CONTENTS.
 

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I.—A   CHAPTER   OF   HORRORS        ....         I

Certified Evidence of the Armenian Massacre, Preceded
by an Endorsement of the Evidence, with Signatures
in Eac-simile, and an Explanatory Note.

II.----GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT EASTERN TUR¬
KEY      ........43

The Physical Aspects, Inhabitants, and Administration
of the Country.

III.—THE   CHRONIC   CONDITION   OF   ARMENIA   AND

KURDISTAN......54

Specific and Detailed Instances of Kurdish Plunder
and Oppression.—The Turkisli System of Taxation and
its Abuses.—Why these Facts are so little Known.—
What can be Done to Improve the Situation.

IV.—OTTOMAN  PROMISES AND  THEIR FULFILMENT,        70
The Treaty of Adrianople, 1829.—The Hatti Sherif,
1839.—Pledge of 1844.—Protestant Charter,  1850.—
Hatti Humayoun, 1856.—Anglo-Turkish Convention,
1878.—Treaty of Berlin, 1878.

V.—THE OUTCOME OF THE TREATY OF BERLIN        .       76

British Naval Demonstration, 1879.—The Identical
Note of the Powers, i88o, and the Turkish Reply.—
The Cdllective Note of the Powers, and the Aggressive
Response of the Sublime Porte.—The Circular of Great
Britain, 1881, its Cool Reception by the Powers, and
the Indefinite Postponement of Turkish Reforms.—
The Effect of the Berlin Treaty in Arousing Armenian
Aspirations and Increasing Turkish Oppression.—Ar¬
menian Revolution a Nightmare of the Turks.—The