The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-12-07
MUST ACT QUICKLY.
The Powers snid to Have Issued
an Uitimatum-
limit Of Time for the Granting OF Fir
mans Prcsepted TO the suitsn--Cniess
lie Acts speedily Passage
wan he Forced.

London. Dec. 1.-The Daily Telegraph
has a dispatch from Constantinople
which reports that the powers have pre-
scented an ultimatum 10 the porte.
threatening 60 force the passage OF the
Dardanelles unless iirmans are issued
within 7c hours permitting the passage
OF the second gunrdship. Noother spe-
cials mention the fact of an ultimatum
having been jointly presented 10 the
porte by the powers. A Constatinople
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says
on this subject that unless firman Is
soon issued the powers will send an ulti-
matum. This correspondent also says
that the Sivns massacre lasted six days
and that thousands of Armenians were
killed. Panic reigns among the Chris
tinns of Jerusalem and Beyrouth.
The Armenian patriarch has now is
sued On appeal TO the Armenians
throughout the world and 20 all Chris
tian nations asking them 10 send help
10 relieve the misery resulting from the
recent massacres and pillaging I'm Ar
menia.
In this connection. there Is no doubt
that great distress already exists; but,
as previously intimated in these dis.
patches, the misery existing is as moth
ing to the terrible suiferings which fall
TO the lot of the homeless thousands
when the bitter blasts OF winter sweep
over the mountains and plains upon
which the devastated villages stood.
Boston. Dec. 5.--The treasurer in hos
ton of the Armenian relief committee
Mr. Il. III. Wiggin. makes acknowledg
mem OF $4,00S for the aid " the suryiy
ors OF the massacre in Armenia. These
| funds have been forwarded TO Turke,
and are being used judiciously by trust
worthy agents. A cable dispatch wa
received i'm Boston stating that TIT
agents ut Constnntinople arc constant
liz receiving most heartrending appeal
for nid.. Telegrams from IIarpoot, Mar
din, Trebizond and other cities are al
of the same tenor--that instant help !
needed; that thousands of the inhab
itants are in imminent danger OF per
ishing from lack of food and clothing
The suffering OF the aged and sick. o
women and little children, cannot b
described.
Washington, Dec. 5.--Mr. Alexande
NJ. Terrell, the United States ministc
TO Turkey, cabIed the state department
Wednesday from Constantinople tina
everything relating to American IN
terests was satisfactory. The mission
aries, he said. are safe and properly pre-
tected.
New York. Dec. 5.--The pcrsisten
efforts OF Proprietor Louis Klopsch, Q
the Christian Herald. 20 send relief I
starving Armenians through w. "
Howard. the newspaper correspondent
have been finally checked. The Turl
ish minister at Washington said yer
plainly that Mr.. Howard was objection
able TO the sultan's government, becnrs
OF his dispatches describing the atroc
tries in Armenia. Tuesday Mr.. klopsc
received letter from Secretary Olne
} which has caused the recall Of Mr.. How
} ard 90 this country. Secretary Olne
i'm his letter says:
II have to inform you that our mInlqt'
> at Constnntinople has been advised py "
Turkish government that w. w. Howhi
will not be permitted 10 proceed 70 Asint
Turkey The reasons given for this q
} cialon are MIR. Towards alleged hos.llil
TO the Turkish government and his a
tRcns against Il ard the sss.ohas:s.ssee.a
religion In newspapers OF the unlt'
Fa<.4.