The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-12
SULTAN STILL DELAYS
Yet Has the Best Of 1t In Guard
ships Dispute.
RUSSIA JOINS The POWERS.
Rhe Gar Joins In Insisting on Extra
Gunboats For the Embassies said Pasbs
May Leave the British Embassy De-
tails Received OF More Mas,aces.

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changed and continues to offer a trib
ute to the powers of delay and evasion
of oriental diplomacy as practiced by
the Turkish government. Statements
are constantly reiterated Of the con.
tinued accord of the powers on the sub.
ject and their unyielding determine.
tion to insist uoon o compliance with
their demands. Less is heard, how.
ever, Of the rumors, which were Of fire..
quent occurrence in the early period
after the demand had been presented,
that the sultan had at length decided
to grant the necessary frman to per.
init the passage of the Dardanelles OF
even that he had actually issued them,
Neither is there such explicit an.
nounCement any more of the period
which Is to elapse before a movement
Of the warships of the powers is to COM
meuCe, to enforce the demands made
upon tho sultan. Since the return of
II. M. s. Dryad to Salonica bay no
word has been heard of any actual or
der or movement to advance upon the
DardanelleB. Opinion continues di-
vided as to whether the delay in taking
any action to enforce the demands is
due to fear of causing fanatiCal out.
break against the Christians by the
Mussulman subjects of the sultan or to
dread Of a clash ensuing between the
powers themselves.
The reception by the sultan of NJ.
Nelidof, the Russian ambassador, In
private audience, awakens the usual
amount Of speculation as to the true re.
lauon Of Russia to the situation and
the extent Of her agreement with the
views Of the powers,
The fight Of Said Pasha and his refuge
In the British embassy are the subject
Of the most sensational interest, and
the almost frantic efforts made by the
sultan 10 induce him to leave and to re.
turn to the Vildi1 palace indicate his
fear either that he has lost the most
powerful Intermediary that he could
hope for between himself and the pow
ers in evading the uncomfortable de-
mands they make upon him or the
most dangerous adversary he could feaI
having in counsel with the powers.
That the sultan lives in a state Of
constant apprehension Of his life was
indicated by his demeanor during the
course Of the ceremony Of the Solamik
which involves the departure of the
sultan from the walls Of the palace and
his appearance in public for a sort oi
review of the troops, attended by many
high officials, followed by payers at the
mosque. AS the sultan was quitting
the mosque q man attired as a Turk
bearing a petition, forced himself
through soldiers to the sultan's car
rige. The sultan was seen to become
much agitated and deathly pale, bu
the man was promptly arrested and
hustled off to prison without HAVING
accomplished any harm to the sultan
person. Explicit instructions have beer
again received by all the ambassador
to insist upon the admission of the
guardships, but, as has been stated
without etfecting any change in the
situation.
Authentic details have now been re-
ceived of the Sivas massacre. They
show that the slaughter began ON Nov
| ~ and continued for a week following
II is known that 1 200 Armenians anC
10 Turks were killed before there wa.
q cessation of the bloody work. The
| bloodshed was started by Turkish sol
diers and police.
1t is asserted that the Kaimakan Of
Guerin, where there are 5000 Armen-
ians, telegraphed to the vail Of Sivas
"You may rest assured that there i,
not an Armenian left in Guerin. They
resisted the butchers and they suffered
the worse for it.
The expulsion and removal of the Ar
menians from Constantinople and fl on
the vilayets continues by wholesale
! All the Armenian monasteries in the
vicinity of Erzingjan have been pill.
laged. The massacre there occurred
after the Armenians had been disaImeC
and Seoki Pasha had faithfully prom
ised to protect them. AT the village oi
| Pesuan, near Erzingjan, the KuIds and
Turks attacked a crowd Of Armenians
who had taken refuge in an Armenian
church and killed 40 Of them. Alto
gether 400 were killed and 800 were
wounded in the Erzingjan district.
So persistent has been the pressure
upon Said Pasha to leave the British
embassy and upon the embassy to re-
linquish him that all palace official.
are now excluded from there EXCEPT
the palace sheiks, who the sultan ha.
sent, and who vainly tried to induce
Said to relent and return to the sultan
The sultan has protested to the powers
against the exclusion of his messengers
but the other ambassadors support Sir
Philip Currie in his position. The Ie.
port that they advise Said to again 40
cept the position Of grand vizieI has
proved to be unfounded.
A London special says: The Daily
| News Constantinople correspondent, III
q dispatch to that paper publised today,
says: 1T is probable that as result
OF negotiations Said Pasha will volun
tarily quit the British embassy. Lord
Salisbury has telegraped his approval
Df Sir Philip Currie's conduct. Mean
time the gates of the embassy are
closed, and the force which was landed
from the ambassadors yacht Imogent
patrols the ground.
"Russia's hesitation has ceased. II
is currently reported that Nj. Nelidoff
the Russian ambassador, has given the
sultan the czars message, insisting
mon the entrV of the 1nardShiIis F"
A Notable Historical Celebration.
KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. O.-This will
be a notable week for this historic
| town, which is so rich in its association!
and relics of the early period of the
Empire State and the American repub'
lie. Here it was that the first senate Of
the state convened, Sept. 10, l717, and
the first state constitution adopted
Here, in front of the old courthouse,
| Governor Clinton was inaugurated
All this will be graphically depicted IL
the historical pageant this week.
New Episcopal Church Dedicated.
New York, Dec. 0.-The new church
of st. Mary the Virgin was opened
Sunday with all the pomp and splendoI
fhat non attap1 cnph an affair fpha