Germany, Turkey, and Armenia

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A. THE INVASION OF PERSIA 17 1. Letters from German Missionaries in North-West Persia 17

B. THE SIX ARMENIAN VILAYETS 21 2. Van after the Turkish Retreat 21 3. Moush. Statement by a German Eye-witness 23 4. Erzindjan. Statement by two Danish Red Cross Nurses, formerly in the service of the German Military Mission at Erzeroum 30 5. H—: Statement made by a Danish Red Cross Nurse 44 6. Malatia. Statement by a German Eye-witness 51

C. CILICIA AND NORTHERN SYRIA 53 7. Exiles from Zeitoun. Diary of a Foreign Resident, communicated by a Swiss gentleman 53 8. Information regarding events in Armenia published in two periodicals issued by German Missionary Societies 61 9. Extracts from the Records of a German who died in Turkey 66 10. Narrative of a German Official of the Bagdad Railway 80 11. The Amanus Passes. Statements by two Swiss Ladies, resident in Turkey 86

D. ALEPPO 93 12. “A word to the accredited representatives of the German people” by Dr. Martin Niepage, teacher in the German Technical School at Aleppo 93 13. Message dated 17th February, 1916, from a German Lady (Fräulein O.) 112

E. THE PLACES OF EXILE 113 14. Der-el-Zor. Letter from a German Lady Missionary 113 15. Exiles from the Euphrates: Report from Fräulein O. 119

APPENDIX. REPORTS BY MOHAMMEDAN OFFICERS 123 (1) A.B.’s Report 123 (2) C.D.’s Report 127

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · The blue book as to the treatment of the Armenians which has recently been issued (Miscellaneous, No. 31, 1916) contains a large mass of evi Note 2 · They were at work in the German hospital at Erzeroum from October, 1914, to April, 1915.—Editor. ↑