ARMENIAN ATROCITIES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2592, 14 October 1915, Page 5

ARMENIAN ATROCITIES

MURDER AND OUTRAGES RESUMED AMERICA'S ATTITUDE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright New York! October 12. A Reuter message from Washington says that tlio State Department learns that tlio Armenian massacres have been resumed with vigour since Bulgaria's entrance' into the war. Washington, October 12. The American representatives to Turkey agaiust the Armenian massacres have riot been heeded.. It is believed tlio United States will not take further action.

QUESTION IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT London, October 12; Replying to a question regarding Ar-i tuenia, Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Commons, referred to the .Marquis of Crewe's previous statement on the subject (appended). Ho said thero could he only a feeling of indignation, at the outrage. [Replying in tho House of Lords to Lord Cromer, Lord Crewe said that ithe Government had received information that the population of one district had been absolutely exterminated. It had no official confirmation of the report that German Consuls had encouraged t'he horrors, but he was hound to state, knowing what had happened elsewhere, that there oould not be said to be any antecedent improbability that sucli was tho case. Lord Bryce said that, from figures lie had received, ifc was quite possible that 800,000 had been destroyed since May. The only chance to save the remnant was by neutrals exerting their influence upon Gere many.] POPE APPEALS TO THE SULTAN Rome, October 12. The Italian journal "Correspondeuza' , states that after tlio Holy See's repeated diplomatic protests regarding tlid Armenian massacres, the Pope wrote personally to the Sultan, wlio promised to stop tho massacres.