River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-11-21
AFFAIRS IN TURKEY.


the sultan.
Constantlnople, Nov. 16.-Official dis
patches received here contain addi-
tional accounts of Armenian lawless-
ness. 1t is reported that the Armenians
have attacked the villages of Forakh,
Bitchli aud Brenansis near Zeitoun,
firing 81 houses in all. They also
burned the village of Kurbel and one
Mahommedan was burned alive. Eight
cen MussulmaEs of both sexes were
killed and Is wounded by the rioters at
Tchoukourhissar. The town of Tch-
oukourhissar was totally destroyed by
the rioters. Several Mussulmans viii
lagos have been sacked in the Azirlon
and Tchokmerzemenlk districts.
Constantinople, Nov. 1S.-About 500
persons were massacred by the Mussul-
mans at kharput, and eight out of -
buildings belonging TO the American
missions were sacked and burned. The
missionaries, however, escaped.
From Duran, in the villayat of Sivas.
where the Kurds have been besieging
1000 Armenians, it is reported that all
the Arlnenians have been massacred.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons
have been massacred since the accept
ance by the sultan of the scheme of re-
form.
Rome, Nov. 1s.-A dispatch received
here from Alexandretta, northern Syria,
says that massacre of Christians has
occurred in the vicinity of that town
and in the presence of 800 Turkish sol
diers, who did not render any assist
ance.
London, Nov. 19.-It was understood
in well-informed circles here Monday
that the assembling of the British and
foreign fleets in Salonica bay was hav-
ing a good effect upon the Turkish gov
eminent, and that the sultan has finally
determined to make earnest efforts TO
put a stop to the bloodshed in Asia
Minor.
The sultan is said to be alarmed TO
the verge of insanity at the assembling
of the foreign fleets at Salonica bay,
and it is known that he has sent urgent
messages to the wallis of the disturbed
districts ordering them to suppress the
disorders. In addition a number of
special commissioners have been hur-
riedly dispatched from this city TO var
ious parts of Asia Minor armed with
power to quell the revolutionary out
breaks.
1t is understood that the marquis of
Salisbury has received assurances that
the sultan has dispatched commission
ers to Asia Minor instructed to put in
force as soon as practicable the reforms
insisted upon by the powers. and that
beyond the assembling of the foreign
fleets off Salonica the powers will take
no further steps at present, being de-
sirous of giving the Turkish govern
Incnt every opportunity possible for
restoring order in the disturbed dis
triets without having recourse to meas
ures which might add to the state of
anarchy now prevailing.
The following telegram from Con-
stantinop,e was received Monday morn
ing by the Anglo-Armenian associa-
ton:
1.-THE Armenians are being massacred
everywhere in Asia Minor. over 100000 are
dying of starvation and exposure. The Sas-
SCUM work of RELIEF IS closed.
For Gods sake urge the government to
stop the most awful events of modern
times. The porte is powerless, as all the
tclegraphs are under the control of the
palace officials who have melted the massa-
ere throughout Anatolia-"
A dispatch received here from Rome
Monday says that advices which have
reached there from Constantinople an
nounce that the agitation against the
Christians of northern Syria is extend
ing and that massacres have occurred
near Aleppo.