The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-14

ana navy.
Constintinople. Nov. 9.-The former
Turkish minister OF foreign anairs.
said pasha. promised to give the am
~bassadors of the powers ii dehhite re-
plv within two days as TO what steps
the porte intends to take FOR the res
tvrtinu of order in Armenia anu I"
rro,iie for protection of Christians IN
hat uavt of the Turkish empire.
This was the point especially al
ipild 20 by ;Lr TjAra>sadorS on lues-
day ,asi when i.rT called s2l"rN'elS
ana rrprc>cAtCd that the present Stnt3
or affairs in ArnlcLia could not te al
lowed TO continue, ard that if II del
mite measure was not shortly taken
70 bring about the restoration OF
order. the powers would be compelled,
acting i'm concert. to take their w
stems in the matter. No combined nc
tion Of such grave importance upon
the part of the powers has been taken
for wears past and the fact that the
pOrta was reminded Of the Intervention
of the powers in Syria at the time
of the massacre of 1860 IL considered
as a direct warning TO the sultan that
| Europe will intervene to restore oruer
in Armenia unless the Turkish gov
eminent acts promptly.
As each day passes, however, the
situation becomes more II more
| alarming and adds to the difficulty or
| the task before the porte n posi-
| bly, before the European powers. FROM
| Syria especially the most disqnleting
| rumOrs are coming and that they are
| based on facts is shown 10y the mo-
| bilization of twenty battalionS OF
| Redifs. out of the sixty available, aEr
| the steps being taken to dispatch them
us promptly AS possible TO that portion
| Of Asiatic Turkey. This lends color
to the report that the Armenians are
receiving support from unexpected
| sources ana that the Turkish govern
| ment may soon lie face to face with
| an open and widespread revolt against
| the
According to the Turks.
Washington. Nov. 9.-The Turkish
| legation the following tele-
gram from the Sublime Porte under
yesterdays date:
All news concerning plots, threaten
ing letters and Il supposed disSatls-
| faction in the ranks Of the army and
navy is Intentionally p~ropagated by
well known newspaper correspond
ents, affiliated with the Armenian com
mittee. to alarm publir opinion. As
for the often repeated assertion ot the
( intended determination Of the Ar
menianS, it is too absurd TO be con
/ tradicted. The efforts OF the imperial
government tend or the contrary TO
ouell the revolt Of the Armenians and
10 resist their criminal ana bloody
agitation.
THE Armenian agitation at Diar-
bckir vas on the point Of suhsldinS
when the Armenians began again
their attacks upon the MusSUlman's
by throwing bombs at them, and by
firing at the NueZZins at the very time
when the latter We're calling the faith
ful to prayers. During the ARRAY fifty
Mussulman's and ninety Armenians
were killed and wounded. Armenian
rioters attacked the patrols at Siyrik
killing a few Mussulman's and setting
fire to the bazaar. Two hundred Ar
menian rev%Olutionists. having at their
head Kevrok. chief Of the parish Of
eruS (Marash, attacked the village OF
Tchoukour Hissar and killed twelve
Mussulmans. Some Of the agitatOrs
We're arrested. including part Of the
Armenian brigands who captured
Hadji Hassan OglOu Husni. All news
published as to the occurrence Of
trouble at Adana. TarSus and Mer-
sine, is absolutely without founda-
ton"
ConstantinOple, Nov. i0.-There is no
change for the better in the political
situation here unless it rests upon the
fact that the Ottoman bank has ad-
vanced the Turkish government the
rum Of 81, 100000, which will enable
the new minister of finance, Sabri
Pasha to provide for the most pressing
needs OF the government. The latter.
1t would seem, consist i'll fitting out the
army reserves just called out In the
porte's attempt to make some show OF
trying to restore order in Armenia,
but there are so many other demands
upon the Turkish treasury at the pres,
ent moment that the money Just adj