St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-18
MASSACRES IN ARMENIA CON-
TINpE WHILE THE POWERS
WAIVER.
ATULEAST 5000 VICTIMS
AS THE RESULT OFF THE THREE
DAYS BLOODY RIOTS AT
SIVAS.
MORE, REBELS ARE EXECUTED.
Thirty-Six Young Turks Taken
Out to Sen and Flung Over
board.

LONDON, Nov. II. = Sir Philip
Currie, British ambassador to Tur-
key, who has been in England dur
ing the past month, in consultation
with Lord Salisbury in reference to
the troubles between the Turks and
Armenians, starts in the morning
for Constantinople, via Vienna. His
journey back to Turkey will be made
IN as short a time as possible, and
he will resume his post at CONSTANT
nople without loss Of time.
Lord Salisbury, accompanied by
his wife, went to visit the queen at
Windsor castle last night. 1t is evil
dent that important decisions have
been arrived at regarding Eastern
affairs, since tomorrow mornings
Post will publish an article evidently
inspired by the foreign office. The
article is understood to indicate that
the prime minister has decided that
the utmost effort must be made to
maintain the integrity of the Turk
ish empire, and therefore efforts must,
in the first place, be directed to re-
storing order in the disturbed dis
trict. Continuing, the article says:
For the moment all thought of
coercing the sultan should be laid
aside. He has already given evidence
OF desire to introduce reforms. 1t
cannot be doubted that he will defer
to the wishes of the powers as soon
1t is difficult to apportion the blame
justly between the Turks and the
Christians.
''The ambassadors of the foreign
powers in general, and Sir Philip Cur
RE in particular, have acquired a po-
sition enabling them to give important
support to the Turkish government
at this critical time. Sir Philip Cur
rle'S instructions are such as to JUS
tify him in delaying the execution of
reforms until the authority by which
they are to be carried out has recov-
cred from temporary weakness. At
the present moment any naval dem
onstration in the Turkish waters, or
ernment, can only help precipitate
crisis from which Turkeys friends
can hope to gain nothing, and her
enemies everything"
The article in the Post concludes
by expressing the hope that the am
bassadors will be able to place more
confidence in his ministers, and that
he can be induced to abandon his
personal government, but adds that
Sir Philip Currie and his colleagues
must remember that they are not
only apostles of humanity, but also
guardians of peace.
SULTAN SHOWS INSANITY.
Hon. Francis Seymour Stevenson,
M. P, president Of the Anglo-Ar-
menian association, in an interview,
says: -
THE sultan has lately developed
symptoms of a monomania hardly
diStinguishable from insanity, and it
is not unlikely that he will meet with
the same fate that overlook his broth
er, Murad, the former sultan, and
thus simplify the task of Europe
A dispatch to the Times from Con-
stantinople says that the sultan
gave an audience to the Austrian am
bassador Friday. The ministers meet
daily and the ambassadors also hold
meeting today, the Austrian am
bassador presiding. The money mar
| the Ottoman bank affected none of
| its thirty-four branches except the
branch bank at Beyrout, where
slight trouble was reported.
| It is officially announced that an
Armenian, disguised as an Arab,
was arrested at Orfah, bringing let
ter from the bishop of Aleppo to the
| Armenian bishop at Orfah, asking
him to send gunpowder and salt
peter to Zeitoun to aid the insurgents,
adding: "Baion, of Zeitoun, will or
ganize an army. The Armenians of
Marash are ready and eager for the
| fray"
The correspondent of the Times
learns that the constitutional party
profess no personal animus against
the sultan, complaining only against
him on account Of his odious misgov-
ernment The constitutional party
should not be confounded with Mid
| hats Young Turks party. The mem
bers of the constitutional party say
that they desire only rational gov
ernment by peaceful means. They
have never cared for vengeance, or
for bloodshed.
A dispatch to the Standard from
Constantinople says that French Of
fetal reports insist that there are al
least 5000 victims as a result of the
three days massacre at Sivas. This
| seems incredible. 1t is noteworthy
that the, wave of the Turkish violence
Is now sweeping westward. The idea
| prevails that when the inhabitants OF
| Ir-ir
out the massacres will temporarily
cease, leaving for winter and famine
the complete determination of the Ar
menians. Order has been restored al
Garun, a town of Asia Minor, and Of
fetal dispatches during the last two
days seem to show that the sultan
fearing action by the powers, has or
dered the massacres to be stopped.
MORE REBELS EXECUTED.
THE campaign against the young
Turks continues, according to the cor
respondent of the Standard, who says
Thirty-six more of the members of the
young Turks party have been drowned
of, Kalki island. This will be denied
officially, but I am satisfied of the
truth of the report.
The correspondent says that repre-
sentatives of the different governments
at4the Moush consulates report small
loss of life during the recent riots
there owing to the gallant behavior OF
the governor, who exposed his own life
In order to stop the fighting, while the
better class of the moslems shelteree
the Armenians in the various mosques
In conclusion, the correspondent OF the
Standard says that the various Turk
ish papers publish fresh appeals, urg'
ing upon the people the necessity oi
abstaining from all acts of violence.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Daily News says that the Armenian
missionaries att Bitlis have wised the
English and American representatives
asking that the government provide
an escort to Van for them and FOL
Their families. This correspondent
makes the astounding announcement
that fully 10000 Armenians have beer