The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-05
Unless Firmans Are Issued Within
seventy-Two Hours War Ships May
BE Sent Into the Dardanelics.
THE RUMOR NOT CONFIRMED
LIKE THE ONE IN REGARD TO BRIT
AIN, IT MAY BE UNTRUE.
Becoming Tranquil
Slaughter of Christians at Harpoot
object Of Various Reports.

LONDON, Dec. 5.-The Daily Telegraph
this morning prints dispatch from Vienna
which reports that the powers have pre-
scented an ultimatum 10 the Porte, threat
enng to force the passage of the Darda-
nelles unless firmans are issued within sew
enty-two hours. permitting the passage OF
the second guard ships.
No other dispatches received here men,
ton the fact Of an ultimatum having been
jointly presented to the Porte by the pow
ers, and the report is probably untrue. A
Constantinople dispatch to the Daily Tel
egraph says on this subject that unless a
firman is soon issued the powers will send
an ultimatum. This correspondent also
says that the Sivas massacre lasted six
days. and that thousands of Armenians
were killed. Panic reigns among the Chris
tians OF Jerusalem and Beirut.
The Times publishes a dispatch from
Constantinople which says: THE military
police methods adopted here have proved
efficacious since no disturbances have
occurred for eight weeks. Even the ar
rests Of Armenians. though represented as
acts of barbarity, in principle highly
judicious, because they rid the city of
a somewhat dangerous element. In some
cases the choice OF subjects is infelicitous.
but on the whole, the measure is distinct
ly beneficial. The city is resuming its tram
quill aspect Thus the Sultan has a strong
argument for opposing the entrance OF
the guard ships and certainly the moral in
fluence of the combined European fleets,
waiting at the gates of the empire is i'm
measurbaly greater than the mere doubling
OF the guard ships"
The Daily News, this morning, prints a
long account of the Harpoot disorders,
which says: There was slight attack on
Sunday, Nov. 10. On Monday the Kurds
and Turks attacked Husenenk and slaugh-
tered many Christians. Soldiers from Har-
poet went out to meet them and parleyed
with the Turks before the attack began.
1t was plain that everything was planned.
for the soldiers, in pretended defense of the
Armenians only fired over the heads of the
Kurds. The Christians were shot down
everywhere. The American missionaries
have written to their friends in CONSTANT
nople that DR.. Barnum applied to the mill
tary commander for protection. Some SOL
diers were sent, but they left directly, ex-
cept two. who demanded backsheesh for
remaining. We ali entered the school
building, says the message from
the American missionary, and the Turkish
officer summoned us out. We declined to
come, and replied that We had no more
confidence in them; that they could protect
Us there If their professions were sincere;
otherwise We would die there. At last a
C.rcassan named Mehemel Bey came and
recalled the soldiers and helped us to
quench the fire. We were stripped of ev-
erythng except the clothes we wore. On
Tuesday Mehemel told us that he could no
longer protect in the college building;
but DR.. Barnum still declined to leave. The
attack was renewed, but in milder form.
and an order came from the government to
stop the attack. All the Christian villages
in the Harpoot district have been burned
except Garmuni, and four hundred persons
are still in refuge in the American mission
buildings"