The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-30
A NEW CRISIS IN TURKEY.
Guardianship May Enter the BOsDhO-
rous without Permission.

Constantinople, Nov. 29-The Turkish
troops en- route to Zeitoun have arrived at
AIarash, where they have halted pending
the result of negotiations with the Armen-
ians who are in possession of Zeitoun. The
conditions offered to the Armenians in
clude the surrender of their arms as well
as the leaders of the recent revolt at Zelt-
oun to the Turkish troops. Trustworthy
advices say the rising of the Armenians
al Ieitoun followed an attempt on the
part of the troops of the Turkish garrison
10 plllage the city. The Armenian surViy-
ofs or the massacres at Arabirlxir, Moosh,
ana at Harpoot, these advices say, have
Deen offered the choice of embracing Is
4a1nlsm or being put to the sword. The
Americans in Harpoot, Bitlis and Marash
are virtually prisoners in their houses. 1t
IS not safe for Christians to go into the
streets, and the escort which was provided
Tor the American missionaries by the porte
upon application of Minister Terrell are
afraid TO leave Harpoot on account of the
dangers they are almost certain to encOun-
ter on the, roads from murderous bands;
NO mails have passed over the Bagdad
route for three weeks.
Upon the strength of the assurances
given by the porte TO Sir Philip Currie,
tne British ambassador to Turkey, that
the sultan would permit the powers to
send into the BOsphOrus a second guard
ship, Sir Philip telegraphed to Admiral
Seymour. commanding the British Medi-
teIranean squadron, requesting him to
dispatch the gunboat Dryad to the BOs-
4
TO arrive at Ozanakklon at II o'clock on
the morning of Nov. Is and the porte was
50 informed, but no authority TO pass
through the straits Of the Dardannelles
mad been given up to the time of writing
this dispatch The sultan upon learning
this news became greatly disquieted and
at the hour of midnight sent messages TO
Iewtik Pasha, the American minister
and Said Pasha, the grand Vizier Sir
Philip Currie is now awaiting instructions
from Lord Salisbury, and the other for
Ulnt0mHTE
asked their respective governments for
instructions.
The synod of the Greek church in Tur-
key has refused TO commit itself to an
expression of satisfaction with the policy
of the government in Asia Minor.
Despite the porte's repeated promises
to the American minister, Mr.. Terrell,
the missionaries at Marash were not af-
torded protection until eight hours after
the second terrible massacre at that place,
during which the American Theological
Seminary was plundered and burned. The
missionaries reported on Nov. 70 that they
were safe, but since then nothing has
been heard of them. The non-arrival OF
letters giving details of the disorders at
Kharpoot and MarsOVan on Nov. 10 and 13
creates a belief that the mail of the mis-
sionaries has been stopped.
1t is announced from Erzeroum that the
government has instituted commission
to compel the restitution of their prop
erty to the Armenians who were robbed
during the disorders there. Some promi-
nent Armenians are members of the COM
The government has agreed to the ap-
pOintment Of a committee to receive do
nations for the relief of needy Arme-
mans.
London, Nov. 29.-The Standard will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Vienna
saying that the powers, which a day or
two ago We're not unanimous on the Turk
ish question, have again fallen into line.
The sultan knew there was a hitch of
some kind, and his obstiuacy regarding
elle-gf rdship h.In4ns resulted therefrom.
The lesson viii not be lost on the powers.
Munich, Nov. 29.-The correspondent of
the Nueste Nachrichten, at Constantine
pie, telegraphs a report of an interview
had by him with HALL Rifal Pasha, the
Turkish grand Vizier, in which that Of
hcial declares that If the united fleets
of the powers shall make a demonstra-
ton at COnstantinOple the porte will in
form the powers that the Turkish gov
ernment renOunces all responsibility for
the consequences. especially a regards
the matter of protection to foreigners.
Washington, Nov. 29.-The state depart
ment has advices by cable from Minister
Terrell that the missionaries school of
science, at Marash, was burned or the
18th inst, but that the missionaries are
safe. He also telegraphs that = ntab
College is protected. Both of these are
American institutions.