The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-21
TURKEY QUIETlNG down
The Sultan Now Seems Anxious to
Push the Reforms.
THE POWERS DEMANDS EFFECTIVE

Tho Armenian Patriarch offered His Ser
vices To the Turkish Government, but the
Offer Was DeciIned-viciins Of Turkish
brutality Threatened with Starvation.
( CoEsrANTINoPLE, Nov. al-A dispatch
received here from TiliIs, Russian Trans
ca,fcasia, says that the Armenian Cathol-
icos has received reply TO the communi-
cation which he recently sent TO the Rus
sian Ambassador here, NJ, lie Nelidoff. 1t
Is as follows:
1.-THE Armenians of Constantinople aro
now reassurcd, They arc threatened with
no danger. In the provinces, however,
there are rcgrcttablc conflicts, which in
most cases were caused by the Arme-
mans, who were instignted by their revo-
lut!onary connnlttees. The result Is ter
riblc revenge upon tho part Of the Turks
In the shape OF horrible massacres Of Chris
tians.
The SULTAN has sanctioned the schemo
for reforms submitted by the three great
powers, and preparations are now proceed
ing to carry them out. To this end it Is
necessary that the leaders OF the people
should persuade the latter to desist from
revolutionary attempts, TO abandon the
idlo hope of foreign Intervention, to put a
stop to all disturbances and to cooperate
in the 10 establishment of universal peace,
in improving the situation and in the in
PRODUCTION of the new order of things"
The attitude OF the scr.: r:t:, cr cr Of the sui
tan, has undergone decided change -ince
the other fleets bagnn to join the British
fleet in tho navel demonstration In Sa-
lonica bay. There Is no doubt that the
pressure brought to bear upon tho sultan
hnot Af.. toll
personal charge of the work OF reform, and
1t Is now hoped that there will be no
further bloodshed. except in the case of
putting down the cinsurroctions which have
broken out against' Turkish rule in diff
ferent parts OF Asia Minor
There is no longer any talk Of the armed
Intervention of the powers in tho Turkish
empire, and II any. display Of force is neces-
sary upon the part of Europe, 1t might be
in the friction of supporting the authority
of Great Britain.
The concentrating of Turkish troops at
Marash for the advance upon Zcltoun,
which is still held by the Armenians in
strong force, continues rs actively as pos
sible under the circumstances. The COM
manding general declares that unless the
Armcnians of Zritoun and its vicinity are
subjugnied within a fortnight the cam
paign is likely to be both protracted and
difficult as heavy SHOWS and bad roads,
which are to be expected soon, will hinder
tho operations Of the troops.
Advicos from Aleppo say that all the
American citizens mt Aintab, Orfah and
Martlin are safe under the protection of
tho Turkish authorities OF the places men.
toned. The Turks, it now appears, are
really taking steps TO protect life and prop
erty
Armenian refugees who have arrived
hero from tho different provinces from
which they fed Mt the time of the recent
massacre have potitioned tho patriarch 20
nss..st tscse of their oTeligloai-,1s who
were unable to get away, as famine is
threatening their country, and that the
most terrible sufferings may be anticipated
when the cold weather sets in, thousands
&C Armenian families hc,r- withon shal-
tor The ArineniaIs ASK me patria, e &
appeal TO the different countries of Europa
for money, food and clothing, as Z seems
next TO impossible for the Turkish govern
inent to assist the distressed people.
There has bsen some sharp exchange of
messages recently between the Armenian
patriarchs, the Turkish ministers and tho
foreign ambassadors. Tho patriarch was
desirous of calling in person ltpon tho
minister of tho interior or other govern
ment officials for the purpose of placing
certain complaints before them, and to
tender his services in tho work Of relief
and reform. But tho Turkish officials pos.
itiyely refuse to receive him in audience
until he shall have published an cncyciical
condemnng the alleged intrigucs and do
mands of the Armenians.
As 1t has been demonstrated that the
nltrl.S in tha mn tarifv ,,f
to blamo for tho inassacrcs, and as the sui.
tan has agreed to the powers scheme of
reforms for Armenia, tho patriarch Uns
unable to issue such an encyclical, for it
would practically have admitted that
the demands of the Armcnlans wcrc not
justified, and would, it Is believed, have
considerably hindered the work of reform
Consequently, the patriarch made an ap.
peal to the ambassadors, aud placed before
them the strongest evidence he could pro
cure regarding the nassncres which have
recently occurred, and begged them to use
their influence to put an end to this con.
dition of affairs.
The patriarch was assured that every
thing possible was being done, but he was
informed that evidence had been furnished
which established tho fact that the agents
of the Armenian revolutionary commit
Armcnians against Turkish rule, and that
the Armenians themselves were to blame
for number of tho outbreaks (which Ind
occurred although this did not justify the
bloody revenge taken by the Turks.
Kurds Killed by Russian Frontier Guards.
LONDON, Nov. 2i.-A dispatch to Tho
Times from Odessa says that 1t Is stated
from Kars, which Is located on the Arpa-
Ch;i river, hundred miles northeast of
Erzcroum, that the Russian frontier
guards have killed or captured numerous
Kurds who have been engaged in pursuing
Armenians trying to escape. Three Ar
inenians who have just arrived at Kars
state that they are the solo survivors of an
Armenian village, which numbered thou
sand inhabitants before the massacrcs.
Victims of the Ameer's Wrath.
LONDON, Nov. 2l.-The Evening News