TURKS SPREAD DESOLATION THROUGH ARMENIA.
MASSACRES OF CHRISTIANS REPORTED.
FIFTY THOUSAND REFUGEES FLEEING INTO RUSSIA.
By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright.
London, January 13. The massacre of Armenians between Lakes Van and Xoza is reported. Many Christians in the Azerbijan and Alaskert Valley have died of hunger and cold, while 50,000 refugees have reached the Caucasus.
Another report states that there is terrible desolation in Armenia..
Wholesale slaughter of the inhabitants continues. Fifty thousand homeless refugees are streaming through the valleys into Russian Caucasia. The horrors of the march are indescribable. Many children are abandoned on the roads. Adults are dying of cold and hunger.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15818, 15 January 1915, Page 5
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