The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-03
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It Was at That Time That the Turks Made
 an Attack.
 London, Dec. 2.--The representative of the United Press in Constantinople tel egraphs under date of December that the details of rloting at Harpoot on November 19, that the Kurds made an attack upon the place, but were easily repulsed. On the 11th party of the soldiers and leading Turks met the Kurds in a conference, during the pro- gress of which bugle was sounded, at which signal the soldiers withdrew. The Kurds thereupon advanced with yells There was no effort of the part of the soldiers and Armenians to resist and the Turks joined in the killing and plundering. The Armenian school was burned, and then began the attack upon the Christian quarter the buildings of which were set on fire.
 The Christians were without weapons of any sort and trusted entirely to the government to protect them. The Ar menians remained in the Girls semi nary until that building was fired, and then they appealed to the governor for protection. They obtained guard of soldiers, all but two of whom after wards deserted. These two remained and carried out the orders issued to them to fight the fires which had been kindled. The burning continued for three days. The Armenians were strip ped of everything but their clothing. All of the Christian villages around were burned by the Kurds. The out rages continued until orders came from Constantinople. The districts of Diar- bekir, Malatia, Arabekir Eyin and Palu have been made desolate. Thirty five villages have been destroyed and thousands of the inhabitants have enl- braced Islamism iw consequence of the pressure brought to bear.
 The Turkish troops were on their way to Zeitun to suppress the trouble there. The government at Constantf- nople say they are predicting more ex- tensive work and would welcome foreign aid through a joint commission They also stated that the appointment of the siA NOliiliAls1lOilcIS AION GliSdStu III AT menia l1s proved a great success there, having a tendency to restore public confidence.
 Riza Pasha, the public prosecutor at Constantinople. has been appointed the new governor of Adana
 Washington, Dec. 2.-Mavroyeni Bey. the Turkish minister called on Sec retary Olney to-day with a messa ge from the porte to the effect that the American missionaries throughout the Turkish empire had the greatest pro- lection and that sufficient troops had been detailed to protect them from the attacks of the Armenian rioters" !" The message also said that the mis- sionaries had expressed their gratitude for this imperial protection.
 Gibraltar, Dec. 2.-Advices from SafTi, @ fortified seaport 107 miles northwest of the city of Morocco, under date of November Il, say that the sultan's troops fought battle with rebels around the city on November T. The enga cement lasted eleven hours on the 7th and was resumed on the following days A short armstice occurred on the 9th while the governor of Saffi went to the rebel camp to endeavor to arrange terms of peace with Chief Bono- mar, who was in command of the rebels.
 In course of the negotiations the gov- ernor struck one of the tribal chiefs, several of whom were present at the conference and a general melee en- sued. The governor and the officials accompanying him together with a number of people of Saffi who had gone out to witness the negotiations made a run for the city. The gates were closed immediately after the gov ernor, teh officials and the townspeople who had gon out had gained entrance, but the accesses to the gates were so crowded by the sudden rush of the fugitives that many persons were suffocated.
 When the advlces were sent the city was surrounded by a large force of rebels, including fifteen hundred cav- airy.