The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-11
SHIPS NAY ENTER
SULTAN GRANTS THOSE MUCH-DE-
MANDED FIRMANS
But now That He has Done SO, When He is
Quite Ready, 1t is Questionable wheth-
er it Makes any Difference Whether
Two or Twenty Guardships Pass the
Dardanelles, or None at all, Since the
Occasion Has Passed-Massacre by
kurds Described by Turk-Case of
Said Pasha-Turkish News.

Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press.)
ConStan tinople, Dec. 9.-Via Sofia,
Bulgaria, Dec. 10.-The long drawn out
controversy between the ambassadors
OF the powers and the sultan over the
question Of the admission Of the addi-
tional guardships for the protection Of
the erlba ssies was settled at $40 o'clock
this evening by the issuance of an trade
granting the necessary firmans TO per-
NIT the guardships TO pass the Darda-
nelles.
The demand was first made upon the
sultan on November and scarcely
day has passed since then without its
being renewed in a more or less per-
emptory manner. The ingenuity dis
played by the Turkish government in
evading direct answer 10 the demand,
or. when forced to answer, the effective
pleadings put forth for delay, had al
most brought the mind Of Europe to the
conviction that the demand would new
er be compiled with. Meant time days
and weeks passed by without any ac-
ton. and the condition Of things in Con-
stantinople that brought the demand
has almost passed. The final triumph
Of the powers in forcing a compliance
with their demands seems a barren one,
double the regular guardships for the
embassies, now that it is obtained,
seems hardly worth taking advantage
Of
Previous 10 leaving the British en-
bassy, where he had taken refuge, Said
Pasha. the ex-grand vizier, requested
the sultan to permit him to leave the
country with his family
KILLING AND BURNING.
Further advices are continually being
received here of the unaibated disorders
in the interior and especially of the
burning Of Armenian villages. This
form of outrage is particularly prevail
ent In the vilayet OF Van, where the
distress is terrible.
The porte has not yet granted the ex-
squateurs to the new British vice con-
suls at Van and Sivas, the invariable
policy OF delay having been followed in
this as well as in all diplomatic deal
ings of the Turks.
But Sir Philip Currie the British am
hassador, has determined that the new
ly appointed vice consuls shall start for
their posts on next Wednesday with or
without their exequateurs.
Fresh placards signed by the Otto
man committee of progress and union
Of reform have been posted throughout
tiit capital To-Day especially IN the haS-
sim Pasha quarter. These placards con-
tain a manifesto denouncing the pres
mt regime of spoliations and oppres-
zion, and calling upon all without dis
nnction to unite in demanding justice,
liberty and reform. If the demands are
refused, the manifesto appeals to Os-
manH 10 remove in another manner the
stains upon the nations name.
BY FORCE, IF NECESSARY.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Call,
Of Florida, today introduced a concur
rent resolution for the prevention OF
ale misuse and cruelty of the Armen-
tan subjects of Turkey"
The resolution recites that humanity
and religion and the principles on which
all civilization rests, demand that the
civilized governments shall by peaceful
negotiations, or, If necessary, by force
Of arms, prevent and suppress the
cruelties and massacres inflicted on the
Armenian subjects of Turkey by es-
tabfshing a government OF their own
people with such guarantees by the civ
ilized powers Of it's authority and per-
manence as shall be adequate to that
end"