Armenians Massacred

The commission which has been sitting at Moosh, Armenia, discussing the Armenian atrocities, has heard a number of witnesses respecting the so-called pit massacre. According to the stories of certain refugees early in the year, the village of Djellegoozan was the scene of a devilish outbreak of ferocity upon the part of the Turks and Kurds. It was stated that from 100 to 200 men, women and children were bayoneted by the Turkish soldiers and their bodies thrown into a pit while many of the victims were still alive. In order to destroy the evidence of this massacre, the soldiers poured petroleum on the bodies and set fire to it, and when this failed to destroy all the traces of the crime, it was also stated the soldiers diverted a mountain stream from its course to the pit to wash away the mass of half-burned bodies. The evidence received by the commission on this subject is so conflicting that the commissioners have decided to reserve expressing their opinion on the subject until they have the opportunity of paying a personal visit to Djellegoozan, when attempts will be made to locate the pit.

Apart from this report, the representatives of the powers are convinced of the necessity of drastic reforms and base their action in demanding that the Turkish government inaugurate reform measures more on the unsatisfactory condition and bad administration of Asia Minor than on the result of the commission's inquiry.