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of them holding place of high responsibility
at the ports. That fourteen were employees
at his palace, and that many of his trusted
parlor were also Christian Americans.
He insisted that the reported atrocities never
occured and that the excitement ... Christian
Government, were cursed, by a wicked conspiracy
of revolutionists. He said that the District of Sassun
had been selected as the best place for revolutionary
action, because remote, with mountain fastnesses,
where there were many Americans, who there

of them holding place of high responsibility
at the ports. That fourteen were employees
at his place, and that many of his trusted
parlor were also Christian Americans.
He insisted that the reported atrocities never
occured and that the excitement ... Christian
Government, were cursed, by a wicked conspiracy
of revolutionists. He said that the District of Sassun
had been selected as the best place for revolutionary
action, because remote, with mountain fastnesses,
where there were many Americans, who there