New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-16
ruE SULTAN LOOKS FOR WAR
r,,n TO BE PREPARING FOR EURO
PEAN CONFLICT.

,,,s ALLEGED REASON FOR CALLING THE RE-
srpyEs INTO sERvIcE-wHoLEsALE AR
prsrs OF ARMENIANs IN CONSTANTINE
pr.E-vIEws OF THE GRAND vIzlEE
AND THE ARMENIAN PATRI-
ARcH-THE SITUATION DIS
CUssED AT A CABI-
NET MEETING IN
WASHINGTON.
c,,stantinople, Nov. I5.--It is asserted that the
o,ves recently called cut by the Porte, osten-
.,hlv for the purpose OF restoring order in Asia
Minor. are really being prepared for participation
,r the European war which the Sultan and his
ministers believe tC be inevitable.
An official communication issued this afternoon
announces that. with the object of ending the
troubles In Anatolia and insuring order ana
rsace. the Government has summoned l2S bat
,.Ions Of reserves. apart from the contingents
:, the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps. 1t has also
.sain instructed the Wallis and military COM
msnders in peremptory language to assure just
and equal treatment to all subjects OF the sultan
Irrespective of race of religion.
1ondon. Nov. l5-"J'he Daily News has dis
rs,ch from Constantinope, saying that the police
ard gendarmes, acting under orders from the
porte are arresting all unemployed Armenans
!, the capital and shipping them daily to Asia
v,nor The Armenans arrested are mostly in
ossnsive and are not charged with wrongdoing.
An order has been issued for the removal OF the
rontary school at Pracaldi to ScutarA
A dispatch from the representative or the
United Press in Constantinople, under the date
Of November IA. says it was announced that the
cmmission appointed to put in force the re-
,,-ms adopted for the administration of afiairs
IN Asia Minor would begin its sittings to-day. II
I. asserted by persons in position to obtain the
host and most trustworthy information that the
terms # the convention signed by the SIX POW
ara agreeing on joint action TO compel the I'M
mediate application of reforms in Armenia ana
the other disturbed districts, have been Kept
srcty secret in orde. 20 avoid an uprising of
tbs Mahometan populace
Odessa Nov. 15.-Nearly every steamer arrlv-
,,s from ports III Asia Minor brings numbers of
Armenian refugees, who are mostly destitute
They receive assistance from rich Armenians
here Crowds Of refugees daily cross the Ar
menian frontier into Russia.
Rome Nov. 15-Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid
Editor Of The Speaker" of London, has rad an
interview with Baron Blanc Minister OF For
ern Affairs. The Baron said he hoped that
be reached. He insisted that it was necessary
that definite ARRANGEMENTS should be agreed OIL
es temporary palliatives would only DEFER
catastrophe He desired and hoped 10 ran!
Germany 10 the support Of the views OF l'"S'
Austria and Great Britain, and also hoped .nat
an alliance would be formed between the IoCI
Powers to regulate the Turkish question anu
Berlin Nov 15-"Das Tageblatt" publishes an
interview which its correspondent has had Wltn
HALL Rifaat Pacha, the Turkish irahu VIII,
rorte Vas "e m good terms win the Powers. He
added that he looked hopefully for happy soiu-
ton OF the pending questions. True the Ar
menian agitators were continuing their cam
paign against justice and humanity causing
fresh murders and massacres' but thanks 10
the measures the Sultan had decreed, the dls-
orders would soon be suppressed
The same paper also publishes an interview
with the Armenian Patrial ch OF Constantihopie
lie said tha: he felt hound to admit that the
Porte alone might be expected To assist the Ar
menians Neither the Russians nor the fhgnsh
had any serious intentions OF doing anything lor
them The Patriarch admitted that massacres
had been provoked by Armenans, addlng tnat
The Revolutionary Committee was trying to IN
cense both sides and produce further confhcts
This IL was the duty of the Government 10 pre-
vent !, ,,
Washington Nov. l5.-The situation IN Turkey
occupied the attention Of the President ana MS
Cabinet at the regular meeting to-uas, oomorc ovT,v
,sry Olney fresh from an interview concerning
the DerjlouS position of American missionaries III
Armenia with the Rev. DR. Judson smith and
Henry y. Hyde, of the American Boaro OF roieisn
Missions was able 10 lay before his colleagues
additional information that sub1ect, ana sew
eral dispatches from Minister Terrell were aiso
read and considered. .,. ,ho.
the flagship San Francisco left Marseilles I'M
mediately after Admiral Selfridge boarued Kei.
the absence OF any Information 10 ma eeo' ~
now causes naval officials to think that the YES
Sci NAV not vet have departed on her MISSION 10
protect American citizens in the perturDeu uls
tricts of Asia Minor. If this is true IL Is prop
able that the San Francisco is delayed py tah-
ing on coal and sto- > for the long voyage 10
The Levant Except 81 the moral eHect, chi.eu
States naval vessels are or llttle aVall IN the
present emergency, on account OF the distance
between the coast and the scene OF the Ar
menian disturbances, and IT is UNDERSTOOD that
this Government places its main reliance In the
activity OF Minister Terrell Ihe statement
fnm Constantinope published this morning. 10
The effect that Hr. Terrell had plainly given the
rurkish Government TO understand that 1t would
h held responsible for any injury done TO
American citizens the property OF American
citizens in Turkey is confirmed at the state
Department. where dispatches from Mr.. Terrell
embracing this information nave peen Iecei.eu,
That Mr. Terrell is giving thorough satisfaction
10 this Government by the vigor he mas dls-
played is not concealed although almost all
news pertaining to the Armenian SITUATION is
guarded with the utmost secrecy
MATHEW Izmirlian. the Armenian. Patriarch Of
Constan tinople who according to the Berlin dls-
patch now makes admissions which he has htnerto
s,renuousy denied began life as schoolmaster. In
which capacity he proved himself an excellent dsc-
pHnarian He was ordained deacon in 1864 nom-
mated vartabed or priest and Instructor In one on
June o. 1869 and received the pastoral stan rev
months later In 1878 he was e.ected vice-pfesi'en'
Of the Ecclesiastical Council and adviser 10 the
Patriarchate in 1880 In 1886 at the urgent re9uesI
of the Armenian colony in Egypt he proeseesneu 20
that country and held the bishopric unti 1911 wien
il-health brought on by the climate, Obliged MN
TO resign and he returned IN 1891 to Constahtlh%oPe %
In his incurbency of :he important See OF Noh-
stannop'e he introduced many reforms HIS en-,
ihronement as Patriarch took place IN me eafX par,
Kapou His appointment being duly ratified by the
Sultan
SATISFIED WITH MIR. OLNEY's ACTION
HEPREsENrATryEs OF THE MISSIONARIES BE
LIEvE he is DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN ARMENIA