The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-12
TURKEY IN ASIA TURBULENT.
THE SULTAN GREATLY AFRAID OF
AN UPRISING.

Mayors banquet EaVOrabiy Re
ceived by Most of the Berlin Ed
iturs-Thirty Men Reported Killed
ia Battle Between Turkish
troops and Arabs in Arabia-MOve-
ments of the Warships.
Berlin, Nov. 1O.-A dispatch from Con-
aainople to the Cologne Gazette says
tts excitement Of the populace through
OIL the Asiatic provinces Of Turkey Is
greatly increasing. ard the porte is es-
pecially alarmed over signs of insurrec-
ton in various parts of Syria.
Another conference of the ambassadors
OF he powers was held yesterday.
The Tageblatt, commenting on Lord
saHsbury's speech at the lord mayors ban
qurt saturday evening, says: Lord Sails
bury s conception of the situation is sat
istactory but the fact remains that for
long time to come nations desiring peace
must keep in readiness for war"
The Deutsche Warte says the speech
contains many pacfying elements which
ought to assist in quieting the existing
fears of war.
The Vossische Zeitung saws: Lord SAL
isburys speech is free from optimism,
but it calculated to raise the deep-sunlS-
confusion in the east"
The National Zeitung says: without
any attempt at deception in regard to the
dangers Of the position, the speech still
The Kreuz Zeitung says: 1--WE are GLAD
70 hear a reliable expression of the So
h1arlty OF the powers"
The Reichsbote says: we sincerely
rejoice to find a statesman pressing the
idea OF united christendom gathered to
protect civilized peace"
The North German Gazette says: '"The
speech proves the uncommon skill of di-
plomatic language and speaks of the fu-
ture in manner leaving ii open to all
possibilities. as statesman ought to do,
not knowing what eventualties may
arise"
The Post says: "The speech is an agree
able contrast to the alarmist treatment
Of oriental affairs by the London press"
The LOkal Anzeiger says: ''The speech
deserves decided attention because it re-
Guces TO proper proportions the excessive
fears which are disQuieting Europe"
The Desucth Tages Zeitung says: There
are two sides to Lord Salisbury's speech.
One slides over the East Asia question,
while the other menaces the sultan in a
style that is calculated to encourage the
Armenians."
The Voiks zeitung SAYS: %The speech
contains a serious threat. Great Britain
contemplates the possibility of the pow
ers separating and is determined TO bring
about a bloody decision if the triple al
lance continues its policy of non-inter-
vention."
Constautinople, Nov. 1.-THE lawless-
ness Of the Kurds in the eastern prov
inces has grown measurably since the
demands for reforms were made upon
the sultan by Great Britain, France and
Russia. The sultan's very evident incli-
nation to refuse to grant the demands,
or, al least, to defer giving definite
answer to the representative of the pow
ers, encouraged the Kurds to believe that
the sultan tacitly supported them in
their attacks upon the Armenians Color
has been lent to this belief by the action
or the sultan in giving good service dec
oratlons to several officials who were no.
toriously in favor of extermnating the
ArmenianS and who gave their sanction
to the massacres that have led Turkey
to the verge of Acknowledgement. The
kurds have assumed such an attitude
Of disregard to all authority that it is
believed here that the officials are now
poWerless to stop them from continuing
their massacreing. and pillaging
Advices from the eastern provinces
show that the condition of anarchy is
such that very strong force will have
TO be employed If any progress at all is
to be made against the Kurds. The porte
apparently Understands this fact, for 1t
is announced to-day that 10000 troops
will be sent against the Kurds. Should
the latter offer resistance, it is doubtful
If even this force would be sufficiently
strong to cope with the kurds, whose in
innate knowledge of the mountainous
country would stand them in good stead
in opposing the Turkish troops.
In spite of the bad financial condition
rears in the pay of the reserves already
called out, it has been decided to summon
more Of the reserves for service. 1t is
doubtful If the governments scheme can
be effected, owing to the scarcity of
money, but at any rate the attempt will
be made, owing to the continued demands
Of the powers that the porte restore or
der forthwith.
Stories of the ravages committed by
the Kurds continue to be received here.
1t is said that in Erzeoum and Sivas
whole districts have been devastated by
the maraudlng Kurds. traveller who
has arrived at Trebizond from ErZeOum
states that when he was approaching
Baiburt he met three hundred women,
Who in their extremity knelt before him
and implored protection, declaring that
their husbands, fathers and brothers had
been killed and that there We're no males
OF their race who could save them from
either dishOnor or death.
The revolt of the Drusenhaurin Is as
suming a most serious aspect. The agi-
tation against the authorities is extend
ing and the rebels are gaining many ac-
cessiOns.
An official dispatch that has been made
pubic says that thanks TO the enerSetlc
measures that have been taken by the
imperial officials the disturbances and
reVOlts which occurred in certain PROV
inces of Asia Minor, and which had their
origin in the seditiOus intrigues of Arme-
nlan agitatOrs, have been everywhere
suppressed and order restored in all the
districts which We're recently the scene
of riots and conflicts. Measures have
be maintained.
1t is stated that Bahri Pasha will be ap-
pointed to the command OF the troops IN
ZeitOun district. Bahri Pasha was former
~ van OF Van, but was dismissed from
that Office in consequence of the repre-
sentaUOns made by Sir Philip Currie, the
British ambassador. that he was in a good
measure responsible Tor lne oulTdSt5 cOhl-
mtted on the Armenians in that district.
That his removal was made against the
inclination Of the sultan IS matter OF
common knowledge, ana his majesty TOOK
the earliest opportunity 20 show that he
approved of his acts as vail. \ day or
SO ago Bahri was decorated by the sultan
for the good services he had rendered the
government and now comes the eVident-
ly well-founded report that he Will be
siven an important command of troops
nominally employed to protect the Ar
menians.
Mr. Hampson. the British vice consul,
has appointed twenty persons to resume
the distribution of relief as Sassoun.
London, Nov. IA dispatch 10 the
Globe from Constantinople says: AT a
conference of the ambassadors of the
powers held Saturday il was decided TO
renew in still stronger language the de-
mands upon the porte regarding the state
OF affairs in the province of Anatolia
In making this fresh demand the powers
VIII insist upon knowing what measures
the porte viii take to restore order.
A dispatch to the Standard from Con
stantinople, which viii be published in
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