In Damascus, Turkish officials execute scores implicated in the recent massacres of Christians

In order to impress the European powers that they were able to protect Christians and punish the perpetrators of the recent widespread massacres in Syria, Turkish authorities publicly executed scores said to be implicated in the mass killings of Christians the previous month.  In all,170 were shot, 56 hanged, and around 400 others exiled. Western observers generally saw this as a design to shelter those actually responsible. (By John Osborne)