The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-12-19
TURKEY GIVES IN
THE SULTAN COMES DOWN OFF HIS
HIGH HORSE.

Ing With the Demand Of the
Powers for Permission to Take
Extra Guardships Through the
Dnrdanelles-A Conspiracy to De-
pose the Sultan.
Boston, Mass, Dec. ia CORES
pondent in Constantinople in letter
received here to-day describes the con-
dition under which, in his opinion, re-
lief for the oppressed Armenians must
be distributed, advising either an indie
pendent American commission for the
work or one acting in conjunction with
an English organization Of" similar
character. :;
ITO insure effectual work." the
writer says. sit will be essential for
the United States government to take
under official protection the men who
distribute. Otherwise it will not be
permitted by Turkey. A relief COM
mission should be organized in Ameri-
ca on an independent basis to have at
least four superintendent of distri-
button, one at Alexandria to go to
Aintab, Marash and Oorfa, reaching
the case also of the needy in the
Taurus mountains; another at Trebi-
Zond and ErZerOum, with a view to
teaching the regions of Bitlis and
Van; and third at Sassoun for the
regions from MarsOvan to HarpoOt.
The fourth should go to Diarbekir and
Mardin. There will undoubtedly be
large amount Of aid sent from Eng
land. Probably it will be we'll for the
American commission to make some
alliance with those in England in Or
der to cover the ground without lap
ping. There is need of the greatest
haste in getting some effective relief
Into the field. The people will be dy-
Ing of exposure and starvation very
soon. Moreover, the Turks are trying
by e5ery means in their power to
force the survivors to become Mo-
hammedans. They are Offering aid on
these conditions in some places. and
in others are picking up the desolate
widows and orphans and simply TAX
Ing possession of them in order to
make them Mohammedons without
any will Of the captives''
COnStantinOple, Dec 12.-The long
drawn out controversy between the
ambassadors Of the powers and the
sultan over the question OF admission
of additional guard ships for the pro-
lection of the embassies was settled
to-day by the issuance of an trade
granting the necessary frmans to per-
NIT the guardshiPs to pass the Oar
danelles. The demand was first made
upon the sultan on Nov. 10, and
scarcely day has passed since then
without its being renewed in a more
or less peremptory manner. The in
genuity displayed by the Turkish gov
eminent in evading a direct answer
to the demand or when forced to an
sWer, the effective pleadings put forth
for delay had almost brought the mind
Of Europe to the conviction that the
demand would never be complied
with. Meantime days and weeks
passed by without any action and the
condition of things in Constantinople
that brought out the demand has al
most passed. The final triumph Of
the powers in forcing a compliance
with their demands seems a barren
one, and the long-sought permission
to double the regular guardships for
the embassies, now that it is obtained,
seems hardly worth taking advantage
Of. Rumors which have apparent
foundation in fact here of whole
sale conspiracy which may have for
1t is known that q number of promi-
nent Armenians here and several mil
ltary otncers of high rank in the
Turkish army and navy have been
closely watched for months past, but
In spite of this surveillance, they have
succeeded in escaping from the coun-
try, That the conspiracy was of a
most important nature may be judged
from the fact that among the fugitives
in the sultan's aide-de-camp, Hassan
Djemi Pasha, who, it is believed was
10 have led the disaffected of the i'm
perial guards into the palace and
seized the sultan.
Copyright, by the Associated Press.
Constantinople, Dec. 15.-There was
a disturbance in STEAMBOAT yesterday
and it caused the spread of rumors SC
alarming that Galata and Pera were
soon in state of panic, and serious
outbreaks were threatened. This, i1
view of the passage through the Oar
danelles of the British gunboat Dryal
and the Italian gunboat Archimede
the extra guardships for the British
and Italian emba Ssies, formed thu
basis for the report that the riotins
predicted by the Yildiz Kiosk courtiers
had actually commenced, but, happily
the trouble was not of a serious la
ture, although the Armenians, as usu
al, are accused Of having attempted tt
bring about an uprising Of the popu
lace.
The panic, however, was most ex
traordinary occurrence, and is strikin.
evidence Of the nervousness and appre
hension which prevail here as one o
the results Of the long-drawn-out nego
tiations between the powers and tn
sultan regarding the suppression of tn
outbreaks in Asiatic Turkey, and til
admittance of the extra guard ship
into the Bosphorus. The least note o
alarm now suttices to produce
Widespread Terror,
and If proof was needed that the pow
ers were right in their insistance upo
having additional protection for til
foreign population Of Constantinopl
and it's vicinity, it was furnished b
these occurrences.
Simmered down to bare facts, til