Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-19
SPIES HAVE BEEN DOUBLED
Nobody in Tu7S ss,Doubts That the Sultan
 Orr VI the Massacres.
HIS EARL soOowNFALL IS EXPECTED
Massacr z n Several Districts Have Been Rer l- sd-The Porte Is Endeavoring isa,se $5, 900. .ooo-Armcnian
 Patriarch Appealed to.

l London, Nov 1s.-The representative
 in Constantinople of the United Press
 under yesterdays date says that dis patches from Sivas dated November l 15 have been received there stating that the massacres in the Marsovanan and Ammas districts were renewed that day. l Also that a number of persons were kill 1 ed at Sivas on the 16th.
 United States Minister Terrell received dispatch from Alepho on 16th instant saying that a massacre had occurred at Aintab, sixty miles northeast from Alep- ho. The government of Alepho was inn
 mediately instructed by wire to strenu- ous1y enforce the measures taken for the protection of the American residents in his Jurisdiction.
 Minister Terrell has obtained from the porte an order for guard of troops to l protect the American missionaries, who. with their families are about to proceed | to Van from Biteas.
 The porte Is endeavoring to raise f1,- 0OO,O00 for the purpose of assisting the mobilization of troops and officers to prolong the concession of the tobacco re- zion in exchange for a loan of that sum- During the last two weeks a tremen- dous pressure has been exercised by the porte upon the Armenian patriarch to Bct tO SeHu a Clrcular note 10 all the Armenians in Asia Minor exhorting them to keep quiet and lend themselves to no promoters of disturbances
 The object of the porte in taking this step Is clearly to induce the belief that the troubles are to a very great extent
 due to the aggressions of the Armenians themselves and that troops are merely
 suppressing riots when engaged in their work of slaughter
 Yielding to the pressure the patriarch finally drew up note, which he sent to
 the minister of police, Nazim Pasha, for
 nis approval In, the meantime tele-- grams were constantly arriving telling of the fresh massacres, and the patriarch sent his secretary to Maxim Pasha de- manding the return of his note. The secretary was at the time instructed to say to the minister of the police in the name of the patriarch: Tt would be an insult to my people to send such note to them when they are dying by thou- sands upon the roadside"
 To this the minister replied: You
 are right" adding the Hamadich cav airy are turning against him."
 Against whom?" asked the secretary.
 Against the one who ordered all this"
 was the suggestive answer of the min- ister
 This is given merely as an instance of the manner in which high officials re- fer to the sultan. Nobody in Constan- tinople, says the correspondent, doubts that either the sultan or the palace clique under the sultan's assent ordered the massacres or that regular troops are plundering in accordance with the orders of their superior officers. Things have
 gone so far in this direction the sultan finds now that he has no power to con- tro1 the storm which he himself has
 raised. Indeed, he cannot even command
 order among the troops attached to his
 own palace.
 Innumerable reports are current in
 regard to the mental and physical condi-
 ton of the sultan one of which asserts
 that he has become afflicted with insom-
 nia and for period of forty-eight hours
 has not been able to sleep. According to
 this rumor, he sits with his head droop- ing, never needing anyone who may. speak to him and careless of anything
 that may go on around him. It is said,
 in fact, that he no longer listens to the
 reports that are brought to him. The
 spies in and about the palace have been
 doubled in number, but the people no
 longer hesitate to talk against the sultan
 in the streets and cafes and other public
 places, believing that his fall is immi-
 nent. If there should be another change
 in the grand viziership 1t Is believed that
 Mahmoud Pasha, who is now minister
 of commerce, is likely to succeed Halil
 Riff Pasha in that office.
 Mahmoud has also been minister of
 finance, and has occupied the office of
 vice-governor of Crete. Since he has
 held his present position at the head of the department of commerce be has or
 dered all the employees of that bureau.
 three-fourths of whom are Christians,
 to work on Sundays. .
 United States Minister Terrell Is bear
 ing up wonderfully well under the un- ceasing strain of excitement and activity
 engendered by his interest in the troubles
 of Americans in Asia Minor, where they
 outnumbered by three to one any others of foreign nationality, 150 of them being missionaries. MT. Terrell Is constantly visiting the sublime porte, and sometimes sees the sultan himself in his insstance upon the governments affording absolute protection to American missionaries and other American citizens in Asia Minor. The missionaries are perfectly satisfied with the results of his action. He is ceaseless in his efforts to protect the interests of America and Americans. That there be no question about this they desire the United Press to say that any news or other statement to the contrary Is maliciously false