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James Bryce

THE TREATMENT OF ARMENIANS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE


CONTENTS

Cover

Map of Districts affected

Title page

Guide to the reader

Contents (as in book)

Correspondence between Viscount Grey of Fallodon and Viscount Bryce

Preface by Viscount Bryce

Letter from Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Uni¬versity, to Viscount Bryce

Letter from Prof. Gilbert Murray, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford, to Viscount Bryce

Letter from Mr. Moorfield Storey, ex-President of the American Bar Association, to Viscount Bryce

Letter from Four German Missionaries to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Berlin

Memorandum by the Editor of the Documents

I.—General Descriptions

1. Despatch from Mr. Henry Wood, Correspondent of the American " United Press " at Constantinople ; pub¬lished in the American Press, 14th August, 1915

2. Despatch, dated 11th June, 1915, from an especially well-informed neutral source at Constantinople ; com¬municated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

3. Extract from a letter, dated Arabkir, 25th June/8th July, 1915, communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

4. Letter from an authoritative source, dated Constanti¬nople, 15 /28th June, 1915 ; published in the New York journal "Gotchnag," 28th August, 1915

5. Letter from the same source, dated Constantinople, 12/25th July, 1915 ; published in the New York journal " Gotchnag," 28th August, 1915

6. Letter from the same source, dated Constantinople, 13/26th July, 1915, and addressed to a distinguished Armenian resident beyond the Ottoman frontier

7. Letter from the same source, dated Constantinople, 2nd/15th August, 1915, and addressed to the same Armenian resident beyond the Ottoman frontier

8. Extracts from a letter, dated Athens, 8th/21st July, 1915, from an Armenian formerly resident in Turkey to a prominent Armenian in Western Europe

9. Letter, dated 3rd/16th August, 1915, conveyed beyond the Ottoman frontier by an Armenian refugee from Cilicia in the sole of her shoe

10. Letter from Mr. N., a foreign resident at Constantinople, dated 27th August, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

11. Memorandum dated 15 /28th October, 1915, from a well-informed source at Bukarest, relating to the extermina¬tion of the Armenians in Turkey

12. Information regarding events in Armenia, published in the " Sonnenaufgang " (organ of the " German League for the Promotion of Christian Charitable Work in the East "), October, 1915 ; and in the " Allgemeine Mis¬sions-Zeitschrift," November, 1915

13. Statement made by a foreign resident at Constantinople to a Swiss gentleman at Geneva ; communicated by the latter

14. Cablegram, dated 4th May, 1916, transmitted through the State Department at Washington to the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, from the Committee's representatives in Turkey

II.—Vilayet of Van

15. The American Mission at Van : Narrative printed privately in the United States by Miss Grace Higley Knapp (1915)

16. Van : Letter dated Van, 7th June, 1915, from Mr. Y. K. Rushdouni; published in the " Manchester Guardian," 2nd August, 1915

17. Van : Narrative by Mr. Y. K. Rushdouni, published serially in the Armenian journal " Gotchnag," of New York

18. Van after the Turkish retreat : Letter from Herr Sporri, of the German Mission at Van, published in the German journal " Sonnenaufgang," October, 1915

19. Van after the massacres : Narrative of Mr. A. S. Safrastian, dated Van, 2nd December, 1915, and published in the Armenian journal " Ararat," of London, January, 1916

20. Van : Interview with a refugee, Mrs. Gazarian, published in the " Pioneer Press," of St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A

III.—Vilayet of Bitlis

21. The North-Eastern Vilayets : Statement communicated by the Refugee Roupen, of Sassoun, to the Armenian Community at Moscow ; published in the Russian Press, and subsequently reprinted in the " Gazette de Lau¬sanne," 13th February, 1916

22. Bitlis, Moush and Sassoun : Record of an interview with Roupen, of Sassoun, by Mr. A. S. Safrastian, dated Tiflis, 6th November, 1915

23. Moush : Statement by a German eye-witness of occur¬rences at Moush; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

24. Moush District: Narrative of a deported woman, related by her to Mr. Vartkes, of Moush, recorded by him on the 25th July, 1915, and published subsequently in the Armenian journal " Van-Tosp "

