File No. 867.4016/287a
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Turkey (Philip)
[Telegram]
Washington,
June 16, 1916, 4 p. m.
2758. Reports have reached the Department that situation of Armenian exiles in Mesopotamia is daily becoming worse—that great numbers are dying of hunger and sickness, and children are sold openly in markets. If true, again urge Turkish Government in name of humanity to alleviate condition remnants of this race.
Lansing