her till she gave him six liras.[G]
... He said to her: "You liar! You [Armenians] never cease lying. You
have seen what has befallen, and will befall, all Armenians, but you
will not take warning, so I shall make you an example to all who see
you." Then he cut off her hands with his dagger, one after the other,
then both her feet, all in sight of her daughter, whom he then took
aside and violated, whilst her mother, in a dying state, witnessed the
act. "And when I saw you approach me, I remembered my mother's fate and
dreaded you, thinking that you would treat me as the gendarme treated my
mother and myself, before each other's eyes."[H] ...

[Footnote G: Unfit for reproduction.--TRANSLATOR.]

[Footnote H: Unimportant anecdote omitted.--TRANSLATOR.]

"THE REWARD OF HARD LABOUR."--The Turks had collected all those of
military age and dispersed amongst the battalions to perform their army
service. When the Government determined on the deportation and
destruction of the Armenians--as stated in their official
declaration--orders were given for the formation of separate battalions
of Armenians, to be employed on roads and municipal works. The
battalions were formed and sent to the roads and other kinds of hard
labour. They were employed in this manner for eight months, when the
severity of winter set in. The Government, being then unable to make
further use of them, despatched them to Diarbekir. Before their arrival,
the officers telegraphed that the Armenian troops were on their way, and
the authorities sent gendarmes, well furnished with cartridges, to meet
the poor wretches. The gendarmes received them with rifle-fire, and 840
men perished in this manner, shot close to the city of Diarbekir.

A CARAVAN OF WOMEN.--[I] ...

[Footnote I: Unimportant. The writer describes the inhabitants of
Diarbekir, on the arrival of a party, as hastening to select women. Two
doctors pick out twenty of them to serve as hospital
attendants.--TRANSLATOR.]

A NIGHT'S SHELTER FOR FIFTY POUNDS.--The man who showed the greatest
capacity for exterminating Armenians was Reshid Bey, the Vali of
Diarbekir. I have already stated how many were killed in his Vilayet.
When news of his removal arrived, the remaining Armenians, and the
Christians generally rejoiced, and shortly after the report was current
some Armenians, who had hidden themselves, came out from their
concealment and walked about the city. The Vali, who was anxious to keep
his rem