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                       GERMANY TURKEY and ARMENIA

                  A selection of documentary evidence
                  relating to the Armenian Atrocities
                     from German and other sources



                                London.
                       J. J. KELIHER & CO., Ltd.
                                 1917.







TABLE OF CONTENTS.


                                                                  Page

A. THE INVASION OF PERSIA                                           17

    1. Letters from German Missionaries in North-West Persia        17


B. THE SIX ARMENIAN VILAYETS                                        21

    2.  Van after the Turkish Retreat                               21
    3.  Moush. Statement by a German Eye-witness                    23
    4.  Erzindjan. Statement by two Danish Red Cross Nurses,
        formerly in the service of the German Military Mission
        at Erzeroum                                                 30
    5.  H--: Statement made by a Danish Red Cross Nurse             44
    6.  Malatia. Statement by a German Eye-witness                  51


C. CILICIA AND NORTHERN SYRIA                                      53

    7.  Exiles from Zeitoun. Diary of a Foreign  Resident,
        communicated by a Swiss gentleman                           53
    8.  Information regarding events in Armenia published in two
        periodicals issued by German Missionary Societies           61
    9.  Extracts from the Records of a German who died in Turkey    66
    10. Narrative of a German Official of the Bagdad Railway        80
    11. The Amanus Passes. Statements by two Swiss Ladies,
        resident in Turkey                                          86


D. ALEPPO                                                           93

    12. "A word to the accredited representatives of the German
        people" by Dr. Martin Niepage, teacher in the German
        Technical School at Aleppo                                  93
    13. Message dated 17th February, 1916, from a German Lady
        (Fräulein O.)                                              112


E. THE PLACES OF EXILE                                             113

    14. Der-el-Zor. Letter from a German Lady Missionary           113
    15. Exiles from the Euphrates: Report from Fräulein O.         119


APPENDIX. REPORTS BY MOHAMMEDAN OFFICERS                           123

    (1) A.B.'s Report                                              123
    (2) C.D.'s Report                                              127







INTRODUCTION.


The blue book as to the treatment of the Armenians which has recently
been issued (Miscellaneous, No. 31, 1916) contains a large mass of
evidence relating to facts which, incredible as they are, have been so
incontrovertibly established that no doubt as to their existence can
possibly be entertained by any reasonable person. The greater part
of the documents included in the blue book does not, however, throw
much light on the attitude taken by the German public and the German
Government with reference to the crimes which have been committed. The
object of this pamphlet is to bring before the public a collection
of documents specially selected for the purpose of throwing light on
this subject. Some of them are included in the blue book, but the
documents Nos. 1, 6, 9, 10 and 12 have not, as yet, been published
in Great Britain or the United States. The two documents printed in
the Appendix have no direct bearing on the questions relating to the
German attitude. But as they came into the possession of the British
authorities after the publication of the blue book and are of special
interest as giving the impressions of two intelligent Turkish officers,
[1] it was thought right to include them.

A perusal of the documents included in this collection must convince
the reader of three things: (1) that the Germans in Armenia are
as full of indignation, and as anxious to see a stop put to the
methods of extermination applied by the Turkish Government, as
the most ardent friends of the Armenian cause in this country;
(2) that, owing to the wilful or