The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-12-12
THE TURKISH TURMOIL
Recent Developments Give No As
surance of Permanent Peace.
HAMIDIBH CAVALRY ATROCITIES.

lt Is NOW certain That They Have de-
stroyed Two Hundred villages in the
Province of Van, and Fifty Thousand
People Are Homeless.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 12.--The two in
pidents which have constituted the center
Of sensational interest, the refuge Of Kut-
Chuk Said Pasha, ex grand vizier, In the
British embassy, and the refusal of the
sultan to grant the flrnans for the passage
through the Dardanelles of the additional
guard ships demanded by the powers, are
practically relegated TO history through
their settlement by the return of Said to
his own residence, and by the final grant
ing of the flrmans by the sultan.
How unimportant these incidents were
in themselves is indicated by the fact that
the intense condition oflthe public mind is
not abated by their closing and the watch
full game of diplomacy is seen TO go ON as
before, The intimate connection of the
peace of Europe with the fate of the Turk
ish empire is not to be forgotten, nor is it
to be lost sight of that this peace is de-
pendent, as it 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 the question of guard ships at
least, the powers were in accord. NJ. Mel
idotf then appealed to him in behalf of the
czar to obviate the necessity of an ultima
tum by granting the flrmans. This from
Russia evidently convinced the sultan
that his game of delay was up.
Said's return to his own house was made
in the 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were withdrawn.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 letter of thanks in which
he said that after forty three years in the
public service and five in the position of
grand vizier his health was broken and he
was unable again to accept the Office of
grand vizier He then mentioned the
written assurances.
Finally, as Said's 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
senting to grant his wish to be unem
ployed in an official post, and to enjoy
complete rest and liberty. Sir Philip Cur
rie has reiterated the latter desire on behalf
of the British government. 1t is still
feared, however, that Said Pasha will suf
fer from palace intrigues.
LONDON, Dec. ia dispatch to The
Times from Urumiah, Persia, says: ''It il
now certain that the Hamidieh cavalry
have destroyed 200 villages in the provinc,
of Van. Fifty thousand homeless peopl,
are flocking into the city of Van, and tn,
government is doing nothing to preven
further outrages"
A Vienna dispatch to The Times says
"News was received from Trebezonde to
day of fresh atrocities The bishop ant
five ecclesiastics were burned alive Will
seeking refuge in a building. Fresh out
RACES have occurred in other parts of ASH
Minor"
The Standards Constantinople CORES
pondent says; "The porte is absolutely de
serted by ministers who live day and nigh
at the palace, where confusion reigns su
preme."
A Daily News dispatch from CONSTANT
nople reports the arrest by palace official
and the subsequent liberation of the chic
messenger of the British postoilice who i
an Armenian.