. Christian herald and signs of our times . HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN MISSION IN VAN, ARMENIA. In these Buildings and the Mission Grounds. Fugitives were S/iettered during the late Massacre permitted to remain. That evening it wasreported that an order had come from Con-stantinople commanding the irregularitiesto cease, and this restored confidence tosome extent. Next day (Wednesday) thealarm was intensified by the news thatthe Kurds were approaching the city, andTurkish troops went out to prevent theirapproach. On Thursday, great crowdsof refugees continued to arrive. Manywere wound
. Christian herald and signs of our times . HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN MISSION IN VAN, ARMENIA. In these Buildings and the Mission Grounds. Fugitives were S/iettered during the late Massacre permitted to remain. That evening it wasreported that an order had come from Con-stantinople commanding the irregularitiesto cease, and this restored confidence tosome extent. Next day (Wednesday) thealarm was intensified by the news thatthe Kurds were approaching the city, andTurkish troops went out to prevent theirapproach. On Thursday, great crowdsof refugees continued to arrive. Manywere wounded, and Drs. Kimball andRaynolds cared for them. Some had f right- ters occurring outside of Van. So greathad been the crowds of fugitives seekingthe shelter of the Mission that the gardenswere trampled out of recognition. As themissionarys diary tersely stated: thegardens were a waste, the houses like pig-sties and the school-rooms worse. Asmany as i$.ooo had found shelter on thepremises. Hundreds from the nearby vil-lages came in. naked,
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