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| | THE BLIGHT OF ASIA: Chapter VII |
 | | Quotation can fortunately be made from the account, here published for the first time, of a native-born American citizen who was at Aleppo and was an eye-witness of the things which he describes: |
 | | “The forerunner of events in which the unfortunate Armenians were to be massacred and forced to undergo the most severe hardships occurred at Zeitun, a town situated about five days’ journey north of Aleppo, in February, 1915, when, with great reluctance, the Armenians were made to submit to disarmament by the Turks. |
 | | Following the Zeitun incident, similar action was taken in Aintab, Alexandretta, Marash, Urfa, etc.” |
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