ALLEGED MASSACRE IN ARMENIA

The Fate of Spaghakk Are we to ba trea-ed to a revival of the Armenian massacres? It would seam ao. For noontha past hints of fire and slaughter in the blood-stained district of Sastun have reached us, and now we hear that Sptghmk, a small village not far from Talvorik, and in the heart of the mount ainous Sussunt oouotry has been "wiped oat.'" The nevrd cornea from several sources, one being < fiieial, bat the official version U naturally quite different! from those coming from other sources, both as to the number of the slain and their char acter. It is difficult for the Britisher to decide which version he will accept), for corrupt as Ibhe official Turk m»y be, and blood thiraty as the Kuida have been made oubto be, itt is beyond cavil that many of the bo called Armenian Christiana are neither more nor lees than dirty, Idle dissolute thieves and brigands— Christians in nair>o only, and simply because they are not Mahommedans. The accounts of the massacre and those which are not "cffidar vary to such an extent as to make one doubt if the village of Spaghank ever existed, bus that thero W96 such a place and that it doea nob now exist tha official report of AH Pacha, military com mander of Bittis, shows. He says that having received information bhat over a hundred Armenians brigands were hid ing In the district of Saeßtin, he was ' obliged'to visit the district; afc the head of a force of soldiery. He arrived at Talvonk where everything was quleb and orderly, and learnt that there were only twenty three brigands iv the vicinity. He there fore continued hia march, and at Aghoi dissovered an empty (stable which contain ed six wooden bunks. Some rifl i cart ridges were found on the ground, and the walls had been loopad holed. The stable was burnt, as it appeared to be a refugo for brigands. Ali Pacha then advanced to Spaghank, which occupied a commaad fog position at the top of a hill, andloon tuning »ix houses and a solidly built chnrch. Some brigands who had sought refuge in this village began firing on the troops - m soon m they were within range. It was therefore decided to attack the place, and the Armenians were very soon put to fight Three of the more desperate enter ed the church, from which they fired upon the troops. As it was impossible to force an entrance, the soldiers heaped wood and herbs round the church and smoked the Armenians inside until they were tuffocated. Itjwas then found that a prieab a woman, and a child, had also been in the church and had perished. All Pacha states that only sixteen Armenians altogether wera killed, whils the broops lost five killed and a few wounded, besides two Kurds killed. He regrets the accidental leath of the woman and child. He declar' es that he did his utmost to restrain the Kurds, and that toe was accompanied by few Kurds as possible. The Armenian version which has received the greatest currency is to the effect that la*fc year a band of Kurds, belonging tothe tribes of Khlan and Pekran, attacked the village for loot, but were beaten ofi with a loss of four killed, the defenders also succeeded in recapturing mcstof the sheep which had been scolan by their assailants. Iv const q'lenceof this incident two priests and the seven roost infkanthl inhabitants of the village were arrested and taken to Ouindje, where one priest and one of the laymen are still confined, the others hav ing been released some time ago Tbe Kurds determined to be fully revenged for the repulse they had sustained, and reported to the authorities that a number of Armenian revolutioniaba had made Spaghank fheir bWq .arteis On the 19-h July, by order of Ali Pacha, who commanded" in person, the village was fiurrcunded by a strong fore-> of troops and levies from Ptkran and KOiian. The •Arm.mane made a Blight effort to defend themselves, but were powerless against the forces brought against them. Some few made an unsuccessful attempt to escape, baing unable to get through the cordon which surrouudad the village. A horrible bu-chery ensued, all the inhabitauts male and female, young and old, being put to the sword. The vill»p,e priest, an octogenarian, sought rt>f age In the church with his family and one or two frienda, but the church was burnt with all In the buiMlog, Tae other houses were also all sst on fire to petroleum being thrown on them to make them more inflammable and Spaghank was completely wiped oat

Cricketing Mems.

SHAM AMATEURS Every important cricket club haa its headquarters, almost of necessity near some large town. A large town, of fqual necessity, haa certain firms of business people. It would be carious and sad if no members of any of these firms took a lively interest in the club and its cricket. This being so, one of these firms is approached with a proposition somewhat in these terms on behalf of the committee of the cricket c ] u b:—" By the bye, you know young A.B. We must have him to play for us j but he does not see how he is to manage it 'unless we can find a job for him; Now, he would be a very useful young fellow in your business, and if you could find him a place in it, and would agree to let him get away to all the matchep, we would pay you his salary.' It may be that the offer would only amount to paying a part of his ealaiy; that, of course, is a matter of detail. The principle of the thing is clear enough. The cricket club in to pay young A: B. a salary for playing crisket, bub Instead of paying it directly to him, it is to pass through the hands of this complaisant firm, and is to be handed on to him under the guise of wageß for work that he has never done, never had any intention -of doing, and probably has no ability for doing if he were to try. But the great ends are at tained : he plays for the club, and he remains, in name at least, an c area tear.' THE SIZE OP WICKETS- Wickets are not the immutable things that custom leads the irrefiective cricketer to suppose. During the last century there have been frequent alterations in their size, and a while ago the amateurs and professionals used to play matches with the handicap that the latter had to defend the bigger wickets. THE LENGTH OF MATCHES It is the length of matches which is bringing ruin an the game. 'No cricketer unless he be possessed of private means can afford to spend three days in succession, several times a wontb,. away from hie profession or I business. Sometimes he tarns avowedly professional, and if so, well and good, Bat in most cases he scorns to do thi«, and thus is developed a class of cricke ters who are nominally amateurs, but who really under various pretexts draw as much or more profit from the game than the avowed professionals,— Review of Reviews

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