The record-union., 1895-11-16
REASON FOR THE RECENT CALLING
OUT OF MILITARY.
AdYices Received at the Turkish Le-
Armenian Rioters Attack and Plum
der a Mussulmans Village, and
Burn Fifty-seyen Houses-Also De-
stroy by Fire All the Buildings in
Another Village.

pointed to put into force the reforms
adopted for the administration of the
affairs of Asia Minor began its sittings
| to- day. 1t is asserted by persons in po-
sition to obtain the best and most re-
liable information that the terms Of the
convention signed by the six Powers
agreeing upon joint action compelling
the immediate application of reforms
in Armenia and other disturbed dis
tricts have been kept strictly secret in
order to avoid an uprising of the Mo-
hammedian populace.
1t is asserted that the reserves re
Gently called out by the Turkish Gov
ernment, ostensibly for the purpose of
restoring order in Asia Minor, are real
ly being prepared for participation in
an European war which the Sultan and
his Ministers believe inevitable.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The Turk
ish Legation here received the following
telegram from the Sublime Porte under
yesterdays date:
The Armenian reVOlutiOniStS of 81
vas, after taking out of their shops all
merchandise, attacked the Mussulmans.
( They fired from the windows of their
houses and wounded severely one sol
der. A pistol shot broke the window
of the room occupied by the Governor
General. They also attacked the village
of Mardiilik, killed many MuSsulmanS
and engaged in plunder The authori-
ties of Arabguir discovered forty Of She
bombs which the Armenian agitators
had prepared in order to blow up pub
lie buildings such as the barracks, the
palace of the Governor, the military
storehOuse and the like. The fire that
broke out in the city originated from
/ bombs prepared for that purpose.
The Turkish population of Arabg1ur,
being attacked by / 1.300 rioters perfectly
armed and equipped, telegraphed the
temporal Government for protection
The provincial authorities neglected ab-
SOlutely nothing to preserve peace. the
Armenian rioters Of Czarindjar fired on
the MusSulmans and attacked the pal
ace of the Governor the military sta
tion and other buildings. They We're
repulsed, however by the military.
The Armenian reyOlutiOnists Of
Arabguir, having attacked the Mussul-
man quarter of Iknepinar, a blOO',y
conflict ensued between Mussulmaus
and Armenans. Another conflict TOOK
place near the village of SarOy (Vam
between Armenian hrigands and gen
darmes. The brigands fed to the village
of Bogaskean, but they were DISPERSED
wounded.
The Armenian rioters of Sivas. after
secretly taking out of their shops all
merchandise and after closing their
shops, attacked the Mussulmans. A
conflict took place. The authorities,
however, took necessary measures FOR
the preservation of order.
The authorities at Arabguir can
tured in the house of Tarngadji OglOn
-Iric oil Arm
bombs prepared for incendiary pur-
poses. Explosive bombs We're also
found. The agitators KircOr and Ke-
work of the village of Kemer (Sivas),
who fired shots, and in whose houses
ammunition and cartridges We're dis
covered, were arrested.
More than 5000 Armenian revOlu-
tionists are at Tchonkmerzen (Adana),
and are preparing themselves to com
NIT aggressiOns."
The Turkish Legation here has also
received from the Sublime Porte the fol-
lowing telegram, under yesterdays
date: "A certain number of Armenian
rioters at Zeitoun with Nazaret, a Ser
geant of the gendarmerie at their head
have attacked and plundered the Mus
Sulinan village OF Bechan. near ZeitOun.
and destroyed by fire fifty-seven houses.
The insurgents at ZeitOun fell also on
the MuSsulman village of KOurtel, de-
strOyed by fire all its houses, with all
their contents. burned alive one inhabi-
tant and severely wounded another.
ThL number of Mussulmans killed by
the rebels at TchoukOur Hissar is
eighty. The wounded number fifteen
The village is entirely destroyed"
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Ex- Minister
to Turkey Oscar S. Strauss to-day Re-
ceived from Henry 0. Dwight, head Of
the Bible House Mission in COnstanti-
nOple, the following telegram:
armenia laid waste. Quarter milton
souls destitute Will you start humani-
tartan work, forming strong nOn-pacti-
san relief commission independent Of
miSsiOnarieS?'
Referring to the dispatch. M.
Strauss said Mr. Dwight had been IN
Turkey for twenty years, and his state
rlents could be relied upon. He would
not cable them, said Mr.. Strauss. if ne
were not thoroughly assured Of the
fa cts. There evidently must have been
some terrible conflicts between the
Turkish troops and the Armenians.
There should be cooperation on the
part of the various committees which
have been framed for this purpose, and
steps will be Immediately taken with
this end in view.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-The sftu-
alton in the Sultan's possessions nat
urally occupied the attention of the
President and his cabinet at the regu-
lar meeting to-day. Secretary Olney,
fresh from an interview concerning the
peIilOus position of American mission
aries in Armenia, with Rev Dr. Judson
Smith of the American Board of For
eign Missions, and Henry d. HYDE of
the Prudential Committee of the same
organization, was able to lay before
his colleagues additional information
on that subject and several cablegrams
from Minister Terrell were also read
and considered.
Although the Navy Department pre-
sumed that the lagship San Francisco
had left Marseilles Immediately after
Admiral Selfridge boarded her the alb
sence of any notification to that effect
now causes the naval officials to think
that the vessel may not have departed
for the perturbed districts of Asia
Minor.
The statements contained in the dis
patches from Constantinople published
this morning to the effect that Mr.
Terrell had probably given the Turkish
Government to understand that it
would be held responsible for any in
jury to American citizens is confirmed
at the State Department, where dis
patches from Minister Terrell embrac-
ing this information have been re-
ceived. That Mr.. Terrell is giving
thorough satisfaction to this Govern
ment by the vigor he has displayed is
not doubted.