ARMENIAN'S CRIME.
—•* A PLEA OF VENGEANCE. CASE BEFORE BRITISH COURT A. and N.Z. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 9. A British court-martial at Constantinople heard an extraordinary case. A young Armenian named TorJakian was charged with murdering Djivanchir, formerly Minister for the Interior, of Azerbaijan.
When arrested, Torlakian justified the crime as an act of vengeance for the death of his father, brother, sister, wife and children, who were murdered under his eyes at Baku when the Armenians were massacred by Djivanchir's orders for three days. Many witnesses gave accounts of the Turco-Tarta* Government's organised massacre. The strangest feature of the trial was the speech for the defence, which boldly stated that the Orient is a region of officially organised massacres. When Governments are confronted with racial j differences they settle them by cypher messages to officials, instructing masI sacres to begin sit a certain hour. This monstrous policy was carried out officially at Biku in accomplishment of the i Pan-Islamic and Pan-Turanian programme. I The defence did Dot deny the crime, bat ! pleaded justification.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17909, 11 October 1921, Page 7
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172ARMENIAN'S CRIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17909, 11 October 1921, Page 7
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