The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-07
THE SULTAN DRUNK.
He Wanted to Kill Said Pasha,
His Best Statesman.
SAID SEEKS ENGLISH SHELTER.
Interest I'm Rus@fa's Black Sea Fleet
Turks Are Afraid to XIII Nnen
watched by Missionaries

r1,sou De-. s-Tne Daily News Con-
s.antiuopl. correspondent says: sad
Pashsss prociIvffieg are RUSSIAN. ana SUI
r,rsse IA expressed that ne dc not tahe
refuge at the Russian embassy instead q
the British embassy. IL is said faat the
sultan questioned him as 70 ne oFlssh q
certain ,edjs,oas piaeards. and or his pro-
Tossing Ignorance the sultan reproaGhea
him With being a. the head % the TevoIu-
sionary movement. He has the reputation
<e being q most upright and sinsie-InlAasa
minister.
The Constant;nople correspondent of the
Times says: In declining the appoint
raent OF grand vizier Said Pasha asked
the sultan's permission. on the ground Of
bad health, to retire and live abroad. This
ranked IN the suItan's mind and induced
81 paroxysm OF anger, and Sad Pasha.
who Is neither a novice nor coward. -
persuaded that the sultan would have
killed him had he entered the Yildiz pa
zee. The secret OF the whole thing - that
Said is SO popular and so highly esteemed
that IL was feared he might Join the mall
content party. He has always been re-
sarded as the most anti-EBgi.sh 81 all the
official pashas. Manir the new arnbassa-
dor 10 Paris. was formerly the head poIt-
icaI sfyy. The story Is current here that
the sultan han returned TO his youthful
habit OF dram drinking.
The Standard has a dispatch from Con-
stantinople which Gays that after Said
first refusal OK the office OF grand vizler
be- was imprisoned for d week az the
1Iiaiz palace.
Tas Graphlc's Odessa correspondent
says: Admiral Kopyton. commander-iTi-
chief OF the Black sea fleet. has neen SUM
moued to 81. Petersburg. IL Is supposed
that the summons Is la connection with
the Armenian question.
Boston. Dec. s.--Isetters at hand from
s.~eN =
seat OF trouble In Turkey throw new light
on the fact that some OF the missionaries
have not taken advantage Of the advice Il
Minister Terrell and the armed escorts
that have been provided to conduct them TO
the coast. The writer says. The govern
ment authorities give every assurance that
foreigners VIII ba protected. and We believe
in showing cur confidence IN these as
surances. Should we run away the very
valuable property OF our boards would be
looted, our schools dispersed and the work
OF years broken up. Moreover. the native
Christians will be plunged into still deeper
distress and terror by the flight OF those
10 whom they naturally look for help and
protection. Our presence serves TO re-
strain the hloodthirsty impulses OF even
the most fanatlcal Moslems, while we are
here they do not dare 20 act as they other
wise would. nor do the long-headed lead
ers. This last reason alone would compel
as to stay. even to the last degree OF risk
10 ourselves" A letter from another mis-
sIonary who is en- route TO his station says:
81 feel cheap not to be there" The sta
ton to which he is bound is one where
nassacres have occurred.
Rome, Dec. "a dispatch from Con-
stantinople reports tina. the British. Rus
sian. French and Italian consuls at
Erzeroum have signed a memorial
declaring that the massacre there
was not provoked by the Ar
menians This has been presented to the
porte. No news has been received from
the interior OF Armenia since November Is.
on account of the fall of snow and the con-
sequent impossible condition OF tho coun-
try.