Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
TERRILL HAS BEEN WATCHFuL.

Whlch nave no bearing on the general situa-
ton' The government will punish the offerd-
ers should the disturbance b. renewed.
TERRILL HAS BEEN WATCHFUL.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The State de-
artmen has received a circular, prepared
Tor publication by Rev. H.. o. Dwight, who
is specially charged with watching over the
interests OF our missionaries in Turkey. The
circular came unsolicited to Mr.. Terrill and
us purpose Is to explain certain misappre-
henslons and misstatements concerning Min
lster Terrills course. In the circular DR.,
Dwight says the general allegation that Mr..
Ierrill has been careless in protecting
American citizens in Turkey rests on no
foundation whatever, for Mr.. Terrill has
freely consulted them in every important
crisis and has shown gerat willingness to
give weight to their opinions.
Mr.. Terrill,' the circular says, "has
carried on his heart as a burden that per
mits no escape and allows no rest anxiety
for the safety of American citizens in Tur-
Key during all Of the vicissitudes Of the
present year"
There is not a shadow of doubt, he says,
that the maintenance Of the Bittlis station
during the fiery trial Of the past year, the
exemption of its members from molestations
and perhaps the saving of their very lives,
has been due to the sustained and vigorous
action of Mr.. Terrill at the sublime porte.
And in every case where an Armenian natu-
rallied citizen has been molested Mr.. Terrill
has interfered sharply and effectively to
prevent unlawful punishment.
Disquieting rumors regarding the security
OF the Christian teachers in Turkey between
TrebiZond and ErZerOum were floating about
the State department today, but the officials
refused to allay the popular apprehension.
There is ground for the belief the department
has heard from Minister Terrill today, and
that his advices, while showing that a peril
Gus state of affairs confronts the American
missionaries and teachers in that section. do
not state that actual murders have been re-
ported to him.
The Navy department also has a most
energetic officer as near to the scene of the
trouble as a warship can get in the person
OF Captain C'Neill of the Marblehead, and
up to the close of Office hours he had made
no report of a massacre, as he would I'M
doubleday have done had the news reached
him. The nearest State department repre-
sentative Is at Sivas, but he also has been
silent.
NO CONSULS NEAR.
For the very reason that this section of
Turkey. including important American mis-
sions, has all along b5en without any consular
officer representing the United States con-
gress at its last session provided for the es-
adjustment of two consulates therein, one at
Efzeroum and another at Harpool. The State
department several months ago sent to Tur-
key two experienced men from Washington
to open the consulates there. But the Turk
ish government has persistently declined to
issue eXequateurs to them, so they have been
unable to exercise consular functions. These
men, Messrs. Chiffon and Hunter, were in
Erzeroum when the last massacre occurred
there, and were compelled to seek safety in
the British consular office during the rioting.
Since then, as their lives were being nesd-
lesoly jeopardized and there was no hope
Of securing recognition as consuls, the State
department has ssen fit to authorize their
retirement from the scene Of danger, and at
last accounts they were in Constantinople,
with every prospect that they would be or
dered back to the United States and the
project Of establishing these consulates aban-
doned for the present at least.
Admiral Selfridge arrived at Marseilles yes
terday, and last evening relieved Admiral
Kirkland Of the command Of the European
station and hoisted his flag on the San Fran
cisco under orders from the secretary Of the
navy to proceed at once to join the Marble
head in Turkish waters. With those two YES
sells present it is felt that our government
will do all possible to protect the Americans
in the interior of Turkey, taken in connec-
ton with a most vigorous notice from Min
lister Terrill that the United States will hold
the porte responsible for any injury they
may sustain.
BERLIN, Nov. ia dispatch from Con
stantinople to the Frankfurter Zeitung says
that the Russian ambassador to Turkey, NJ.
de Nelidoff, declares that Russia would not
accept the mandate of the powers to pacify
Armenia.
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from
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Christian teachers in the Trebizond and
Erzeroum districts have been killed.
IDEA CAUGHT THE SULTAN.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-Reuter's Telegram
company learns in we'll informed quarters
that the Italian squadron may join the
British squadron at Salonica at any mo-
ment.
The Constantinople correspondent of the
Times says: The effect Of the moratorium
on commercial affairs has been anything but
beneficial. 1t was essentially an imperial
ordinance. suggested to the sultan by inter
ested parties as a measure calculated to
calm public excitement, and to so insure his
majesty's safety. The sultan had never be-
fore heard of a moratorium, but the Turkish
fancy quickly takes In any Idea concerning
the nonpayment Of debts. and the sultan
was prompt to realize its soothing effect.
The authors Of the idea obtained their wish
and the intermediary pocketed a handsome
reward.
"Oficial reports says the correspondent
of the Times, blaming the Armenians for
the disorders at Diarbekir, are groundless,
and although the action of the Armenians
elsewhere has not always been judicious, the
only region in which it can be truly said
that the Armenians have risen against the
authorities is the Zeitoun and Marash
country.
The sultan is conscious of the weakness
of the present cabinet, and he is trying to
coax some of the members Of his former
cabinets to return, but they have so far
rejected his overtures and refused to set
their feet within the doors of the palace.
THE cabinet has just dispatched a com !
mission Of five members to the provinces to
examine into the situation. Reports continue
to arrive of troubles at Mlaitich, Arabkir.
Kharput and Moush. 1t is reported that
innocent persons are being slain with the
sword and their buildings destroyed by fire
in all these towns.
Some Of the members of the palace party.
It is reported here, acting as bears. sold
large blocks of Turkish securities recently,
with very profitable results"
A dispatch to the Times from Vienna says
that on the initiative Of Count GOluchowski.
the Austrian minister Of foreign affairs, a
formal exchange of views of the cabinets of
the six powers has commenced, with a view
to arriving at a collective decision as to the
best way of dealing with the Armenian
problem.
MASSACRES OF DAILY OCCURRENCE.
A dispatch to the Standard from Constanti-
noplc says: Every day brings news of fresh
massacres. II is quite clear II the powers
waste additional time in negotiations the need |
for these negotiations will be passed" The
Standards Constantinople correspondent also !
saws II the rumor should be confirmed that
French and American missionaries have been
injured in Lny of these outTsges il is be-
lieved these powers will no longer confne
themselves TO protests, The American fsat.
tho correspondent thinks, Is only too anxious |
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