Outrages Upon Armenians

The New York Times, October 16, 1890

VIENNA, Oct, 15. — A dispatch from Constantinople states that arrests of Armenians are still being made, and that many of those who have been taken into custody have been shockingly maltreated and tortured. Among other cruelties to which the prisoners have been subjected is the withholding from them of all food. They have also been deprived of sleep. Persons suspected of disloyalty are arrested upon information being lodged against them by any spy.

Letters To The Editor Armenians And Turks Helpless Christians The Victims Of The Sublime Porte

The New York Times, October 5, 1890

To the Editor of the New-York Times:

Disturbances of the gravest significance are being produced in the Ottoman Empire. The corrupt administration of the Turkish officials in Armenia, the Armenophobe policy of the Sublime Porte, the acquittal of Moussa Bey, the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks In Erzeroum, Bitlis, and Moosh, the multitude of spies swarming in the capital and in the principal cities, all have contributed to exasperate the proverbially enduring Armenians who are now seeking by all means to liberate their country from Ottoman despotism.

WWI in photos from newspapers

The New York Times, Sunday, July 11, 1915

Russian prisoners resting in the snow after a decisive battle with austrians in the Carpatians

The persecuted armenians

The New York Times
September 10, 1890

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 9. — The Kurds have set fire to the crops of the Armenians in many places in the vicinity of Bitlis. The Porte has dispatched troops to Ismindt (sic!) (Ismidt) in consequence of the receipt of reports of several Conflicts there between Armenians and Circassians.

Discontent In The Land Of Eden

The New York Times
September 7, 1890

If it be true or not that the only perfect goodness and happiness ever known in the world were once the blessings of a garden in Armenia, certain it is that little trace of them is left. If the wretched inhabitants of that unhappy country may still seek refuge from the blazing sun of the Orient beneath the shade so welcome to Adam and Eve, if their lips may still touch the fruits that nourished this sinless pair, there is nothing else to remind them of the quiet and contentment, the peace and security, that once dwelt on the banks of the Euphrates, for Satan, in the shape of "the unspeakable Turk", now has possession of the terraced gardens, the shadowy groves, and the snow-capped peaks of that loveliest of lands: and only by a miracle is it that the firebrand of insurrection does not burst in flame and scorch and wither its varied charms.

To Help The Armenians

The New York Times
September 2, 1890

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 1. — The Armenian Patriarch, after a conference with the Sultan's Secretary, obtained an irade assenting to all the demands made by the Patriarch in his memorandum, including the restoration of the privileges of the Armenian Church and the improvement of the condition of the Armenians in Asia Minor. The Patriarch thereupon agreed to withdraw his resignation and continue in his post for some months pending the fulfillment of the Sultan's promises.

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Armenians Twilight of The Ottoman Era COMPILED & EDITED BY VOSGAN MEKHITARIAN, REV. VAHAN OHANIAN News Reports From The International Press, Volume I, THE NEW YORK TIMES 189O-1914 Published By Genocide Documentation & Research Center, 2O11

Atrocities in Armenia

August 28, 1890

The New York Times

TIFLIS, Aug. 27. — Advices have been received from Moosh to the effect that the Armenians continue to be subjected to terrible atrocities. Bands of Kurds make raids nightly on the Armenian frontier villages and set fire to the crops. Influential Armenians are arrested nearly every day.

The Erzeroum massacre

Armenians slaughtered and the British costsulate stoned

The New York TImes, July 26, 1890

LONDON, July 26. — The News gives the following details of the recent riots at Erzeroum: "On June 20 the soldiery were ordered to disperse Armenians who were holding a meeting in a churchyard. The soldiers began a massacre of the Armenians and the Turkish populace joined in the attack. The shops and houses of the Armenians were pillaged. The sack lasted four hours".

The British Consulate, at which on the same night a fete was being given for the benefit of poor Armenians, was stoned and its gates and windows were broken. The Consul and the members of his family took refuge in the cellars of the building and the fete was abandoned. The American Mission served as a refuge for fifty fugitives.