The record-union., 1895-12-06


sane-The Porte Sends a Note to
Tinted states ambassador Terrell
That New and Stringent Orders
Tad Reen Given to Prominent Off
cfals for the Protection of Foreign
erS.
LONDON, Dec 5.-The Daily News
will tomorrow publish a dispatch
from Constantinople denying the ru-
mors that the Porte has definitely re-
fused to grant the firmans for the eX-
ira guardships, and that some of the
Powers had withdrawn their demands
The dispatch asserts that all the Pow
ers are united, and are determined to
carry their demands to a successful ter
mination. The Sultan has been unoffl-
cfally informed that if he continues his
stubborn attitude forced entry of the
Dardanelles will possibly be made.
The dispatch adds that a massacre
has taken place at Hassan kales,
twenty miles east of Erzeroum.
The Armenian monastery there was
sacked and burned and the Bishop,
Vicar and other inmates killed.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 5.-The
Porte yesterday sent note to the Hon.
y. W. Terrell, the American Minister,
notifying him that new and stringent
orders had been given to the provin-
cial officials to protect foreigners, and
also assuring him of the safety of the
American missionaries at haiSarea.
The daily official report yesterday
I,g 4 ,E.rnisa nc OF
and Kaisarea fired upon the MOslems in
the open bazar. A riot ensued, but the
officials Immediately restored order.
ROME, Dec "a dispatch from Con-
stantinOple states that the Sultan has
become insane.
BOSTON, Dec 5.-A letter descrip-
tive of recent events in ErzerOunn, Ash
attic Turkey, has been received in BoS-
ton from a correspondent, who says
that the city is quiet and the Govern
ment is trying to reaSsure the people.
But, he adds, it did that prior to the
1nassacres, and the people are in
state of nervous panic The strain to
which they have been subjected has
been wearying, and the future is un-
certain. The doors of the houses were
beaten in and the houses plundered of
everything, and many of the poor peo-
PIE have not even money enough to get
the doors repaired, and they are afraid
to sleep behind broken doors.
About seven hundred houses and
about fifteen hundred shops were plum
deTed of all that was in them. The
number Of killed can never be known,
fOr there were many strangers in the
city, but it must be very near 1000, if
it has not passed it. The number of
wounded is over 100, and many re-
main in hiding. The very large proper
tion Of killed demonstrates the fact that
the attack was VITA intent to kill,
which is confirmed Ly the awful nature
OF the wounds.
The present condition of the people
is as bad as that of the Sassoun people
after the massacre. There no houses
remained, but the people could get to
districts where they could be housed
and scantily fed. Here no district has
escaped, and the stories from villages
Of the outlying districts are heartrend-
ing. The attack seems to have been al
most universal, and very bloody. The
WantOn destruction of property that
could not be removed viii be very
marked. Boxes and other furniture
We're split. and provisions that could
not be carried away were destroyed.
Pickles and preserves were en- tiled in
TO flour boxes; beets, potatoes -four and
other provisions were piled ~ the mid
die of the floor and trampled into pulp.
In Erzeroum alone there are between
two and three thousand people desti-
tute of food, and the majority have
only the clothes they have on their
backs. The remnants of the villages
are even worse off. Seventy thou
sand dollars were to have been eXpend-
ed in Sassoun this winter. The Sassoun
affair is forgotten in this thousand
fold more dire calamity that has be-
fallen the country.
The wave started at Constantinople.
and has so far swept through Trebi-
zcnd. BaibOort. Erzeringan. Erzeroum
Bitlis, Harpoot and most Of the inter
vening districts. OF the districts aside
from the cities that have suffer ID are
Vegung at the west. Kemai1h. ETZin-
gan Terjan, BaiboOrt, KOortoo Chat.
Ezroomslain. Keepoo. Passen, Khar-
dos, Alashgird and Byazid. The en-
tire Erzeroum Province has been del
uged in Christian blood. and the bulk
of Christian property plundered or de-
stroyed
The Government is making a show of
distributing the pIunder collected from
the barracks 10 the rightful owners,
though this attempt is rather farcical.
A few viii get something back, good
many viii get nothing. The Govern
nnent is giving out bread to the desti-
tute. How long this win continue is
not known.
More recently there was scare, and
The firing began to be general all over
the city. The people became terrified,
and rushed for places of safety. Ten
or fifteen were killed. However, the
Government took prompt measures to
suppress the firing, and II continued
only about an hour. Il started from the
quarrel of two soldiers over loot, in
which one shoot the other. The Con-
suls have done all they can possibly for
the safety of the city. The English
Ccnsuls have done everything for the
which one shot the other. The Con-
sui has suggested that the various
Governors be made personally response
bic for the safety of the foreigners,
beth Consuls and missionaries.
only foreign occupation will estab-
lish beneficial change. The reform
scheme was born dead. and there is no
hope from that quarter. II Europe de-
lays longer, the suffering this winter
viii be most narrowing.
The Turks declare that the Arme-
mans made an attack on the Govern
ment house. and so the affair begun.
This declaration is absolutely without
foundation. There was no attack even
contemplated by Armenians. The first
ran shot was an aged priest, who was
at the Government house to present a
complaint 10 the Governor. He had
been robbed in his own house In the
village OF Tivnig, and only got off with
his life by giving a note for $500 for five
days. He was an inoffensive old man,
and would be the last man in the world
to offer an attack. The attack was
made by MoSlens after leaving the
mosques, after the noon hour of prayer,
and it was simultaneous all over the
city The Armenians We're in their
places of business, the most of which
were simply death traps in case of any