Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-11-21
TURKEY In A COOP.
THE POWERS ARE EVIDENTLY
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
1T IL Reported That the Powers VIII
Make a Naval Display in Turkish
Waters I'm the Hope of Bringing
the Sultan 10 Time.

tonStantlnopie, Nov. 13.-AS a result
OF the exchange Of numerous kilograms
between the representatives Of the
powers and their respective govern
Inents, lasting nearly all day Saturday
an important meeting Of the ambas-
sailors was held here to-day and the
situation was thoroughly discussed.
Finally ii was decided to send fresh
representations To the Turkish min.
lister Of foreign affairs. Tcwfik pasha.
renewing III much stronger language
the demands addressed by the ambas-
sailors TO Tewfik Pasha's predecessor,
Said Pasha, on Nov. ), and insisting
upon being Informed without further
delay as to what measures the porte
contemplates taking in order to restore
order in Armenia and reminding the
Turkish government that ii has al
ready been notified of the intention OF
the powers acting in concert to take
their own steps in the matter, should
II develop the action Of the porte is in
adequate TO deal with the state Of
anarchy prevailing in Anatolia.
1t is known that the sultan still re-
fuses to believe that the powers are In
accord as to the action to be taken in
case of the porte's failure to restore
oi'N ~ nix hlSh tAIlDIIts ANo
amount Of persuasion seems stroLg
enough 10 bring Abdul Hamid 10 rea-
son, and the opinion is freely ex
pressed hat nothing short of
A Naval Demonstration
will awaken the Turks to q realization
Of the actual condition of affairs. The
speech which the marquis of Salisbury
made in London will, 1t Is believed,
NO rn n n rlvnI AHfaat NA A.. .--.z
especially If the British premier refers
strongly and pointcdly TO the present
crisis. Mild language, however. it Is
said here. will only make the sultan
hold out all the longer.
The riOting and blCOdshcd at Ere
roum is said to have been much more
serious than any reports previously
made public have pictured Ii. and it is
asserted that even the presence of
Shakir Pasha. who has troops. failed
10 Stop the massacre. The unresist-
ing Armenian men. women and chill
dren were hludgconed to death by hun
drcds on the streets. A traveller who
arrived here recently from TrebiZond
says that he mot between ErZerOum
and Baiburt 800 women. who fell on
their knees by the roadside. imploring
protection, saying that their husbands
were murdered and that they were
starving and homeless. The rising Of
the DruseS is extending on all sides.
and several villages Of the district cf
Hauran have been DESTROYED by iire.
If Shakir Pasha. the high commits
sioncr appointed by the Turkish gov
elnnlcnt TO carry III the scheme of re-
form ,aGreed upon for Armenia. is I'M
able, supported by Turkish troops. TO
stop the wholesale massacre of Ar
mcnianS In the streets OF an important
city like ErZeroum, ii is difficult TO see
how the wild KhurdiSh tribes n the
outlying districts n be preventedfrom
continuing the work Of determination
OF the Armenians. which has been 60
ing on for some time past, apparently
with the approval of the sultan.
Copyright, by Associated Press. 1889
COnstantinOple. Nov. IA. - Ii was
stated today in European circles here
that as a result Of an additional ex-
change Of views between the powers,
through their representatives here and
at the different capitals. II Is believed
that a joint course of action involving
a display of naval and possibly mill
tary force has already been decided
upon with Il view of restoring order in
Armenia, recent events having clearly
demonstrated that the sultan has no in
tention Of really carrying out the
scheme for reform agreed upon some
time ago, after so much delay and an
noyance. Nothing definite. however,
appears 10 br known regarding the
course Of action decided upon; but il
Is now believed that the sultan will
not be allowed to tritie with the ambas-
sailors for many days longer, and news
Of an important nature is expected at
any moment.
The rumors so pe~rsistently circu-
lated fer many weeks past as to the
probability that the Sultan would he
deposed, are repeated on all sides to-
day, and il would seem that they may
have been revived by some definite
statement on the subject, having been
overheard by some of the embassies.
by the sultan.
Each day shows the situation OF af-
fairs here to be growing more threat
ening. The reply of the porte to the
communications sent to it after the
meeting Of the ambassadors yesterday,
has been awaited with interest. as in
the note the representative OF the
powers used much stronger language
than heretofore, and positively insist
ed upon being Immediately informed
as TO what steps the Turkish govern
ment intended to take for the restora-
ton of order in the disturbed provinces
Of Asia Minor. The porte to-day, re-
plying to the identical notes of the am
bassadors Of Germany, Austria and
Italy, simply said that information re-
garding the scheme for reform in Ar
menia would he forwarded to the rep
r~esentatives of the powers without
delay"
In other words these three ambassa-
doris at least have obtained no salts
faction at all. 1t is not yet known If
the notes of the ambassadors of Great
Britain, Russia and France have been
replied TO, but it is presumed that they
We're also assured that their requests
for information regarding the proposed
reforms would be complied with with
out delay.
Surprise is expressed eve by the
diplomats Of this city, who expect al
most anything from the porte, at the