The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-08

I he Forte Makes Il Statement Charg-
ing the AlmenIans with the RespOn-
sIbiiity for the Recent Outbreaks
The Situation Daily Becoming More
AIarming--FrOm Syria Especially
the Most Disquieting RumOrs are
Coming. Troops ssembIing.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 6, via Sofia,
Bulgaria, Nov. THE Turkish minister
for foreign affairs, Said Pasha, has
promised to give the ambassadors of the
powers a definite reply within two days,
as to what steps the Porte intends to
take for the restoration of order in Ar
menia and to provide for the protection
of Christians in that part f the Turkish
Empire
This was the point especially alluded
| toby the ambassadors on Tuesday last
when they called separately and repre-
sented that the present state of affairs
| in Armenia could not be allowed to con-
tinue, and that if adequate measures
were not shortly taken to bring about
the restoration of order, the powers
would be compelled, acting in concert, TO
take their own steps in the matter. No
| combined action of such grave impo tance
| upon the part of the powers has been
| taken for years past, and the fact that
| the Porte was reminded of the interven-
ton of the pow 8 in Syria at the time
| of the massacres in 1860 is considered as
direct warning to the Sultan that Eu
rope will intervene to restore order 10
| Armenia unless the Turkish government
acts promptly.
As each day passes however, the
| situation becomes more and more alarm
ing and adds to the difficulty of the task
before the porte, and possibly, before
the European powers. From Syria
especially the mot disqu citing rumors
are coming and that they are based on
facts is shown by the mobilization of
twenty battalions Of Redifs, out of the
sixty available and the steps being taken
to dispatch them as promptly as possible
to that portion of Asiatic Turkey. This
| lends color TO the report that the Ar
menians are receiving support from un-
| expected sources and that the Turkish
| government may soon be face to face
with an open and widespread revolt
against the rule of the Sultan.
Arrests of Armenian and Turkish sus-
poets are constantly being made here
and elsewhere; but owing to the press
censorship few facts in this connection
are obtainable. Possibly the most grave
turn in recent events lies in the fact
established beyond any doubt, that the
dissatisfaction against the rue of the
Sultan has extended to the Turkish army
and navy and that the palace
officials are we'll aware of this fact
and are in state of greatest alarm.
Nobody here would be astonished to
hear at any moment of an outbreak in
the palace itself; in fact peop'e who are
well versed in turkish affairs assert that
this is among the immediate probabilities
and that only prompt show of force
upon the part of the European fleets can
avert it.
Trustworthy reports which have been
received here from Erzeroum state that
it has been established beyond dispute
that the Turkish troops took part in the
recent massacre and pillage of Armenians
there, and, it is added, clear evidence OF
this fact will be placed before the repre-
sentatives Of the powers.
Private accounts represent the condi-
tion of the A. iatic provinces of Turkey
as being deplorable in the extreme A
veritable reign of terror is said to exist,
and bloodshed and rCb9ery are Of daily
occurrence.
The Porte Makes a Statement.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. THE
Turkish legation announces the follow
ing telegram from the sublime Porte
under yesterdays date:
"All news concerning plots, hreatening
letters aud supposed dissatisfaction III
the ranks of the army and navy is in
tentionally propagated by well known
newspaper correspoL den S, affiliated
with the Armenian committee to alarm
public opinion. AS for the often re-
peated assertion of the intended exter-
mination of the Armenians, it is too alb
surd to be contradcted The efforts OF the
imperial government tend Oh the con-
trary to quell the revolt Of the Armen-
ians and to resist their criminal and
bloody agitation.
"Tbe Armenian agitation at Diarbe-
kir was on the point of snbsiding when
the Armenians began their attacks upon
| Tue III OGs u nidLts Wy thLOWAhS DOhdDo a
them ana by firing at the Mue2zns at
the very time when the latter were call
ing the faithful to prayers. During the
affray fifty Mussulmans and ninety Ar
menians were killed and wounded.
armenian rioters attacked the pa
trolls at Sivrik, killing few Mussulmaps
and setting fire to the Bsz@ar.
1.-TWO hundred Armenian revolu
tionists having at their head Keyenck,
chief OF the Parish of Ferus (Marash)
attacked the village of Tchoukourhissar,
and killed twelve Mussu an.
Some of the agitators were arrested,
including part of the Armenian brigands
who captured Hadji Hassan Oglou Husni.
"All news published as to the cause of
the trouble at Adana, Tarsus and Mer-
sine, is absolutely without foundation. y
Cotton made a slight advance yeSter-