The Meeker herald., 1895-11-23
ENGLAND is AFRAID.
DON'T DARE TO DisMEMBER
TURKEY.
Her Fear That the Partition Of the Otto
man Empire Night Give Russia An
Advantage Will Prevent Her From
Using Force.

London, Nov. 17.-Sir Phillip Currie,
British ambassador to Turkey, who has
been in England during the past month
in consultation with Lord Salisbury, in
reference to the troubles between the
Turks and Armenians, starts In the
morning for ConstantInople via Vienna.
His journey back to Turkey Will be
made in as short time as possible, and
he will assume his post at CONSTANT
nople without loss Of time.
Lord Salisbury, accompanied by his
wife. went to visit the queen at Windsor
castle last night. 1t is evident import
garding Eastern affairs. since tomorrow
mornings Post will publish an article
evidently inspired by the foreign office.
The article Is understood to indicate
that the prime minister has decided that
the utmost effort must be made to
maintain the integrity of the Turkish
empire, and therefore efforts must In
the first place he directed to restoring
order in the disturbed districts.
Continuing. the article says: "For
the moment all thought Of coercing the
sultan should be laid aside. 1t cannot
be doubted that he will defer to the
wishes OF the powers as soon as circum-
stances permit him to do so. 1t Is diff
cult to apportion the blame justly be-
tween the Turks and the Christians, and
1t is believed on good authority that the
disorders are partly due to the careless
order Of the sultan. who commanded the
provincial governors not to molest the
Armenians while they were quiet, but
II they revolted to exterminate them.
This order has been interpreted with
much generosity by the Turks, while the
Armenians themselves are blamable to
some extent for fomenting disorders.
"The ambassadors of the foreign
powers In general and Sir Phillip Curr!e
in particular. have acquired position
enabling them to give important support
to the Turkish government at this criti-
cal time. Sir Phillip Currie's instruc-
tions are such as to justify him In delay
ing the execution of reforms until the
authority by which they are to be carried
out has recovered from temporary
weakness. At the present moment any
naval demonstration in Turkish waters.
or undue pressure on the Turkish gov
ernment can only help to precipitate a
crisis from which Turkeys friends can
hope to gain nothing, and her enemies
everything"
The article in the Post concludes by
expressing the hope that the ambassa-
dors will be able to place more conf
dence in the sultan's ministers and that
he can be induced to abandon his per-
sonal government, but adds that Sir
Phillip Currie and his colleagues must
remember that they are not only apos-
ties of humanity, but also guardians of
peace. ..----,y,.--.-.--.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Daily News says the American mission
aries at Bitlls have wired the English
and American representatives asking
that the government provide an escort
tO'Van for them and their families. This
correspondent makes the astounding an
nouncement that fully 10000 Armenlans
have been killed during the recent mas
sacres.
Hon. Francis Seymour Stevenson, NJ.
p. president of the Anglo-Armenian as
ISOLATION, says: 1.-THE sultan has lately
developed symptoms Of monomania
hardly dlstinguishable from insanity,
and It is not unlikely that he will meet
with the same fate as met his brother,
the former sultan, and thus simplify the
work of Europe"
A dispatch to the Standard from Con-
stantinople says that French official re-
ports insist that there are $4,000 victims
as a result of the three days massacre
at Siyas. This seems incredible. 1t is
noteworthy that the wave of Turkish
violence Is now sweeping westward. The
idea prevails that when the inhabitants
OF the Zeitoun district have been wiped
out the massacres will temporarily cease,
leaving for winter and famine the COM
plete determination Of the Armenians.