The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-05
EUROPE AGAINST HIN.


against the officers OF the regular army
and the zaptires. who. stationed before
the shops, exhorted the rioters 10 crop
their arms and place themselves unGer
the protection or the authorities, VINO
would know how to defend Them. Indeed,
they did not even respect the person OF
the governor. AT whom they fred At the
sight OF one soldier and one or two MUS
selmans wounded and two others VINO
were already dead. the agitation OF the
Mussulrnaus and Greeks, who had joined
the brawl. reached its climax. II was
O'Clock before they could re-estabAsh or
der. Corpses lying in the streets and IN
the shops were taken that same night 10
the untenanted stores, and the wounded
were conveyed TO their homes or 10 the
hospitals.
After the riot was put down. the Ar
menians who had remained shut up In the
houses and stores, were deprived OF theH
guns Until calm could be entirely
restored, they We're lodged in the edlfces
OF the civil and military authorities Ihose
individuals and families who were deprlF-
cd OF means Of support were cared Tor IN
some Mussulman houses and received
bread and whatever was necessary Tor
them. Waen order was finally restored
the old offenders and the others regained
their own firearms. The Ottoman suo-
iects and the strangers who had sought
protection at the residence OF the foreign
consUls at the moment OF the rlot were
conveyed TO their homes, and for the pur-
pose Of protecting them from an attack
the foreign consulates. and the schools
and other religious establishments. as wei
as the residences of foreigners, Were
guarded while the trouble lasted. Certain
particular families were lodged for pro-
lection in the houses of prominent Mus
sulman citizens, and wherever tne zap
tires and the troops failed IL was the Mus
errfr1au and Christian leading men VINO
took their places.
After the complete suppression OF the
troubles an elaborate inquest was held 10
discover the authors OF the first SHOTS. IL
was discovered that on the morning OF
Tuesday, October s, the day OF the riot,
several rioters expelled from CONSTANT
pie arrived by the Austrian steamer. An
unusual assembling Of Armenians having
taken place near the wharf, popular curl
osity was excited. Among the letters dis
tributed was one addressed TO a certain
Charvarch, of ErzindJan, who lived at
the Han. Immediately opposite the town
hall. which is situated on Charki square.
This letter contained details OF the trou-
bles at Constantiuople. and announced the
death OF the brother of the person IL was
addressed 10. This person, the moment
he read the letter. placed himself at the
window OF his room and commenced 10
fire wildly on all passers-by. contendinS
that II was thus that one should act un-
der such circumstances. Immediately al
terward four or five shots were fired from
the stores Of Diaradourian, opnosite the
Han and under the town hall These shots
were followed by others fired by the Ar
menians assembled at the landing. 1t was
thus that the crowd which found itself in
the square and adjoining streets were
obliged TO respond.
1.-The fact that some of those who fired
during the riots from the windows of Ar
menian houses We're inhabitants of neigh
boring villages who had ONLY come TO
town that morning, and that the first shots
were fired by them; that simultaneously
with the commencement of the riot the
shops had been closed; that the Arme-
mans had knowledge themselves of all
these facts; and finally. that the officers
of the army and the zaptires who exhort-
ed them TO submission and the laying
down OF their arms were greeted by shots,
and also all that had been stated here
above, proves conclusively that the rioters
had decided 10 cause a great slaughter
throughout the country. II is worthy OF
remark, however. that the above-men-
toned Charvarch. of Erzindjan, from
whose room the first shot was fired, not
withstanding that he was proved to be
affiliated with the revolutionary commit
tee and was also proved guilty OF several
crimes, profited by the amnesty graciously
accorded by his imperial majesty the sui
tan. as did also the Diaradourian, who
were among the most suspected"