Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-21

officials should protect the American
missionaries and notifying the Sultan
and his ministers they would be held
responsible for the safety of the mis-
sionaries.
In view Of these representations. the
Turkish officials promised to protect
the lives of the missionaries and de.
tailed gendarmes to guard their
property. While the Armenians re-
pulsed the first attack Of the Kurds,
the latter were so Infatuated at the
check they had received that they
proceeded to the quarter Of Kharptit
where the American mission is located
and quickly overcoming any opposition
OF the gendarmes, il there were any
present "a point which has not def
nitely ascertained), they ransacked the
houses, including eight of the Ameri-
can mission buildings, and exploded a
she'll in the house OF one of the mis-
sionaries- The American missionaries
however, escaped uninjured and placed
themselves under the immediate pro-
lection OF the TurlSieh Governor, who
Htill has them safe under his care
During the pillaging, it has been
ascertained beyond doubt, the Kurds
were supported by the Turkish troops
in number of instances, and in other
cases the soldiers remained passive
spectators of the rioting.s
Later q second and more successful
attack was made by the Kurds upon
the Armenian quarter, and terrible
massacre followed. The number of
Victims has not yet been ascertained,
but, it is declared to be enormous. "
Conservative estimates say that from
SOC to LOCO persons were killed during
the rioting.
Constantinople, Nov. 90. "A dis
patch received here from Tifiis, Rus
sian Transcaucasia, says that the Ar
menian Catholics 1.-THE spiritual head
of tho Armenian Church has received
reply to communication which he
recently sent to the Russian AMBUSH
dor here, M. DE Nelidoif. The reply is
as follows:
''The Armenians Of Constantinople
are now reassured. They are threat
ened with no danger In the provinces,
however, there arc regretable conflicts
which in most cases were caused by the
Armeuians, who were instigated by
their revolutionary committees. The
result is terrible revenge upon the part
of the Turks in the shape of horrible
massacres of Christians. The Sultan
has sanctioned the scheme for reforms
submitted by the three great Powers,
and preparations are now proceeding to
carry them out. To this end it is neces-
sary that the leaders of the people
should persuade the latter to desist
from revolutionary attempts, to aban-
don the idle hope of foreign interven-
tion, to put stop to all disturbances
and to cooperate in the re establish
ment of universal peace, in improving
the situation and in the introduction
of the new order of things. y
AS intimated in these dispatches
during the last few days, the attitude
of the Porte, or of the Sultan, has I'M
derg0ne IA decided change since the
other fleets began TO join the British
fleet in the naval demonstration in
Salonica 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 in Armandax, and it is now
hoped that there will be no further
bloodshed, except in the case of put
ting down the instructions which have
broken out against Turkish rule in
different parts of Asia Minor.
1t is hoped, however, that the Ar
menian clergy will be able to induce
their co-religionists to lay down their
arms, and especially as the sentiment
of the whole of Europe is now in favor
of the Sultan, whose evident desire to
meet the views of the Powers is thor
oughly appreciated and has undoubtedly
tided over most difficult crisis in the
East.
There is no longer any talk of the
armed intervention of the Powers in
the Turkish empire, and if any display
of force is necessary upon the part of
Europe, it might be in the direction
of supporting the authority of the Sui
tan, as Great Britain, Russia and
France are extremely DESTROYS that
order should promptly be restored
throughout Asia Minor.