The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-03
ASIA MINOR RED WITH BLOOD.
MASSACRE AND PILLAGE STILL IN
PROGRESS.

rus-M. HanOtnuX Relieved TO Have
Written an Article Urging the sui
tan to Remain Master of His own
DominiOns.
London, Dec. 2-Constantinople advices
to the United Press. under yesterdays
date, say that the official reports Of the
disturbances in Caeseria on Nov. 80 state
the disorder was due TO two Armenians
discharging guns i'm the market place.
Some persons We're killed. the report says.
but order was restored within three hours.
Details of the roting at Karpoot show
that on Nov. 10 the Kurds made an at
tack upon the place, but were easily re-
pulsed. on Nov. Il party Of soldiers
and reading Turks met the kurds in a
conference during the progress Of which
a bugle was sounded, at which signal
the soldiers withdrew. The Kurds there
upon advanced with yells. There was no
effort on the part of the soldiers and Ar
menians TO resist, and the Turks joined
in the killing and plundering The Arme-
nian school was burned and then began
the attack upon the Christian quarter.
the buildings in which were also set on
fire. The Christians We're without wea-
pons of any Sort and trusted entirely to
the government to protect them. The
Armenans remained i'm the girls seminary
until that building was set on fire. ana
then they appealed to the governor for
protection. They obtained a squad Of sol
diers, all but two of whom afterward de-
serted. These two remained and carried
out the orders issued to them to fight the
fires which had been kindled. The Ameri-
cans were stripped of all their clothing.
The Christian villages around were burn
ed by the Kurds. The outrages contin-
ued unchecked until the government at
Constantinople ordered the troops to take
action. Fourteen Kurds were then shot,
when when murder and pillaging ceased in
The districts Of Diarbekir. Malatia
Arabklr Eyein, and Patu have been
maze desolate. Thirty-five villages have
been destroyed and thousands Of The in.
habitants have embraced Islamism owinr
70 the pressure brought TO bear upon
The Turkish troops which were on their
way TO IeitOun to suppress the trouble
tnere' are concentrated at Marash where
they await the delegation to Zeitoun 10
negotiate with the Armenians now I'M
control there for their surrender.
me government officials at Constanti-
tensive relief work and would welcome
foreign aid through a Joint commission
Ihey also state that the appointment Of
SIX commissioners now engaged in Arme-
MIA has proved a great success there haV-
ing tendency TO restore public conf
dence.
said Pasha, the prosecutor at Constan-
uhople, mas been appointed the new gov
ernor OF Adana
A correspondent from Alexandratta.
northern syria, writing under date of
Nov. q, says: THE United States cruiser
Marblehead arrived here on Nov rs for
Mersina. She reached here early in the
morning and remained until midday
when she sailed for Paias to look after
Or Peltekian and his wife, who had been
detained there. DR.. Peltekian is a native
OF Asia Minor. He is a naturalizcd ci;i-
zen of the United States, and his wife IS
native OF Baltimore, Nd. Upon the
arrival OF the Marblehead at Pajas Com
mander O'Niel. commanding the cruiser
went ashore and had consultation with
the local authorities, with the result of
obtaining the release of DR.. Peltekian and
his wife, who reached here yester l1v
evening escorted by guard of Turkish
soldiers. The country around ard about
the Gulf Of Iskanderoon has been raw
aged by Moslem marauders and the smoke
arising from burning villages can lie
plainly seen here. About 1000 Armenian
Greeks have reached the town of Chek-
merlin, ten miles from Alexandretta, fee
ing from the Moslem pursuers, who have
completely demolished the villages of
UserN, Ajakli and Karakissa. The
horde of marauders in this vicinity are
not molested by the Turkish troops, who
are encamped near the place They are
preparing to attack the Armenian refu-
gees at Chekmerzman, who offcr to
troops.
The Daily News will tomorrow say
that Prime Minister Salisbury has in
formed the treasurer OF the Armenian
fund that owing TO the disturbed con-
dition Of the country II is impossible 10
send supplies TO Sassoun. The trade car
aVdns have also been stopped.
The Standards Vienna correspondent
telegraphs that he learns from a trust
worthy source in Constantinople that the
sultan is in daily fear of sharing the fate
% lEmaiI "a
the powers have decided to depose him
using for this purpose the forces aboard
of the second guardships which they de-
mand shall be permitted to enter the Bos-
phorus.
The Berlin correspondent of the Stand
ard says that If IL is necessary the war
ship Hagen will be sent to Constantinople
the Scholarship Moltke being ordered to
continue her training cruise.
The Daily News wiz tomorrow publish
a dlspatch from Berlin saying IL Is stated
in Kiel that the warship Hagen has been
ordered to the Aegean sea.
The Times correspondence wires that
no official confirmation can be had Of the
report that Russia viii not insist upon
having a second guardship at CONSTANT
nople. The statement that the car has
waived his demand is not likely to cause
surprise.
The Review de Paris publishes an arti-
Gle on the affairs in the Orient, which
has attracted much attention. The cor
respondent of the Times in a dispatch on
the subject says there is reason to be-
HeYe that NJ. HanOtauX, formerly min
lister of foreign affairs. is the author of
the article. The writer urges the sultan
to remain master of his own dominions
and TO show himself promptly disposed to
fiji his engagements. In that case the
crisis will remain an internal one but If
it. should assume an international aspect
1t would be peacefully adjusted on the
basis of the maintenance of the integrity
of Turkey, which will be asserted by
France and Russia, the two pacific pow
crs.
Berlin, Dec 2.-The Frankfort Zeitung
publishes a ConstantinOple dispatch say
ing that the czar. in reply to a personal
appeal Of the sultan, consented to waive
the Russian request for a second guard
ship in the BosDhOrus.
Vienna. Dec. 2.-The Poltlsche Cores
pOndenz, usually a well informed news
paper, has hitherto not printed any re-
port Of the Outrages In Armenia. It now
publishes a dispatch from Constantine
pie. bearing date Of NOV. q, which saws
that the situation in Trebizond through
out Anatola is desperate. The official
reports ascribing all the outbreaks TO the
Armenlans are. the dispatch says alto
gether unfounded The prisons In Ire
bizond are still filled with Armenians.
The attitude Of the governor, Kedri Bey,
has made the former dolngs there p0ssl-
Bile.