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
OCR: Irina Minasyan
Corrections: Anna Vrtanesyan, Lina Kamalyan |