The herald., 1895-11-18
THE PORTE AND TIVE POWERS
Outgivings Inspired by the Brit
ish Foreign Office
ALL THOUGHT OF COERCION
Is Advised, for the Moment, to Be
Laid Aside
Efforts Should Be Directed Toward Restoring
Order in Disturbed Districts -Rlot-
ing and nassacres Continue
ALL THOUGHT OF COERCION


Turks and Armenians starts IN the m
ing for Constanrin0ple via vienna. ms
tourney back TO Turkey will oe made In
as short a time as possible, and he VIII
resume his post at Constantinoplo with
out loss of time.
Lord Salisbury, accompanied by his
wife, went to visit the queen at "ihosor
tonight. 1t is evident that an important
decision has been arrived at regarding
eastern affairs, since tomorrow morning
Post will publish an article evidently in
spired by the foreign office. The article
is understood TO indicate that the prims
minister mas decided that the utmost effort
must BE- made to maintain the integrity
OF the Turkish empire, and th eiefole
efforts must in the first place be directed
10 restoring order in the disturbed DIS
triots. Continuing, the article says:
For the moment all thought OF coerclng
the sultan sohuld he LAID aside 1t eau
not be doahted that he will defer to me
wishes of the powers as soon as circum-
stances permit him to do so. 1t Is dlh-
culs to apportion the blame justly be-
tween the Turks and he Christians, and
it is believed on good authority that the
disorders are partly due to tho careless
order of the sultan, who commanded the
Armenians while they were quiet, but 4
they revolted t. externIinase them. This
order has been interpreted with much
generosity by the Turks, while the Arme-
mans themselves are blamable to some
extent for for enting disorder.
The am bassadors of the foreign powers
in general, and Sir Phillip Currie in par
tieuIar. have acquired position enablirg
them to give important SUPPORT 10 tho
Turkish government at this critifal time
Sir Philip Cures instructions
such as to Justify him in delaying the
execution OF reforms until the authority
by which thew are to be carried out has
yecoverei from temporary weakness. AT
the pr sent moment any naval deTon-
s,ration in the Turkish waters or undue
pr ssure on the Turkis1 government can
only help precipitate crisis from when
Turkevs' friends can hope TO gain moth
ing and her enemies everything.
The a ticls in the Post concludes oy ex'
pressing the hope ihat the am rassadors
will be Abe to Iilace m ore confidence IN
his min sters, ana that he can bs induced
to ABANDON his personal government, but
adds tat Sir Phillip Currie and hi. col
leagues must remem Der that they are not
only apostles OF humanity, but also guar.
ms OF the peace.
Hon. Francis Seymour Stevenson, NJ.
p. president of the Anglo Armenian as
ISOLATION. says:
1.-The sultan has lately developed SYM
toms OF a monom7nia hardly distinguish
able from insanity, and II is not uni kelly
that he will meet with the same fate as
met his brother. the former sultan"
A dispatch TO the Times from Lonstan-
tinope says:
The sultan gave an audience to the
Austrian an bussador Friday. The minis
ters meet d lily aud the am baesalors also
hold a meeting today, the Austrian am
bassador presiding.
The money market is rigbtirg itself.
The run on the Ottoman bank affected
none of its thirty-four branches except
the branch bank at Bsyrout, wnere
slight trouble was reported
The correspondent of the Times learns
that the constitutional party processes no
personal animus against the sultan. COM
planning only a-sinst him on account of
his odious miseovernn The consti-
tutIonal party should not DE confounded
with the young Turks party. The men,
bers OF the constitutional party say ev
desire o1lv rational government by
peaceful means. They have never cared
for vengeance or for bloodshed.
A dispatch t. the Standard from Con-
stantinop.e says that French @ fiolal re-
ports insist that there are Is, 900 victims
as result OF the three days massacre at
Sivas. This seems incredible 1t is note
worthy that the wave of Turkish violence
~ uoW sWNtp!I9 WcotWhIus lie luGd
prevails that when the inhabitants of the
Zeitoun district have been wiped out the
massacres will temporarily cease, leaving
for winter and famine the complete ex-
termination of the Armenians.
The campaign against the Young Turks
continues, according to the Standard cor
respondent who says: Thirty-six more of
the members of the Young Turks party
have been drowned off Kalki isla uds.
This will he denied officially, but | am
satisfied OF the ruth of the report. Rep
resentatives of the different governments
st the Moush c0nsulates report samll
loss of life during the recent riots, wing
10 the behaviour of the governor, who
exposed his own lie tu stop the fighting,
while the better class OF the Moslems
shetered the Armenian5 in the various
mosques.
In conclusion the correspondent saws
the various Turkish papers publish fresh
appeals, urging upon the people the ne
cessity OF abstainlng from all acts OF VIC
IenCe.
a Constantinople dispatch to the Daily
News says the Afemioan missionarlas at
Pitts have wired the English ard Amer.
toan represen atives asking that the gov
eminent provide an escort to Vau for
them and their families. This cores nom
dent makes the astounding announce
nent that 20, 900 Armenlans have teen
Ellled during the recent massacrs.
The Vienna coorres pondent of the Daily
News says advces from Constantinopl,.
says several officers have bnltted let.
ters to the sultan. which they claim, con-
vict kiamil fasnl OF treas n.
The NiCnra CORRESPONDENT of the Daily
News also announces that the sultan has
bfen so ups I by the reent turn which
enalrs nave taken that a nervous feve,
has SIT in and that he is now so sick be
only defotss two hours daily TO public