The Armenian Crisis in Turkey / The Massacre of 1894, Its Antecedents and Significance, With a Consideration of Some of the Factors Which Enter Into the Solution of This Phase of the Eastern Question

by Frederick Davis Greene

2. Nature and Extent of the Danger to which they are Exposed.

There are two sources of danger: first, the lawlessness of numerous highwaymen who infest the country, and of the fanatical Moslem population of the cities; and second, the hostility of Turkish officials, who have repeatedly failed to restrain, and in some cases have even encouraged attacks upon the lives and property of American citizens.