Hand of the Hun On Late Massacres

Dr. Coan, Recently Returned From Persia, says atrocities Inspired by Teutons.

A veteran of two Armenian massacres, those of 1895-6, and 1915, Dr. Frederick G. Coan, for 47 years a resident of Persia, will tell of his personal experiences in addresses which will be delivered at the First Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock this morning and at the First Methodist church at 7:30 o’clock tonight.

Dr. Coan went to Persia as a missionary, and later had charge of a relief station for Armenians and Syrians. With experiences in addresses which will be delievered at the First Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock this morning and at the First Methodist church at 7:30 o’clock tonight.

Dr. Coan went to Persia as a missionary, and later had charge of a relief station for Armenians and Syrians. With experiences among the persecuted peoples extending over a period of more than 40 years, he is entirely familiar with conditions.

“The later massacres,” he said “the atrocities which were committed since the outbreak of the war, very plainly show the influence of the Teuton among the Mohammedans, in their persecution of the Christians. Massacres of the past,” he said, “were deliberate and cold-blooded and committed in a manner which until then was foreign to the Turk.

At one time Dr. Coan’s relief station held 20,000 men, women and children, and 17,000 of them were gathered together in a space of no greater extent than a city block. Dr. Coan’s address will be the first gun in the campaign for Assyrian and Armenian relief which will be conducted in Arkansas as part of a national movement. Mauric Altheimer is state director. Mr. Altheimer said yesterday that because of the fact that Roy Wood, who had been appointed executive secretary, is not yet out of the service, the secretarial position will be given to Earle W. Hodges.

In his addresses today Dr. Coan will detail some of the experiences he has had in an effort to relieve the incredible suffering of the Syrians and Armenians. The meetings are open to the public and no admission is charged.