The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-19
lation in a sudden emergency without re-
ferring to their respective governments.
WANT TO PASS DAEDANE,I>LES

lation in sudden emergency without re-
ferring TO their respective governments.
WANT TO PASS DAEDANELLES.
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-The Times to-mor.
row will publish a dispatch from Vienna
saying that hitherto II has been custom
airy for each of the powers to maintain
one light warship In the Golden Horn or
Bosphorus. 1t is now int led tha.
each power shall have two warsnips there.
An trade by the Sultan will be required
TO allow foreign warships to pass the
Dardanelles, Russia, Austria, and Italy
having applied to the Porte for the neces-
sary trade for their ships to pass. Greece
requests that she be allowed to send q
warship to Constantinople has been re-
fused. on the ground that she is not q
signatory power 10 the BERN treaty.
A dispatch to the Times rom Rome
says II Is believed that Russia has not
accepted the Austrian proposal in regard
to Turkey.
The Standard will tomorrow publish
a dispatch from Constantinople, saying
that there Is no doubt that central au-
thority has been doing its utmost TO
check the massacres, but owing to the
inilamed passions of the lower classes of
Moslems and the absence OF sufficient
force to refrain the kurds. and also 10
menians, IL has met with little success.
All the Wallis have been kept for hours
az the telegraph stations. listening to
the severest Instructions. Their is rea-
son To hope that they are getting the
upper hand In Armenia, except In the
southwestern corner of the eltoun dis
trict. There the Armenians, who are
I'm open revolt. have destroyed many Ar
Moslem villages, and treated the iuhabl-
tants with the same namess barbarity
that has been practiced by the Turks
elsewhere.
The Sultan yesterday instructed the
Ministers 10 draw up a plan for the mo-
bilization of b00eO troops. The financial
situation il such that such a request is
almost Srotesque. Nevertheless the
Ministers are compelled TO comply, and
some sort of a scheme will be elaborated.
Respectful hints as to the want OF
money made TO tho Sultan throw him
into "A passion. The result was that sew
eral OF the Ministers resigned. but their
designations were not accepted.
The opinion seems TO be gaining ground
that the Armenians have so stultihed
themselves that the powers are not like
ly TO take steps to coerce the Sultan until
the measures that are being tried shall
have proved futile or a fresh outbreak
occurs.
Advices from Beyrout, Syria. are TO the
effect that the agitation among the Druses
continues to Increase. The Mutuals refuse
To answer the Portes summons for them
10 join the Redifs, basing their refusal on
the fact that thev fear the Druses will
plunder their villages in their absence.
There is much discomfort among the Mus
sulmans because of the summoning OF
the reserves.
OUTBREAK AT ARABIA.
ALDEN, Nov. N.-A serious outbreak has
occurred in Yemen, the principal division
OF Arabia. The Imaun of Sana, in Ye-
men, at the head OF 5000 Arabs armed
with MartiniHenry rifles, has defeated
the Turkish troops in three successive
fights. The Turks are now inside the
walls of the town of Sana. which Is close
~ invested by the Arabs.