The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-08
THE PORTE CORNERED
UNITED POWERS SEND A POINTED
DEMAND TO RESTORE ORDER.
Socialists I'm Congress Declare Their
Willingness for an Open Fight
with the kaiser's Empire.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. THE note
which the representatives of the powers at
Constantinople have addressed to the
Porte drawing attention TO the state Of af-
fairs at Stamboul and advising the Porte
TO adopt measures for the restoration of
order. says that the subscribers have their
information partly from eyewitnesses. and
that Ii shows that private persons who were
arrested were beaten and were even killed.
without the police attempting to prevent il;
that orderly persons were attacked and
that those who were wounded were taken
TO the courts, to the police stations and to
the prisons. and were killed in cold blood.
The representatives of the six powers
sent the collective note to the Turkish gov
eminent calling attention to the in
adequate measures taken by the po-
lice authorities to maintain public
tranquility in .Constantinople and its
suburbs. and demanding the prompt insti-
tuition of a rigorous inquiry into the re-
cent rioting. bloodshed and wholesale i'm
prisonment OF Armenians here. In addition.
the powers demand the release of all pris-
oners who are innocent of wrong doing and
the cessation of arrests
Said Pasha, the new Turkish Minister for
Foreign Affairs. has called at the differ
ent embassies and has presented to the rep
resentatives of the powers a communica-
ton from the Turkish government repeat
ing the assurance that a plan for reform
in Armenia has been accepted by the Porte.
IL is not believed, however. that this will
satisfy the powers. There have been no fur
Their excuses, however. although a feel
ing of great disquiet still prevails and
fresh demonstrations on the part or the
Armenians are feared. +
The Armenians, who ara still inside the
Patriarchate Church here in which they
sought refuge after the rioting of Monday
last, fired some shots at noon to-day and 1t
was feared that another outbreak was i'm
minent. The police watching the building
promptly notified the military authorities
and a strong force of troops was sent to
the spot. The soldiers Immediately blocked
the military caused quite a panic among
the inhabitants Of that quarter, and they
fled from their homes in all directions. The
the quays and expelled all the Armenians
they could find. Later. ii is claimed, the
bodies of four Armenians were found.
There is one feature OF the police work
which is attracting considerable attention.
1t is frequently recalled that the gen.
darmes, while making arrests, repeatedly
told the persons taken into custody Ito
who know the way of the Turkish officials.
say that this shows that the police were
A Armenian To fha anP Gesst on Britain hne % Mas u on lae
emergency. Finally may quarters Of STAN
citing the populace against 1.-The infdels."
Tn police. 1t Is true, tear down these
placards, but they are either unable or I'M
iy read and have had the effect anticipated
on the M-ohammedan population. 1t is not
claimed that the government is response
BILE tor this agitation, but the work Is being
lone and the government, apparently, is
unable to put a stop to 1t.