The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-19
ASSEMBLED FLEETS.
They Have Driven the Sultan Almost
Frantic, 1t Is Said.

CONSTANTTNOPLE, Nov. II, via
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 1S.-No details yet
have been received here about the mas
sacre of 500 Armenians at Kharput or
the sacking and burning of eight or
twelve buildings belonging to the
American missionaries there, which
outrages were exclusively announced
by the Associated Press on Saturday
afternoon. Ambassador Terrell has
telegraphed asking whether the Amer
lean mission buildings were set on fire
by the rioters or were destroyed as
result of general conflagration. Amer
lean and other missionaries at Bitlis
have been compelled to return to Van
under escort OF Turkish troops accord
ed upon strong presentations by Terrell
to the porte.
Terrell, although granted leave Of
absence, refuses to leave his post. be-
ing determined to remain here until all
Americans are in safety and the au-
thority of the sultan once more estab-
lished throughout Asia Minor, At the
request of the United States consul
ate, the vail Of Aleppo has detailed
certain Turkish officials of high rank
TO protect the Americans of that place
and has held them responsible for the
lives of those placed under their
charge.
Further massacr6s are reported from
Sivas. and there is a. report that 1000
Arnenians have been massacred at
Guran Although the reports of the
latter massacre are not confirmed,
Turkish officials admit that the kurdS
made two separate attacks upon the
Armenians in that locality, and that
there was considerable loss of life, due,
according to the Turks, to the rioting
of the Ar1nenians, which could not
otherwise have been suppressed. The
porte. it is said, has ordered a special
inquiry into the massacre Of Chris
tiars atAlexandretta, northern Syria,
where. as exclusively announced by
the Associated Press early on Satur-
day, 800 Turkish troops are said to
have looked on while the killing took
place, a'bstaining from rendering any
assistance in suppressing the disor-
Der.
The police have torl down a revolu-
tionary placard referring to the Brit
ish premier's utteraaces at the Man
sion house banquet in London, Novem-
Der 10. The making of arrests contin-
ues and it is reported a number OF
members of the young Turks party
have been secretly executed.
The sultan is said 10 be alarmed tc
the verge of insanity at the assembling
of foreign fleets at Salonica bay and
gent messages to the vail of the dis
turbed districts, ordering them to sup
press the disorders. In addition, spe
cial commissioners have been hurried
ly dispatched from this city to the var
ious parts of Asia Minor armed witt
power to quell the revolutionary out
breaks.
Sir Phillip Currie, the British am
bassador, cannot reach Constantinopl
before Wednesday. The British feet
s. is reported here. is being still fur
Their reinforced. Another conference o
the representatives OF the powers tool
place yesterday at the official residenc
of the Austrian ambassador.
Important news is expected dali,
from Zeitoun, where a desperate battl
between the entrenched Armenians AM
Turkish troops sent to disperse then
is expected. The work of calling gu
the army reserves continues slowly, tn
main difficulty being to find prope
equipment, ammunition and supple
for the men. About 140 batallions 20
reservists have been called to the col