The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-09
RUSSIAMAKESADEMAND
She Joins the Powers in Insist
Ing on Extra Guard Ships.
REPORTS ANErT KUToHUK SAID.

0ne Dispatch Declares That He VIII RE-
tura to the xiidis Palace, while An
ether story States That He Has Decided
20 Leave Turkey.
CoNsTAsrIsoPLE, Dec e--The situation
here on tho question Of extra guard ships
OF the powers remains unchanged, and
continues to offer tribute to the powers
OF the evasion Of oriental diplomacy as
practlced by the Turkish government.
Statements are constantly reiterated of the
continued accord of the powers on tho sub
1ect, and their unyielding determination
to insist upon q compliance with their de-
mands Less is heard, however, OF the
rumors which were Of frequent occurrence
In the early period, after the demand had
been presented, that the sultan had OF
length decided to grant the necessary fir
man TO permit the passage of the Darda-
nelles, or even that he had actually issued
them.
Neither is there such explicit announce
ment Of the period which Is to elapse be-
fore movement Of the warships of the
powers Is to commence to enforce the de-
mands made upon tho sultan. Since the
return OF her majesty's ship Dryad to Sa-
lonica bay no word has been heard Of any
actual order or movement to advance upon
the Dardanelles. Opinion continues di-
vided as to whether the delay in taking
any action TO enforce tho demands is due
to fear Of causing a fanatical outbreak
against the Christians by the Mussulmans
subjects of the sultan or to dread of o
clash ensuing between the powers them.
selves.
1t is currently reported that NJ Nelidoff,
the Russian ambassador, yesterday gave
tho sultan the cars message, insisting
upon the entry Of tho guard ships.
That the sultan lives In n state Of con-
slant apprehension Of his life was indi-
Gated by his demeanor during the course
Of the ceremony of the Solamik, on Friday,
which involves the departure Of the sultan
from the walls of the palace and his APP
pcarance in public for sort of review of
the troops, attended by many high officials,
followed Ivy prayers at the mosque.
On Friday, as the sultan was quitting
the mosque, man attlred as n Turk and
bearing petition forced himself through
the soldiers to the sultan's carriage. The
sultan was seen to become much agitated
and dcnthly pale, but the man was
promptly arrested and hustled Off TO prison
without having accomplished any harm to
inc sultan person.
1t is probable that, as a result Of the ne
gotiations, Said Pasha will voluntarily
quit the British embassy. Lord Salisbury
has telegraphed his approval Of Sir Philip
Currie's conduct. Meantime the gates OF
tho embassy arc closed, and the force
which was landed from the ambassadors
yacht Imogene patrols tho ground
Authentic details have now been received
of the Sivas massacres. They show that
the slaughter began on Nov. 10 and con-
tinued for week following. II is known
that 200 Armenians and ten Turks were
killed before there was q cessation of the
bloody work.
A high official in position to know de-
clares TINT tho massacres were the DELHI
crate act Of the sultan's vengeance for hav-
ing been compelled to grant tho reforms
in Armenia demanded by tho powers A
few OF the Turkish shops were attacked to
afford a pretext on which to accuse tho
Armenians Of having started the disorder
The expulsion and removal of the Ar
menians from Constantinople and from
tho vilayets continues by wholesale All the
Armenian monasteries in the vicinity OF
Birmingham have been pillaged. The mas
sacro thore occurred after the Armenians
had been disarmed and Zokki Pasha had
faithfully promised to protect them.
Attic village OF Pesuan, near Erzingjan,
the Kurds and Turks attacked crowd OF
Armenians who had taken refuge in an
Armenian church and killed forty OF them.
Altogether, 400 were killed and 800
wounded in the Erzlngjan district.