Massacre at Kirikan; Fears for Armenians at Deurtyul

Friday, April 23, 1909American Women in Peril at Hadjin; Five Missionaries, Entirely Defenseless, Send Out Appeal for Immediate Aid; Another Town Wiped Out; Entire Population of Kirikan Massacred — Fire and Pillage Throughout District — Outbreak Due to Fall of Young TurksChambers May Oppose Sultan; Parliament Takes Up Problem at San Stefano Under Protection of Army; Report That He Is Mad; Insanity May Be Basis of Removal — He Agrees to Reign with Severely Limited Powers; Navy Casts Lot With Army

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