng only an
• army of -amples, for we hav.- no second
line of defense w-.rtliy of tl. ■ name. Gonti
, nental nations have a ’g-ogra-hical ex
pression for a frontier, a few sticks stuck
I h"'r“ and but their r-.. •■• -• I is en
roll' d in th Ir <hs •■ ■ •• . - s Eng-
land, with a ditch tw. nty-rit r mi’ s wide,
is literally more easily invaded than Ger
many of Switzerland, and our manhood
recognizes no responsibility .”
Uprising Put Down ia Tarsus.
Cons rant, no; de, !>• >m:«r 2’’ ‘le-vs has
i been received ’• ?rr that a < f illy planned
lupris • - .•• f* '; . a ■ *r. w*s frus
trated on December loth by the prompt and
energetic action of the governor. Six oj
• tho rioters were wounded.
