Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-18
1ELEGRAPHIC.
ARMENIAN TURMOIL.
v,r,b,nIs Forced 10 Close Their
Stores BY Tho RsV0luIlonlS'''
THE SULTAN GAINS HIS POINT
n, rrebIzopd Massacre - 'hiase'
burned and PIllaged-An on'-
break In syria.

,..,.r,SrtSoPLE, Oct. l7.-Some
-. ,mspIans who reopened thsit
s,a,,s thu, dlsol eying the Orders OF
,ss Armenian committee, nave psen
90 and three merchants, II ia said
80 b,ep compelled by threats TO pay
mi, committee between 800 anu aOo
Tn,El,h pounds sicb. The matter
80, drought to tho attention Of the
Ta,s,,b authorities, and, as result,
s,.i membets Of the Armenian CONF
',,,,ss vino toos part In forcing the Ar
.,,.ps 10 close their stores have been
n,co,alne to the latest Information
..Iv.n hare from Tfebizono, Ar
n.n,, 400 persons were killed during
,aI.nt rioting there. Tbe grani
W. Kiamil Pasha, has Issued M
~, holdiuc the governor OF frsbi-
I'D ,ssnonrible for all lpss OF lie here
sitsS. Though political or religious dis-
Rsport, received here from various
d,s,,icts ,ay that the ArmoniAns have
s.an i.ptiyed Of their W apons, snd
49,, an, latter have been given 10 Mus.
.sln,sn, In the district of khnflpoul
nnsntlli,s ofarms have been distributed
10 the Turks
MODIFIED REFoINs.
IaSpos, Oct 1.-THE CONSTANT.
oaria coffespondent OF the standard
ssy,, The Turkish papers, In nnnouno.
Ins tao consent " tho Armenian
,siorms. state that the sultan has
decided 70 intro nce reforms In nil tho
r,ovlnoes OF tho empire, beginning
rtb Auatolin. The reforms comprise
an ipefease aud reorgA nization OF tho
eendafmetlo aud OF the police forces
spdine amellorAtion Of the admins
ttatlye aud judicial branches OF the
service.
A Times editorial says: Il will prob
ably be- too much TO expect tbs extern
sisn Of the Armenian reforms TO other
portions Of the Turkish empire, yet
nothing would more powerfully con-
tolldale the aultan's real authority.
The Daily News (Liboral), COM
menting on the same subject, preaumos
that the powers have accepted Mus
sslman instead OF n Gibraltar high
commissioner.
ITiso," tho Daily News adds. at
will DO q severe disappointment TO
Afmenia's beat friends. It's evident
tue concert of the powers has been
more apparent than real"
the TBEBiZosD MASSACRE.
A Dispatch to the Daily News from
ConslAntinopie says: An eye.wituess
Of the TfebiEond massacre says tue
Armenian quarter was completely
sacked, and the mob only deslsted
when nothing was lett 10 riliago or 10
Kill. The soldiers aseisied IN the mas
saete With their Tiiles. Tue better
class Of Turks gave protection anu
sislief In their own houses TO the Ar
meuiau women and children, 40 that
none Of these were killed In the tewn
itself These same TURKS obtained per-
mission for the Armenian refugees To
shelter themselves In the barracks
during the following night, whom IL
was feared tn massacre would no 70.
newsd. Several Armenian villages
outside Of rteblzDnd were burned anu
pilipgvd, aud lives there were taken
also.
Tue Chronicles Consthntlnople cor.
respondent bayG Tho sultan has 90
feared exasperAting the Mussslmen by
consenIing to the reforms that Tho min
tter was obliged 10 impiofe him to
sign the document. lear English
opinion will be- greatly disappointed
When the terms OF the reform schum,
become known. But nothing better
could b. obtAinei without tnvapposr-
ance Of the British ilset In tue Oar
dantlles, which would have Involved
the Instant disruption Il the entente
between England, Russia and Franco
and probably Russian occupation VI
Armenia. Sir Phillip Currie, there.
lore, has doDeihe best possible without
causing a serious breach between
England and Russia. THIS tom pornry
solution, however, viii not save the
sultan from an outbreak OF tho danger.
gu, anli.dynastio feeling OF which the
sultan viii probably DO me victim.
The Chronicle believes the British
nee1 Will remain al Lemuos, IN the
Egean tcs, which 10 aLUut fifty milVs
itym the mouth OF tho DafuAneilss,
until adequate guarantees Tor tho exc
ouuon VI the Armenian reforms have
boen given.
EXCiTEMENr IN SYRIA,