25. Moush : Résumé of information furnished by refugees in the Caucasus and published in the Caucasian Press, especially in the Armenian journal " Mschak" ; compiled by Mr. G. H. Paelian, and communicated by him to the Armenian journal "Ararat," of London, March, 1916

26. Bitlis : Letter dated 14th October, 1915, from a foreign resident at Bitlis to a German official; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

IV.—Azerbaijan and Hakkiari

27. Urmia : Statement by the Rev. William A. Shedd, D.D., of the American (Presbyterian) Mission Station at Urmia ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A

28. First Exodus from Urmia, January, 1915 : Report, dated 1st March, 1915, from the Rev. Robert M. Labaree, of the American Mission Station at Urmia, to the Hon. F. Willoughby Smith, U.S. Consul at Tiflis ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

29. Azerbaijan, behind the Russian front: Extracts from a series of letters by the Rev. Robert M. Labaree ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

30. Tabriz: Letter dated Tabriz, 17th March, 1915, from the Rev. F. N. Jessup ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

31. Urmia during the Turco-Kurdish occupation : Diary of a Missionary, edited by Miss Mary Schauffler Platt, and published by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

32. Urmia after its evacuation by the Turks and Kurds : Letter dated Urmia, 20th May, 1915, from Mrs. J. P. Cochran to friends in the United States ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A

33. Urmia : Letter, dated Urmia, 25th May, 1915, from the Rev. Y. M. Nisan to the Rev. F. N. Heazell, Organising Secretary of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission

34. Urmia : Narrative of Dr. Jacob Sargis, recorded in a despatch, dated Petrograd, 12th February, 1916, from the correspondent at Petrograd of the American "Associated Press"

35. Urmia: Extracts from the Annual Report (for the year 1915) presented by the Medical Department at Urmia to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A

36. Urmia, Salmas and Hakkiari : Statement by Mr. Paul Shimmon, published in the Armenian journal " Ararat," of London, November, 1915

37. Hakkiari : Statement by Mr. Paul Shimmon, published in the " Churchman" newspaper, and subsequently issued as a pamphlet; communicated by Mrs. D. S. Margoliouth, of Oxford

38. Refugees from the Hakkiari District : Series of extracts from letters by members of the American Mission Station at. Urmia ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A

39. Refugees from Hakkiari : Letter dated 26th September / 9th October, 1915, from a relative of Mar Shimun, the Patriarch ; communicated by the Rev. F. N. Heazell

40. Refugees from Hakkiari : Letter, dated Diliman, 1st/14th April, 1916, from Surma, the sister of Mar Shimun, to Mrs. D. S. Margoliouth, of Oxford

41. The Nestorians of the Bohtan District : Letter, dated Salmas, 6th March, 1916, from the Rev. E.W. McDowell, of the Urmia Mission Station, reporting information brought by a young man (with whom Mr. McDowell was previously acquainted) who had escaped the massacre ; communicated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

42. Second Exodus from Urmia: Letter dated Tabriz, 20th August, 1915, from Mr. Hugo A. Müller (Treasurer of the American Mission Station at Urmia) ; com¬municated by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

43. Second Exodus from Urmia : Narrative of a Nestorian victim, the wife of the Rev. David Jacob, of Urmia, published in the Armenian journal " Ararat," of London, January, 1916

44. Urmia District : Report on the distribution of relief, covering the period 1st June to 31st December, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

45. Azerbaijan : Statement, dated Tiflis, 22nd February, 1916, by Mr. M. Philips Price, War Correspondent for various British and American newspapers on the Caucasian Front; communicated to Aneurin "Williams, Esq., M.P., and published in the Armenian journal "Ararat," of London, March, 1916

V.—The Refugees in the Caucasus

46. The Flight to the Caucasus : Despatches to the Armenian journal "Horizon," of Tiflis, from Mr. Sampson Aroutiounian, President of the Armenian National Committee of Tiflis, who went in person to meet the Refugees

47. The Flight to the Caucasus : Despatch from the special correspondent of the Armenian journal " Arev," of Bakou

48. Memorandum on the condition of Armenian Refugees in the Caucasus and Orphans at Van; compiled in the British Foreign Office from information, dated 9th Decem¬ber, 1915, which was furnished by Mr. Stevens, British Consul at Batoum

