The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-11-21
TURKEY QTIETTNG DOWN
The Sultan Now Seems Anxious to
Push the Reforms,
THE POWERS DEMANDS EFFECTIVE

The Armenian Patriarch offered His Ser
vices to the Turkish Government, but the
Offer Was Deciincd-Victims of Turkish
Brutality Threatened with Starvation.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov 2l.-A dispatch
received here from Tiflis, Russian Trans
caucasia, says that the Armenian Cathol-
icos has received reply to the commune
cation which he recently sent to the Rus
sian ambassador here, M, de Nelidof. II
is as follows:
'"The Armenians of Constantinople are
now reassured. They arc threatened with
no danger. In the provinces, however,
there are regrettable conflicts, which in
most cases were caused by the Arme-
mans who were instigated by their revo-
lutionary committees The result Is ter
rible revenge upon the part of the Turks
In the shape of horrible massacres of Chris
tians.
"The sultan has sanctioned the scheme
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
idle hope Of foreign Intervention, to put
stop to all disturbances and to cooperate
in the re establishment of universal peace,
in improving the situation and in the in
PRODUCTION of the new order of things"
The attitude of the porte, or of the sui
tan, has undergone a decided change since
the other fleets began to join the British
fleet in the naval demonstration in Sa-
lonica bay. There is no doubt that the
pressure brought to bear upon the sultan
has been strong enough to make him take
personal charge of the work of reform, and
it is now hoped that there will be no
further bloodshed, except in the case of
putting down the Instructions 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 the Turkish
empire, and if any display of force is neces-
sary upon the part of Europe, it might be
in the friction Of supporting the authority
of Great Britain.
The concentrating of Turkish troops at
Marash for the advance upon Zeitoun
which is still held by the Armenians in
strong force, continues as actively as pos
sible under the circumstances. The com
manding general declares that unless the
/ Armenians of Zeitoun and its vicinity are
| subjugated within q fortnight the cam
/ pagn is likely to be both protracted and
| difficult as heavy SHOWS and bad roads,
/ which are to be expected soon, will hinder
| the operations of the troops.
Advices from Aleppo say that all the
American citizens at Aintab Orfah and
/ Mardin are safe under the protection of
/ the 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
here from the different provinces from
which they fled at the time of the recent
massacre have petitioned the patriarch to
assist those of their co-religionists 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
of Armenian families being without shell
ter. The Armenians ask the patriarch to
appeal to the different countries of Europe
for money, food and clothing, as it seems
next to impossible for the Turkish govern
ment to assist the distressed people.
There has been some sharp exchange OF
messages recently between the Armenian
patriarchs, the Turkish ministers and the
foreign ambassadors The patriarch wai
desirous of calling in person upon the
minister of the interior or other govern
ment officials for the purpose of placing
certain complaints before them, and K
tender his services in the work of relic
and reform. But the Turkish officials pos
itively refuse to receive him in audienc'
until he shall have published an encyclica
condemning the alleged intrigues and de
mands of the Armenians.
~ I,., Ig,,, k,IN NInk
Turks, in the great majority of cases, wer
to blame for the massacres, and as the sui
) tan has agreed to the powers scheme o
reforms for Armenia, the patriarch wa
unable to issue such an encyclical for
would practically have admitted tina
the demands of the Armenians were no
justified, and would, it is believed, hav
considerably hindered the work of reform
Consequently, the patriarch made an az
peal to the ambassadors, and placed befor
them the strongest evidence he could pre-
cure regarding the massacres which hav
recently occurred, and begged them to us
: their influence to put an end to this COZ
dition of affairs.
, The patriarch was assured that every
thing possible was being done, but he wa
informed that evidence had been furnishe
] which established the fact that the agent
, Of the Armenian revolutionary commit
tees had been actively at work incitinI
= Armenians against Turkish rule, and tina
the Armenians themselves were to blam
/, for number of the outbreaks which ha
occurred, although this did not justify tn
4 bloody revenge taken by the Turks.
4 Kurds Killed by Russian Frontier Guards
. LONDON, Nov. 2l-A dispatch to Tn
4 Times from Odessa says that it is state
+ from Kars which is located ON the Arpa
!, Chai river, hundred miles northeast G
3 Erzeroum, that the Russian frontie
guards have killed or captured numerou
I Kurds who have been engaged in pursuin
y Armenians trying to escape. Three Al
5 menians who have just arrived at Kar
state that they are the sole survivors of a.
Armenian village, which numbered thou
sand inhabitants before the massaores.
. Victims Of the Ameer's Wrath.
4 LONDON, Nov. 91.--The Evening New