The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-19
MOHAMMEDANS MURDER MAD.
ASIA MINOR REEKING WITH THE
BLOOD OF CHRISTIANS.


work when Ii First began and is
Now Unable 10 Check II.
London, Nov 1S.-The representative in
Constantinople of the United Press tel
egraphs under yesterdays date that dis
patches from Sivas dated Nov. 15 have
been received there, stating that the mas
sacre in Marsovan and Amasia districts
were renewed that day. Also that a
number of persons were killed at Sivas
on the 10th.
United States Minister Terrell received
a dispatch from Aleppo on Nov. 16, say
ing that a massacre had occurred at
Aintab, sixty miles north northeast of
AIeppo. The governor of Aleppo was i'm
modiately instructed by wire to siren
uously enforce the measures taken for
the protection of the American residents
In his jurisdiction.
Minister Terrell has obtained from the
porte an order for a guard of troops to
protect the American missionaries, who,
with their families, are about to pro-
ceed to Van. from Bitlis.
The porte is endeavoring to raise 100000
sterling for the purpose of assisting the
mobilization of troops, and offers to pro-
long the concession Of the tobacco reggie
IN exchange for loan of that sum.
During the last two weeks a tremen-
dOus pressure has been exercised by the
porte upon the Armenian patriach to get
him to send circular note to all the Ar
menians in Asia Minor exhorting them
TO keep quiet and lend themselves to no
promoters of disturbances
The object of the porte in taking this
step is clearly to induce the belief thar
the troubles are to a very great eXtent
due to the aggression; Of the Armenans
themselves, and that the troops are mere
ly suppressing riots when engaged in their.
work of slaughter.
Yielding to this pressure the patriarch
finally drew up a note, which he sent to
the minister of police, Nazim Pasha for
his approval. In the meantime, tele-
grams were constantly arriving, telling
OF fresh massacres and the patriarch sent
his secretary to Nazim Pasha demanding
the return of his note. The secretary
was at the same time instructed to say
TO the minister of police, in the name of
the patriarch: 1T would be an insult
to my people to send such a note to them
when they. are dying by thousands upon
the rOadsides."
To this, the minister replied: You are
quite right" adding The Hamadich cav
airy are turning against him"
Against whom?" asked the secretary.
Against the one who ordered all this"
was the suggestive answer of the min
lister.
This is given merely as an instance of
the manner in which even the high Off
cials refer to the sultan. Nobody in Con-
stantinople says the correspondent, doubts
that either the sultan or the palace clique
under the sultan's assent ordered the mas
sacres, or that the regular troops are
numbering and Killing In accordance with
the orders of their suDerior officers.
Things having gone so far in this direc-
tion, the sultan finds now that he has
no power to control the storm which he
himself has raised. Indeed he cannot even
command order among the troops attach
ed 10 MS own palace. 1nnumerabde re-
ports were current in regard TO the mental
and physical condition of the sultan, one
of which asserts that he has become af-
UHrIfh fFsz mia for tod Of
forty-eight hours has not been able to
sleep According to this rumor, he sits
with his head dropping, never needing
any one VINO may speak to him and care
less of anything that may so on around
him. The spies in and about the palace
have been doubled in number but the
people no longer hesitate to talk against
the sultan in the streets and in the cafes,
and other public places, believing that his
fall is imminent. If there should be an
Other change IN the grand Viziership, it
is believed that Mahmoud Pasha, who is
now minister Of commerse, is likely to
succeed HALL Rifat PaSha in that office.
Mamhoud has also been minister of
finance and has occupied the office of
vice governor of Crete. Since he has
held his present post at the head of the
department. of commerce he has ordered
all of the employees of that bureau
three-fourths. Of whom are Christians,
United States Minister Terrell is bear
ing up wonderfully well under the un-
ceasing excitement and activity engen-
dered by his interest IN the troubles of
the Americans in Asia Minor, where they
outnumber three to one any others of for
elgn nationality, $50 of them being mis-
Slonaries. Mr. Terrell is constantly Wis
iting the sublime porte, and sometimes
sees the sultan himself in his insistency
upon the governments affording abso~
lutte protection to the American mission
aries and other American citizens in Asia
Minor The, missionaries are perfectly
He IS ceaseless in his efforts to protect
1ne interests of America and Americans.
1nat there may be no question about
thls, they desire the United Press to say
that any newspaper or other statement
10 the contrary is maliciously false.
The Anglo-A rmenian AssOcia ton has
received the following telegram
from COnstantinople: "Massacres
gre proceeding almost everywhere
IN ASA Minor. Over 100000 persons are
dying from starvation in Armenia For
Gods sake urge the government to put
a stop to the most awful event of modern
tlInes. Ihe porte is powerless as the
telegraph lines are controlled by the po-
nee oiiiclals, who have incited these mas
The Pail Mall Gazette asserts that #
mas nigh diplomatic authority for the
statement that the powers have no inten-
Jon OF Immediately making a joint naval
IeHlohstrauon against the porte. Each
Meet VIII IN the meantime act under inde-
pendent instructions. When Sir PhilfD
Lurne, the British ambassador returns to
Nonstantinople a meeting Of the ambas-
7sdofs VIII be held to consider whether the
circumstances demand further action in
icEAfd to Armenia.
The STANDARD will tomorrow publish a
Q.spatch from Constantinople saying that
mere is no doubt that the central au-
lIorlty has been doing its utmost to
SSheck the massacres, but owing 10 the in
-itned passions of the lower classes of
oslems and the absence of sufficient
t3tce to restrain the Kurds and also to
Iue defiant attitude of the Zeitoun Ar
iAtnlans, it has met with little success.
-fH the wallis have been kent for hours
e- me telegraph stations listening to the
Everest instructions. favored with the
5,,tohsest tnvectives from the palace
mere is reason to hone that they are
Jung the upper hand in Armenia. ex-
gtpt IN the southeastern corner of the
-elJoun district. There the Armenians
VINO are in open revolt, have DESTROYED
'Ian{ Moslem villages and treated the
luabitants with the same nameless bar
4arity that has been praeticed bv the
lrks elsewhere
me sultan yesterday instructed the
tttLnlSters to draw up plan for the mob
-.1tllon Of 50OO0 troops. The financial
-.tuauon is such that the request appears
-rotesque. Nevertheless the ministers
@l compelled TO comply and some sort
ei scheme viii be elaborated. RespectfuI
.lHts as TO the want of money made TO
"a fryl fr,4 m