18 Jul 1916: 80,000 Christians Die of Starvation in Lebanon, Ashburton Guardian

YOUNG TURKS' CRUELTY
80,000 CHRISTIANS DIE OF STARVATION IN LEBANON
Ashburton Guardian,
18 July 1916.

      (Received July 18, 11.40 a.m.)
                             LONDON, July 17.
    A  Mussulman, writing to  the "Journal
de Geneve,"  protests   against  cruelties
of the  Young  Turks  against  Christians
in Lebanon. He states that 80,000 have
died of starvation,  since  the  beginning
of  May  thousands  have perished.  The
highest in Syrian society have  been  de-
ported.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8504, 18 July 1916, Page 5