The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-09

CONSTANTINOPLE Dec. Z, via
| Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. S.-The situation
here on the question of extra guard
ships of the powers, remains un-
changed, and continues to offer a
tribute to the powers of delay and
/ evasion of oriental diplomacy as prac-
ticed by the Turkish government.
Statements constantly reiterated OF
the continued accord of the powers
on the subject and their unyleidil. ue-
termination to insist upon conpli-
ance with their demands.
Less is heard of the rumors which
! We're of frequent occurrence IN the
early period after the demand had
been presented, that the sultan had at
length decided to grant the necessary
firmans to permit the passage of the
Dardanelles, or even that he had &C
tually issued them. Neither is there
such explicit announcement any more
of the period which is to elapse before
a movement of the WarShlpS OF the
powers is to commence to enforce the
demands made upon the sultan. Since
the return of H. M. S. Dryad to Sa-
lonica bay, no word has been heard
advance upon the Dardanelles. Opin-
ion continues divided as to whether
the delay in taking any action to en-
force the demands is due to a fear of
causing a fana teal outbreak against
the Christians by the MusSulmans,
subjects of the sultan, or to a dread
of clash ensuing between the powers
themselves.
Reception to the Russian.
The reception today by the sultan OF
M. Neildorff, the Russian ambassador,
in priVa tie audience, aWakens the unan-
imous speculation as to the true rela-
ton of Russia to the situation and
the extent of her agreement with the
views of the powers.
The flight of Said Pasha and his
refuge in the British embassy are SUBJ
jects of the most sensational interest.
and the almost frantic efforts made by
the sultan to induce him to leave and
return to the Yildiz palace indicates
his fear that he has lost the most
powerful intermediary that he could
hope for between himself and the pow
ers in evading the uncomfortable de-
mands they make upon him, or the
most dangerous adversary he could
fear having been in counsel with the
powers.
That the sultan lives in state OF
constant apprehension of his life was
indicated by his demeanor during the
course of the ceremony of the solamik
on Friday, which involved the depart
ure of the sultan from the walls of the
palace and his appearance in public
for a sort of review of the troops, at
tended by many high officials, followed
by prayers at the mosque On Friday,
as the sultan was quitting the mosque,
n mo or ,,,l- vi,
tition, forced himself through soldiers
to the sultan's carriage. The sultan
was seen to become much agitated and
deathly pale, but the man was
promptly arrested and hustled off to
prison without having accomplished
any harm to the sultan's person
Explicit instructions were again re-
ceived today by all the ambassadors to
insist upon the admission of the
guardships. but, as has been stated,
without any change in the situation.
Pressure Was Persistent
So persistent has been the pressure
on Said Pasha to leave the British en-
bassy and upon the embassy to re-
lfnquish him, that all palace officials
are now excluded from there except
one of the palace sheiks, whom the
sultan has sent and who vainly tried
to induce Said Pasha to relent and re-
turn to the sultan. The sultan has
protested to the powers against the
exclusion OF his messengers, but the
other ambassadors support Sir Philip
Currie in his position. The report that
they advised Said Pasha to again &C
cept the position of grand vizier has
proved to be unfounded
Authentic details have been recei we'd
of the Sivas massacre. They show the
continued for a week following. 1t is
known 1000 ArInenians and ten Turks
were killed before there was a ceSSa-
ton of the bloody work.
The manner of the outbreak is de.
scribed as follows:
Suddenly at Noon.
Suddenly at noon, as if by a precon-
certed signal, the Turkish soldiers and
police, the Circassians and even the
laborers and Moslem women and chill
dren, rushed into the market under
command off the officers. All were
armed, the laborers with tools or clubs
or anything that came to hand that
could be used as an offensive weapon.
They attacked and looted the Armen-
ian shops and pursued with fury the
fleeing Armenians. Many merchants
and clerks were killed and their bodies
was almost exclusively in the hands of
the Armenians. financial disaster must
overtake Sivas when the fury of blood
and greed has subsidized.
The stricken Armenians slowly
gathered the nlangled remains of their
kinsmen and buried them in a great
trench in the cemetery.
The Armenian villages in the vicinity
were also looted and the people left to
beg and die. The winter VIA bring
terrible suffering to all the living
victims of the outrages.
Sultan Responsible.
A high official in position to knoy, !
declares the massacres were the de. |
liberate act of the sultan's vengeance
for having been compelled to grant the |
reforms in Armenia demanded by the |
powers.
A few of the Turkish shops were at
tackled to afford pretext on which to
accuse the Armenians of having star |
ted the disorder.
1t is asserted that the kaimakan of |
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