The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13 00:00:00

OUTRAGE AT SALONICA.

_ _
Intelligence- hils arrived from Salonica of a riot in
which the French and German Consuls were both
assassinated. The outbreak occurred in consequence
of the interference of a portion of the Christian popu-
lation to prevent a young Bulgarian girl embracing
the Mussulma4 faith. A..T.prkiph \frigate has been
depatched to‘,Salonica, and:. tile guilty parties are to
beq)unished marintr bifitting 'tee gravity of the
crime that has been committed. A French frigate has
also been dispatched to Salonica for the protection of
the foreign community.

•
The Porte has telegraphed the following account of
the disturbances at f3alonica to 111usurui Plasiats, the
Tirkish;Ambassader in London ' • • '
The Sublime Porte received the' subjoined telegram yester-
day evening (May 6) from the Governor-General of Salonica :
"A young Christian village girl who had embraced Islamism
having arrived by railway at Salonica, some parties who
awaited her arrival at the station proceeded to conduct her,
accoiding to custom, to. the. xasidence of the Governor-
General,. when &lona 160 'persons whom the United States
Consul had assembled made a rush at the girl, tore off her
veil and mantle, and, carrying her away by force, took her
to the house of a Christian, thereby exasperating the
Mussulmans who witnessed this scene of violence. Shortly
afterwards the excited crowd marched en masse to the resi-
dence of the Governor to Insist ppm the young Mussulman
being brought thither, and the people collected ilea mosque
awaiting her arrival. All the efforts both of the authorities
and the leading inhabitants were powerless to control the
crowd, which only the presence of the girl or the arrival of
troops could succeed in dispersing. At this moment the Go-
_yernor having been informed that the consuls of Germany and
France had entered the mosque, which had been invaded by
the crowd, immediately proceeded thither in person to induce
the consuls to have and to calm the people ; but all his
efforts were useless. As the young girl did not arrive, the
populace wrenched the hats from the grating, and thus pro-
vided with weapons fell upon the consuls. Though the
Governor attempted by desperate efforts to shield them with
his own person, he was unable to afford them protection,
and they fell under the blows of their assailants, Shortly
afterwards the troops which had arrived from the Ottoman
stations and the barracks succeeded in dispersing the
rioters."

vern

In a second telegram which arrived last night the Gover.
nor General confirms the suppression of the rioting, and
announces that, as a measure of precaution, sentinels and
gendarmes have been placed in front of the consulates and
same other dwellings; that, in fine, order is restored and
proceedings have commenced by the arrest of the guilt)
parties. Thiapainful event has deeply sillicted• the Sublime
Porte, which has resolved to chastise the authors of the
crime promptly Rini with the greatest rigour. For this pm,
pose two Imperial Commissioners, armed with full powers
leave for Saionica. They are Accompanied b delegates from
the Embassies of Germany and France.

: 1
. The OfikiaPacizette of the Gerisi Empire contains
the following statement .
When the news of the Salontca outrage reached Constanti•
nople, the Ambassadors of Germany. anti France at once took
I the necessary'steps, in conjunction 'with the representatives
of other Powers, to obtain" protection from the Ottoman
..Uaverpment for the .Salunica ClaxistiAns, and the institution
ot,a stricLinquiry intO the .outrag The Grand Vizier, in
reply;' declared his ' rridiffeilitrttrttke all the measures
• demanded of him, and the Sultan gent at once his first aide-
d() camp to the German and French Ambassadors to express
his great regret at the occurrence, and promised the severest
chastisement of the guilty parties. A rurkish man-of-war
it ft for Salonica with Echret Pasha and Vahan Effendi, as
Extraordinary Commissioners, accoavanied by Herr Glatt
Getman Consul n PprA, id Robert second dragoman of
threbretisiasy) ver, a Turkish ironclad, with
refnim -t. ) in, has been despatched to
• Salonica... , -

A telegram from Rome says that at the request oi
the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs the Alini,ter oi
Marine has ordtred two men-of-war to start imme.
diately for 34°1:Ilea.
stnif: to hal stir

• • 95tar.7.r. A ra
From additional plrticulars which ha,vabeen Peceived
respecting the assassination of the French ana Ger
milfectatiTECATS a hiPa,,4 Appears that the Atn erica'
Otin*4-intbrfererd t&prtt the young Greek girl, anc
took her to the Consulat4 itr. liis'eArriage. The people
with loud shouts surrouLd-ri the building, and the Frenct
and German Consuls, thinking their colleatate was it
danger, hastened to his assistance, d while on tneil
way were knocked down with iron-bars and killed,
The Ital,iau Consul at once informed the Governor
what had taken place, and he immediately sent what
troops he had at his disposal to the relief of the AMb
rican. Ceutilulate; whigh.waystill surrounded by tho
rabble. •- A-

—lt is cfficially declared at Constantinopl3 that th
abettors and authors of the assassinations at Salonica, t
whatever cims they may belong, will receive exetnp
lary chastisement as soon as the pending investigatiot
has been brought to a -rmir

terminat: ;-
, •