Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-18

Currie, British ambassador TO Turkey,
who has been in England during the
past month in consultation with Lord
Salisbury in reference to the troubles
between the Turks and. Armenians,
starts in the morning for Constanti-
nople via Vienna. His journey back
to Turkey will be made in as short
time as possible and he will resume mis-
post at Constantinople without loss Of
time
Lord Salisbury, accompanied by his
wife, Went to visit the Queen at Wind
s0r Castle last night. 1t is evident
that
IMPORTANT DECISIONS
have been arrived at regarding East
ern affairs, since tomorrow morning s
Post will publish an article, evidently
inspired by the foreign Office. The ar
ticle is understood to indicate that the
Prime Minister has decided that the
utmost effort must be made to main
tain the integrity Of the Turkish en-
pire. and therefore efforts must, in the
first place, be directed to restoring or
der i'm the disturbed districts.
Continuing the article says:
For the moment all thought of
COERCING THE SULTAN
should be laid aside. He has already
given evidence of a desire to introduce
reforms. It cannot be believed but that
he will defer to the wishes OF the powers
as soon as circumstances permit him to
do so. 1t is difficult to appOrtiOn the
blame Justly between the Turks and the
Christians. and it is believed on good
authority that the disorders are partly
due to the careless order of the Sultan,
who commanded the provincial govern
ors not to molest the Armenians while
they were quiet. or if they reyolted, TO
exterminate them. This order mas
been interpreted with much generosity
bv the Turks, while the Armenians
themselves are blamable, to some eX-
tent, for
FOMENTING DISORDERS.
CHE ambassadors Of tn loreign pow
ers in general. and Sir Philip Currie IN
narticular. have acquired a position en-
abling them TO give important support
to the Turkish government at this crit
ical time. Sir Philip Curries lnstruc-
tions are such as to justify him IN de-
LAYING the execution of reforms until
the authority by which they are to be
carried out has recovered from tempor-
arv weakness. At the present moment
anv naval demonstration in the Turk
I ish waters. or undue pressure on the
1 Turkish government, can only help pre-
I cipftate a crisis from which Turkey 5
! friends can hope to gain nothing ana
her. enemies everything.
The article in the Post concludes by
expressing the hope that the Sultan
will be able to place more confidence Id
his ministers, and that ne can be IN
duced to abandon his personal govern
ment but adds that Sir Philip Curr1e
and his colleagues must remember that
they are not only
APOSTLES OF HUMANITY,
but also guardians of peace.
Hon. Francis Seymour Stevenson, NJ.
p. president Of the AnglO-ArmeDian
Association. in an interview says:
"The Sultan has lately developed
svmn.oms of a monomania hardly dis
/ tinguighable from ins9nity, and 1t IS
moi unlikely that he will meet the same
fate that overtcok his brother Murad'
the former Sultan, and thus Simplify
the task of Europe
A despatch 10 the Times from Con-
stantinople, says that the Sultan gave
an audience to The Austrian amDassa-
dor Friday. The ministers meet daily,
| and the ambassadors also held a meet
ing to-day. the Austrian ambassador
| presiding. ~ tie
The RIM On the Ottoman bank affected
none of its thirty-four branches except
the branch bank ali Beyrut, where sii5h'
| trouble was reported.
/ Il IS officially announced that an Ar
men;an disguised as an Arab was ar
rested n. Orfah. bearing letter from
/ the Bishop of Aleppo TO the Armenian
( Bigbcp at OTah, asking him TO send
/ CTNPOWDER AND SALTPETER
/ To Zeitoun to aid the insurgents add
.ng:
.B9.on. Of Ze.-Oun, VIII organize ar
army. The Armanians Of Marash are
ready and eager for the fray.
The correspondent Of the Times learna
that the constitutional party profess nj
! personal an.mus against the Sultan
complaining only against him on ac
/ count of his oJ.ous misg0vernmen-. Tn'
constitutional party should not be con
founded with M.da2ts Young Turk.
party THE members of the consti-u
| ,.onal party say that they desire only
rational government by peaceful means
! They have never cared for vengeance
! or for blOOdshed.
, A dispatch to the Standard from Con
stantinople says that French official re-
/ ports insist that there are az least 5,OOl
victims as a result Of the three days
! massacre at Sivas but this
SEEMS INCREDIBLE.
| 1t is noteworthy thar the wave Of Turk
! ish violence is now sweeping westward
! The idea prevails chat when the inhab!
tants Of the Zeitoun disTic, have beer
wiped ont the massacres will temper
| arily cease, leaving for winter anC
famine the complete determination o
| the Armen!ans
Order has been restored at Gurun, ;
town of Asia Minor. and official dis
patches during the last TWO days seen
to show that the Sultan, fearing actor
by the powers, has ordered the mas
sacres 10 be stopped.
TIL e campaign against the yOunl
Turks continues, according to the cor
respondent of the STANDARD, who says
"Thirty-six more of the members o