The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-11
SAID PAsHA RETURNS.
A Report In Circulation That He IL Insane.
SuItan's Letter to Salisbury.

CONST Dec. lo.-Yester-
day Said Pasha, formerly Grand Nizier,
left the British Embassy. where he had
taken refuge from real or fancied dan
gers attending his residence I'm the palace,
in accordance with the desire OF the
Sultan.
Prior to taking his departure from the
embassy he was visited by Hasan Tzhsin
Erendi, one OF the officials OF the lnte-
rior Department who rendered to him
the guarantee OF the Sultan that no
harm should come TO him.
report IL being circulated by palace
officials that Said Pasha Is crazy, and
IL is also asserted upon the same authori-
" that his brother died insane.
NJ. Nelidof, Russian Ambassador 10
Turkey, has sent communication 10
the Sultan informing his Majesty mat
his diplomatic colleagues had resolved
10 insist upon the admission OF addi-
tional guardshps through the Darna-
nelles. He also appealed 10 the sultan.
I'm the name of the car, 10 take the
matter into the most serious considera,
ton He believed, he said, that should
the Sultan refuse 10 grant the neces-
sary permits, additional ships would be
ordered 10 enter Hellespont without them,
the warships OF the foreign squadrons
probably supporting them.
WASHINGTON II. G, Dec. lp.-The
Turkish Legation received the following
from the Sublime Porte under to-day 5
date:
A
his speech at Brighton that his Imperial
Majesty, the Sultan, ever sent MN a
letter or a written communication direct
yet certain newspapers INTERPRETED IN
that sense the words OF his Lordship. As
a matter OF fact, and in conformity with
the usual practice. only a message was
communicated to Lord Salisbury through
the intermediary of the Imperial EN-
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. l0.-The Sui
tan has issued an trade permitting the
extra guardships demanded by the powers
to come 10 constantinopie, and thus,
after many delays and much diplomacy,
the vexatious question, 1t Is hoped, Is
finally settled.
n is stated that the losses sustained
by the missionaries at Marash by the u'-
stiuction OF their property during the
rioting there amounts TO 2,ioo POUNDS
Turkish.
IN IS rtmored that several superior mill
tary officers. including lsmet Pasha, one
OF the Sultans household. and hdsan
Djemi Pasha. an aide-de-camD OF MS
Majesty. have fed from the city, II hav-
ing reached their ears that they were
suspected Of being connected WIN the
i'm favor OF a constitutional Government
on the lines laid down n the constitution
OF 1876.
Before leaving the British Ambassy last
evening. whittier he had fed, believing
his life to be I'm danger, the ex-Grand
Vizier Said Pasha requested the sultan
10 grant him permission 10 leave the
country with his family
What action the sultan took on the
request is not known, but the lact that
Said Pasha left the Embassy ana return.
cd to his residence Is taken as proof ina.
the Sultan must have given the stronSest
assurance that no harm would befall
him here.
the pillaging and burning OF Armenian
villages at Anatolia, especially IN me
,rfIl ~ il going on as tUOlKn
the Sultan issued no orders 10 the au-
thorities TO stop IL. and despite the Of
fetal declarations that order mas been
restored everywhere eNcepuhs nSto"t,
The peasants are suffering terribly, ana
their misery is increased by the Dltter
cold that is prevailing In that part or
the country. Large numbers OF tnem
are wandering without food ana WIN
scanty clothing on the mountains, seek
ing 30 escape from the kurds, who nunt
them as though they were wild beasts
Impartial accounts That have reached
here contradict the stories that the ar
rnenfans provoked the disorders, ana de-
clare that the massacres were the result
OF a skifully arranged plot 10 opilterate
the Armenians.
III IS a noteworthy fact that the mas
sacres have chiefly occurred IN the va
layets. for which the reform scheme was
recenuy wrung from the Sultan.
Major Williams and Major Bulman,
the newly y-appointed British Vice Consuis
al Van and Sivas, VIII start TOT tne'r
Sir rhilnp Currie the British Ambas-
sador. has applied TO the Porte for exc
quatuers for Them. In addition To their
passports.
II the Porte delays in granting the exc,
otiattiere the Vice Consuls will proceed
without waiting for them.
\ new batch OF revolutionary piacard5
We're most numerous In the hassim
I4Ann quarter.