The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-12
THE TURKISH TURMOIL.
Recent Developments Give No As
suranoe Of Permanent Peace.
HAMIDIEH CAVALRY ATROCITIES.

II Is Now Certain That They Have De-
stroyed Two Hundred Villages in tho
Province of Van. and Fifty Thousand
People Are Homeless.
CoNsrANTINorLE, Dec. 1e.-The two In
cidents which have constituted tho center
OF sensational interest, the refuge OF Kut-
chlk Said Pasha, exgrand yizier, In tho
British. embassy, and tho refusal of tho
sultan to grant the flrmans furfhc passage
through the Dardanelles Of tho additional
guard ships demanded by the powers, arc
practically relegated to history through
their settlement by the return OF Said to
his own residence, and by the final grant
ing OF tho flrmans by the sultan.
How unimportant these incidents were
IN themselves is indicated by the fact that
the intense condition of.the public mind is
not abated by their closing, and the watch
ful game Of diplomacy Is seen to go on rs
before The Intimate connection Of the
peace Of Europe with the fate Of the Turk
ish empire Is not to be forgotten, nor is 1t
TO be lost sight OF that this peace Is de-
pendent, as 1t has been for the past eight
cen years, upon the accord Of the great
powers as to the methods and limits of
the coercion which shall be exercised upon
| the sick man OF Europe.
| The visit of NJ. Nelidoff to the sultan on
! Sunday and his prolonged audience of
him seems to have settled in his mind at
| last that, on tho question OF guard ships at
least the powers were in accord M. Nell
idoff then appealed to him In behalf OF the
cznr to obylate tho necessity OF an ultima
ttm by granting the frmans. This from
Russia evidently convinced the sultan
that his game of delay was up.
Said's return to his own house was made
In tho carriage OF Sir Phillip Currie, the
British ambassador, accompanied by the
chief dragoman of the embassy. On the
same evening that he returned the secret
police that had been watching the embassy
were withdrawn. Said Pasha wrote Sir
Phillip Currie q letter of thanks in which
he said that after forty-three years in tho
public service and five In the position of
a grand vizier his health was broken and he
was unable again to accept the office Of
grand vizicr. He then mentioned the
written assurances.
\ Finally. as Saids request to leave the
country was still ungranted. and as he
felt bound to attest his appreciation of his
sovereign's personal assurances, he re-
! turned to his own house, the sultan con-
, sentlng to grant his wish to be unen-
ployed in an official post, and to enjoy
! complete rest and liberty. Sir Philip Cur
rie has reiterated the latter desire on behalf
! of tho British government 1t is still
, feared, however, that Said Pasha will suf
: fer from palace intrigucs.
! LONDON, Dec. IA dispatch TO The
Times from Urumlah, Persia, says: SIT is
now certain that the Hamidieh cavalry
> have destroyed 200 villages in the province
D of Van. Fifty thousand homeless people
are fiocking into the city Of Van, and the
I government Is doing nothing to prevent
further outrages."
{ A Vienna dispatch 10 The Times says;
''Ncws was received from Trebesondc to
day Of fresh atrocities. The bishop and
s Ave ecclesiastics were burned alivo while
. seeking refuge in building. Fresh out
q RACES have occurred In other parts of Asis
Q Minor"
The Standards Constentinopie CORES
0 pondcnt says; "The porte is absolutely de
3 serted by ministers who live day and nigh
! Mt the palace, where confusion reigns su
: premc."
q A Daily News dispatch from Constpnti
9 nople reports the arrest by palace official
! and the subsequent liberation of the chic
I messenger Of the British postoflicc, who il
:, | an Armenian.