The record-union., 1895-11-15

Rumor That Shakir Pasha is to be Ap-
pointed Grand Vizier, IN Open De-
flance OF the Powers-FormldabIe
warships Gathering at saIonica--
Twenty Already There and More
on the Way.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE Daily News
! will tomorrow publish a Coustantinople
dispatch saying That the En- 5assies have
kilograms stating that massacres have
occurred at many small villages. The
country between Kara HIssar aud the
/ Euphrates River have been desolated by
/ hurds. A letter states that the Turkish
villagers near kara Hissar vainly tried
! to protect the Armeniaus from the Nurds.
! y diplomat informed the correspond
ent Of the News that the Consuls at the
various places where troubles had oc-
Cured had disproved the allegations that
the Armeuians had begun the disorders.
The Consulate at Erzeronn now declares
that mistake was made in attribulng
the troubles there TO the troops.
\ Vienna dispatch 10 the Daily News
says that g secret Armenian committee
at Bills are aendinG delegations to the
/ Christians in Asia Minor to persuade
! them 10 Join in q general rising in the
spring. The committee relies upon haV-
/ ing Z0O0UO Insurgents ready 10 resist the
| Goyernm ent al that time.
WARSHIPS GATHERING.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. I4.-There
is little change IN the situation this moru-
! Tho l!aIfan 4fqat 10 q, I,.,
on the way 10 sSalonica Bay TO Join the
British ileet. About twenty warshlps are
already there The French fleet Is soon
ex pected, and the representatives OF the
Powers as q result OF communications
ex changed with their Governments have
had another informal meeting at the
French Embassy. When tho three
sQuadrons have united, and Sir Philip
! Currie, the British En- bassador, returns,
| some decided step upon The part OF the
Powers may be anticipated.
/ The kurds of Van are said TO be at
/ tacking ana pillaging Armenian villages,
and the Turkish officials are reported
| poWerless to preserve order. \ telegram
received here from SIyas on Tuesday
/ evening, but only made public to-day,
/ says u naSsacre OF ArIu6ulAns has been
commenced Ia that city; but, according To
! the Porte. order has been restored there.
/ 1t is rumored here to-day that ShakIr
/ Pasha, Imperial High Commissioner Tor
] Armenian reforms, Is abOu. TO DO recalled
I in order that he may be appointed Grand
! NiZier in succession 10 Hail Riiat Pasha.
/ II the rumOr Is correct. this would seem
/ to be another open defiance of the Pow
/ ers, Tor Shakir Pasha is regarded as tho
chief butcher Of the Porte. since his ap-
pearance ~ ErIerCum aS High Comnls-
/ Bioner massaCTes there have been more
bloody and frequent than ever before,
and he has done nothing TO punish the
/ Offenders. In tact, he has been charged
| with calmly looking on while Turkish
soldiery fired upon every helpless Chris
tian they caught sight OF.
Every day brings further details OF the
maSsacres al ErZorOum, and each report
/ makes the story OF the crimes there more
/ ghastly. Men, women and children were
/ shot, Dayoneted anu burned. the killing
and mutation lasting for weeks, though
/ intervals OF rest are recorded. The orders
/ for these outrageS are said 10 have been
! sent by the Porte, and they were carried
out In the most cruel way Imaginable.
/ The number killed will probably never
| be known, and il is estimated from 800 to
! 1000, according to the Turkish or Ar
| menian versions of the affair. Certainly
many hundreds were killed, and 1t Is
/ even said some OF the victims were llayed
alive, while others were soaked wish Pc
! troleum and set ire TO.
| The Turks of ErZeroum, as usual, claim
I =
| but independent reports acQuit the Ar
menians Of dong anything more than at
tempting to defend themselves at ErZer-
1 oum and at arbekIr, although at lei
! toun, whore they captured a Turkish
! battalion, and at Marasha the Armenians
are admitted to have taken the initiative
i'll attacking the Turks. The latter are
not always to blame for outbreaks, but
there seems to be no excuse for the tIend-
ish msssscres which follow. When once
d Turk begins killing he never knows
when 10 stop.
! Further troubles are also reported ct
| kharput, Malitch and Arabkir. and at
| Marash Bloooshed and outrages are
said 10 have been even more terrible and
/ prolonged than at ErZerOum. During
the rioting at Msrash, Haujiu and Orlah,
American missionaries, thanks TO the
strong representations made on the sub
! ject TO the Porte by United States EN-
bGssador Terrill, were protected by the
! Turkish gendarmes. This, 1t IS known,
was by direct order from the Porte. tele-
| graphed TO Turkish officials at the palaces
mentioned. Owing to the additional dis
! quietng news just received here from
/ Sivas, Ierrill has renewed his demand
that the Porte protect missionaries, and
is holding the Turkish Government re-
| spousible for their lives.
STANTINOPLE, Nov. 14-Ofi-
! cial dispatches received here to-day show
no diminution in the reign of anarchy IN
certain parts of the empire. y telegram
/ frou the authorities at Arabirki, PaShaIic
Oi Soivas, Asiatic Turkey, states that l,50o
Armenians rose against the Turks and
/ committed many excuses on October
10Th and 9th. The Armenians set fire to
a Mosque. the school and the bazar,
using bombs containing aome inhamma-
BILE material TO make their work more
certain. The flames spread with startling
rapidity, and several stores and houses
occupied by Mussulmans and Christians
were destroyed. The insurgents also at
tackled the Mussulmans quarter OF Oul-
Cupinar, and killed many of the resi-
dents. The Mussulmans population OF
Arabirki have telegraphed to the Porte
implorng protection. The authorizes
there succeeded, however, in restoring or
der. Forty bombs were discovered, with
which the Armenians designed to destroy
the barracks and Government Offices
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 4.-Five
Russian warships have been ordered 20
start Immediately for the Mediterranean
for the proposed naval demonstration
against Turkey arising out of the Arme-
MAN question.