The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-30


protessed and practiced it there Tor CEN
turtles before the Turks or kurds We're
heard of, shall be enabled to live and die
as human beings, and that the unparall-
eled crimes of which, for the past seven
teen years, they have been silent victims.
SHAH speedily and once for all be put
stop TO.
What serious hope is there that the lot
of the Armenians viii be bettered in the
future? Continental jurisconsults have
Just given IL as their conscientious Opln-
ION that any special reforms for the
Armenlans would necessarily involve a
grave violation of the rights of man and
of the law of God, and the jurisconsults
ought TO know. If this be so, the sensi-
tive sultan viii naturally shrink from
such lawlessness and godlessness, and
piously shelve the reforms. They would
strongly recommend the introduction of
Wide reaching reforms for all Turkish
subjects, were IL not that insuperable Oh
lutely impOssibie; for, first the
powers have no right to in
medan subjects; second, the Turks and
Kurds themselves desire no such reforms,
are in fact opposed to them; and finally
general reforms for all would necessarily
prove as disastrous as special reforms for
Armenian Christians, because the Arme-
mans, as the most intelligent and only
self-disciplned element Of the popula-
tion, would profit by the Improvement
TO obtain political preponderance for
| themselves. Things had better therefore,
remain as they are, with the wholesale
butcheries left out: that is to say, the
normal conditions Of things must be re-
established. which in a very few years
will solve the Armenian question by ex-
terminating the Armenians.
And England, Christian, moral Eng
land, apparently indorses this view.
If there still be spark of divinity in
our souls, or a trace of healthy human
sentiment in our hearts, we shall not
hesitate to record our vehement protest
against these hell-born crimes that pol
Lutte one of the fairest portions OF God
earth, and our strong condemnation or
any and every line Of policy that may
tend directly or indirectly to perpetuate
The correspondent of the United Press
at ConstantinOpie sends the following uh-
der yesterdays date: THE continuous
| publication and circulation of Official
! fasehoods, together with the barricade
| against truth of every avenue OF pubhcfty,
| has become one of the most dangerous
| elements of the political situation at Con-
stantinople. Censorship Of the Turkish
| press exists. Latterly its sole object has
/ been to suppress facts, and to compel the
/ publication of editorials relative TO the
/ Armenians, which are prepared at the
/ palace, and of kilograms written under
| physical compulsion by wretched Arme-
| nian prisoners in the dungeons of Asiauc
| Turkey. In reality, the Turkish neWspa-
/ pers are thus edited at the palace.
/ The result of this use of the press Is
| that the Mohammedan populace, and even
| moderately educated gentlemen at Con-
| stantinople find their chief reason for dis
content with the sultan in his failure
/
| generally. They suppose that the Arme-
mans of Asiatic Turkey have murdered
/ and pillaged great numbers of Moslemsi
| that the reserves have been called into
| the field to punish and reduce to order
! the ArmeniafIs.i 1 hat thc1s 5aaF04ean pow
| ers have intervened to prevent the restor-
| alton of order, and that the foreign gun
| boats have come to the Bosphorus in order
| to encourage the Christians in insurrec-
| tion. The deduction made from this mass OF
| error is that the Christians are preparing
| to massacre Moslems, and that therefore
| the Mosiems must first massacre the
| Christians. Unquestionably the object of
/ this official dissemination of falsehoods
| through cunningly devised communica-
| tions to the press, has been to infiame the
! ignorant and cause the intense excite
i rnent which has resulted.
/ 1T is now learned that the report that
/ the Turkish troops had captured the town
/ of Zeitoun from the insurgent Armeni-
| ans had its origin in a statement made by
| Gen. Mustafa Remiz, who is at Zeitoun
| This report was supported by telegram
/ received in Constantinoule from Aleppo,
| which not only stated that Zeitoun had
/ fallen, but gave details of the flight of
/ many refugees before the Turks regained
| possession of the town. Many of these
| refugees were said to have fed to Kills,
| in southeasterly direction from Zei-
! toun, where it was expected that an at
| tack would be made upon them by the
"Semi-official reports now show that
| the city itself has not been taken by
| the Turks. The place which is filled with
/
Mustafa Remiz, demanded the surrender
/ of the city and eighteen of the Armenian
| notables went outside the fortificatons
/ to treat for a surrender. Fifteen of these
envoys were detained by the Turkish gem
| eral who sent the other three back with
| the terms he offered by the surrender of
the place These terms included the Civ
| ing up of their arms by the Armenians.
The Arrnenians from the mountains, who
| captured thei city, were willing to ac-
cept the terms, but the refugees, who
i
/ fortifcations there would be another mas
| sacre, insisted that there be no capitu-
lation. Gen Remiz asked for orders from
| Constantinople, and yesterday the sultan
| issued an trade ordering that a battle be
/ avoided if there was any chance of pro-
/ curing the surrender of Zeitoun by other
''The missionaries at Marsovan have
| telegraphed to the Hon. A. w. Terrell,
| the American minister, declaring that
/ the guards furnished by the authorities
| for their protection are not trustworthy
4 and that in consequence their lives and
property are in danger.
| Mr. Terrell telegraphed to Milo A.
| Jewett the American consul at Sivas,
| instructng him to go to Marsovan if
! possible. Yesterday Mr.. Jewett replied
/ that it was impossible for him to leave
Sivas as an outbreak was threatened at
"NIr. Terrell then visited the porte.
! where his representations resulted in
an order being sent to the military COM
] mander at Marsovan to substitute regu-
| lar soldiers for the guard who had been
| detailed to protect the Americans.
| ''The missionaries at Marsovan are Rev.
/ and Mrs John F. Smith, DR.. and Mrs.
George F. HerricI, DR.. and Mrs. Charles
G. Tracy, Rev. and Mrs. Edward Riggs,
| Rev. and Mrs. George T.. White, Miss
Frances c. Gage and Miss Martha A.
AT sivas are located Rev Albert W
| Hubbard, Rev. Hy Z. Perry and wife and
| Miss Mary r. Brewer"
| The ConstantinOple correspondent of
| the Standard telegraphs that NJ. Nell
! doff the Russian ambassador, had a long
| private audience with the sultan on We'd
! nesday He adds that it would cause no
surprise should it be learned that there
| is a secret Russo-Turkish treaty. II IS
| well known in Constantinople that the
/ so-caIled concert of the powers consists
| of a confused entente between five Of
| them, while Russia. backs Turkey, whose
/ finances are in hopeless condition.
[ Russia IL is said, is now Offering a loan
/ of money to the porte A Russian syn
! dicate which is strongly supported by the
| Russian embassy, has applied for con-
/ cession for "A petroleum monopoly, offer
| ing therefor the sum Of fZJ0O00 yearly.
! All the foreign embassies, with the ex-
/ ception of the Russian, are prepared 10
] strenuously resist the granting Of the
/ mouopoly Turkeys financial troubles
/ reached such "A pitch last week that the
] treasury applied 20 every province for
I aHn aIn n4fth which may the fFoOug.