Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-10-09
HUDDLED IN A CHURCH.
Shocking Stories Of Excuses Com
mitted During the Turk
ISL Riots.

Constantinople, Thursday evening. via
Sofa. Bulgaria, Oct. 1.-The Armenian
church at ConstantinopIe and the other
churches situated in different parts of
the Turkish capital are still crowded
with refugees. There are nearly 500
Armenians in the Patriarchate church
alone. The scenes in the churches are
h~eartrending in the extreme. Many
women and children are bewailing the
loss of their husba nds and fathers.
The Armenians declare that the Turk,
ish mob committed the most terrible ex,
cesseS in the Karaghiomkuk quarter OF
Constantinople during the night of Mon
day last. the date when the riOting first
broke out.
It is still impossible to give the exact
number of killed and wounded. All the
accounts concur in saying the Turkish
police c~ountenanced the excuses. Ac>
cording to the Armenians, about 200 per-
sons nave been killed during the rioting.
A deputation composed of forty lead
ing Armenians called at the British en-
bassy here today to see the British am
bassador, Sir Phillip Currie. They were
informed that Sir Phillip was absent, but
they said they had come to see him and
would wait there until he appeared.
Report of Sassoun Commission.
London, Oct. A dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from ConstantinOple,
published his afternoon, says that one
Of the foreign delegates of the interna-
tional commission of inquiry says that its
report on the Armenian massacres some
months ago will show that the total
number of inhabitants of the Sassoun
valley did not exceed 1000 and that the
number of Armenians killed in the capt
ure of the villages of Semal, Shemak and
Gheliguzan and in the taking of Antok-
hagh pass was at the most 800 to SOC.
II is leo nj oil that ho rOnOrt will DOM
onstrate that there is no evidence that
anyone was killed in cold blood or that
there were any mutilatiOns of women
Or children. Finally, it is asserted by the
delegate, according to the correspondent
of the Pail Mali Gazette, that about
forty persons were buried in the death
pit at Gheliguzan and that the state
ment that a number of women threw
themselves over a cliff in order to avoid
1ishonor is also false.
London, Oct. 4.-The Constantinople
correspondent of the Standard telegraphs
to his paper: '"The armenian patriarch
was yesterday invited to attend the
Porte, but he declined because none of
his followers was allowed to accompany
him. He remained at the patriarchate
shut up with several hundred armed Ar
menianS. The authorities have sum-
moned him to surrender these people,
giving them until 3 o'clock in the after
noon, when the building will be stormed.
SIN reviewing the incidents of the last
two days it appears that the police have
generally not been supplied with ball
cartridges and have been instructed only
to use the fat of their swords and the
butts of their rifles. Most of the violence
upon Armenians has been committed
by Sofas (students) and the low elias So
of Moslems, whom the police, however,
do not appear to have arrested or in.
terfered with.
SSCroaf onCfopnof;oo nroroilc % thu
palace and the Sultan has not beer in
crisis has arrived, and there is much
anxiety lest other revolutionary factions
shall join with the Armenians. Since
the Greek revolution ~Constantinople has
never fallen into such terror as is now
~reigning.''
Washington, D. c., Oct. 5.-United
States Minister Terrell cablad Secretary
Of the Navy Herbert last evening from
Therapia as follows: 'There has been
tranquility for the last forty-eight hours.
klamil Pasha was appointed grand viz
Ter. Dreading the influence in distant
provinces of recent events [ have re-
neWed my demand for efficient protection
OF missionaries"
Constantinople, Oct. 5.
After a conference of the ambassadors
yesterday energetic representations were
made to the Turkish foreign minister
complaining of the excuses committed
by the Mussulman populace Oh the priS-
oners and wounded Monday and Tues.
day, many of whom were attacked with
bludgeons, while others were most cru
ely maltreated. The representatives Of
the powers begged the foreign minister
to take measures to. prevent the foreign
residents of ~Constantinople from suffer.
ing and to restore order. The Turkish
quarters are guarded throughout the
night in order to prevent the Mussulman
inhabitants from coming out and renew
ing the disturbances.