Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-27
TURKEY GIVES WAY
Powers May Have More Ships at
Constantinople.
SATISFACTORY END OF A CRISIS
Fuller Details Regarding the Khar.
put Outrages.
MINISTER TERRELL'S ACTION

Copyrighted 1895, by the Associated Press)
CONSTANTINOPLE, November &c, via
Sofia, Bulgaria, November 27.-The Turkish
minister for foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha,
called upon Sir Philip Curr.e, the British
ambassador, today and announced that the
porte had decided to issue the firmans pro-
viding for the passage through the Darda-
nelles of the extra guard ships demanded
by Great Britain, Russia, Italy and Aus
tr!a, as additional protection needed for the
safety of the foreign population here, in
view of the recent rioting in the streets Of
Constantinople. This puts an end to a very
dangerous situation, for there is no doubt
that the powers would have insisted upon
having the extra gunboats here
The representatives of the powers have
had their attention drawn to the sad condi-
tion of the homeless inhabitants of certain
parts of Asiatic Turkey, and steps are to be
taken to do everythi possible in the mat
ter. They are now discussing a project for
the distribution of relief in Anatola, rem
dered imme i.ately necessary by the recent
events in that district.
Unconfrmed rumors reached here today
that fresh troubles of most serious nature
have broken out at Marass, where the mus
ter.ng of Turkish troops for the advance on
Zettoun has beer in progress for some time
past. One report has it that part of the
town at Marass has been burned by the
rioters.
There is no news from Ze.toun, and this.
with the absence of direct news from Ma
rass, is causing more anxiety every day.
Thanks to the firmness of the powers, the
complete accord existing and the fear of
European Intervention in Turkey, better
d:spos. ton to execute the reforms insisted
upon by the powers is now apparent at the
palace The palace officials are making
constant efforts to convince the representa-
ri of tha
selves, through the Turkish ambassadors at
the different capitals, that the situation Is
not so alarming as repr esented.
From the porte each day report of the
situation as viewed by the Turks is sent to
the Turkish ambassadors and ministers for
the information of the governments to
which they are accredited The sum ana
substance of the news furnished by the
porte is that with the exception of the Ar
menans all the Christians content with
the paternal regime of the sultan.
THE OUTRAGEs At kHARPUT.
Fuller Details. Regarding the Sack OF
the American Misxaon.
CONSTANTINOPLE. November &C.
More ample details have Just been received
here of the burrIrg Of the American mis-
sion buildings at Kharput. They show that
the Turkish government officials in spite
of the abundance of promises of protection
for the American missionaries and their
property, made by the porte to the United
States minister, Mr. Alexander w. Terrell,
ard to the Americans themselves by the
authorities of Kharput utterly failed to
guard the Americans. There was no pro-
lection offered given -hem until after
the massacre had actually occurred, or
after the American mission bulldlngs hau
been burned.
1t is estimated that the value of the
American property DESTROYED is about sleD,-
600. 1t consisted of the Girls College, the
Theological Seminary, the chapel and hre
residences. All the burned buildings We're
looted by the mob before being set on hre,
and all the personal effects OF the American
missionaries, the libraries, scientific instru-
ments etc. were stolen. So far only a
small portion of the property has been re-
covered.
Tho lady missionaries naturally were in a
great terror while the rioting was going on,
and Mrs. Gates, the wife of one of the mis-
sioraries, was so Frustrated with alarm that
she gave premature birth TO cniid whlch
d:d apt live. The authorities of kharput,
however, protected the missionaries after
the latter fled from their residences to the
official quarters. From that time on the
Americans were kept under guard, and those
who SO desired were furnished with escorts
to the Black coast The failure of the
tt rkish authorities to afford the promised
protection to the American missionaries IS
considered all the more remarkable because
1t was not upon one or two occasions that
Mr. Terrell applied TO the porte in their be-
iterated upon quite a number OF occasions.
when the United States minister thought it
advisable to make representations on behalf
Of his ccmpatriots.
Some of the American missionaries, in
GLIDING DR.. and Mrs. Crosby Wheeler, Mr..
ard Mrs. Boydjan and her children, have
arrived. The other members of the eastern
Turkey mission at Kharput elected to re-
main there for the present.
All reports agree in establishing the fact
that the ricting was of a most horrible
description. that several hundreds of Ar
menians, men, women and children. were
butchered; that the massacre seemed TO be
premeditated, AMI that the Turkish troops,
il they did not take part in the slaughter,
as the Armenians claim, certainly made no
effort TO put n stop to II.
Mr.. Terrell when informed of the de-
struction of the mission buildings al Khar-
put made a strong formal protest to the
porte, and as soon as the work of collect
ing all the data necessary is completed he
will make claim for immediate payment
of an indemnity. In fact, Mr.. Terrell, when
he intimated that this would be done, was
assured that :he Turkish government; would
pay the indemnity required soon all
the facts in the case were established and
the blame placed where ii belonged. But it
is believed Mr.. Terrell will have some difi-
Guilty in obtaining the immediate payment
of any considerable sum of money from
the porte If only from the wretched con-
dition Of the Turkish finances.
Mr. Terrell, in addition. has demanded Of
the porte that there be no interference
with his letters to and from the American
missionaries in Asiatic Turkey, and has
insisted upon the prompt transmission and
delivery of his kilograms. The porte has
promised that there will be no Interference
with the United States minister's mail or
telegraphic messages.
Personal Mention.
Representative Taft of Cincinnati. Ohio,
has taken up his residence at 1911 X street.