Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-20
THE BLOODTH|RSTY KURDS Are Getting Entirely Beyond the
 Porte's Control.
 THE SULTAN HAS NO TROOPS hh Mau Pa connallod 4o Admit Ais lnahilitu
He May Be Compelled to Admit His Inability
 to Restore Order.
THE MISSIONARIES ARE PRoTECTEl
Than the Kurds Themselves and Thousands of Christisns Are
 Being Slau ghtered.

London, Nov 19-The latest advices received from the representatives of the United Press in Constant:nople say the sultan appears to be greatly alarmed over the state of affairs in Asia Minor, which has unquestionably reached a point beyond his control. He spent the entire night of November 16 by the side of a telegraph instrument in the Vildiz place, personally dictating to the oper- ator dispatches conveying instructions to the various provincial governors in Asia Minor. commanding them to spare no effort to restore order and his anx- iety to escape from the tolls in which he has involved himself has within the last few days been displayed in many other ways. The lack of troops with which to suppress Kurdish outbreaks and so re- strain the blood-thirstiness of the Kurds and to guarantee order in future is being greatly felt, and the porte may yet be compelled to admit it's total inability to restore affairs in Asia Minor to the con- dition demanded by the powers.
 Further details of the recent massa- cres at Kharput have been received. showing that the Kurds first made an attempt upon one part of the town and were repulsed by the Armenians. In furiated at this, they proceeded in a body to the American mission quarter. where they ransacked houses and set fire to them, the burned buildings. in cluding eight, belonging to the mission itself. The Kurds were supported in their attack by the Turkish troops, who should have preserved order. Instead of doing so, or even attempting to do SO, the troops were in the thick of the pillage and bloodshed. It is safe to say. upon the strength of the advices received. that almost if not quite as many Armenians were killed by Turks as by Kurds.
 The authorities succeeded in protect ing the missionaries who took refuge in pglees of safety. but were powerless, even if they had the desire, to protect the other Christians.
 The massacre took place on November 16. The Kurdish raiders, report says, were joined by the Turkish soldiers who They were more aggressive in many cases than the Kurds themselves. Be- sides joining in the sacking of the houses, they did the greater part of the firing upon American buildings, being armed with superior weapons. A shell was thrown into the house occupied by Dr. N. H. Barnum of Leicester Mass, with his family, where it exploded, but fortunately none of the household was hurt. The raiders and their military al- lies showed especial malice towards for eigners. No accurate estimate of the number of Christians killed is possible, but 1t is known that hundreds if not thousands of them were slaughtered throughout the vilayet. The value of the missionary property destroyed was probably $100,000. The American mis- siqps are being amply protected now, and United States Minister Terrell has obtained from the porte an order for the stationing of guard around every house occupied by Americans. as well as 0 guard for the interior of each building. A Canadian missionary named Martin was terribly beaten and afterwards im- prisoned at Fekkeh, near Padjin. where he was detained sixteen hours before he was released.