Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-18
EUROPE'S PUZZLE.
May Have To Be Given a SoIu.
ton by Uncle Sam.
THE TURK GETTING MIGHTY RAsE.

American Missions Laid In Rims, but
Luckily s,r the Sultan no Lives Taken
Friends of the in?criicd People Appeal
ing Co the STAGE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Seems Inciincd {, Temporize Further
More MosieIn Massacrcs.
WAsHrSGToS, Nov. 15-The cable re-
ceived here By the state department from
Minister Terrell ut Constantinople stating
TINT massacre OF Christians had taken
place ut Kharput. Armenia, and that the
American missionary property had been
destroyed was later confirmed by tele-
GRIM from Boston giving another cable
from Constantinoplo addressed to the
American Board of Foreign Missions from
Rev. II. .. Dwight. This cable is rs fol.
lows: give hundred were killed in khar-
put. Eight of the twelve mission build
ings were burned; lives spared but houses
stripped. The Turks will regard this - q
test Of the intention Of tho United States
TO defend tho missions. No missionaries
anywhere killed, but villages everywhere
dcsolated; the people arc naked and starry
ing. Instant help"
Out Of Reach Of warships.
The missionaries at Kharput arc all from
eastern states. The property destroyed Is
valued mt between $4,000 and s1O0, 900.
Tho telegram from Terrell said that the
number killed was 800 and this is con-
firr cd from other sources. The scene Of
tip massacre Is far inland and beyond the
reach Of o min-of-war, which would be
obliged TO pass the Darianclles and enter
the Black seq to approach even the neigh
boring coast. IL was mt this very point,
Kharput, that the state department sought
TO establish q consulate, In which purpose
Il has been defeated so far by the refusal
Of tho Turkish government to issue an
excquatur To Mr.. Hunter, sent there from
the department as the first consul. The
latest news Is so appalling that In govern
mcnt circles IL il 10 matter Of wonder that
the European powers can longer remain
inactive.
Friends of the Missions Active.
The news of the destruction Of American
missions has started the friends Of the mis-
sionnrics all over the country To telegraph
ing tho state department. From Grand
Rapids, Mich, comes dispatch from thu
Park Congregational church urgently re
pucsting that every possible effort DO made
To- obtain rcparation anu TO secure protec
ton for life and property" From Repre-
sentative Griffin, Of the Seventh Wiscon
sin district, nc Eau Claire, comes n similar
plea. Assistant Secretary Uhl has rcplict
declaring that nothing Is being omitted
by the state department. In the direction
of appropriate and energetic action" II
this connection cable from Marseillcs
France, says the cruiser San Francisco In
sailed for Turkish waters.
Turks Lay 10 To the Armcnians.
In spite Of these late reports the Turk
Ssh legation here has laid before the stat,
departments another batch of telegram
from the porte, charging that the cntir'
trouble Is due to the Armcnians, who ar,
attacking the helpless Turks and slaugh
tcring them by scores; declaring tina
measures aro being taken to suppress tn
disorders. that rs battalions OF the re
serves havc been called to arms to brin,
about tranquility, and that soon ''or,le
will bc restored everywhere" The tclc
gram says that AS for the commission in
stitutcd for the application Of reforms it
work Is already begun" To offset thi
there Is % report from northern Syria o
another massacre Of Christians.