49. Memorandum on the condition of Armenian Refugees in the Caucasus ; compiled in the British Foreign Office from information, dated 29th December, 1915, which was furnished by Mr. Stevens, British Consul at Batoum

50. Report on the activity of Armenian Refugee Relief Organisations in the Caucasus and Turkish Armenia; enclosed inadespatch (No. I.), dated Batoum, 3rd January, 1916, from Mr. Consul Stevens to the British Foreign, Office

51. Refugees in the Caucasus : Letter dated Erivan, 29th December, 1915, from the Rev. S. G. Wilson to fir. Samuel T. Dutton, Secretary of the American Committed for Armenian and Syrin Relief

52. Repatriation of Refugees: Letter, dated Erivan (?), March, 1916, from the Rev. S. G. Wilson ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

VI.—Vilayet of Erzeroum

53. Erzeroum: Record of an Interview between the Rev. H. J. Buxton and the Rev. Robert Stapleton, a missionary of the American Board, resident at Erzeroum from before the outbreak of war until after the capture of the city by the Russians

54. Erzeroum: Report, dated 25th September, 1915, drawn up by the American Consul-General at Trebizond, after his return from a visit to Erzeroum; communi¬cated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

55. Erzeroum : Abstract of a Report by Mr. B. H. Khou¬nountz, representative of the " All-Russian Urban Union," on a visit to Erzeroum after the Russian occupation ; published in the Armenian journal " Horizon," of Tiflis, 25th February, 1916

56. Erzeroum : Abstract of a Report by Dr. Y. Minassian, who accompanied Mr. Khounountz to Erzeroum as representative of the Caucasian Section of the " All-Russian Urban Union " ; published in the Armenian journal " Mschak," of Tiflis, 8th March, 1916

57. Erzeroum : Statement by Mr. A. S. Safrastian, dated Tiflis, 15th March, 1916

58. Erzeroum : Statement by the Kurd Ali-Aghazade Faro, published in the Armenian journal "Mschak," 19th December, 1915

59. Baibourt: Narrative of an Armenian lady deported in the third convoy ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

60. Baibourt: Statement, reproduced from the Armenian journal " Horizon," of Tiflis, in the Armenian journal " Gotchnag," of New York, 18th March, 1916

61. Baibourt, Keghi, and Erzindjan : Letter, dated Er¬zeroum, 25th May/7th June, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

62. Erzindjan : Statement by two Red Cross Nurses of Danish Nationality, formerly in the service of the German Military Mission at Erzeroum ; communicated by a Swiss gentleman of Geneva

63. Kamakh and Erzeroum : Statement published in the New York journal "Gotchnag," 4th September, 1915

VII.—Vilayet of Mamouret-ul-Aziz

64. H. : Statement made by Miss DA., a Danish lady in the service of the German Red Cross at H., to Mr. DB., at Basle, and communicated by Mr. DB. to Lord Bryce

65. H. : Report, dated 11th July, 1915, from a foreign resident at H.; communicated by the American Com¬mittee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

66. H. : Memorandum forwarded by a foreign resident at H. (the author of the preceding report) ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

67. H. : Narrative of an Armenian Refugee from H. ; communicated to Lord Bryce by the correspondent of the London " Times " at Bukarest

68. Mamouret-ul-Aziz: Narrative of an Armenian lady deported from C. (a place half-an-hour's distance from H.), describing her journey from C. to Ras-ul-Ain ; written after her escape from Turkey, and dated Alexandria, 2nd November, 1915 ; published in the Armenian journal " Gotchnag," of New York, 8th January, 1916

69. H. : Statement by the Principal of the College, dated 19th July, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

70. H. : Statement by the Principal of the College, dated 19th July, 1915, relating to the deportation of Armenians from villages in the neighbourhood of H. ; communi¬cated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

71. H. : Letter, dated 10th November, 1915, from the Principal of the College at H. to Mr. N. at Constanti¬nople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

