in 1896, the hamidian massacres began and in order to escape the fate of other armenians, he fled constantinople to london. in london, he attempted to publish two monthly reviews, "mart" (մարտ, battle) and "nor kyank" (նոր կեանք, new life) in which levon pashalian would contribute, both papers being sponsored by the hunchakians. at this time, the political party split. arpiarian reorganized one of the factions, veragazmial hunchakianner, into a viable entity but would eventually leave the party. with this decision, he ultimately created enemies from within his old entourage.