The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-27
MORE WILL DIE OF STARVATION
The War Fleets of the Great Powers
Concentrating at smyrna.
They Pay No Attention TO the Sultau,s
Request That They Leave Extra
1uardooats for the Embassies,
Whether the sultan Likes IL or Nor
The Powers III Thorough Accord.

that matters seem TO b.s Quietin.r doyvs,
again here and in the Asiatic provinces.
people are beginning to form an estimate
or the amount of damage done aud the
number OF lives lost during the recent dis
turbances. Well-inf0rmed Armenians es-
innate the losses through the events
which have just taken place in Anatolia
alone at s59.o .eo. and the number of vic
ums at 4oFAo. OF course these are Arme-
nian estimates, bur there seem good rea-
sons for believing that the property de-
stroyed. the number OF lives sacr.aced and
the terrible outrages committed are far
beyond anything hitherto estimated or de-
scribed. But this is not all. People COM
petent to pronounce an opinion upon the
subject say that with the coming of win
ter there will be very many more deaths
from exposure and famine. and that even
the prompt collection OF relief funds. food
and clothing cannot avert much loss OF
life and great suffering Famine is threat
ened in a number of districts, and there
seems to be no way of preventing IL.
The powers. instead of ordering their
fleets away from Turkish waters. as the
sultan earnestly requested, seem TO he de-
termined upon keeping them in this vicin-
ity for an indefinite period. portion OF
the British Mediterranean fleet. II - re-
ported here, Will soon leave Salonica bay
for Smyrna, where the powers are muster
ing their fighting ships. The warships OF
Great Britain expected TO rendezvous at
SMYRNA this week will consist OF nine
battleships. four cruisers and four smaller
boats. The rest Of the Salonica bay fleet
will. it is said. remain off that port for the
present ready for any emergency. France
has already a Smyrna one battieshlp TWO
cruisers and two smaller ships. italy
flag floats from two hattieships ana TWO
cruisers and four small craft in the waters
of Smvrna. Russia has two cruisers on
In aH
powerful feet cruising in the western pof-
tion of che Black sea. The United states
has been represented at smyrna by TWO
cruisers and Germany has one sinall gun
boat there. and it is rumored that TWO
German battleships are on t1eH "dS'
Austria has one battleship. TWO cruisers
ana two small gunboats. OF course. TINS
q, not naval demonstration IT IS
Stn1plv the concentration or the lofelsh
fieets at A point agreed upon apparently
between the powers
~, nroeress has been made in the mat
ter Of the application 70 the porte or the
ranresentatives of Great Britain, Kussia'
italy and Austria for permission tol 1,I0
massage through the Straits OF par1ah-
allas ana on into the Bosporus Of an eH-
ira e7tnhoat to act as an additional guaI"-
shio for their respective embassies lhe
e,,,bassadors will hold an informal meeuag
TODAY in order to decide what steps 70
take to nut an end to the so-calied SMUT
eing., ~ fhe porte The impression pre-
vails that II the firmans are not very som
granted the extra gunboats VIII pass ~
Dardanelles without the porte's PERMISSION
go, ~ they have 10 be conveyed tnroush
hv battleships stripped for act'oh' IN
decd nobody here can see how the powers
can retreat from the position theE haNe az
s1lned without serious loss OF ptfs,lse'
aenociaIlv rs their demands are based on
admitted
-,,Itan and his advisers 1t IS SAID thst
tba s,,ltsn's objections to granting the
9rrrans is really caused by his helet that
ba can 40 so with lmpunity, I'm view or
the objection raised by RUSSIA (
Austria's proposal on the subject ana tildt
this constituted 4 difference oi
ar,onr. the powers member OF the a.
lin,,,atic corns 10 whom this view or tne
a9ai- was submitted said that II the SUI,
"a, reaIIv thought there was any msteIial
,7Ioference Of opinion among the powers
he would do well 70 get rid or that oe-
lief as soon as possible r.
