1 Enclosure.
Copy
The enclosed copy of the statistical record sent here by the Imperial Consul in Aleppo and drawn up by Beatrice Rohner, a sister from the German Relief Association for Christian Labours of Love in the Middle East, on the 720 Armenian orphans left in her care deserves consideration in several respects: it gives the first fairly safe clue in order to at least roughly calculate the percentage of those Armenians who died during the evacuation. Sister Rohner’s 720 wards are the last of 3336 persons; if one now estimates the total number of Turkish Armenians at 2.5 million and the number of deported at 2 million, and if the same relationship is assumed between the survivors and those killed as for Sister Rohner’s orphans, a figure of over 1.5 million killed and approximately 425000 survivors is reached. Previously, estimations of those killed have been between 800000 and 1 million [in the handwritten original text: 1,100,000] and, considering the above, they do not seem to be exaggerated.
Another point which must be emphasised concerns the alarmingly large number of mothers who died a violent death (379) while only 321 fathers are listed as having died of unnatural causes. This statistic on hand finally confirms the fact, also reported from other sources, that against the express orders of the central government the families of those men were deported who had been conscripted into military service. The statistics list no less than 246 such cases.
K.No. 89/No. 2605.
Your Excellency, I have the honour of sending for your gracious attention the enclosed statistic for the month of August, drawn up by Sister Beatrice Rohner, on the 720 orphans put in her care as a result of the deportation of the Armenians.
Enclosure 2
Home address Number Vilayet Sivas 142 Vilayet Erzurum 50 Vilayet Aleppo 189 Vilayet Adana 162 Vilayet Angora 21 Vilayet Harput 34 Vilayet Konia 11 Vilayet Brussa 22 Vilayet Diyarbekr 50 Vilayet Constantinople 3 Mezré 9 Adiaman 3 Smyrna 1 Ismid 2 From Egypt 1 Home address unknown 40 720
Fathers of the children killed 152 died from the deprivations and hardships along the way 85 killed in massacre of Adana 32 conscripted by military 107 exiled 52 in jail 11 still alive 80 in the United States 10 died before being deported 129 missing 62 720 Mothers of the children died in exile 282 still in exile 91 converted to Islam 4 alive 97 died before being deported 53 Children who could give no information on their mothers 193 720 Children’s denomination Gregorian 554 Protestant 106 Catholic 2 Sabbatists 1 Denomination not determined 39 720