The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-27
lARMENIAll \ MASSACRES.
1t Is Estimate d That Fully 10000
/ Were Slain by Turks.
THE PRoPER1 z LOSS s5o,ooo,ooo.
The Loss Of I.lfd VIII BIO Increased by
Starvation This winter--Pecuiiar Reply
of Turkish Authorities to o Private Re.
quest for information.

btarvatlon This Winfer-Pecutinr Reply
of Turkish Authorities to Private Re.
quest for Infori nation.
CoNsTANTINoPIE, Nov. 27,-Now that
matters seem to be quieting down again
here and In tho Asiatlc provinces, people
ARE beginning I'd form estimates OF the
amount OF damage done and the number
OF lives lost during tho roccnt disturb
anoes. Well Informed Armenians esti-
mate tho losses through tho events which
have Just taken d lace In Anatolia alone at
s500O0,000 and the number Of victims at
10000. OF course these are Armenian cs-
timatcs, but thcre seems good reasons for
believing that tho property destroyed, the
number OF lives sacrificed and the terrible
outrages committed are far beyond any
thing hitherto estimated or described.
But this Is not hll. People competent to
pronounce m opinion upon this subject
say that with the coming of winter there
will be very many more deaths from ex-
posurc and famine, and that oven the
prompt collection Of relief funds, food and
clothing cannot avert much loss of life
and great suffering. Famine Is threatened
In o number OF districts. and there seems
to be no way Of preventing it.
Details have been received here regard
Ing the outbreak ut Marash on Nov. 10,
showing that the massacrcs were of the
most terrible nature. Tho missionaries
declare that many hundreds of people were
killed and that nil the school buildings
wore burned to the ground by the rioters.
A telegram has been received here from
Kharput explaining the manner In which
tho recent destruction OF American mission
property occurred The American mission
buildings at Kharput wero set on fro sep
arately, according to the telegram, in the
presence OF tho soldiers, but the college
building was saved.
The officials at roknt have taken meas
ures for the discovery and restoration to
the owners Of oil the articles stolen re-
GENTLY In the different villages, and with
the exception OF few uninportant Incl
dents complete quiet prevails throughout
Marash and vicin lty.
The nomination Of Enver Bey as mutes-
sarif at Constantinoplo has produced an
unfavorable impression, deplorable in the
extreme, as tho new official is fnnatically
ti-Christian and notorious for his ven
ality.
peculiar reply was recently made by
the Turkish officials to seven mon from
the kharput district, who applied to the
Constantinople authorities for informa-
Gion about the mAssacres said to have 90
Cured there. Tie officials were forced to
tell them that tho outbreaks had been
most serious, Whom the men expressed
hope that their families were safe the Off
cials replied; "Better that they should
have been killed outright than that they
die Of famine"
Official advices received here report the
occurrence at Aintab Of serious trouble
consequent upon the Armenians wound
ing soldier and four Mussulmans.
Tho powers, instead of ordering their
fleets away from Turkish waters, as the
sultan earnestly requests, seem to be de-
termined upon keeping them in this vicin
ity for an indefnite period. The navies
OF Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Germany,
Austria and the United States are we'll
represented. OF course this is not q naval
demonstration. 1t is simply the eoncen-
tration OF the foFelgn floets at port
agreed upon, apparently, between the
powers.