The Armenian patriarchate was tranferred from Armenia to Cilicia in 1058. Although the see at Echmiadzin was restored in 1441, the Cilician patriarch still continued office until the present day. Today the see is located at Antelias in Lebanon.
In Sivas Province the population in all the Armenian villages is disarmed.
Six Armenian soldiers from the town of Gurun are publicly hanged in Sivas to frighten the Armenian population.
In Aleppo, the capital of the province, Jemal Pasha falsely announces that the Armenians of Zeitun are in revolt and therefore he is instructing the military authorities, to the exclusion of the civilian government, to take measures to punish the Armenians.
It is reported that the Turks have retaliated by killing the native Armenians and destroying villages, however it is understood that the Armenians left behind by French at Marash are held as prisoners and are not otherwise being molested.
The ArmenianCatholicos of Cilicia sent a telegram to the Patriarchate as well as the High Commissioners in Istanbul informing them that all his people wanted to emigrate from Cilicia en masse and asking that the necessary boats be sent to Mersin to carry them into exile.
Almost all the Armenians were bitterly unhappy with France in particular, claiming that it had promised to establish an Armenian state for them in Cilicia and had reneged on a solemn obligation to Christians.
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