Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-21
MANY COUNCILS HELD
The Sultan Uses Plain Language
With His Ministers.
4 SWEEPING OUT Is EXPECTED
Powers Are Opposed to Bahri
Pasha's Appointment.
QUIET IN CONsTANTINOPLE

Quent councils of the ministers are being
held at the palaces. and some plain Ian
guage Is said to have been used by the sui
tan. That a sweeping out of the present
cabinet is contemplated nobody doubts In
deed, people are astonished that it did not
take place when the sultan underwent his
change of mind as a result of the assem-
bling Of foreign fleets.
The British ambassador is still away
from his post. The latest news received
from him at the embassy located him at
Vienna, but Sir Philip is expected here by
the end Of the week. He Is said to be the
bearer of letter from the Marquis Of Sal
isbury in reply to the sultan's letter.
The city Is quleter than it has been for
some time past. The police have released
several additional patches of Armenians
and the latter are reopening their stores
and circulating freely about the main
thoroughfsres. This looks well, and seems
to indicate that matters must be in a more
satisfactory state than for some time past
although people here would feel easier if
more news was obtainable from the prov
inces.
The Armenian patriarch, as well as the
sultan, has undergone healthy change OF
mind as result of the advice he has re-
ceiVed from the representatives of the
powers.
He has, as has been already cabled, been
strongly advised to cooperate with the TuI~
kiSh authorities in their efforts to restore
order, and it is understood that it has been
plainly intmated to that prelate that the
Armenians need not look for the sympathy
of Europe If they continue causing out
breaks against the authority of the sultan
1t is also understood that the representa-
tives of the powers insist that the Ar
menian clergy throughout Asia Minor must
cooperate with the Turkish officials In
suppressing the anarchy which has exist ed
M Ia aSt
The Foreign Fleets.
The Austrian, Italian, Russian and British
representatives have applied to the sultan
for firmans allowing the passage in through
the Dardaneles of second dispatch boat to
be attached to each of their respective en-
baSsies.
The British fleet is still at Salonica, and
the Russian and Italian fleets are at Smyrna
and about 200 miles from Salorica. Smyrna
and SalCnica, however, are about ar equal
distance from the entrance to the Darda
IelleS
An Objectionable Appointments.
Bahri Pasha, formerly the cruel governor
of Van, who was removed on England's
demand. has been appointed military COM
mander OF the Aleppo district. The bad
impression which this has produced can
hardly be exaggerated, for the diplomats
feel that it will be almost impossible to
prevent him from pursuing the same tao
tics at Aleppo as ne cid at Van.
Upon receiving of the news of Bahri Pa
sha's appointment the representatives of
the powers Joined in a note to the Turkish
government saying that they cannot an
swer for the consequences which might en-
sue should the Armenians of Zeitoun be
maSsaCCed after their surrender.
Aleppo is situated about seventy-five
miles distant from Marash which is about
hfteen miles from Zeitoun, is the capital of
the vilayct of Haleb, in which both Marash
and ZeitCur are situated. A dispatch re-
ceived here from Alerpo says that the
greatest alarm still prevails there.
Minister Terrell Active.
The United States minister, Mr.. Alexander
w. Terrell, at the request of the American
missionaries at kharput, has prevailed upon
the Turkish government to telegraph orders
to the Turkish commander there to furnish
the missionaries with an escort of troops 70
conduct them to the nearest point on the
Black Sea coast, possibly Trebizond, in or
der that they may embark for this city
MIR. Terrell has also advised the mission
aries in other disturbed districts to retire
from their posts for a time, so that their
presence may not be made the excuse for
further disorder 1t Is believed that this
suggestion will be adopted in several cases
at least.
The Departure of the Minneapolis.
Acting upon representations by the
United States minister at Constantinople
that the state of affairs demands an in
crease of the naval force in Turkish wa
ters. the Secretary of the Navy has de-
tached the triple screw cruiser Minneapo-
lis from the North Atlantic station and at
tached her to the small European squadron.
Late yesterday afternoon he sent an order
to Admiral Brown, commanding the Nor
folk navy yard, to prepare the cruiser with
out delay and she will sail as soon as her
coal bunkerS are filed and her stores are
taken aboard. She is fully repaired and In
good condition for a long cruise. Her fleet
ness will enable her to join the San Fran
cisco and the Marblehead in Turkish wa
ters in less than three weeks.
Capt Wadleigh, commanding the Mime
apolis, is ordered to report to Admiral Self
ridge, commanding the European station,
vessel will make her first stop at Gibral-
tar and then probably proceed to Smyrna.
This last named point is believed to be as
near as warship can get to the American
mission stations believed by the mission
boards in this country to be endangered
by the general uprising of the Mussul-
mans in Asia Minor. While the State Dep
partment authorities felt that due pre-
cautions had been taken in the ordering of
two vessels, the San Francisco and the
Mlrblehead, to this coast, still a point was
yielded to make the safety of the mission
aries additionally secure. If all goes we'll
Nlnne1DOllS Will sail ABOUT gJtn
instant. AS she will not be driven to make
a record run, but will proceed at her most
economical rate of speed nearly IL knots,
she will probably make the run in about
two weeks.
With this accession Admiral Selfridge will
have fleet of three of the best cruisers
in the navy at his back, which, though
small in comparison with the formidable
armanents gathered in Salonica bay by
the great European powers, will suffice to
meet Lis object, the protection of the Amer
ican citizens in Turkey.
Advices From the Porte.
The Turkish legation has received the fol-
lowing telegram from the sublime porte:
"a band of agitators formed by the Ar
menian parson of the village Of Touzhatch
this parson had been condemned to hard
labor for life. but pardoned recently, at
tackled and plundered the Mussulman vii
lage Of Adjipour. The same parson was the
couse of the disorders at Beglikdji and
other villages.
THE Armenian agitator Hamazaspa
wounded another Armenian called Kevork
in one of the streets of Bitlis for the reason
that the latter tried to convince his brother
in-law not to attack the mosques and not to
commit other deDredations.
THE rioters of Gumuch Hadtk having