Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-08
GOSSIP OF LONDON.
What Is ASitatins the People Of the
British Capital.
ARMENIA AND VENEZUELA.
Government Darcs Not Make Public
What II Knows About Turkish
AtrocitIcs-,-ncIc Sans Suggestion
of Monroe Doctrine Resented.
lsnecIal london cable Letter.l

Foreign Office confirm the worst fears Of
the destruction Of Armenians within the
area from Trebizond southeast TO Nan'
thence southwest to Alexandretta, on the
Bay OF IskanderoOn. from Alexandretla
slightly northeast to Kara-Hissar, and
from .Kara-H issar northeast to Trebizond.
Whole Christian towns and villages have
been pillaged and burned. and their in
habltants massacred. Those who have
been left alive have been forced to aban-
don their faith and turn Mohammedans.
Accurate details concerning the condi-
ton Of affairs In the DISTRICTS beyond the
immediate spheres OF the consulates re-
main wanting. but there is no reason 70
doubt the reports derived from fugitive
survivors and the better sort OF Turks,
who have not shared in the outrages,
that a similar condition Of affairs exists IN
those places
The correspondent Of the Speaker, the
paper which first gave publicity to the
Armenian outrages. is now known TO
have close relations with the consulates
I'm Constantinople, and from information
derived from them he estimates that not
less than 10000 persons have either beeh
killed or are now dying of starvation De-
yond the chance of timely relief.
He GAYS that after the soldiers had
sacked the Armenian towns and villages
the Kurds completed the plunder. The
latter destroyed what grain they could not
carry Off and set fire to the houses,
leaving the people with no food ana
their homes heaps of smouldering ruins.
RED CROSS RELIEF.
The ambassadors have advised the Porte
TO permit the Red Cross societies to un-
dertake the distribution of aid, but the
presence Of hundreds of Red cross agents
would reveal horrors that the Porte must
conceal This fact debars the possibility
of the government giving us assent 10
the plan.
The representative OF the United Press,
who has been for some time In Constan-
tinople In the interest OF that orsaniza-
ton. has received a letter from the HAD
lin mission. which begins with the words:
I'VE are alive. praise the Lord
The letter refers 70 the prominent part
that Circassians have taken In the afro
cities around Hadpin, and says that
1000 Circassians and Turks are actively
employed in saclling the Christian VII
lagos.
The Governor did nothing to protect the
mission TO defend themselves He did,
however. promise the aid OF regular
Turkish troops. who, the writer states
we're of the same feather az
those engaged I'm the murder and pill
LACE. In the face of these statements, the
official Turkish statements repeatedly
communicated 20 the press that order
has been restored everywhere become
worthless.
II the Foreign Office published all its
information. says the Speaker, Lord
Salisbury would not dare TO appear in
public. lie would b. mobbed IN the
streets.
IRISH QUESTION.
An article written by Alt. William
O'Brien for the Revue P0litlQue, on THE
European Aspect Of the Irish Question"
has attracted unwonted attention, owing
70 the developments in the East.
Mr.. OBrien argues that the Irish bond
Of sympathy with Englands enemies
has not entirely disappeared. The new
movement begun in Chicago ought 10 DO
for statesmen a matter Of study. The
Irlsh-Americans have sufficient influence
with the United States Government 10
stop the progress Of a family entente be-
tween the two great English-speaklng
nations. They have also the power TO
arouse an enemy that England has the
most reason 10 fear i'm the world. The
young mon Of the Gaelic athletic associa-
tlons. he says, would form a ready-made
army for a French or a Russian eX-
petition. which would put rifles in their
hands. and they would capture Cork and
Limerick and hold them long enough to
allow Irishmen to rally to their flag.
Mr.. O'Brien is OF the opinion that the
English fleet watching the Channel could
In, In Irrf pH
BRITISH TERRITORIAL GREED.
The latest instance of British greed FOR
new territory Is the proposed protectorate
over Lower Siam. which would place
the whole Malay peninsula, from S.nga-
pore TO Burmah. under British rule. The
Westminster Gazette states that the eX-
tension has been on the cards for years,
and has been clearly explained 70 France.
Such a protectorate, IL Is claimed, would
be welcomed by the Malays, who are now
only nominal tributaries Of siam, while
the mineral and other resources OF wealth
I'm the country are Of great importance
10 Great Britain. The other papers CURLY
refer to the acquisition as II 10 were the
natural consequence Of the position OF the
territory between countries already held
by England.
SALISBURY TO OLNEY
In accordance with unvarying precedent,
the reply Of Prime-Mlnister Salisbury TO
the note OF Hon. Richard Oiney, the
American Secretary OF State. on the
Venezuelan dispute, will not be issued by
the Foreign Office until Il is presented 70
Parliament. IL will be a surprise 10 every
one n Lord Salisbury, In his reply. fas
not firmly declined 20 admit the right Of
the United States 70 interfere IN the dis
49, Nnnn-
zuela. and particularly TO insist that the
whole case shall be submitted 70 arbitra-
ton.
The English public tokes small interest
IN the dispute or the attitude OF the
United States in the matter. Not the
remotest reference 70 the subject has
been made on the political platform du-
ring the period that the Prime Minister
has been wrestling with Mr.. Olney's note
and tho reply thereto. The comments IN
the press alone indicate the line OF
British opinion. which. according 70 the
newspapers is unanimously against any
arbitration concerning the territory WITHIN
the Schomburgh line.
The statlst SAYS: Neither for its own
sake nor ours Is Il expedient for the
United States Government o put forward
a claim as OF right 10 dictate how we
shall conduct a dispute with another coun-
try relative TO territory that has long
been held by the British.
NO OCCASION FOR HEROES.
1.-THE United States Government Is en-
titled 70 offer It's good offices. but there
is a wide distinction between that and
| Intervention based on the ground that
the United States has the right to for
bid any government In the world 10 en-
large the area under It's jurisdiction in
/ any part OF the American Continent. still
there is no occasion for heroics The
bit OF territory In dispute Is OF small