The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-29

PANIC and DANGER IN COHSTANfINOPLE.
New Lights in the Orient-The
Sofas and the Sultan.
ENGLISH RED TAPE.

In the present condition and temper Of Europe per.
Aaps words short or the intimation OF the actual
outbreak OF would produce such excitement the
headings now frequent Ia English and Continental
journals OF
PANIC AND RIOT AT cossTAxTiSorLz
This morning tho London papers full Of long
Of the OF the consus At salonca
md the ensuing excitement which prevailed in tho
Turkish capital II is from Constantinople that ali
these Gated, the special correspondents
having apparently gathered thore and made It their
headquarters Why mono Of them proceeded
10 the actual centre OF the startling IL
aot apparent; but IL would seem as though mono
have yet mustered up sufficient energy 70
70 TO Salonca Their accounts, therefore, Of the muir
Ter or the TWO consuls, although dnuse enough.
naturally somewhat imperfect and conflicting ana
arc still in doubt to the proper sequence and impor
tance Of tho which led TO the outbreak OF Mo-
hammedan ianaticism, the first Of which seemed
TO be, and may yet prove to be, the
KxELL TURKISH EXPIRE.
We compelled at present, to accept tho CONCEAL"
account OF the outrage teegrsphed by Rsec Pacha
the Vail Governor General Of Salonica CONSTANT
nope. The government OF the Porto duly published
this telegram, which reads as follows:-
OFFICIAL REPORT
Bulgarian girl Of Avret HIssar in the nelghborhood
pf SaIouica who had embraced lslamism, arrived yes
lerday friday evening by train at the Salonica rail-
way station. for the purpose Of auhenticatng her
change OF religion before the proper authority. She
wore tho tereaje and yasAnak (,he Turkish dress Of
mantle and veiI) At her request three police xdptes,
snu wsre a. we ha @ aer Tor INC
The Governor General On tho way two individuals
ON THE PART or TIE AMERICAN CONSUL,
attended by $50 other persons took her away from the
suptiehs tore her yastmak and evedje, aud having
made her get into carriage, conducted her 10 the
house OF ccrtntn HadJ Lazzaro. crowd Of Mussul-
mans who the public garden and the street,
witnessed this carrying of OF the girl In consequence.
Inc Governors Ionak, demanding the rcstorasion Of
The girl, and declaring that her forcibIe seizure and
,arrying OF was public airont: The local au-
h0rity fastened to assure them that Il had already
taken steps procure the OF tho girl and
succceded in dispensing the assembled Of people.
rhe latter, however, crowded into the Saatly Djami
Mosque the k0ndk, TO insist upon their demand
AS learned OF this assembags took measures
Tor tho speedy restitution Of tho girl several
local notablitos and superior functionares TO The
mosque to persuade the gathering 10 dispense;
! immediately sent for armed assistance 70 the
fortrcss, 10 the imperial corvette Edirn6 aud
tho iron-clad this station and ordered the redis
Ecscrvcs to be called out Meanwhile the Consus or
osou, proceeded to the mosque in question and ad-
vanced amid the crowd, who sought to impede their
tell me OF this, hurried to the mosque IN company
with the Cadi (the Judge) did all IN my power to
appease tho crowd; spoke to them words Of earnest
rival Of the military lendeavSred also but In vsin,
10 get the Consuls away. Tho girl being at that
moment IN the house OF the Consul Of Germany Mr.
Abbott, the latter wrote note directing that she
should be immediately brought TO tho mosque But
there was delay in her arrival, the
RUSHED UPON the PLACE
where we we're, and began 70 break the
ssO Wont TO o1 GO. ar%s We struggled Dody e
body against tho rioters to protect the Consus,
when al Of sudden the mob, entirely tearing away
the window IRONS fell upon the Consuls and assasSi-
mated them BOTH The crime had scarcely been pcrpe-
lraed when the girl arrived and the rioters, seeing
She scene. At the present moment / taking all
necessary measures for completely dispensing tho
rioters and restoring order"
Tnx TRUTH FICTION OF THE STORY.
Commenting upon the dispatches the correspondent
or the London Times states that the Governor OF
Porto had deemed 1t expedient to dismiss the writer
ana appoint in his stead Eshrct Pascha who At
the head OF the Commission of Inquiry which proceeded
Salonica AS TO the kilograms themselves he
that their apparent reliance the
STUPIDITY
OF their readers only too much keeping with the
usual style Of Turkish public documents OF the same
1t being impossible thcn to accept tho official
account Of the massacre, remain without any sats
factory explanation to the real why the Con-
suls mixed themselves up the religious squsbbo at
all and how the Bulgarian girl enlisted their co-opera
tion her behalf According 10 another account Of
The event
ABBOTT, THE GERMAN CONSUL,
than whom no one was better known in saonica and
the ports OF Levant trusted the respect which
he believed even the Turkish mob ielt for him. and
upon the outbreak Of tho disorder went fcnrlossly
among them, endeavoring TO conciate and 10 induce
Them do nothing hastily irreguary, and that tho
Christan girl, who supposed to be under age,
should be taken before the proper authorities the
fact OF her age the subject of inquiry that
n she found DO Of full ago opposition should
not be made 10 tho
n RELIGION.
riot gained ull Roadway rapidly assumed very for
midabo DIMENSIONS Tho Turkish Governor. IL ap-
pears entirely lost his head, and reduced 10 con-
dition OF helpless imbeciIity.
Moulin the French Consul. the brother n-law Of
Mr.. Abbott the German Consul, the latter being an
Engshman who had retained his post tho OF
bnc German Empire without changing his nationality.
He was tho head and representative OF OF tho
FAMILIES
settled in tho Ievant His grandfather had married
Greek, and, thcro being English church in salon.
ica, he became
or THE ORTHODOX GREEK CHURCH,
10 which all the present. family belong correspond
snt Of the Daily Ners says Of him
Henry Abbott, the murdered man, was well known
both in Salonca ConstantinoIe a
fuar gcntleness aud picty He essentially peace
maker. A. SaIonica he, like his father before him,
OLD CLASS OF xxGLIsnxRx
who are known 70 tradition hero as typi-
ltors and charity 10 Their poorer neigh
boris whista, OF smyrna. and Albeit, Of soionica
iather OF the murdered man. wcre believe the only
Two Engshmen in the Empire at whose house sui
Ian has visited THIS Abbott like his father, was much
respected IN Salonca The great bulk Of the popua-
lion VI hat ciy uro Jews descendants OF those ex-
PEELED IRON SPAN three centuries ago Then come the
Turks, aud alter tcm the Greeks. All looked 10 the
AUbotts A. The impartial family who could settle their
differences
CHRISTIANS AT sALosIcA-
When the truth comes to be known. think II will
be sscertaned tEat the Christians OF saonica
altogether blamecss In tho matter, although, as Is
usually the case religious disturbances is difficult,
impossible, 10 settle definitely tho responsibility
OF the outbreak. The action Of tho servants or en-
poyes OF the American Consul rashly attempting
rescue the girl should be thoroughly investigated be-
lore any sweeping concentrations OF Turkish isnaii
eism are uttered