Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-11-07
THE POWERS PROTEST..
1t Must be Quickly 0beyed by the
Turkish Government.
MAY ORDER A DISPLAY OF FoRoE

Foreign Representatives In the suitan's
Realm becoming Disheartened az the
Failure of the Government TO Repress
Atrocities Upon the Helpless Armenians.
CoNsrANTrNoP1R, Nov. 7.--Kamil pasha.
the grand vizier, resigned yesterday He
will probably be succeeded 10y said Pasha,
formerly grand yizier and now minister
for foreign affairs. and the latter will be
succeeded by Tewiik Pasha, Turkish am
bassador TO Germany, now en- route 20
Constantinople
The report that the a,abassadors Of the
powers, owing TO the recurring disturb
ances in various parts of the Turkish EN-.
pire, went to the porte separately on Tues.
day and urged that Immediate and ade.
quate measures for the restoration Of or
der be taken is confirmed in official circles.
The representatives Of the powers declared
that otherwise the powers acting In con
cert, would take their own steps In the
matter, and the Turkish minister for for
eign affairs, Said pasha, was requested TO
state what steps the porte intends 10 take
in order to terminate the present state OF
affairs.
1t is stated that the ambassadors called
the most serious attention OF the porte TO
the condition of affairs in Anatolia, which
they view with anxiety and reminded the
Turkish government OF the Intervention
of the powers in Syria at the time of the
massacres of 1860 and asked what meas
ures the Turkish authorities proposed TO
take TO re-estahlish order. No definite re-
ply ON this subject has been received, al
though the ambassadors Were assured that
everything possible would be done To re-
store order, But assurances OF this nature
have been. SO repeatedly given that very
little faith is placed In them, and 1t will
require definite statements and proofs OF
the willingness of the Turkish government
to maintain order to satisfy the ambassa.
dors.
The consular report Of the attack re-
Gently made upon Diarbekir, capital of
vilayet Of the same name, situated near
Tigris, states that the marauders were
commanded by the Sheikah of ICELAND,
Who is known To have been implicated in
the murder of Armenians at Sassoun.
The French consul, for time was in im-
minent dangeEof being killed, being be.
sieged in his house by the rioters. When
he was able Co do SO the consul telegraphed
to the French ambassador at Constants
nople, NJ Cambon The latter received
the dispatch at night, but this did not
prevent him from going Immediately TO
the porte and making vigorous representar
tions on the subject to kiamil Pasha, the
grand vizier, with the result that order
was eventually restored at Diarbekir,
after the town, which has about $1,000 in
habitants, had been in the hands Of the
Kurds for three days, during which time
two separate attacks were made upon tho
Armenians and number OF them We're
killed. The exact number Of the victims
is not known, but latest reports say that
the number must not be reckoned by hun.
dreds or by thousands, but by tons Of thou
sands, and reports from Syria declare that
the Armenians have been massacred under
direct orders from the government.
As usual the Arinenians are blamed for
this outbreak IL is clnimed that the
rioting did not commence until they had
made AN attack upon the mosques OF the
Turks, and il is also said by the Turks
that the Zeitoun Armenans attacked o
Turkish official, Lieutenant ilassan Agha,
who, with his wife and family, was travel
ing to Marash. The Armenians are said
to have killed the whole family and 10
have rifled the bodies
1t Is evident, in view Of these repeated
outbreaks, wholesale killing Of Armcnians
and insults to foreign consular represents
tiyes, etc, that the powers, however much
they may desire from political motives not
to interfere actively in the administration
of Armenia, will sooner or later be com
PEELED to restore order by a display of force,
as the Turkish government seems either
utterly unable or unwilling to put an end
to the state of anarchy existing in Ar
menia, which threatens to bring about o
more grave state Of affairs.