1000 Killed at the Adana Massacre,

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12748, 20 April 1909, Page 5

1000 Killed at the Adana Massacre,

A Military Dictatorship Threatened in Turkey.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 19. Over a thousand were killed at Adana, including 700 Armenians, during the rioting occasioned by an anti-Armenian outbreak. A fire destroyed half the town. The situation is better at Tarsus, though critical. 20 were killed at Marass, where there is an important American mission. Husni Pasha, commander of the Salonika troops, telegraphs to the foreign embassies that the soldiers marching on Constantinople desire the definite re-estabiisli-ment of the Constitution and the punishment of the authors of the sanguinary disorder. The lives and property of foreigners shall be safeguarded. The Kaser and Corfu Committee's leaders, interviewed at Salonika, threaten a military dictatorship until the country is tranquil and Stamboul is swept of the fanatical element at any cost. LONDON, April, 19. The Daily Telegraph denies Izzct Fuad's murder.