Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-12
TURKEY |S IN 4 BAD FIX The kurds Are Growing More Daring and RebelIious. THE COUNTRY IS BANKRUPT The Powers Are insisting That Their Demands
 Be Carried Out. THE SULTAN FEARS ASSASSINATION He Is Afraid He Will Be Damned If He Does and Will Be Damned If He Don't, and
 in the Meantime the Armenians
 Are Being Slaughtered.
THE SULTAN FEARS ASSASSINATION

Constantinople, Nov. 1.-The lawless- ness of the Kurds in the eastern prov inees has grown measureably since the demands for reforms were made upon the sultan by Great Britain, France and Rus sia. The sultan's very evident inclina- tion to refuse to grant the demands, or at least to defer giving a definite answer to the representatives of the powers en- couraged the Kurds to believe that the sultan tacitly supported them in their at tacks upon the Armenians. Color has been lent to this belief by the action of the sultan in giving good service decora- tion to several officials who were notori- ously in favor of exterminatng the Arme- nians and who rather sanction the mas sacres that have led Turkey to the verge of dismemberment. The Kurds have as- stunned such an attitude of disregard to all authority that 1t is believed here that the officials are now powerless to stop them from continuing their massacreing and pillaging.
 Advices from the eastern provinces show that the condition of anarchy is such that very strong force will have to be employed if any progress at all is to be made against the Kurds. The porte apparently understands this fact, for it announced today that 120,000 troops will be sent against the Kurds. Should the latter offer resistance it is doubtful if this force would be sufficiently strong to cope with the Kurds, whose intimate Knowledge of the mountainous country would stand them in good stead in op- posing the Turkish troops. In spite of the bad financial condition of the gov ernment, which is now in arrears in the pay of reserves already called out, 1t has been decided to summon more of the re- fC dntth f,,1 4I,A governments scheme can be effected, owing to the scarcity of money, but at any rate the attempt will be made owing to che Kurds' demand to the powers that the porte restore order forthwith.
 Stories of the ravages committed by the Kurds continue to be received here. It is said that in Erzeroum and Sivas whole districts have been devastated by the marauding Kurds. A traveller who has arrived at Trebizond from Erzeroum states that when he was approaching Baiburt he met 300 women, who in their extremity knelt before him and implored protection, declaring that their husbands fathers and brothers had been killed and that there were no males of their race who could save them from either dishonor or death.
 The revolt of the Drus and Inharkis Is assuming most serious aspect. The ag- itation against the authorities is extend- ing and the rebels are gaining many ac- sessions
 An official dispatch that has been made public says that thanks to the energetic measures that have been taken by the imperial officials the disturbances and re- volts which occur in certain provinces of Asia Minor, and which had their origin in the seditious intrigues of Armenian agftators, have been everywhere sup pressed and order restored in all the dis tricts which were recently. the scene of riots and conflicts. Measures have been taken to insure that peace will be main tained.
 It is stated that Bahri Pasha will be appointed to the command of the troops in the Zitoun district. Bahri Pasha was formerly Vali of Van, but was dismissed from that office in consequence of the representations made by Sir Phillip Cur rie, the British ambassador that he was in a good measure responsible for the outrages committed on the Armenians in that district. That his removal was made against the inclination of the sul- tan is a matter of common knowledge and his majesty took the earliest oppor- tunity to show that he approved of his acts as vali. A day or so ago Bahri was decorated by the sultan for the good ser vices he had rended the government, and now comes the evidently well founded re- port that he will be given an important command of troops nominally employed to protect the Armenians.
 MT. .Hampson, the British vice-consul has appointed twenty persons to resume the distribution of relief at Sassoun