Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-18

the Young Turks party have been
drowned off Kalh Island. This will be
DENIED OFFICIALLY,
but l am satisfied of the truth Of the
report"
The correspondent says that repre-
sentatives of the different governments
at the Muosh consulates report a small
loss of life during the recent riot there
owing to the gallant behavior OF the
Governor who exposed his own LIE III
order to stop the fighting, while the
better class of the Moslems sheltered
the Armenians in the various mosques.
In conclusion, the correspondent OF
the Standard says that the various
Turkish papers publish fresh appeals,
urging upon the people the necessity Oh
abstaining from all acts Of violence.
A CoustantinOple dispatch to the
Daily News says that the Armenian
missionaries at Bitlis have wired the
English and American representatives,
asking that the government provide an
escort TO Van for them and for their
families. This correspondent makes
the astounding announcement that Iuily
TWENTY THOUSAND ARMENlANS
have been killed during the recent mas
sacres.
The Vienna correspondent OF the
Daily News asserts that It is reported
in advices received from ConsJanunople
that several officers have submitted let
ters to the Sultan, which, they claim,
convict Kiamil Pasha Of treason
The Vienna correspondent OF the
Daily News also announces that the
Sultan has been so upset by the recent
turn which affairs have taken that a
nervous fever has set in, and that ne
is now so i'll that he only deyotes two
hours daily to pubic affairs The young
son of Sultan About Ham!d is always
with him.
The Telegraph's COnstantinople dis
patches announce that the Armenian
Reform Commission held It's first meet
ing on Saturday. The Sultan promises
to carry into execution the reforms
proposed when the disturbances are
suppressed.
The correspondent adds that
FRESH DISTURBANCES
Are reported from the ne.ghborhood of
AleppO A.ntah. Marousn and Amasia.
The Turks accuse the Armenlans Of
provoking the trouble. claiming that no
n0n-Armenian Christians have suffered
during the recent disturbances in Asia
Minor
The correspondent az ConstantinOple
Of the Chronicle complains of the pune
til:ousness of the British embassy,
which, for the sake of conforming with
the requirements Of international cour-
tesy, has consented TO the exclusion of
the English papers containing Lord
Salisbury's Lord Mayors speech.
The correspondent says that he can
obtain no trustworthy evidence indi-
eating any improvement in the mental
condition Of Abdul Hamid II.
The Daily News this morning pub-
fishes long special dispatch from New
York, which descr; hes the
INDIGNATION AND ANXIETY
awakened in America because of the
existing condition of affairs in the
Turkish empire, and because of recent
attacks upon American missionaries.
Commenting upon this dispatch, the
Daily News says:
'The New World is asserting itself
to redress the wrongs and alter the bal
ances of the Old The lethargy of the
powers in general, and Of Russia in
particular, is hard to realize, still hard
er to explain. The present disreput-
able Turkish ministry is by its very ex-
istence a defiance to Europe.
president Cleveland is not likely to
intervene except for the purpose Of pro-
tecting American citizens in Turkey
Sir Philip Currie will naturally do what
he can for the Americans there. 1t is
well, however, that the Turks should
know that there is a great nation be-
yOnd the Atlantic which will not allow
the blood of its sons to be shed with
impunity."
CHRISTIANS WE'RE KILLED.
ConstantinOple. November 17.-Later
advices received here from Alexandret-
Ia, Northern Syria, confirm the ac-
counts of the massacre of Christians in
that town in the presence Of three hun
dred Turkish soldiers, who did not
render any assistance in the suppress
sion of the disorders. Armenians and
Mussulmans accuse each other Of burn
ing the villages and of other outrages,
which have occurred in Northern Syria.
The Sultan has prohibited the entry
into Turkey of all papers containing
accounts of Lord Salisburys speech at
the Lord Mayors dinner at London a
week ago.
Reports received from numerous Ar
menian villages towards the end of
September describe numerous and well
organized Kurdish raids, followed by
the stealing Of all the focks and herds
of the Almenians In some cases muir
dering of the men and assaulting of the
women occurred. Any complaint made
to the authorities was simply ignored.
FFARFUT. ARRAY