The herald., 1895-11-27
FORTY THOUSAND VICTIMS
Is the Estimated Result of the
Armenian Riots
FINANCIAL LOSS ENORMOUS
Winter Will Bring Much Suffering and
Many Deaths
r-A.
FINANCIAL LOSS ENORMOU:
Trustworthy Correspondents Insist That Ar.
menians Were nassacred for Political
Reasons and Fear Worse Grimes

Associated Press Special Wire
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 25., via So
fla Nov. 2G.-Now that matters seem to
be quieting down again here and in the
AsiatIc provinces, people ara beginning
TO form an estimate of the amount Of
damage done and the nun ber of lives
lost during the recent disturbances. Well
informed Armenians estimate the losses
through the events which have just taken
place i'll Anatolia alone at $50, 600, 900,
and the mum ber of victims at 40, 900.
Missionaries say that in the outbreak
at Marash on Novemer 18th many hun
dreds OF people were killed, and that all
the school buildings were burned by the
rioters. OF course these are Armenian es-
Inmates, but there seems good reason for
believing that the properly destroyed,
the number o! lives sacrificed and the ter.
rible outrages committed are far beyond
anything hitherto estimated or described.
But this is not all. people competent to
pronounce an opinion upon the subject
say that with the coming of winter there
will be very many more deaths from ex-
posure and famine and that even the
Iromp: collection of relief funds, food
and clothing, cannot avert much loss of
lie and great suffering. Famine is
threatened in number OF districts, and
there seems to be no way of preventing ii.
The powers. instead of ordering their
fleets away from Turkish waters, as the
sultan earnestly requested, seem to be de-
termined upon keeping them in this VI
cnity for an indefinite period. A portion
OF the British Mediterranean fleet, it is
reported here, will soon leave Salonica
bay for Smyrna, where the powers are
mastering their lighting ships. The war
ships of Breat Britain expected to rendez-
vous at Smyrna this week, will consist of
nine batteships, four cruisers a..d four
smaller boats. The rest of the Salonica
bay feet will, it is said, remain off that
port for the present, ready for any emer-
gency.
France has already at Smyrna one bat.
tleship, two cruisers and two smaller
ships.
Italys flag floats from two battleships
and two cruisers aud four small craft in
the waters OF Smyrna.
Russia has two cruisers on the way to
Smyrna in addition to a powerful fleet
cruising in the western portion of the
Black sea-. -. ..-...-. ....
L.
ut Smyrna by two cruisers and Germany
has one small gunboat there, but it is
rumored that two German battleships
are on their way.
Austria has off Smyrna one hattleship,
two cruisers and two small gunboats.
OF course, this is not a naval dem
ostration. 1t is simply the concentration
of t1e foreign fleets at point agreed
upon apparently between the powers.
No progress has been made in the mat
ter Of the application of the porte of the
represen tations of Great Britain, Russia.
Italy and Austria for permission for the
passage through the Straits of ar
oanelles and on into the Bosphorus OF an
extra gunboat to act as an additional!
guardship for their respective EN- bassies.
The am bassadors will hold an Informal
meetinl today in oruer to decide what
steps to take to put an end to the So
called ''shuffiing" of the porte.
rhe impression prevails that If the
Firmans are not soon granted the extra
gunboats will pass the Dardanelles with
out the porte's permission even if they
have to bs conveyed through by battle
ships stripped for action.
Indeed, nobody here can see how the
power can retreat from the position
they have assumed without serious loss of
prestige, especially as their demands are
based on treaty rights which are admitted
by the sultan and his advisers. 1t is said
that the sultan's objections to granting
the trmans is really caused by his belief
tht he can do so with impunitv in view
of the objection raised by Russia to Au-
stria's proposal IN the subject and that
this constituted a difference of opinion
among the powers. A nun ber of the
diplomatic corps to whom this view of
the affairs was submitted, said that if
the sultan actually thought there was
any material difference of opinion among
the powers he would do we'll to get rid OF
that belief as soon as possible. News
fron the interior OF Asiatic Turkey Is
difficult to OBTAIN.
Although it is rumored that Turkish
operations against Zeitoun have com
menc,d, reports as to the negotiations for
the surren nder of Zeitoun arc still pro-
crossing, with the prospect Of peaceful
ending of the disorder there. The main
trouble seems to be that the Armenians
are afraid to trust the promises of the
Turks that their lives will be spared if
they surrender.