The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-16
FATEFUL HOUR.
Sultan to Receive Notice OF a Joint
avail Demonstration
THE MASSACRE At ERzRooM
Was Certainly Ordered by Gov
cgnment Officials.

LONDON, Nov. l6.-The Vienna CORE
spondent OF Tho Daily News sdes that a
Constantinoplc dispatch received there re-
ports that the ambassadors will today give
notice 10 the sultan Of their intention TO
arrange for n Joint naval demonstrated.
A dispatch to The Times from Constan-
tinople says the intermediary who per-
suaded the sultan 20 grant the moratorium
was a man named Izzet. The sultan had
never heard Of a moratorium. but the
Turkish mine takes kindly to any pro
gram providing for a postponemcnt Of the
payment of debts, and the plan was ac-
cepted without loss OF time. 1t was Izzet
who denounced Kiamil Pasha, and no
will probably be appointed first chamber
lain of the palace.
Several palace officials will probably be
dismissed in the near future. Among
them arc the first and second chamber
lains of tho palace. These officials were
among the few respectable men connected
with the household OF the sultan. Both
are reputed to have been fond of money,
but neither official had the rayenous appe-
lite and easy moral digestion Of Izzet.
The ministers were In session almost
tho entire day Thursday, the sultan
awakening 10 the serious nature OF tie
position which he occupies at the present
time, but he is SO impressionable that all
that would be required would be for some
palace spy To divulge some imaginary plot
and turn all his majesty's thoughts into
another channel.
The Massacre at Erzroom.
A dispatch 10 The Times from Ersroom
says that "a letter nearly four columns In
length, dated Nov. 3, fully confirms the
%ccounts previously published concerning
the massacre there.
The writer says that 10 Is impossible yet
- ascertain the number of the killed.
Some persons assert that IL will reach
fully 200o. Perhaps 1000 Is not far short
Of the total. Continuing. the writer says:
We nave not dared 10 go 20 the quar-
ters of the city where the Turks are too
numerous. Ii might be said of the tithes
Of Christians who have been victims thus
far, and | have mo- had the opportunity Of
investigating more than one-tcpth of the
cases, l have yet to hear of a single dead
Turk in this struggle. This, / think, dis
proves the charge OF the aggressions
brought up against the Armenians.
The bare, bold fact is that II was purely
q massacre OF the innocent inhabitants by
the enraged Turks, and, but for the efforts
Of the foreign %consuls, things would have
been far worse. With the coming of win
ter the misery I'm store for the remaining
Armenians will be terrible.
The correspondent quoted, who was
staying mt the American mission, says
that he has heard testimony In various
quarters that the government ordered the
massacre, which was TO be executed ac-
DArIt.ar - -
proof OF the s~uddenness, no says that an
American missionary named Chambers
had just one to the postoiiicu In order to
telegraph 10 Bitlis III everything was
quiet, and before he got back To the mis-
sion tho firing had begun In deadly earn.
est. Bullets were whizzing close by him
Mr.. Chambers told the correspondent
that Shakir Pasha had promised. in tho
event OF riots, TO place soldiers AT each
end OF the street in the locality of the for.
eign consulates and Of the American mis-
sion, and, whether for this reason or be-
cause they feared a warm reception, the
rioters avoided this part of the city. All
the looting, 10 was claimed, was done by
regulars soldiers at the command OF the
officers. Many women hung around the
soldiers for the purpose of carrying OF the
plundpr.
Mr.. Chambers attended to the wounded
refugees, and during the night the mission
house was us crowded and rs foul SMELL
tng as n menageric or an opium den.
The English consul saw Shakir Pasha.
who said he was angry when he heard that
the soldiers had been looting the residences
and shops OF tho Armenians. He declared
that tho vail and Raouf Pasha had been
compelled TO go out 10 beat their own
soldiers before they could stem the torrent
aud prevent further ~outragcs.
The correspondent gives numerous and
detailed stories from Armcnians and
Others amply confirming the previous ac-
count Of the butchcrlcs and horrors. The
correspondent says that 5000 soldiers were
ordered out, but that Shakir Pasha was
powerlcss to control them.