Transcriber’s Note: you will find both Christian(ity, etc) and
christian used in this book, seemingly interchangeably; spelling of
names is also variable.
When this book was written, the writer was under the supposition then
generally current that the Armenian Massacres of April, 1909, in
Cilicia were instigated by Abdul Hamid and his Yildiz Clique. Babikian
Effendi, the Armenian deputy who went to Adana from Constantinople
to investigate into the massacres, plainly reported that all
investigations had failed to trace them to Abdul Hamid and his Yildiz
Clique. Babikian Effendi, as was to be expected, died suddenly on
his return to Constantinople, but later on it became known that the
massacres of April, 1909, had been planned, prepared, organized and
carried into execution by the Constitutional Government of what has
been called “Liberal Turks” or “Young Turks.”
[Illustration: THEY TORE THE BABES FROM THE ARMS OF THEIR MOTHERS, TO
HACK THEM TO PIECES WITH KNIVES, OR THROW THEM ALIVE INTO THE FIRE.]
BETRAYED ARMENIA.
BY
DIANA AGABEG APCAR.
ILLUSTRATED.
THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT
OF GREAT TRIBULATION.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,
BUT TRANSLATIONS INTO FRENCH AND ARMENIAN PERMITTED.
YOKOHAMA:
THE “JAPAN GAZETTE” PRESS.
1910.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Why and Wherefore 3
Disinterested Evidence 5
Preface to 2nd Printing 8
Introduction 9
PART I.
The Armenian Massacres and the Treaty of Berlin 19
The Armenian Massacres and the Turkish Constitution 25
The Armenian Massacres and the Armenian People 34
The Armenian Massacres and the Future of the Armenians 37
The Armenian Massacres and Civilized Europe 42