“We must beg the reader of the following statements to remember
that the Armenian massacres, in which 100,000 innocent people have
perished, were directed against a peaceful and defenceless nation.--J.
Lepsius.”
While the investigating commission was carrying on its work in the
usual Turkish fashion, the British, French, and Russian governments
drew out a scheme of reforms for Armenia and submitted it to the Porte
through their ambassadors at Constantinople on May 11, 1895.
According to the press despatches the brief outline of this scheme
contained the following points: