| X.—Sandjak of Kaisaria | [327] | |||
| 83. | Kaisaria: Statement by a traveller from Kaisaria, published in the Armenian journal “Balkanian Mamoul,” of Roustchouk | [328] | ||
| 84. | Everek: Statement published in the Armenian journal “Gotchnag,” of New York, 28th August, 1915 | [329] | ||
| 85. | K.: Letter from a foreign resident at K., dated 16th November, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [330] | ||
| XI.—The Town of X. | [331] | |||
| 86. | X.: Narrative of the Principal of the College at X.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [332] | ||
| 87. | X.: Address delivered in America, 13th December, 1915, by a professor from the College at X.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [336] | ||
| 88. | X.: Statement by Miss AA., a foreign traveller in Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [349] | ||
| 89. | Narrative of Miss AA., a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey, describing a journey from X. to Z., 10th August to 6th September, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [356] | ||
| 90. | X.: Report from Mr. AL., a foreign resident at L., in Asiatic Turkey, dated 26th August, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [364] | ||
| 91. | X. (?): Narrative of a foreign resident of German nationality; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [367] | ||
| 92. | X.: Letter, dated New York City, 30th December, 1915, from Professor QQ., of the College at X., to an Armenian Professor resident beyond the Ottoman frontier | [369] | ||
| 93. | X.: Narrative of a journey from X. to Constantinople, by Professor QQ., of the College at X.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [373] | ||
| 94. | X.: Narrative of Miss CC., communicated by her to a Swiss gentleman at Geneva during her passage through Switzerland in December, 1915 | [378] | ||
| XII.—The City of Angora | [381] | |||
| 95. | Angora: Statement by a traveller, not of Armenian nationality, who passed through Angora in August, 1915 | [382] | ||
| 96. | Angora: Extract from the narrative (Doc. [88] of Miss AA., a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [385] | ||
| 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 | [388] | ||
| XIII.—Thrace, Constantinople, Broussa and Ismid | [389] | |||
| 98. | The Metropolitan Districts: Information published in the Armenian journal “Gotchnag,” of New York | [390] | ||
| 99. | Constantinople: Letter, dated Constantinople, 13/26th October, 1915, from an Armenian inhabitant; published in the Armenian journal “Balkanian Mamoul,” of Roustchouk | [392] | ||
| 100. | Adrianople: Despatch from the correspondent of the London “Times” at Bukarest, dated 18th December and published on the 21st December, 1915 | [394] | ||
| 101. | Broussa: Report by a foreign visitor to the city, dated 24th September, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [395] | ||
| 102. | Adapazar: Statement, dated 24th September, 1915, by a foreign resident in Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [398] | ||
| 103. | Adapazar: Fuller statement by the author of the preceding document; published in the journal “The New Armenia,” of New York, 15th May, 1916 | [400] | ||
| XIV.—The Anatolian Railway | [407] | |||
| 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 | [409] | ||
| 105. | Eski Shehr: Letter from an Armenian victim, published in the Armenian journal “Horizon,” of Tiflis, 30th October/12th November, 1915 | [414] | ||
| 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 | [416] | ||
| 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 | [417] | ||
| 108. | Afiun Kara Hissar: Letter, dated Massachusetts, 22nd November, 1915, from an American traveller; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [418] | ||
| 109. | Q.: Report from Dr. D., dated Q., 8th September, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [421] | ||
| 110. | Q.: Report from Dr. E., dated Q., 3rd September, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [426] | ||
| 111. | Q.: Letter from Dr. E., dated 27th October, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [431] | ||
| 112. | Q.: Letter, dated Q., 25th November, 1915, from Dr. E. to Mr. N. at Constantinople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [433] | ||
| 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 | [437] | ||
| 114. | Baghdad Railway: Diary of a foreign resident in the town of B., 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) | [438] | ||
| 115. | AE., a town on the Railway: Series of Reports from a foreign resident at AE., communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [450] | ||
| 116. | The Taurus and Amanus passes: Extracts from a Letter, dated Aleppo, 5th November, 1915, from Dr. L., a foreign resident in Turkey, to Mr. N. at Constantinople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [454] | ||
| 117. | The Amanus passes: Statements by two Swiss residents in Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [455] | ||
| 118. | Smyrna—Aleppo—Damascus—Aleppo—Smyrna: Itinerary of a foreign traveller in Asiatic Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [459] | ||
| XV.—Cilicia (Vilayet of Adana and Sandjak of Marash) | [465] | |||
| 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 | [468] | ||
| 120. | Cilicia: Letter, dated 20th June, 1915, from Dr. L., a foreign resident in Turkey; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [472] | ||
| 121. | BM.: Letter from a foreign eye-witness, dated 6th July, 1915, on board a steamship; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [474] | ||
| 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 | [479] | ||
| 123. | Exiles from Zeitoun: Diary of a foreign resident in the town of B. on the Cilician plain; communicated by a Swiss gentleman of Geneva | [482] | ||
| 124. | Exiles from Zeitoun: Further statement by the author of the preceding document; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [487] | ||
| 125. | Exiles from Zeitoun: Letter, dated Konia, 17th July, 1915, from a foreign resident at Konia to Mr. N. at Constantinople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [490] | ||
| 126. | AF.: Statement, dated 16th December, 1915, by a foreign resident at AF.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [492] | ||
| 127. | AF.: Record of individual cases, drawn up by the author of the preceding statement, and dated 17th December, 1915 | [500] | ||
| 128. | Adana: Statement, dated 3rd December, 1915, by a foreign resident at Adana; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [502] | ||
| 129. | Adana: Statement, dated 9th May, 1916, by Miss Y., a foreign resident at Adana, recording her experiences there from September, 1914, to September, 1915 | [505] | ||
| XVI.—Jibal Mousa | [511] | |||
| 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 | [512] | ||
| 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 | [521] | ||
| 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 | [525] | ||
| XVII.—The Towns of Ourfa and AC. | [527] | |||
| 133. | Ourfa: Letter, dated Ourfa, 14th June, 1915, from Mr. K.; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [528] | ||
| 134. | Ourfa: Extract from a letter by Mr. Tovmas K. Muggerdichian; published in the Armenian journal “Gotchnag,” of New York, 1st April, 1916 | [530] | ||
| 135. | Ourfa: Interview with Mrs. J. Vance Young, an eye-witness 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 | [531] | ||
| 136. | Ourfa: Postscript to a memorandum (Doc. [141] by a foreign witness from Aleppo; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [532] | ||
| 137. | AC.: Statement by Miss A., a foreign resident at AC., written subsequently to her departure from Turkey in September, 1915; communicated by the Rev. I.N. Camp, of Cairo | [533] | ||
| 138. | AC.: Letters from an Armenian inhabitant, describing the deportation of Armenians from Cilicia; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [544] | ||
| XVIII.—Vilayet of Aleppo | [545] | |||
| 139. | Aleppo: Series of Reports from a foreign resident at Aleppo; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [547] | ||
| 140. | Aleppo: Memorandum, dated Aleppo, 18th June/1st July, 1915; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [551] | ||
| 141. | Aleppo: Memorandum by a foreign witness from Aleppo; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [552] | ||
| 142. | Aleppo: Message, dated 17th February, 1916, from Fraülein O.; published in the German journal “Sonnenaufgang,” April, 1916 | [555] | ||
| XIX.—Vilayet of Damascus and Sandjak of Der-el-Zor | [557] | |||
| 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 | [558] | ||
| 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 | [562] | ||
| 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 | [566] | ||
| XX.—Documents received while going to press | [571] | |||
| 146. | Despatch from Mr. Henry Wood (Doc. [1]: Fuller version, obtained through the courtesy of the representative of the American “United Press” in London | [572] | ||
| 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 | [577] | ||
| 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 | [587] | ||
| 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 | [589] | ||
| A Summary of Armenian History up to and including the year 1915 | [591] | |||
| I.—The European War and Armenia | [593] | |||
| II.—An Outline of Armenian History | [596] | |||
| III.—Dispersion and Distribution of the Armenian Nation | [607] | |||
| IV.—The Armenian People and the Ottoman Government | [617] | |||
| V.—The Deportations of 1915: Antecedents | [627] | |||
| VI.—The Deportations of 1915: Procedure | [637] | |||
| Annexe A | [654] | |||
| Annexe B | [657] | |||
| Annexe C | [659] | |||
| Annexe D | [661] | |||
| Annexe E | [662] | |||
| Annexe F | [664] | |||
| Index of Places referred to in the Documents | [669] | |||
| 150. | Message, dated 22nd July, 1916, from Mr. N., of Constantinople; communicated by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief | [684] | ||
CORRESPONDENCE
BETWEEN
VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLODON
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs