Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-11-28
SULTAN MAKES PROMISES,
Europe Waiting to See Them Fnlhlled-
The Bahri Pasha Incident.

The Bahri Pasha Inc,dent.
Constantiaople, Nov. 22.-Matters Do
]itical do not look as bright as they did.
| The professed determination of the sui
tan to act energetically in suppressing
the disorders in Asia Minor had de-
| cide6ly good effect here and elsewhere,
and. the troubles which threatened to
! cause the disruption Of the Turkish gov
eminent Vera looked upon as almost
ended. But further Earring has oc-
CURED, and it is once more Bahri Pasha
who is the disturbing element. This
notorious official made himself so con-
spicuous by his cruelty to Armenians
and administration of his district
when governor of Van that the British
ambassador, Sir Philip Currie, insisted
upon hisremoval.
a. After consid era Bic CORE pondence
j. on the subject, the plain.evid ennce az
the pasta g. unftness forS his position
= having been furnished~to the sultan,
the latter removed the pasta. Bahri,
. however, brought the strongest influ-
ence to bear upon Abdul Ilamid, pro-
tested his innocence Of the charges
brought against him, claimed that his
removal was brought about by the i'll
tWg!fes of the Armenians and eventual
~ he was not only forgiven, but was
decorated with the order of the Os-
manieh and complimented upon his ef-
forts to suppress disorder.
| Soon afterward it was rumored that
: Bahri Pasha was to be appointed to
command the large force of Turkish
!. troops being concent fatedszats Marush
for a movement uponzeitoun, whicltsis
held by the Armenians, who had cap-
t'lred the Turkish garrison, consisting
Of about 400 men. This report raised
such a storm of Indignation in diplo-
+ matte and other circles here that the
plan was abandoned, If. indeed, it had
been formed.
Now, however, the storm has burst
again, for Bahri Pasha has been ap-
pointed military. commanders OF the
Aleppo district. THE #bads IMPRESSION
which this hasproduccd can hardly be
exaggerated for the diplomats feel
vent him from pursuing the same tao
| tics at Aleppo as he did at Van. Upon
receiving the news of Bahri Pasha's
! appointment to the military command
of Aleppo the representatives of the
| powers held a meeting and discussed
the matter from all standpoints. The
result was that they have joined in a
note to the Turkish government say
ing that they cannot answer for the
consequences which might ensue should
the Armenians. zeit oun be massacrcd
after their surrender, which the Ar
menians patriarch, at the instance of the
representatives of the powers, is en-
bring about in order to
prevent further bloodshed.
1t will thus be seen that while the sui
tan,galarmed at the disapproval which
the rumor of Bahri Pasha's appoint
ment to the immecliat e command of the
Turkish troops at Marash raised, re-
Trained from Confirming it, he has made
him military commander of the Aleppo
district, which will give him control
over the commander of the Turkish
troops at Marash. y dispatch received
here from Aleppo says that the greatest
alarm still prevails there.
Paris, Nov. ga dispatch to the
Matin from ConstantinopIe says 20 vii
lagos northeast of AIeppo have been
burned and their inhabitants massa-
| cred.
The massacres at Marash, the dis
patch says, took place in the presence
| of the Turkish governor general. WHO
did not interfere to stop them. Up
wards of 300 persons were killed.
The Kurds, according to this dis
patch, are gathering upon the
Euphrates and preparing to march into
Spria for the purpose of massocring
Athens, Nov. 25.-Reports of a col
lision between the Turkish troops and
| the Christians of the island of Crete
have been fully confirmed. 1t is esti-
mated that 80 persons have been killed
and wounded. 81 49, ~