The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-25
THE TURKISH SITUATION
Three Months Are Required to Quiet
the ArmenianS.
AMERICAN CITIZENS Are SAFE
Germany Sti,I Has Faith in the Sultan's
Ability to Rule Ills Subjects -Grue.
some Tales Of Murder In
London Papers.

Rome, Nov. 2l.-Ambassador Pansa
has telegraphed from Constantinople
the substance of an interview he re-
Gently had with HALL Rifaat Pasha.
tn" grand vizier. who said that the Porte
would require at least three months to
SUPPRESS the Armenian rising at Zeit-
oun and to set the reform machinery
working. The grand vizier requested
Italy and the other powers to cooper
ate to restrain the Balkan states from
all ill-timed anti-Turkish agitation.
London, Nov. 24.-The representa-
tives of the United Press In Constanti-
nople telegraphing under date of yes
terday, says that advices from MarsO-
van, bearing date of Nov. 22, show that
the American college at that place Is
now carefully guarded by the authori-
ties, a condition of affairs that is no
doubt due to the energetic representa-
tions that have been made to the Porte
by Minister Terrell. who has been in
defatigable in his attempts to secure
the safety of American citizens and
their property wherever located in the
Turkish dominions.
st. Petersburg, Nov 24.-The Car
yesterday gave a cordial audience 10
the italian ambassador. In the course
of the conversation his majesty said II
was necessary to accord Turkey time
to cut into effect the reforms the Sui
tan had promised.
Faith in tho Sultan.
Berlin, Nov. 24.-The decision Of the
German government not to send q dis
patch boat to Turkey Is regarded as q
sign that Germany places strong reli-
ance upon the ability and intention OF
the Sultan to preserve order in his DO.
minions. Although German official
opinion Is not openly hostile to the ac-
tion of Great Britain toward Turkey. 1t
certainly Is not friendly, and what are
considered as Lord Salisbury's infiam-
matory policy and Sir Philip Currie's
want of tact in dealing with the Sultan,
together with his frigid and unyielding
manner toward that monarch are the
subjects of open talk in diplomatic cir
cles here and in Vienna.
The final spell Of shooting which Is
allowed to the Kaiser before his atten-
tion will be engaged in the direction Of
political and court affairs by the re-
sumption Of the session of the Reich
stag and the opening of the winter sea-
son will be passed upon the royal es-
tates In Prussian SaxOny, where the
emperor will go on Monday. His maj
esty has recently had a period OF re-
markably successful hunting, first at
Piesdorf, where he beat the record. In
a single day he shot 264 hares, 81 pheas-
ants and six partridges. The shooting
lodge at Letzlingen was the scene Of
nignIiy festivities and the emperor put
aside his dignity and Joined in the fun.
A Gruesomc Tale.
London, Nov. 24.-London papers
have weird stories from Turkey
Patches of suspects are said to be
daily deported from Constantinople
and secretly executed or imprisoned in
some of the sultan's oubliettes in Asia
Minor. HIS own order that all the
princes must reside within the Yildiz
Kiosk. under his direct supervision, Is
sufficient to indicate how volcanic the
position continues. The Westminster
Gazette publishes letter from Con-
stantinOple regarding the secret exc
cutions, and the writer tells a grim
story. Divers who are employed In driv-
ing piles for a new pier outside the
Golden Horn on reaching bottom were
surprised to find a number Of bodies
standing upright around the place that
had been designated for the driving, Of
the piles.
One Of the divers Identified them as
the bodies Of students, some of whom
had been known to him personally. All
had heavy leads tied to their feet,
causing them TO stand erect, the
corpses thus being given weirdly life
like appearance. They numbered be-
tween forty and fifty.