VIII.—Vilayet of Trebizond, and Sandjak of Shabin Kara-Hissar

72. Trebizond : Report from a foreign resident at Trebi¬zond ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

73. Trebizond : Extracts from an interview with Comm. G. Gorrini, late Italian Consul-General at Trebizond ; published in the journal " Il Messaggero," of Rome, 25th August, 1915

74. Trebizond : Narrative of the Montenegrin Kavass of the local branch of the Ottoman Bank ; published in the Armenian journal "Arev," of Alexandria, 2nd October, 1915

75. Kerasond (Kiresoun), Trebizond and Shabin Kara-Hissar: Evidence collected by an Armenian gentleman from eye-witnesses now in Roumania; communicated by the correspondent of the London " Times " at Bukarest

76. Trebizond and Erzeroum : Despatch from the corres¬pondent of the London " Times " at Bukarest, dated Bukarest, 18th May, and published on the 22nd May, 1916

IX.—Sivas : The City and Parts of the Vilayet

77. Sivas : Letter from a foreign resident at Sivas, dated 13th July, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

78. Sivas : Letter written from Malatia by Miss Mary L. Graffam, Principal of the Girls' High School at Sivas, to a correspondent at Constantinople ; reprinted from the Boston " Missionary Herald," December, 1915

79. Extracts from a letter, dated Massachusetts, 29th August, 1915, from another foreign resident at Sivas to Mr. G. H. Paelian

80. Sivas : Narrative of a naturalised Ottoman subject, dated New York City, 10th March, 1916; communi¬cated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

81. Sivas: The Adventures of Murad ; narrated by "S.H.S." in the journal "The New Armenia," of New York, 1st March, 1916

82. Sivas : Record of an Interview given by the Refugee Murad to Mr. A. S. Safrastian at Tiflis

X.—Sandjak of Kaisaria

83. Kaisaria : Statement by a traveller from Kaisaria, published in the Armenian journal " Balkanian Mamoul," of Roustchouk

84. Everek : Statement published in the Armenian journal " Gotchnag," of New York, 28th August, 1915

85. K. : Letter from a foreign resident at K., dated 16th November, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

XI.—The Town of X

86. X. : Narrative of the Principal of the College at X. ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

87. X. : Address delivered in America, 13th December, 1915, by a professor from the College at X. ; communi¬cated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

88. X. : Statement by Miss AA., a foreign traveller in Turkey ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

89. Narrative of Miss AA., a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey, describing a journey from X. to Z., 10th August to 6th September, 1915 ; communicated by the Ameri¬can Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

90. X. : Report from Mr. AL., a foreign resident at L., in Asiatic Turkey, dated 26th August, 1915 ; communi¬cated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

91. X. (?) : Narrative of a foreign resident of German nationality ; communicated by the American Com¬mittee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

92. X. : Letter, dated New York City, 30th December, 1915, from Professor QQ., of the College at X., to an Armenian Professor resident beyond the Ottoman frontier

93. X. : Narrative of a journey from X. to Constantinople, by Professor QQ., of the College at X.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

94. X. : Narrative of Miss CC, communicated by her to a Swiss gentleman at Geneva during her passage through Switzerland in December, 1915

XII.—The City of Angora

95. Angora : Statement by a traveller, not of Armenian nationality, who passed through Angora in August, 1915

96. Angora : Extract from the narrative (Doc. 88) of Miss AA., a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey ; com¬municated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

97. Angora: Extract from a letter dated 16th September, 1915; appended to the Memorandum (Doc. 11), dated 15 /28th October, 1915, from a well-informed source at Bukarest

XIII.—Thrace, Constantinople, Broussa and Ismid

98. The Metropolitan Districts : Information published in the Armenian journal " Gotchnag," of New York

99. Constantinople : Letter, dated Constantinople, 13 /26th October, 1915, from an Armenian inhabitant; published in the Armenian journal " Balkanian Mamoul," of Roustchouk

100. Adrianople : Despatch from the correspondent of the London "Times" at Bukarest, dated 18th December and published on the 21st December, 1915

101. Broussa : Report by a foreign visitor to the city, dated 24th September, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

102. Adapazar : Statement, dated 24th September, 1915, by a foreign resident in Turkey ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

