From Oct. 1, 1895, to Jan. 1, 1896.
Certain persons in Europe and America, misled by statements of
the Turkish government, have ascribed the dreadful massacres
which have taken place in Asia Minor to sudden and spontaneous
outbreaks of Moslem fanaticism, caused by a revolutionary
attitude among the Armenians themselves. The truth is that
these massacres, while sudden, have taken place according to a
deliberate and preconcerted plan. According to the statement of
many persons, French, English, Canadian, American, Turk, Kurd and
Armenian,--persons trustworthy and intelligent, who were in the
places where the massacres occurred, and who were eye-witnesses of
the horrible scenes,--the outbreaks were under careful direction
in regard to place, time, nationality of the victims and of the
perpetrators, were prompted by a common motive, and their true
character has been systematically concealed by Turkish official
reports. The following paper is based upon full accounts of the
massacres, written on the ground by the parties above referred
to. Their names, for obvious reasons, cannot be made public.