The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-09

No Change i'm the Guardship Question
The Su1tan's Terror.


Copyright. 1896, by the Associated Press.e
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. Via Sofia,
Bulgaria, Dec. S.-The situation here or the
question of the extra guard ships of the
powers remains unchanged and continues
to offer tribute to the powers of delay
and evasion of Oriental diplomacy as prac-
ticed by the Turkish government. State
ments are constantly reiterated on the con-
tinued accord of the powers on the subject
and their unyielding determination to in
sist on compliance of their demands. Less
is heard, however, of the rumors which
were of frequent occurrence in the early
period, after the demand had been pre-
sented, that the Sultan had at length de-
cded to grant the necessary firmans to per-
nit the passage of the Dardanelles or even
that he had actually issued them. Neither
is there such explicit announcement any
more of the period which is to elapse before
a movement of the war ships of the powers
is to commence to enforce the demands
made upon the Sultan. Since the return of
her Majestys steamship Dryad to So
lonica bay no word has been heard of
any actual order movement to advance
on the Dardanelles. Opinion continues di-
vided as to whether the delay in taking
any action to enforce the demands is due
to fear of causing q fanatical outbreak
against the Christians by the Mussulman
subjects Of the Sultan or to a dread of a
clash ensuing between the powers them
selves.
The reception to-day by the Sultan to NJ.
Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador. in pri-
| vate audience, awakens the usual amount
| of speculation as to the true relation of
Russia to the situation and the extent of
hnr th $l,a %
| ers.
! The flight of Said Pasha and his refuge
| in the British embassy is the subject Of the
| most sensational interest, and the almost
! frantic efforts made by the Sultan to induce
| him to leave and to return to the Yildiz
| palace indicate his fear either that he
has lost the most powerful intermediary
that he could hope for between himself
and the powers in evadng the uncomforta-
BILE demands they make upon him or the
most dangerous adversary he could fear
| having in counsel with the powers.
That the Sultan lives in a state of con-
slant apprehension of his life was indicated
| by his demeanor during the course of the
| ceremony of Solamik on Friday. which in
wolves the departure of the Sultan from the
walls of the palace ana his appearance in
| public for a sort of review of the troops,
| attended by many high officials. followed
| by prayers at the mosque On Friday, as
the Sultan was quitting the mosque a man
attired as Turk bearing petition forced
! himself through the soldiers to the Sui
tans carriage. The sultan was seen TO be-
! come much agitated and deathly pale, but
| the man was promptly arrested and hus-
| tied off TO prison without having accom-
| plshed any harm to the Suitan's person.
Explicit instructions were again received
| to-day by all the ambassadors to insist
| on the admission of the guard ships, but,
| as has been stated, without effecting any
! change In the situation.
| So persistent has been the pressure on
| Said Pasha to leave the British embassy,
and on the embassy to relinquish him, that
| all palace officials are now excluded from
there except one of the palace sheiks.
whom the Sultan has sent and who vainly
tried to induce Said Pasha TO relent and
| TO return to the Sultan. The Sultan has
| protested to the powers against the ex-
| clusion of his messengers. but the other
ambassadors support Sir Philip Currie in
Said Pasha to again accept the position i'o of
| Grand Vizier has proved to be unfounded.
Authentic details have now been received
the slaughter began on Nov 12 and con-
tinued for week following. 1t Is known
mat loU Arme1ians and ten Turks were
| killed before there was a cessation of the
| bloody work. The manner of the outbrea \
/ is described as follows: Suddenly at noon.
! as IL by a preconcerted signal, the Turkish
soldiers and police, the Cfrcasssians and
even the laborers and Moslem women and
children rushed into the market, under
| command of the officers. All were armfd
the laborers with tools or clubs
or anything that could he nsed
as an offensive weapon that came 10
hand. They attacked and looted the AR.
nenian shops and pursued with relentless
iury the occupants. who seemed helpless
| with surprise at the suddenness of the on
| slaught. Many merchants and clerks were
| killed and their bodies stripped As the inn
| porting business was almost exclusively in
the hands OF the Armenians financial dis
aster must 0vertake Svas when the fury
| of the storm of blood and greed has sub
sided. The stricken Armenans slowly gath
cred the mangled remains OF their kinsmen
| and buried them In great trench i'm the
| cemetery. The Armenian villages i'm the
| vicinity were also looted and the people lef;
| TO beg and die. The winter will bring terri
BILE suffering 10 all the living victims OF the
/ outrages.
A high official. in a position to know. de-
clares that the massacres were the daliber-
ate act of the Sultaps vengeance for hav.
ing been compelled TO grant the reforms in
| Armenia demanded by the powers. A few
of the Turkish shops were attacked TO af-
ford pretext on which to accuse the AR
menians OF having started the disorder IN
Is asserted that the kiamakan OF Guerin.
| where there are 5000 Armenians, telegraphed
TO the vail Of Sivas: You may rest as
sured that there is not Armenian left In
Guerin. They resisted the butchers and
they suffered the worse for II =
The expulsion and removal Of the Ar
menians from Constantlnople and from the