The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-11-22
THE SULTAN IS IN EARNEST
His orders for the Preservation Of Peace
in Turkey.
YALIS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
They Are Commanded to Use the Utmost
Vigilance for the Protection of Foreign
Consulates and Missions and to
Make Daily Reports.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-That Sultan
Abdul Hamid II is making an earnest ef-
fort to quell the disturbances in the var
ious provinces of Turkey, and intends to
hold his subordinate officials strictly to
account for future disorders, seems to be
confirmed by the following cable received
by the Turkish legation here
All news about plots against his i'm
perial majesty, the sultan, are absolutely
and entirely false I transmit you below
the text of three kilograms that have been
sent to the walls and to the military COM
manders of those provinces where troubles
lately took place, and l beg you to give
them the widest publicity:
1.-The commanders of brigades in de-
taching flying columns for the repression
of disorders will send out proclamation
to the people, i'm order to advise those who
are in arms against the / l,gal authorities
OF their country to give up their seditious
plans and to abstain from all acts directed
against the high wishes of his imperial
majesty, the sultan. The commanders
will have to deal immediat ,ly and by force
of arms with all persons whe disobey this
injunction. They will also try to prevent.
in placing troops at different points, all
movements on the part Of the rioters at
tacking boroughs and villages.
"If murders or orinsurrectionary acts were
to take place suddenly within the sphere
of evolution of flying column said COM
manders will have to pursue Immediately,
and without giving any preliminary warn
ing, the authors of those crimes The
commander -in-chief Of the Fourth I'm
perial corps will help with his troops the
commanders of brigades under his orders,
with the view of securing the success Of
their task. The line of conduct of the
civil authorities towards the agitatOrs hav-
ing been already shown by telegraph, ac-
cording to an imperial trade, you will
have to make to the proper parties all
recommendations in conformity with said
telegram before the sending of troops for
the repression of disorders.
Our august sovereign's determination
is that order shall be restored Immediately
in all disturbed parts; that the life, the
honor and property of everyone shall be
safeguarded and that all acts contrary to
justice and equity shall be prevented. You
will watch day and night to secure the re-
alization of said imperial determination
bv putting a stop to disorders without de
lay.
Il hasten to warn you that if, after the
receipt of the present telegram, there
should occur acts like fires, seditious move
ments, pertTbations of public order, or
shedding of blood, such an omission Of du-
ties could not by any means be forgiven,
and would carry with it grave and abso-
lutte responsibility.
"You will principally look with the
greatest care for the protection of the con-
sulates and foreign subjects, in order to
place them out of any danger and to avoiu
any motive for complaint on their part
All guilty parties should be arrested and
punished according to law. You will tel
egraph in plain words every twenty four
hours to the department of war, to the
grand vizierat and the imperial palace the
situation of the vilayet,"