St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-09
HE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THAT
THE EUROPEAN POWERS 4.
; DREAD A CLASH.
FEAR .FANATICAL OUTBREAK,
BY EVEN MORE
HORRIBLE BUTCHERIES OF
CHRISTIANS.
SAID pAsHA STILL IN REFUGE.
Sultan Frantic in His Efforts to
Get Possession of His ex-
Vizier.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 7.-Viai
Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 8.-The situa-!
tion here on the question of the eX-t
ira guard ships Of the powers re-
mains unchanged, and continues to.
offer tribute to the powers of de-
ley and evasion of Oriental diplo-,
macy, as practiced by the Turkish;
government. Statements are con-,
stantly reiterated of the continued
accord of the powers on the subject,
and their unyielding determination
to insist upon compliance with;
their demands. Less is heard, how.
ever, of the rumors which were of.
frequent occurrence in the early.
period after the demand had been
presented, that the sultan had at
length decided to grant the neees-.
sary frman to permit the passage
of the, Dardanelles, or even that he.
had actually issued them. Neither
is there such explicit announcement
any more, Of the period which is; to
elapse before a movement OF the
Warships of the powers is to COM
mence, to enforce the demands made
upon the sultan. Since the return of
H. M S. Dryad to Salonica bay, no
word has been heard Of any actual
order, or movement to advance upon
the Dardanelles. Opinion continues
divided as to whether the delay in
taking any action to enforce the de-
mands is. due to fear of causing
a fanatical outbreak against the
Christians by the Mussulmans, sub
jeets; of the sultan, or to a s. 4
1.e- DREAD OF A CLASH .i.
ensuing between the powers them
seINes.4yThe reception today by the
sultan. of M. Weildoff, the Russian
ambassador, in private. audience
awakens the usual amount of speeq+
lation as to the true relation of Rus
sia to the. situation and the extent
of her agreement with theAviews of
the powers. 'as
The flight of Said Pasha and his
refuge in; ; the British embassy are
the subject Of the most sensational
interest and the almost frantic ef-
forts made by the sultan to induce
him to leave and to return to the
Yildiz palace, indicate his fear either
that he has lost the most powerful
intermediary that he could hope for
between himself and the powers in
evading the uncomfortable demands
they make upon him or the most
dangerous adversary he could fear
having in counsel with the powers.
That the sultan lives in a state of
constant apprehension of his life. was
indicated by his demeanor during. the
course of the ceremony Of the Sola-
mix, on Friday, which involves the
departure, of the sultan from the
walls of the palace and his appear
ance in public for a sort of review of:
the troops attended by so many high
officials, followed by prayers at the
Mosque. On Friday, as the sultan
was quitting the mosque, man att
tired, as Turk, bearing a petition.
forced himself through soldiers to-
the sultan's carriage The sultan
was seen to become much agitated
and deathly pale, but the man was
promptly arrested and hustled off
to az jail, without having ac-
,complished any harm to the sultan.
Explicit instructions were again re-
ceived today by all the ambassadors
to insist on the admission Of the
guard ships, but, as has been stated,
without affecting any change in the
situation.
AFTER SAID PASHA.
So persistent has been the pressure
upon Said Pasha, to leave the British
embassy and upon the embassy to re-
linquish him, that all palace officials
are now excluded from there except
one of the palace sheikhs, whom the
sultan has sent and who vainly tried
to induce Said Pasha to relent and re-
turn to the sultan. The sultan has pro-
tested to. the powers against the eX-
clusion of his messengers, but the other
ambassadors support Sir Philip Currfe
in his position. The report that they
advise Said Pasha to again accept the
position of grand vizieT has proved to
be unfounded.
Authentic details have now been re-
ceived of the Sivas massacres. They
show that the slaughter began on Nov
IL and continued for a week following.
1t is known that 1,2G0 Afmenians and
10 Turks were killed before there was
a cessation of the bloody work. The
manner of the outbreak is described as
follows: 80.
Suddenly, at noon, as if by a precon-
certed signal, the Turkish soldiers and
police, the Circassians and even the
laborers and Moslem women and chill
dren rushed into the market under
command Of the officers. All were
armed, the laborers with tools or clubs
or anything that could be used as an
offensive weapon that came to hand.
They attacked and
LOOTED ARMENIAN SHOPS
and pursued with relentless fury the
occupants, who seemed helpless with
surprise at the suddenness of the on
slaught. Many merchants and clerks
were killed and their bodies stripped.
AS the importing business was almost
exclusively in the hands of the Arme--
mans, financial disaster must overtalSe
Sivas when the fury of the storm of
blood and greed has subsided.
The stricken Armenians slowly gath
cred the mangled remains OF their
kinsmen and buried them in a great
trench in the cemetery. The Armenia
villages in the vicinity were also loot
ed and the people left to beg and die.
The winter will bring terrible suffering
to all the living victims Of the out4-
RACES. A high official, in a position to
know, declares that the, massacres
were the deliberate act OF. the sultan's
vanpea ncasf for having been cOinnalleIl