103. Adapazar : Fuller statement by the author of the preceding document; published in the journal " The New Armenia," of New York, 15th May, 1916

XIV.—The Anatolian Railway

104. The Anatolian Railway: Narrative of a journey, during the deportation of the Armenians, by a physician of foreign nationality, who had been resident in Turkey for ten years ; communicated by the American Com¬mittee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

105. Eski Shehr : Letter from an Armenian victim, published in the Armenian journal " Horizon," of Tiflis, 30th October/12th November, 1915

106. Afiun Kara Hissar : Letter dated Afiun Kara Hissar, 10th /23rd September, 1915 ; published in the Armenian journal "Horizon," of Tiflis, 30th October/12th November, 1915

107. Afiun Kara Hissar : Resume of a letter, dated Afiun Kara Hissar, 2nd/15th October, 1915 ; appended to the Memorandum (Doc, 11), dated 15/28th October, 1915, from a well-informed source at Bukarest

108. Afiun Kara Hissar: Letter, dated Massachusetts, 22nd November, 1915, from an American traveller; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

109. Q. : Report from Dr. D., dated Q., 8th September, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

110. Q. : Report from Dr. E., dated Q., 3rd September, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

111. Q. : Letter from Dr. E., dated 27th October, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

112. Q. : Letter, dated Q., 25th November, 1915, from Dr, E. to Mr. N. at Constantinople ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

113. Konia : Résumé of a letter, dated Konia, 2nd/15th October, 1915 ; appended to the Memorandum (Doc. 11), dated 15th /28th October, 1915, from a well-informed source at Bukarest

114. Baghdad Railway : Diary of a foreign resident in the town of B., on a section of the line; edited by William Walter Rockwell, Esq., Ph.D., and published by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (1916)

115. AE., a town on the Railway: Series of Reports from a foreign resident at AE., communicated by the Ameri¬can Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

116. The Taurus and Amanus passes : Extracts from a Letter, dated Aleppo, 5th November, 1915, from Dr.L., a foreign resident in Turkey, to Mr. N. at Constanti¬nople ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

117. The Amanus passes : Statements by two Swiss residents in Turkey ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

118. Smyrna — Aleppo — Damascus — Aleppo — Smyrna : Itinerary of a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

XV.—Cilicia (Vilayet of Adana and Sandjak of Marash)

119. Cilicia : Address (with enclosure), dated 3rd July, 1915, from the Armenian Colony in Egypt to His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir J. G. Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic Majesty's Forces in Egypt

120. Cilicia : Letter, dated 20th June, 1915, from Dr. L., a foreign resident in Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

121. BM.: Letter from a foreign eye-witness, dated 6th July, 1915, on board a steamship ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

122. Zeitoun : Antecedents of the deportation, recorded by the Rev. Stephen Trowbridge, Secretary of the Cairo Committee of the American Red Cross, from an oral statement by the Rev. Dikran Andreasian, Pastor of the Armenian Protestant Church at Zeitoun

123. Exiles from Zeitoun : Diary of a foreign resident in the town of B. on the Cilician plain; communicated by a Swiss gentleman of Geneva

124. Exiles from Zeitoun : Further statement by the author of the preceding document; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

125. Exiles from Zeitoun : Letter, dated Konia, 17th July, 1915, from a foreign resident at Konia to Mr. N. at Constantinople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

126. AF. : Statement, dated 16th December, 1915, by a foreign resident at AF.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

127. AF. : Record of individual cases, drawn up by the author of the preceding statement, and dated 17th December, 1915

128. Adana : Statement, dated 3rd December, 1915, by a foreign resident at Adana; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

129. Adana : Statement, dated 9th May, 1916, by Miss Y., a foreign resident at Adana, recording her experiences there from September, 1914, to September, 1915

XVI.—Jibal Mousa

130. Jibal Mousa : The defence of the mountain and the rescue of its defenders by the French Fleet; narrative of an eye-witness, the Rev. Dikran Andreasian, Pastor of the Armenian Protestant Church at Zeitoun

131. Jibal Mousa: Report, dated Egypt, 28th September, 1915, on the Armenian Refugees rescued and trans¬ported to Port Said by the cruisers of the French Fleet ; drawn up by Mgr. Thorgom, Bishop of the Gregorian Community in Egypt

