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Returned Missionaries Tell of Shock Our Herbalities
Misses Charlotte E Ely and Mary Ely return from long missionary service in Eastern Turkey under the American Board of Missions. They describe Bitlis and Moosh outrages, Armenian imprisonments, and mass killings ordered by Tahsin Pasha. They recount torture, infanticide, and the use of kerosene to burn victims as soldiers carried out brutal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte E. Ely
Mary ©. Ely
Turkey
American Board of Missions
Buffalo
Ely
Bitlis
Moosh
Vali
Tabsin Pasha
Mary Ely
Wali Tahsin
Miss Ely
Ward 'Taksin Pasha
Galigezan
Porte
Asia Minor
Tahsin Papha