The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-16
EBZnROUM MASSACRE
The Forocity Of Turkish Soldiers
q u Further Confirmed.
PURELY YAMAssAoREoFINNooENTs

All ahc Looting Done by Soldiers at the
Command OF Their officers Reported
Notice to tho Sultan of Joint Naval
demonstration by the Powers.
CoNsrANTINorLE, Nov. 10. - A letter
4 from Er2oroum, nearly four columns in
length, dated Nov. 8, fully confirms the
accounts previously published concerning
the massacre there. The writer says thnt
1t Is impossible yet to ascertain the mum.
ber Of the killed. Some persons assert that
At will reach fully 2,0OO Perhaps a thou
snnd Is not far short of the total. Contin-
ming the writer says:
eve have not dared to go to the quarters
of the city where the Turks are too mum.
erous. 1t might be said Of the tithes OF
Christians whe have been victims thus
far, and have not the opportunity OF In
vestigating more than q tenth OF the cases,
! have yet to hear Of n single dead Turk In
this struggle This, think, lisproycs of
the charges Of tho nggressions brought up
against the Armenians. The bare, bold
fact Is that 10 was purely massacre Of the
innocent inhabitants by the cnraged
Turks, and but for tho presence Of foreign
consuls things would have been far worse.
With the coming of winter the misery in
store for tho remaining Armcnians will
be terrible"
Tho correspondent quoted, who was
staying at the American Missions says
shat he has heard testimony in various
quarters that the government ordered the
massacre, which was to be executed ac-
Uording to preconcerted signals. As o
proof of the suddenness he says that an
American missionary, named Chambers
had just gone to the postoflice in order to
telegraph to Bitlls that everything was
quiet Before he got back to tho mission
the firing had begun in deadly earnest.
Bullets were whizzing close by him.
Mr.. Chambers told tho correspondent
that Shakir Pasha had promised In the
event of riots to place soldiers at each end
OF the street in the locality Of tho foreign
consulates and Of the American mission,
and whether from this reason, or because
they feared a warm reception, the rioters
avoided this part of the city. All the loot
ing 1t was claimed, was done by regular
soldiers, ut the Command Of the officers.
Many women hung around the soldiers for
the purpose of carrying Off the plumber.
Mr. Chambers attended to the wounded
refugees, and during the night the mis-
sion house was crowded and as foul smell
ing as monagerie or an opium den.
Sleep was impossible The English con-
sel was Shakir Pasha, who said he was
angry when he heard that tho soldiers had
been looting tho residences and shops OF
the Armenians. The correspondent gives
numerous and detailed stories from Ar
knenians and others, amply confirming
tho previous account OF the butcheries and
horrors. Tho correspondent says that ., 900
soldicrs were ordered out but thnt Shakir
Pasha was powcrless to control them.
tat s,,- IL
entire day yesterday, the sultan awaken.
fng TO the serious nature of the position
which he occupies at the present time, but
ne Is so impressionable that all that would
be required would be for some palace spy
% divulge some imaginary plot and turn
all his najesty's thoughts into another
channel