The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-01
Great Fears Expressed There
Will Be Another Armenian
Massacre.
American Missionaries Asked tC
Withdraw in Order to
Prevent 1t.
On the Other Hand Missionaries
Are Said to Be the Only
Check on Kurds.

CoNsTANTINoPLE. Oct. 3l.-A sensa
ton has been caused here by the report,
generally believed to be correct. that
three Armenian notabilities, of Trebi-
zond, including a prominent ecclesias-
| tic, are to be executed on the ground
that they are responsible for the present
rioting there.
According to statements made In
| Armenian circles, about 800 Armenians
were killed during the fighting at Bitlis
with the Turks. The loss of the latter
is said to be trifling.
Advices from Moosh say that the
leading Armenians of that locality have
been comforting with the representative
| Turks of that city and neighborhood as
to the means to be adopted in order to
prevent the outbreak there Of disorders
similar to those which have occurred
recently in different parts Of Armenia
and which have resulted in so much
bloodshed. 1t is added that the
Turks stipulated that the American
missionaries who are distributing relief
to the suffering people of Sassoun with
drew from there in three days, other.
wise the Turkish notabilities claim they
fear there will be a massacre such as
Just occurred at Bitlis.
Ask Missionaries to Withdraw.
I'm view of the critical situation o.
affairs outlined above, the United States
ambassador, Mr.. Alexander Terrell, has
advised the American missionaries tC
~,<lxl~,r ri1r from Socsnrp
At the same time Mr.. Terrell has mott.
fed the Turkish government that the
United States will hold it response
BILE for the lives of American mission
aries. The United States ambassador
has taken a firm stand in the matter
and nothing will be left undone which
will in any way insure the safety of the
missionaries. The British charge
d'affaires, the Hon. Mr. Herbert, ha,
made representations to the porte of {
nature identical to Mr.. Terrell. The re
suit is that the government has decided
to
Send Troops to Protect the Missionaries
But here another complication arises
The Kurds Of Sassoun are only held il
check by the presence there of the mis-
sionaries, fearing to commit excuses il
their presence and they threaten t.
plumber the Armenians on the depart
ure of the missionaries. Therefore, il
any case, fresh troubles are feared un
less the authorities take special meas
ures for the protection Of the Armenians
The mere presence there of Turkish
troops is far from being a sutficien
guarantee against a repetition at Sas
SCUM Of the bloodshed which has re
Gently occurred in other parts of AR
menia, and nothing but the most ener
getic action, it is asserted, can avert
serious disturbance.
In view Of these facts, the Armenian
patriarch has appealed to the ditferen
embassies here to intervene in time t
prevent another massacre. The Turkish
officials, in reply, again assert that al
the recent outbreaks here and in Arme
MIA are nothing more than the work o
the Armenian secret society, which ha
provoked all the riots.
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