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Contents
to 2nd edition
Introduction by Ara Sarafian
Editorial Note
Map of Districts affected [insert]
Correspondence between Viscount Grey of
Fallodon and Viscount Bryce
Preface by Viscount Bryce
Letter from Mr. H. A. L. Fisher,
Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, 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 Bern.
Memorandum by the Editor of the
Documents
I.—GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS
1. Despatch from Mr. Henry Wood, Correspondent of the American "United Press" at
Constantinople; published in the American Press, 14th August, 1915
2. Despatch, dated 11th June, 1915, from an especially well informed neutral source at
Constantinople; communicated 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 Constantinople, 15/28th June, 1915;
published by 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. {W. W. Peet}, 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 extermination of the Armenians in Turkey
12. Information regarding the 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
Missions-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 92 18. Van after the Turkish retreat: Letter from Herr
Spörri, 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 Lausanne," 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 occurrences 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- Tos p"
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 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); communicated 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. Phillips 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 December, 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 in a despatch (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 Dr. Samuel T. Dutton, Secretary of the American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian 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; communicated by the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
55. Erzeroum: Abstract of a Report by Mr. B. H. Khounountz, 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-Aghazadé 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 Erzeroum, 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. {Harpout}: Statement made by Miss {Hansina Marcher}, a Danish lady in the service of
the German Red Cross at {Harpout}, to Mr. {Zavrieff}, at Basle, and communicated by Mr.
{Zavrieff} to Lord Bryce
65. {Harpout}: Report, dated 11th July, 1915, from a foreign resident at {Harpout};
communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
66. {Harpout}: Memorandum forwarded by a foreign resident at {Harpout} (the author of the
preceding report; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
67. {Harpout}: Narrative of an Armenian Refugee from {Harpout}; communicated to Lord Bryce
by the correspondent of the London "Times" at Bukarest
68. Mamouret-ul-Aziz: Narrative of an Armenian lady deported from {Husseinig} (a place
half-an-hour’s distance from {Harpout}), describing her journey from {Husseinig} 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. {Harpout}: Statement by the Principal of the College, dated 19th July, 1915;
communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
70. {Harpout}: Statement by the Principal of the College, dated 19th July, 1915, relating
to the deportation of Armenians from villages in the neighbourhood of {Harpout};
communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
71. {Harpout}: Letter, dated 10th November, 1915, from the Principal of the College at
{Harpout} to Mr. {W. W. Peet} at Constantinople; 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 Trebizond; 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 "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 correspondent 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; communicated 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,
8th August, 1915
85. {Talas}: Letter from a foreign resident at {Talas}, dated 16th November, 1915;
communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
XI.—THE TOWN OF {MARSOVAN}
86. {Marsovan}: Narrative of the Principal of the College at {Marsovan} communicated by
the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
87. {Marsovan}: Address delivered in America, 13th December, 1915, by a professor from the
College at {Marsovan}; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief
88. {Marsovan}: Statement by Miss {Gage}, a foreign traveller in Turkey; communicated by
the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
89. Narrative of Miss {Gage}, a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey, describing a journey
from {Marsovan} to {Sivas}, 10th August to 6th September, 1915; communicated by the
American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
90. {Marsovan}: Report from Mr. {Peter}, a foreign resident at {Samsoun}, in Asiatic
Turkey, dated 26th August, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief
91. {Marsovan} (?): Narrative of a foreign resident of German nationality; communicated by
the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
92. {Marsovan}: Letter, dated New York City, 30th December, 1915, from Professor
{Xenidhis}, of the College at {Marsovan}, to an Armenian Professor resident beyond the
Ottoman frontier
93. {Marsovan}: Narrative of a journey from {Marsovan} to Constantinople, by Professor
{Xenidhis}, of the College at {Marsovan}; communicated by the American Committee for
Armenian and Syrian Relief
94. {Marsovan}: Narrative of Miss {Demirdjian}, 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 {Gage}, a foreign traveller in
Asiatic Turkey; communicated 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 Committee 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: Résumé 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. {Konia}: Report from Dr. {Dodd}, dated {Konia}, 8th September, 1915; communicated by
the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
110. {Konia}: Report from Dr. {Post}, dated {Konia}, 3rd September, 1915; communicated by
the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
111. {Konia}: Letter from Dr. {Post}, dated 27th October, 1915; communicated by the
American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
112. {Konia}: Letter, dated {Konia}, 25th November, 1915, from Dr. {Post} to Mr. {Peet} 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 {Tarsus}, 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. {Mersina}, a town on the Railway: Series of Reports from a foreign resident at
{Mersina}, communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
116. The Taurus and Amanus passes: Extracts from a letter, dated Aleppo, 5th November,
1915, from Dr. {Shepard}, a foreign resident in Turkey, to Mr. {Peet} at Constantinople;
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. {Shepard}, a foreign resident in
Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
121. {Marash}: 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 {Tarsus} 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. {Peet} at Constantinople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian
and Syrian Relief
126. {Hadjin}: Statement, dated 16th December, 1915, by a foreign resident at {Hadjin};
communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
127. {Hadjin}: 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 {H. E. Wallis}, 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 transported 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
{AINTAB}
133. Ourfa: Letter, dated Ourfa, 14th June, 1915, from Mr. {Leslie}; 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 eyewitness of the events at Ourfa;
published in the "Egyptian Gazette," 28th September/11th 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. {Aintab}: Statement by Miss {Frearson}, a foreign resident at {Aintab}, written
subsequently to her departure from Turkey in September, 1915; communicated by the Rev. I.
N. Camp, of Cairo
138. {Aintab}: Letters from an Armenian inhabitant, describing the deportation of
Armenians from Cilicia; communicated 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/1st 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 Fraülein {Beatrice Rohner};
published in the German journal "Sonnenaufgang," 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. Möhring, 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 representative 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 Archbishop 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
150. Message, dated 22nd July, 1916, from Mr. {W. W. Peet}, of Constantinople;
communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
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
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