The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-12
THE POWERS HAVE INSTRUCTED
AMBASSADORS TO PUSH THE
GUARDSHIP QUESTION.
DETAILS OF THE S|VAS MASSACRE,
In Which 1900 Armenians Were Massa-
cred-Palace Messengers Refused En-
trance to the British Embassy to
Plead With Said Pasha.

ton of the extra guardships of the pow
ers remains unchanged and continues
to offer tribute to the powers of delay
and evasion of oriental diplomacy as
practiced by the Turkish government
Statements are constantly reiterated of
the continued accord of the powers on
the subject and their unyielding deter
minatiOn to insist upon compliance with
their demands. Less is heard, however,
of the rumors which were of frequent
occurrence in the early period after the
demand had been presented, that the sui
tan had at length decided to grant the
necessary tirmans to permit the passage
actually issued them. Neither is there
such explicit announcement any more of
the period which is to elapse before Il
movement of the warships of the powers
is to commence to enforce the demands
made upon the sultan. Since the return
of II. NJ. $. Dryad to Salonica bay no
word has been heard of any actual order
OF movement to advance upon the OAR
denelles. Opinion continues divided as to
whether the delay in taking any action
to enforce the demands is due to fear
of causing Il fanatical outbreak against
the Christians by the Mussulmans sub
jectS of the sultan or to Il dread of Il
clash ensuing between the powers them
selves.
The reception today by the sultan, of
NJ. NeildOff, the Russian ambassador, III
private audience, awakens the usual
amount of speculation as to the true re-
ntipn pf RnSSio N thp situation and thn
extent of her agreement with the views
of the powers.
The flight of Said Pasha and his refuge
in the British embassy are the subjects
of the most sensational interest, and the
almost frantic efforts made by the sultan
to induce him to return to the Gildiz pal
ace indicate his fear either that he has
lost the most powerful intermediary that
he could hope for between himself and
the powers in evading the uncomfOrta-
BILE demands they make upon him. or the
most dangerous adversary he could fear
having in counsel with the powers
That the sultan lives i'll Il state of con-
slant apprehension of his life was yes
terday indicated 10y his demeanOr during
the course of the ceremony of the Soda
mix Friday, which involved the depart
ure of the sultan from the walls of the
palace and his appearance i'll public for
u sort OF review OF the troops, alIeHueu
by many hlSh ollclals' lollo"eu ny pr"!
crS M the mosque;
On Friday, as the sultan was quitting
the mosque, man attired as Il Turk,
bearing Il petition, forced himself through
the soldiers to the Sultan'S carriage. The
sultan was seen 10 peconle asl'uleu anu
deathly pare, put lne man WIS proh'puH
arrested and hustled off to prison.
IApllclt llsiructioliS were "S"ih
celveu TO-DAY ny ali the am passaupIs W
INSIST Oh the ADMISSION vi lle suiIus SCI
put as mas peeii stateu! Without chec'
ing any cnahse IN the sltuatlon' ..,,,.,
80 persistent mas peel tlG piGssule
upon SAID tasha 10 leave the BRUSH en-
baSsy ana upon tne EMBASSY 10 rein
qulsh MN ina all palace oliiel'in aug f
now eNcludeu from lilerc tAcepI ole Vi
the palace Shelknsi whom the sullal las
sent anu WHO NalhlS tlieu " lnuucc n"iu
nasha TO recent ana return 10 Tue sultan,
Inc Sulah mas prolesteu 10 .he poMehS
against the exclusion OF ms hesselseFs,
D I, the other Ambassadors supp pI Oh
Phillip Curre IN ms p0sItlon. Inc re-
port that they ADVISE Sald faSlia ~ again
&ccept the position u Sr"nu Ni"'er HAS
proved 10 pe uhloullueu. , 49,
Authentic details nave now Deei III, re-
celved OF me Slvas mhssacres. IneE
snow that the siiuSh1ec pesan vi tro n,
per X ana cohtlhue9 IoI week loi!oW-
ing: III Is Known lhat ~ Sflleii mans
ana I'D turks were kilieu oeIore tH 4T
was a cessalloh OF tne ploouy Wotk. me
i ! u VI the o".ole"h Is ueS'iloeu "e
follows: .e,--.
suddenly, AT NOON, as IL ps prec3llcell-
ed slShal, the IurklsIi solulers' Ile po-
nee the ClrcaSslans anu even lapoIels'
ana most OF the women ana clilure1
rushed INTO me llarket ullueI c9n ii'
OF olhcers. All were armed the iaoorerS
win cluos OF any nlns tnat coulu De use1
as, offensive weapons .nal ZANE can u nalu,
Inev attacked anu looteu liie t Alliiet s.
shops and pursued win TeieItiess IuIS
the occupants; WHO seemed heipie IS Win
surprise Ut the suuuenhess Vi the oh-
slaught. ,.,.. ILL,
Many merchants ana clerks were Killed
and their BODIES stripped AS ine IN
porting business was ALMOST eAG e
IN the hGnds OF the Arlhe e,, Iilanc .i
disaster must overtake Slvas when tne
fury OF the storm OF ploou ana sreeu mas
The stricken Armenians slowly gath
rred the mangled remains of their kins-
men and buried them in great trench
in the cemetery. The Armenian villages
in the vicinity were also looted and the
people left to beg and die.
4 high official, i'll Il position to know,
declares that the massacres were the de-
liberatC act of the SultanS vengeance for