The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-13
The SITUATION IN TURKEY
The Porte Still Pursuing the
Policy OF Delay.
notwithstanding tho Positive Language
OF the Powers. the Only Reply 40 Far
Reooived Is That Information as to
Schemes Of Reform Would be- For
warded Without DeIay-Armeniaus
Capture the Turkish Force at za,ton,
Copyrighted 1895 by t. "A. p.


CONsTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12.-Each dav
shows the situation of affairs here To be
growing more threatening. The reply
OF the porte to the commune atoms sent
to 1t after the meeting OF The ambassa.
doris yesterday has been awaited with
interest, as in the note the powers used
much stronger language than hereto
fore and positively insisted upon being
Immediately informed as to what steps
the Turkish government intended to
take for tho restoration of order.
The porto to-day, replying to the
identical notes of the ambassadors of
Germany, Austria aud Italy, simply
SAID shat information regarding The
scheme for reform in Armenia would be
forwarded to the representatives OF the
powers without delay" In other
words, these three ambassadors, at
least. have obtained no satisfaction at
all. 1t Is not yet known IL the notes
OF the ambassadors of Great Britain,
Russia and France have baen replied
to, but 1t 10 presumed that they were
also assured that their REQUESTS for
information regarding the proposed re-
forms would be replied to "without
delay"
This really looks like hooking the
ambassadors, and IS being second in
Importance only to the snub admin.
istereo by the sultan to Great Britain
In decorating Bahri Pasha and giving
him the command of the troops going TO
Isitoun after he had been removed
from governorship st the instance of
the British ambassador, Sir Philip Cur
RE, for his ill-trestment OF Armenians.
AS TO order being restored in the dis
turbed districts IL need only be said that
the mobilization OF about $50. 600 troops
to be sent to these districts is progress
Ing as actively as the Turkish govern
ment can push suoh an undertaking,
hampered as it Is by la.k of funds and
the incompetency OF it's officials.
Advices received here to-day an
nounce fresh disturbances at Marash,
Bitlis and Savas, with their attendants
massacres. 1t ia also announced that
a battalion Of Turkish troops, which
was in garrison at Zsitoun, and which
recently distinguished itself by sur
rounding and shooting down number
OF Armenian insurgents. was later be-
sieged In Its barracks by the Armeniaue,
to whom the soldiers eventually ospit-
ulated with arms and ammunition, bag
and baggage. 1t is added that the
Armenians now occupy the quarters at
Asitoun previously occupied by the
Turkish soldiers. The Armenians, 1t Is
further stated, have gsrrisoned ali the
important positions in and about
Aeitoun and are gathering ammunition
and provisions, throwing up fortifics-
tione and In evcry way preparing to
hold the plsco.
Considerable anxiety is felt in Ameri-
osn circles here on account of the alb
sence of news from the districts where
the American missionaries are stationed
and tie U 'ised States amb.ss ador,
Alexander Terrell, has teiegraphed
asking II the American mission is safe.
Recent events now clearly demon.
strate that the Sultan has no intention
OF really carrying out the scheme for
reform agreed upon some time ago after
so much delay and annoyance.