The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-19

sultan has finally detarm- ned 20 make
earnest efJcr.s to stop t62 blocdsaed IN
Asa Amor. It Is un1 erGtooi tbe Marquis
% Salisbury has rece-vg& assurance that
the sultan has dispatched commissioners
- Asia Minor .-st~ucse3 ta put i'm force
ss son as prae5lcab}e me reforms insist-
ed upon oy .ae powers and beyond tie
assembling ef the foreign fleets iae powers
wiI take 40 further steps AL present. be-
ing des-rous sd g3Vsag tne Turkish govern
n1ent every oppor5a a1.ty- posS5h,e - restore
order IN the disturbed district. w.taoaJ
having recourse 10 measures watch might
add 20 the state ~ anarchy prevailing.
The following telegram from Constantine
pie Vas reese we'd thls morning by the An
Armenian Association: "Armenlans
are being Guassacred everywhere ln Asa
Minor. over Ifoa0o are dying of starya-
ton and exposure The season for the
work of reiCe ls closed. For Gods sake
urse the government 90 stop the most aw-
fal events OF modern times The porte
= pQwe-less. ss al the ieiesraphs are under
control of the palace ofHc.a,s Nho have m
cited the masSaCres throughout An8t0lla-
Dispatch from Rome today says adj
vices from Ccnstantnop,e announce that
the asitaljon against Christians IN Northern
Syria - extending aDd that u}asS3cres
have occurred near Aleppo.
s.. Petersburg. Nov l>-tirand Duke
Vladimir has an autograph letter from the
cEar ta the kaiser. relating ~ tAe s3tua-
tion IN Eastern Europe. Il suggests that
in case England insists 600 much on the
d;ssnttgfat.uu of Turkey the three powers
who united upoR the japanese question
shall agaln JON hands against all
cornors.
Cincinnati. Nov 1s.-The Congregational
churches he'd services yesterday on The
Armenian massacres. and adopted resolu-
tons to be sent 10 Washington Cty. Iele-
grams We're sen, % President Cleveland
asking for the protection Of the mission
aries. The yelegrams were read 20 the
congregations.
Chicago Nov. 1S.-The following petit
tion has been sent hy the Armenian Ma
tional Union 10 the pTemiers. chancellors
and foreign ministers of the six great
powers Of .E1trone and the secretary Of
state Of the United States: The horrors
and outrages OF Sassoun have been re-
peated in different parts Of Armenia,
where tens of thousands of Armeuians
have met death al the hands Of unre-
str.Cted mohs of fauatical Turks. Again,
recent cable adViCcs from Turkey are 10
the effect that the Turkish government is
gathering it's reserve forces TO march over
Zejtoun and eXterfninate its inhabitants.
The execution OF this intention on the
part of the Turkish government VIII only
repeat the appalling history of Sassoun.
The adoption of the reform measures pro-
posed by the three powers of Europe and
sanctioned by the other great powers has
been followed hv a still stronger Cutburst
OF Nohammedan fanatiCism all over the
Turkish empire. AS a result Of this un-
checked. and In most cases sanctioned or
ordered, uprising Of Mohammedans against
the defenseless Christian subjects Of the
empire. Turkey is today in a state OF an
archy. while those in mower and authority
are helping and defending the lawleSs.
This state Of anarchy is also due 10 the
Turkish and Mohammedan hatred toward
the Armenlans and their sacred rites and
TO their hostility to the European ma
tions that are desirOus Of substituting
better CORN OF government for the present
anarchy. This has been fully proved 10
be the fact. because whenever European
governments have deemed 20 necessary 20
take drastic measures 20 stop blooushed
and restore order. the officials OF the SUI
tan have almost invariably succeeded in
complying with this demand ana IN check
ing Mohammedan fanaticism. Il Is eNi-
dent. therefore. that the sultan and his
officials are directly responsible for tho
present state Of terrorism and anarchy.
II lies then. with the great powers OF Eu-
rope 60 put an end to this unbearable con-
dition of things in Turkey. and 20 secure
safety and protection of life 20 the de-
fcnseless Armenians now at the mercy
and under the heels Of the cruel soldiery
fanatical mohs and savage kurds. We
therefore most humbly beg Of your gov
ernmcnt % hasten. in the name Of human
itv. Justice and Christian civilization, 10
act i'm unauimitv with the other five great
powers or Europe 10 decide the fate OF the
Armenian nation at an early special con
rress. such as that at Berlin. and 20 lib-
crate the Armenians from their unbear-
able condition which means torture.
slaughter and utter exterminaton.'