Turks Fear Armenians -nyt19151013a TURKS FEAR ARMENIANS American
Attribute Massacre Largely to Dread of Uprising OCTOBER 13, 1915
Fear that the Armenians will rise against them is the principal
reason why the Turks are slaughtering their Christian neighbors,
according to a letter given out yesterday by the American
Committee on Armenian Atrocities form an American professor in
one of the American colleges in Turkey. The Professor says that
during the last week in April the Professor of Armenian at his
college was arrested and imprisoned with twenty-five other
prominent Armenians. Later he was taken to Sivas, where he died
on June 26. Many of the prominent and strong men of the city,
including Professors Hagopian and Manasdjian, were taken to the
soldiers' barracks until the total numbered 1,215. "These 1,215
Armenians, "writes the professor, "were bound together in groups
of five or six men and sent away at night under the guard of the
gendarmerie by order of the Government. At a place three hours
distant for