[120] Comstock, “Greek Revolution,” p. 222.
[121] Greene, “The Armenian Crisis in Turkey,” p. 98.
[122] Layard, “Nineveh,” Vol. I, pp. 165-6.
[123] Van Lennep, “The Bible Lands,” pp. 745-6.
[124] Greene, “The Armenian Crisis in Turkey,” pp. 101-2.
[125] Norman, “Armenia and the Campaign of 1877,” p. 273.
[126] Norman, “Armenia and the Campaign of 1877,” pp. 234-5.
[127] _The Westminster Gazette_, Dec. 12, 1894, reprinted in the
_Armenia_, London, Jan., 1895.
[128] Norman, “Armenia and the Campaign of 1877,” pp. 158-9.
[129] _The 19th Century_, July, 1909.
[130] _The Independent_, June 15, 1893, New York.
[131] The following explains itself: The private advices from
Constantinople give the Press information of a tragic discovery. The
harbor of that city has no wharves. Vessels, after discharging their
cargoes at the custom-house, anchor in the harbor and receive their
cargoes. On September 30, 1893, a Russian merchantman anchored off
Seraglio Point, and, having received her cargo, would raise her anchor
to sail for home. The anchor seemed to be caught in something heavy.
After long efforts it was raised. It brought up with it fifteen large
haircloth sacks, such as are used by Turkish merchants in packing goods
for shipment.
“At first the Russian captain thought he had disclosed a smuggling
scheme. Upon investigation he discovered that the sacks were filled
with human bodies, each sack containing from fifteen to twenty. Further
investigation disclosed that they were the bodies of Armenian political
prisoners.
“Foreign ambassadors to Turkey had recently complained that the prisons
were overcrowded with Armenian prisoners, and the government decided
to remove the cause of complaint. Accordingly about three hundred
prisoners were taken on board of a Turkish man-of-war, ostensibly for
transportation to Africa. In the night, however, the fellows were
murdered, their bodies placed in sacks, which were tied one to the
other, and thrown into the harbor. This is in keeping with the Grand
Vizier’s declaration a short time ago, that he _would settle the
Armenian question by annihilating the Armenians as a race_. A discovery
similar to this was made in the harbor of Salonica a year ago.”