The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-13

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the Sultan, and ominous Rum, 5
of All Kinds Flying Thick and Fast
No Repose or Rest for Anyone.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 12.-Con-
stantinople is in a fearful state of I'M
rest. The place gives stranger the
| idea that the inhabitants are sitting
over volcano. Something is going
to happen. 1t is in the air. One breathes
It and one feels it constantly. Fresh
stories of massacres come in every
morning, and the European inhabitants
greet each other with the inquiry,
Well. what is new?" What have you
heard?" Has anything been done?'
| Did you hear what happened at the
palace last night?"
Ministers are in constant attendance
at the YiIdiz upon the Sultan. and
ominous rumors of aI1 kinds are fving
thick and fast. There is no repose or
rest for anyone. In thehoteIs and pub
lie cafes, if a waiter lets fall a pile of
dishes. or some unusual clatter is made
everyone starts with alarm One does
not really feel in fear OF bloodshed or
1nassacres in Constantinople but it is
a nameleSS dread It is fear of some
thing indefinite that seems to arouse
ones keeneSt suspicious PeopIe arc
asking how long this condition of things
| VIII continue. Every Armenian with
| Whom you ia Tx sneers at the impo-
tence of the Powers, and asks if they
are waiting for all the Armenians to he
killed before interfering with the des'-
pot1c power of the Sultan
thinks that something will happen to-
morrow, Surely this condition of
| things can last no longer. Surely"
| they say, I'VE will hear something de-
clslVe tomorrow, and next FRIDAYS
selamlik will be the last that Abdul
Hamid will see"
This constant tension is very wearv
ing. 1t affects the temper and the spir-
its of everyone, and what little gaiety
there is in the city is dampened and
meets with no response
The city waterworks are also run by
foreign company, while the carving
trade of the empire is almost entirely in
the hands of foreigners, Great Britain
| having the major portion. The local
carrying trade is chiefly managed by
Greeks, and the only railway running
| to Constantinople was built by Baron
H1rsch. 1t is owned chiefly in Vienna
and Paris. The Turks who have the
II AuC VI L III KEY DIT H6dfI point TO TINS.
and say that it is the result of the weak
policy of the Sultan in allowing the
country to be run by outsiders They
consider it a lowering of Turkish dig
nifty, and almost every Turk who feels
this believes that were the present Sui
tan deposed matters would change, and
| with proper kind of man at the palace
Turkey would again assume her one
time power and Importance. This is
the animus of the young Turkey party
OF course, those who understand the
matter know that no change of Sultan.
and no change of Ministry would af-
feet this question. They know that Tur-
key is a doomed country, as far as
Europe is concerned, and that she is
simply dying slowly. These feelings.
however, may carry the militant
Turks into a combination of force either
with Armenian or Russian cliques.
which may cause a great deal of trouble
in STEAMBOAT.
A CRY FOR HELP.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE Turk
ish Legation received from the Sublime
Porte the following telegram under to-
days date:
''Fhe Armenians of Kalb Bitlis) hav-
ing pretended that their belongings
were taken away during the various
disorders by the Mussulmans, the i'm
perial authorities ordered an inquiry
sertion, as we'll as the fact that these
very Armenians had left to the care of
their Mussulman neighbors all they
possessed. The latter have since res
tituted the goods to their owners. The
disorders of last month have clearly
shown that they never had a general
character, for neither the Greeks nor
the Armenian Catholics had anything
to suffer from the Mussulmans whose
only object was to take revenge for the
long-planned aggressions of the Ar
menian rioterS.
NEWPORT OR. u, Dec. 12-Secre-
tary Olney, in reply to BedrOS kaZan-
jams query regarding his relatives in
Harpoot, Armenia, this morning wired
Mr.. Kazanjian that he was advised by
the American Minister that the family
was well, but that their residence was
plundered and that two servants had
been killed. Mr.. Kazanjian's father
was one of the leading merchants of the
place.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE following
telegram from Constantinople, signed
by a number of Armenians, has been
received: armenia is in her last gasp.
The work of determination continues.
The massacred people number 10000
The survivors have taken refuge in the
forests and mountains, feeding upon
herbs and roots. Hunger and cold
have begun to ravage them greatly. In
the name of humanity and Christianity
save u.s."
A dispatch to the Times from Uru-
miah, Persia, says: 1t is now certain
that the Hamidieh cavalry have de-
stroyed 200 villages in the province of
Van. Fifty thousand homeless people.
are focking into the city of Van and
the Government is doing nothing to
prevent further outrages.
A Vienna dispatch to the Times. says:
News was received from Trebizond to-
day of fresh atrocities. The Bishop
and five ecclesiastics were burned while
seeking refuge in q building. Fresh
outrages have occurred in other parts
of Asia Minor.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Constantinople reports the arrest by
Palace officials and the subsequent lib
Grafton of the chief messenger OF the
British PnStnffice who is an Armenlan.