OUTRAGES IN SYRIA.
The atrocitiea in Armenia have been nearly equalled by those in Syria. Christians there are treated worse than animals. Murders and outrages by Druses are of almost daily occurrence. Women have been carried away from their houses and violated, and, after brutal ill-treatment, sent back. Appeals to the authorities have been futile to secure either redress for the victims or the cessation of the outrages. Some time ago a band of armed rufhans iti broad daylight attacked the house of a well-known Christian merchant at Sidon, and carried off his daughter. She was kept three days, during which time she was subjected to the most inhuman cruelties, and was only restored to her relatives by the intervention of a military force. Even at Beyront complete terror prevails among the Christians. Men are assaulted and wounded. Ladies do not venture to leave their homes for fear of insult and outrage.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1359, 7 May 1895, Page 5
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152OUTRAGES IN SYRIA. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1359, 7 May 1895, Page 5
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