Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-09
PLAYING THE POWERS WARILY
Sultan Being Forced on All Sides by the
Ambassadors.
RUSSIkS ATTITUDE CAUSES SPECULATION
Oriental Diplomacy ns Prncticcd by
the Turkish Government Com
tinucs to Puzzle Reprcsenta-
ti,cs of other Nations.

copyrighted 1895, by the Associated Press)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 7.--(Via Sofia
Bulgaria Dec. S.)--The situation here on the
question of the extra guardships Of tha pow
ers remains unchanged and continues TO
offer a tribute to the powers of delay and
evasion of Oriental diplomacy as practiced
by the Turkish government.
Statements are constantly reiterated Of
the continued accord of the powers on the
subject and their unyielding determination
TO insist upon compliance with their de-
mands. Less is heard however, of the ru-
nlCrs which wre of frequent occurrence IN
the early period after the demand had been
presented, that the sultan had at length
decided to grant the necessary frmans to
p!rmit the passage Of the Dardanelles, or
even that he had actually issued them
Neither is there such explicit announce
ment any more of the period which is to
elapse before movement Of the warships
OF the powers is to commence to enforce
the demands made upon the sultan Since
the return Of II. NJ. S. Dryad to Salonica
bay no word has been heard of any actual
order or movement to advance upon the
Dardanelles Opinion continues divided as
TO whether the delay in taking any action
to enforce ths demands is due to fear of
causing a fanatical outbreak against the
CHRISTIANS by the Mussulman subjects of the
sultan CT to the dread of clash ensuing
between the powers themselves.
NEW PHASE OF THE CASE
me rec ption today by the sultan of NJ
Neildof, the Russian ambassador, in pri-
Vate audiences, awakens the utmost specula-
non as to the true relation of Russia TO
the situation and the extent Of her agreement
with the views Of the powers.
Inc nlght OF Said Pasha and his refuge in
the British embassay are subjects of the
,''ost intense interest and the efforts made
by the sultan to induce him tc leave and to
return to the Yildiz palace indicate his fear
either fhat he has lost the most powerful
intermediary that he could hope for between
hinself and the powers in evading the un-
comfortable demands they make upon him or
the most dangerous adversary he could fear
having in counsel with the powers
lndt the sultan lives in state of constant
apprehension of his life was indicated by
his demeanor during the course of the cere-
mony Of the Solamik on Friday. which in
VoVed the departure of the sultan from the
walls OF the palace and his appearance in
public for sort of review of the troops at
tended by many high officials followed bv
prayers at The mosque.
SCARED THE SULTAN
On Friday, the sultan was quitting the
mosque, man attired Turk bearing
petition forced himself through the 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 of to prison without having accom-
pllshed any harm to the sultan's person.
Expllcit instructions were received today
by all the ambassadors to insist on the ad-
mission of the guardshps, but as has been
stated, without effecting any change in tn
situation. So persistent has been the pres
sue on Said Pasha to leave the British en-
basSy, and upon the embassy to relinquish
nm, that all palace officials are now eXrud d |
frcm them except one of the palace shieks |
whom thes ultan has sent and who vainly |
trisd to induce Said Pasha to relent and re- |
tuin 10 the sultan The sui an has protested |
messengers, but the other ambassadors sup |
port Sir Philip Currie in his position The |
report that they advise Said Pesha to again |
acce9t the position of grand vizier has |
proved 10 be unfounded.
DETAILS OF A MASSACRE
Authentic details have besn received Of the |
SiVas massacre. They show the slaughter
began ON November II and continued for
menians and ten Turks were killed bsfora
there was cessation of the bloody work
The manner Of the outbreak is described az
follows: Suddenly at noon, as if by pre-
concerted signal, the Turkish soldiers and |
police, the Circassians, and even the laborers
ana Mosem women and children, rushed into
me market under command of the officers
All were armed, the laborers with tools or
clubs or anything that came to hand that
could be used as offensive weapon They |
attacked and looted the Armenian shops
ana pursued with relentless fury the occu-
pants, who seemed helpless with su; prise at
merchants and clerks v,ora I9iIIas ~, Many Many
bodies stripped As the imnrrtins, "tu h,sa tmeli
49, o., ,ppeu, as the importing ousensS
was almost exclusively in the hands of the
Srin' S,,nn mans, nhaneial disaster must overtake
ana sreod has s' s,,h.iSo, "a 'ne storm OF piooa
ApMENI,N VIII ,cr,s oorr,
The r'cken Armeni,~s s,ou,, o.,h.
mangled remains of their kinsmen and buriaS
than, in n ar.'a, ,rn,ni .i.t nr'isel l ana buried
Armenian Villages in the vicin;t,, 80 ,e ,ne
looted and The naonla ,eft ~ htl, maie are aiso @
winter WIN hripn tarri,, ~ D.s anu uie, me
IN ms t,t N,utas VI we ou'rnsss' hlsh Official
80 s sns ,I ne,ip' ray act ol lhe sutahs venge-
-. sorn, II, ,, Des. .oIiIpei,eu 10 grant the
A few n ftbs Trrl,ish nhnna '' uy We powers
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