The record-union., 1895-11-04
the Insurgents

| CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov 3.-The
american missionaries at Bitlis have
complained that they are in imminent
| danger, and the Hon ~ w Terrill. the
/ American Minister, and the Hon. NJ H
/ Hel bert, the British Charge d'Ahaires,
/ VIII again demand that the Porte pro
/ tect them from attack from the Mos
lens. Disturbances are reported at
| Byianik, Kharp, Utura and Diarbekir.
| The members of the commission ap-
pointed TO control the reforms in Arme-
MIA have announced that Chedk Efrendi
viii be the President of the commission.
The Armenians of Anatolia are prepar-
ing to send delegates to NJ. NeHdoff,
the Russian ambassador to Turkey. to
impIore him to request the Car to pro-
/ tect them and temporarily occupy Ar
menia
Kiamial Pasha, the Grand Vizier, has
telegraphed to the Wallis of the differ
ent provinces instructing them TO use
| their utmost endeaVors to calm the eX-
element and agitation among the
M1ssulmans. The Armenian Patriarch
| OF COnstantinOpie sent circular letter
10 the Bishops in Asia Minor requesting
them TO eXhort the Armenians to await
the execution of the reforms that the
Porte has promised.
1t is said that the excitement is too
great for either side to pay any heed to
the appeals for the preservation of or-
der. According to the official reports
the Armenians at Diarbekir attacked
the Mussulsmans while they were at
prayer in the mosques. 4 fight ensued
III Which several on both sides were
Killed and uuTl her wounded
Armenians have murdered a Turkish
Lieutenant, his wife and children
While they were journeying to Marash.
WASHINGTON, Nov 3-The Turk
ish Legation here has received the fol-
lowing telegram from the Sublime
Porte under yesterdays date:
The Vail Diarbekir telegraphs that
the Armenians attacked the mosques of
the chief town of the province during
the prayer hours of the NfussuImans
The Armenians having fired a few
shots, an affray took place. and a GER
tain number of men on both sides were
killed or wounded. At that very mo
ment a suspicious fire broke out at the
baZaT but the authorities prevented it's
spreading. The GOVernor-GeneraI Of
Marash telegraphs that Lieutenant
Hassan, at a point between kenkazon
and Marash, was robbed and murdered
in an -atrOciOus manner. together with
his wife and children, by Armenians of
Zeitun. Three hundred of the latter at
tackled the Mussulman village of Con
cherke and took away considerable
cattle and provisions.
The Vail of EreZeroum telegraphs
that some Kurdish chiefs near Kisni
were on the point of mOlesting some Lr-
menians but that Turkish soldiers who
had been sent to the spot prevented
any possible disorder
LONDON, Nov. 3.-The Daily News
will tomorrow say that the British
Consul at ErZerOum reports that the
Turkish soldiers behaved very well,
preventing the mob from attacking the
Armenians.
LONDON, Nov 3-The Standard
will tomorrow publish a dispatch from
ConStantinOple saying that careful in
proof that the risings in Anatolia were
part of the Nintcak, or revolutionary
programme. Doubtless the movement
was fOstered by foreign gold. The Ar
menian committees in the principal
towns of the empire have no idea of ac-
cepting the reforms. Troubles have
already occurred in five of the six
provinces named in the scheme of re-
form. The dispatch adds that the
good behavior of the Turkish troops at
ErZerOum on October 14th was due
to the presence of the Shakir Pasha,
the imperial commissioner who is the
right man in the right place. In the
rioting at Diabekir the ArmenianS
were armed with revolvers and poig-
nards. They slew seventy Moslems in
the Mosque, and set fire to the city in
several places. The military restored
order at the cost. of several lives.