The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-11-07
THE POWERS PROTEST..
1t Must be Quickly 0beyed by the
Turkish Government.
MAY ORDER A DISPLAY OF FORCE

Foreign Representatives i'm the sultan's
Realm Becoming Disheartened at the
Failure of the Government to Repress
Atrocities Upon the Helpless Armenians.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 7.-Kamil Pasha
the grand vizier, resigned yesterday. He
Will probably be succeeded by Said Pasha.
formerly grand vizier and now minister
for foreign affairs, and the latter will be
succeeded by Tewflk Pasha. Turkish am.
Dassador to Germany, now en- route to
Constantinople.
The report that the ambassadors of the
powers owing to the recurring disturb.
ances in various parts of the Turkish en-
pire, went to the porte separately on Tues-
day and urged that immediate and ade
quate measures for the restoration of or.
der be taken is confirmed in official circles
The representatives Of the powers declared
that otherwise the powers, acting i'm CON
cert, would take their own stems in tho
matter, and the Turkish minister for for.
eign affairs, Said Pasha, was requested to
state what steps the porte intends to take
In order to terminate the present state of
affairs.
1t is stated that the ambassadors called
the most serious attention of the porte to
the condition of affairs in Anatolia. which
they view with anxiety, and reminded the
Turkish government of the intervention
OF the powers in Syria at the time of the
massacres of 1860, and asked what meas
ures the Turkish authorities proposed to
take to re-establish order No definite re-
ply on this subject has been received. AL
though the ambassadors were assured that
everything possible would be done to re.
store order. But assurances of this nature
have been so repeatedly given that very
little faith is placed in them. and IL will
require definite statements and proofs of
the Willingness of the Turkish government
to maintain order to satisfy the ambassa-
dors.
The consular report of the attack re-
Gently made upon Diarbekir, capital of
Vllayet of the same name situated near
Ilgr1s, states that the marauders were
commanded by the Sheikah of ICELAND.
who is known to have been implicated in
the murder of Armenians at Sassoun
Inc French consul, for a time, was in i'm.
mlnent danger of being killed, being be.
sleged in his house by the rioters. When
he was able to do so the consul telegraphed
TO the French ambassador at Constants
nople, M. Cambon The latter received
the dispatch at night, but this did not
prevent him from going Immediately to
the porte and making vigorous representa-
tions on the subject to Kiamil Pasha, the
grand vizier, with the result that order
was eventually restored at Diarbekir
after the town, which has about 45. 900 in.
habitants, had been in the hands of the
Kurds for three days during which time
two separate attacks were made upon the
Armenians and a number of them were
killed. The exact number of the victims
is not known, but latest reports say that
the number must not be rcckoned by hun.
dreds or by thousands but by tens of thou.
sands, and reports from Syria declare that
the Armenians have been massacred under
direct orders from the government. o.
As usual the Armenians are blamed for
this outbreak. 1t is claimed that the
rioting did not commence until they had
made an attack upon the mosques of the
Turks, and it is also said by the Turk,
that the Zeitoun Armenians attacked
Turkish official, Lieutenant Hassan Aghg
who, with his wife and family, was traye
ing to Marash The Armenians are So
to have killed the whole family and
have rifled the bodies.
1t is evident, in view of these repeateI
outbreaks, wholesale killing of Armenian |
and insults to foreign consular representa- |
tives, etc, that the powers, however muc' |
they may desire from political motives I,
to interfere actively in the administering |
Of Armenia, will sooner or later be corg |
PEELED to restore order by a display of for.g !
as the Turkish government seems eth
utterly unable or unwilling to put an en-
TO the state of anarchy existing in A 4 |
menia, which threatens to bring about
more grave state of affairs.