The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-21
SHIPS RALLMNG AT SMYRNA.
THE MINNEAPOLIS TO JOIN THE
AMERICAN VESSELS.


Armenians Represented as Guilty
of Numerous Crimes in, Advices Re-
ceived by the Turkish Legation at
Washington-Amer MissiOna-
ries Reported Safe.
Washington, Nov. 20-As a result Of the
consideration of the Turkish situation at
Yesterdays cabinet meeting the cruiser
Minneapolis was to-day given orders to
take on coal and other stores without de-
Law and to sail for the European naval
station Her destination is Smyrna, Asia
Minor. and her duty will be to assist the
flagship San Francisco and the cruiser
Marblehead in protecting the interests
of American missionaries and other citi-
gems Of the United States. 1t was au-
thoritatively stated to-day that there We're
no new Developments in the Armenian
situation involving this government, but
from the general aspect of the present
state of affairs, it was deemed best to
dispatch another United States war yes
sci
The action of the administration towaf
the Minneapolis was brought about
through numerous appeals from the mis-
siOnary organizations and prominent men
IA this country TO increase the United
States naval forces on the coast Of Asia
Amor. scores OF letters nave been recelN-
ed 10y the state department representing
that The lives and property Of American
mssonartes were in jeopardy. The last
lev lays have witnessed an increase in
these communications and the order is
sued to-day was the result.
The commander Of the Minneapolis is
Can't. G. II. Wadleigh. The vessel is now
az Norfolk, where she will take 600 tons
OF coal on board and then proceed to
hampton roads 70 secure the zoo addi-
493i4ai toils llecessaIy - IN ileE RnllheIs'
" - i7 tnts aIllounI an ot luels LhS MlnllSap- At
S "oNI1 - pe apie ~ ploe III LsSt ~ ~
SlAyiHd Wllhout stopping, but she VIII
~ eah tne long voyage al Gibraltar 10 re-
fiTiilsI T,i me lne store; - e. -, =
~, - ne -4ill4eapolLs IS the fastest Yessel ~
t,1 tri IN ol ier osilcia5 j
!. "a @ ZIP sne Hial1taIheu Ia an average sPee9
y. HioIS man - KNOTS LOT Ihe required
ny, ~ - ny ~ @ tle ~ IIitelt4oi o. me navy
S,i'dI ,it.t LlieH ~ however 70 iest her edpa77
ntlllles lls III TINS me, ana lhe Nessel VIII
1891 - a AaiG u pe etweeh 10 anu 10
H'-4 ~ az al H9ul, NhIcit p 5itt iiost eCoiloih-
s11nn{o' ol.-e ~ "a ;ii ~ I
suuPtlQhi Nlhe .y-seNeil tons day VIII pc
eian 5ia Vhiia ~ 3se S q 1esse, o te sa Fste
srEsn, VIII Mlllle tIIe gsg u q lesser oi great
en- amount would De ulsproportlonate, IN
teUhqlIly or Ieetiess' s'i 70 the results that
"a ~ ~ ~ "a - optallISu ia .3y, ~ usilis sne anlount
@ .allieu; Il y X eSSh.ectsu az ne navy ueIdlt-
Meht that 14e nlhneapols VIII pc ready 70
SaH from hampton ROADS Tor GlDraltar
Ig SoE % ,,sA,ttile, Al tne Iale OF 70 Knots an an
W.ouT, ~ Ihe Y NllnlleaPoHs cannon ge eNpected
70 Itdch ohlyT IN less imam 10 Gays, al
1IoWlhg Two 1dy LOT codllhg az ttIpraItar. tar.
- y lnoLe llnslyi loWeFeI, lIlaI the time
SoiISutileu ~ lile 4ohS voyage VIII De near
eI lhIsS weeks
IN adqltlOn TO her oftcers the Minneap-
otls wiz carry ~ DIue-JacketS ana 80 ma
IHies. II Is UNDERSTOOD that smyrna was
selected as her desunatlon because II is
the pest place Tor the missionaries 10
gamer IN the event OF danger 10 their
IVES
me Iurksh legation, mas received the
following telegram from the sublime porte
under to-days date: "A band OF agitators
formed by Armeniap patriarch of Touse-
ed to hard labor for life, but was pardOned
recently attacked and plundered the Mus
IilarGh was the cause Of the disorders at
The Armenian agitator Hanna zaspa.
wounded another Armenian called Keoork,
in one of the streets of Bitlis, for the rea-
son that the latter tried to convince his
hrother-in-law not to attack the mosques
and not to commit other depredations.
The rioters Of Gumuch-Djik having
murdered Arif Effendi member of the
council of administration. and having
The authorities took the necessary meas
ures for the preservation of order,
The authorities of Mardin seized
eubversive letter written by a Protest
am professor of the city, named Khochea-
nIohan. In that letter the professor was
lying 10 convince both hurds ana
DnIlstlans that the SQ-calleu Armenian
III
NotWlthstandlng the assurances OF the
4ocal autholues, given 70 the prlnclpal
4Ilhehlehs ana eceIeslastcs OF Armash,
1iS otgra oHtlhue 70 Keep cioseu ther
Slo9s'e 1hey also kllled one Mussulmah,
a nrSu from lher houses on thg troops
a9au 9u genuarmes ana on peaeeIu lhhab-
- atfaiiiss uley alS0 sel llIe lo q Qll eIehl paIl
~ ~ tIe CITY. ! ne aul9orltles al succeeueu
~ mastering the hIe anu res toIlls oIueF'
Vienna, Nov. "a dispatch from Pola
says that the Austrian war vessels recent
~ ordered to prepare for service in con-
nection with the Turkish troubles have
sailed for the Aegean sea. The fleet con-
slsts of the warships Tegetthoff, Kaiserin
elizabeth and Bltz.
The first named is battleship of the
second class. She carries six 1l-inch, six
5&-lnch and two 2$I-inch guns
and eleven machine guns. In
addition, she has TWO torpedo ejec-
tors. She is of 1900 indicated horse power
and has speed Of fourteen knots.
The Kaiserin Elizabeth is a steel ram
cruiser. She carries two 9h-inch guns,
TWO 6-inch Krupp guns two 24-inch ana
eleven machine guns and has six torpedo
electors She is of 1900 indicated horse
power and is rated at a speed of 1873
Knots
The Blitz is double screw steel tor
pedo catcher and carries nine machine
guns. She is Of 26W indicated horse
power with a sDeed of 231 knots