132. Jibal Mousa : Another report on the Refugees at Port Said, drawn up by Mr. Tovmas K. Muggerdichian, formerly Dragoman of the British Consulate at Diyarbekir

XVII.—The Towns of Ourfa and AC

133. Ourfa : Letter, dated Ourfa, 14th June, 1915, from Mr. K. ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

134. Ourfa: Extract from a letter by Mr. Tovmas K. Muggerdichian; published in the Armenian journal " Gotchnag," of New York, 1st April, 1916

135. Ourfa : Interview with Mrs. J. Vance Young, an eye¬witness of the events at Ourfa; published in the "Egyptian Gazette," 28th September/1lth October, and reproduced in the Armenian journal " Houssaper," of Cairo, 30th September/13th October, 1915

136. Ourfa : Postscript to a memorandum (Doc. 141) by a foreign witness from Aleppo ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

137. AC. : Statement by Miss A., a foreign resident at AC, written subsequently to her departure from Turkey in September, 1915 ; communicated by the Rev. I. N. Camp, of Cairo

138. AC. : Letters from an Armenian inhabitant, describing the deportation of Armenians from Cilicia ; communi¬cated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

XVIII.—Vilayet of Aleppo

139. Aleppo : Series of Reports from a foreign resident at Aleppo ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

140. Aleppo: Memorandum, dated Aleppo, 18th June/lst July, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

141. Aleppo : Memorandum by a foreign witness from Aleppo ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

142. Aleppo: Message, dated 17th February, 1916, from Fraiilein O. ; published in the German journal " Son¬nenaufgang," April, 1916

XIX.—Vilayet of Damascus and Sandjak of Der-el-Zor

143. Damascus : Report from a foreign resident at Damascus, dated 20th September, but containing information up to the 3rd October, 1915 ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief

144. Exiles on the Euphrates : Record, dated Erzeroum, June, 1915, by M. Henry Barby, of an interview with Dr. H. Toroyan, an Armenian physician formerly in the service of the Ottoman Army; published in " Le Journal," of Paris, 13th July, 1916

145. Der-el-Zor: Letter, dated 12th July, 1915, from Schwester L. Mohring, a German missionary, describing her journey from Baghdad to the passes of Amanus ; published in the German journal " Sonnenaufgang," September, 1915

XX.—Documents received while going to press

146. Despatch from Mr. Henry Wood (Doc. 1) : Fuller version, obtained through the courtesy of the representa¬tive of the American " United Press " in London

147. Urmia, Salmas, and Hakkiari : Fuller statement by Mr. Paul Shimmon, edited, as a pamphlet, by the Rev. F. N. Heazell, Organising Secretary of the Arch¬bishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission

148. First exodus from Urmia : Narrative of Mr. J. D. Barnard, of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission ; published in the " Assyrian Mission Quarterly Paper," April, 1915

149. Erzeroum : Letter, dated 21st March, 1916, from the Rev. Robert S. Stapleton to the Hon. F. Willoughby Smith, U.S. Consul at Tiflis ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief... 589

A Summary of Armenian History up to and including the year 1915

I. — The European War and Armenia

II. — An Outline of Armenian History

III. — Dispersion and Distribution of the Armenian Nation

IV. — The Armenian People and the Ottoman Government

V. — The Deportations of 1915: Antecedents

VI. — The Deportations of 1915 : Procedure

Annexe A

Annexe B

Annexe C

Annexe D

Annexe E

Annexe F

Index of Place referred to in the Documents

150. Message, dated 22nd July, 1916, from Mr. N., of Constantinople ; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief


Contents   Cover   Map    Title page   Insert    Contents (as in the book)
Correspondence   Preface   Letters    Memorandum
Chapter I   II   III    IV    V   VI    VII   VIII   IX   X   XI    XII   XIII   XIV
XV   XVI   XVII   XVIII   XIX   XX
Summary   Annexe   Index of place   Message

Acknowledgements:

Source: Viscount Bryce The Treatment of Armenians.London, 1916
Scanned by: Irina Minasyan
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Corrections: Anna Vrtanesyan, Lina Kamalyan

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