Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1909 — MENACE 100.000 ARMENIANS [ARTICLE]

MENACE 100.000 ARMENIANS

Besieged In Deurtyl by Army of Fanatical Moslems. Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, April 27. —Refugees from Deurtyl bring most alarming accounts of the situation there. They affirm that 100,000 Armenians are beleaguered by 50,000 Moslems. The besieged are half starving. It is certain that there are no Americans there. If relieving forces were sent out, in opposition to the governor’s wishes, such an expedition would be equivalent to a declaration of war. The largest commands that the warships could muster would stand in great danger of being overwhelmed. The town of Hadjin, about 100 miles to the north of Alexandretta, where the residents have withstood the assaults of the fanatics for the past week, was in flames. Up to daylight today all the Americans, including five women missionaries,-were safe.