News from the interior OF Asia'c Hi
KEY is difficult 10 obtain Al,houNi - =
r,,y,,ored that Turkish operations against
,l.tto,,, have commenced. more rellanle
renorts are that the negotiations oi i"e
..,rrepdar Of Zeitoun are stin progiessihs,
,,-s+b the rrosnect Of a peaceful "ndihe ot
4ba disorder there. The nam toulis
saar,,s 70 be that The Arnenisns are altat!
n trust the promises OF the ulHs 20
their lives VIII be spared u tiies s,,'
Missionaries say that In the autnreah a.
,,a-asb ~, November 10 many hundfeds Q,
reonla were killed. and that all the sci'ooi
hrtld,n~s were burned by the rioters.
poston Nov. 2s-The following ietter
has been received IN Boston from :, y .el,a- -,s
fls narson IN Constantinopie; ne ~ ~ -
-. f~s,,ood some of the subsidized tuIo-
.s4lr ~
to.t,., outbreaks etc. but me afniAis-
-,1ors have full reports, which they oueht
.Attsb that refute these ana snow
o,,cl,,etyeIv that within 4 DAY or lWo
a.,or no signed the reform st'ei"'
ordered the Armenians 10 oe 1-.i
,n order that there sh9uId ne ~ -
- a. Armenian majority IN any oI ~
e,t.as ~ a., T-he people sought the sQoils
aat.afr.hla and did not execute lIif Soi
- -,,,sb ~ the fullest. but the ipAs ~
,.sa bas heen awful. Moreover l''i
.,,- n be no way Of preventing NOR "a
+ha same sort II Is the most aw ~ - -. 80
century because u Is perslsteh'H la'1l.'' -
b,- its author. Every Whffe ~.
-. ,o. 4 deliberate preparation ai''i
- cent 70 Europe That tHe Afn'e-
-. atta~Lad the in0ffensiNe TURKS am,
-.''-. - .e4,fceA q order after a -" t.td
-, tulad Worse times are IN s'"'s ~
'I,''' x-,.-,r,, ia divided i'm council. ana ~"
-r,,-l.s finding that nothing y ooNe 49,, '.
.vsr,a VII ego on 10 eXtreiflte@. ~
te.h.g. Naslern court has declared t'1t
49,. srf-an cannot lawfully ue F"st. f'"'
a. .ha cverciee N his viii since "' =
a. renrosontative - COD Tor ne
- r~r-r, Is 80 g. 2n1A people ma -
t,, sIsueh'ered during ~" Ia@t -, - ~, !,
-a IN 4rsequenCe no Eess tiA7h
.-,,e tere+0f1re dependent upon 'h'''
I-t- "a are now i1 want. The COM
80, ,fv+-r yrilI witness = vast amount -,
lssa-i,, my alone AZ Sassoun. o'it Ah
~ Ind whore the occurrences '&Fe
,~4t- >s,,.. 2s-The N'oana CORE
--r7a-t - the TELEGRAPH s0n2Hn.@N t'i't
t-.r.-,,-,tz efYart is being made tif''iS
.~.,ersan rr0vi~ces e. c3n1iei
-,.-~,--,en ard prominent neTs0i rs 'S
.e...s - sign addresses - me sultan 4.
.5.-f-- tAs+ tho ArTnenizus proFokra ait
-, -@,.l,-oabs. u = claimed mat one
match recently appeared from f-i@s' ''''"
,.ss nr9rlfred .a tbs f8sn1n- ~.
tga,tsr1ora. Nov 2s.--Rev- EaN fTa 49,. '.-
-s,,s~yu4u ~ the committee Oh -
- me Washington city coaI -
,.t1,.l churches recently held "a tass
-. ~s-af,ea the following letter from
s..-retsr- ~ state OlUey. II 1aTe rec fed
- - ves-,s-ts-.e the resolution 81 the
Tt-,st,f-gfo7 CITY cor fareuce ~ tof.rreta-
- -A.4rches adopted ~ its quarterly
-,ee.f~v tho 18TH inst. concerning the fe-
--- ---t-k kfz~ troubles. II giV@s me Efeat
.,7e,ettra 10 say that this government =
49, every possible measure, through tils
es--ss- darr4sas % tie Unted states mia
f.t4r AZ Constant.nop.s and through ilS