AN AROIAN MURDER
GHASTLY DISCLOSURES SETTLEMENT OF RACIAL DISPUTES. BY ORGANISED MASSACRES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 10, 5.5 p.m. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. SA British court-martial heard an extraordinary case of a young Armenian named Torlakian, charged with murdering Djivanchir, formerly the Minister for the Interior in Azerbajan. When arrested Torlakian said lie acted m revenge for the death of Ids father, brother, sister, wife and children, who were murdered under his eyes at Baku when Hie Armenians were massacred by Djivanchir’s orders for three lays.
Many witnesses stated that the Turco-Tartar Government organised the massacres. The strangest feature of the trial was the speech for Ihe defence, which boldly stated tha; Hie Orient is the region of offic'allyorganised massacres: that when the Governments are confronted with racial differences they settle them by cipher messages lo Hie’ officials, instructing that massacres begin at a certain hour. This monstrous policy was carried out officially at Baku in Ihc accomplishment of the pan-Islamic, pan-Turanian programme. The defence, did not deny the crime, but pleaded justification.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14772, 11 October 1921, Page 5
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174AN AROIAN MURDER Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14772, 11 October 1921, Page 5
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