AFFAIRS IN TURKEY.
WARSHIPS CONCENTRATING
CHRISTIANS MASSACRED
(Received List Night, at 1 7. 50 p.m.! LONDON, Yesterdy.
The two American missionaries killed at Aoaua wore Messrs Maurer
nud Rogers
Armenians made a desperate resistance, aud inflicted heavy losses ou their assailauts before they wore over-
powered
Eight warships—British, French, and Germans—aro concentrating at Mersiua, thirty-six miles south-west of Adaua, of which it is the seaport. Mauy foreigners aud native Christians have takeu refuge iv the Consulates there, aud it is feared the troops at the disposal of the Governor are iusufficieut to withstaud the onslaught of Moslems from the north. Hi British aud French warships have beeu ordered to Alexaudretta, a port of the Aleppo district, south-east of Adaua. Here the tow T v is seriously threatened by Moslems. Christians at Tarsus, nearly midway betweeu Mersiua aud Adaua, were attacked aud some were massacred, aud a portiou of the town is burning. The British battleships Swiftsure aud Triumph have left Malta for Turkish waters, aud the cruiser Diaua has beeu ordered to proceed to Beirut.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9348, 20 April 1909, Page 5
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175AFFAIRS IN TURKEY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9348, 20 April 1909, Page 5
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