The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-07
Jnconfrmed Report that Forces from
Two War ships Are Now Protect
frE the English Embassy.
SAID PASHA'S LIFE SAFE
STORY OF HIS ESCAPE FROM TUR-
KEYS TREAcHEnous RULER.
Efforts OF the suItan's Emissarfcs 10
bussy, Where He Sought Asylum.

LONDON, Dec. Especial dispatches from
Constantinople allege that her Majesty-s
war ships Imogene and Cockatricc have
landed blue Jackets at Pera TO protect
the English embassy.
The Graphic's Odessa correspondent sayn
that Admiral Kopytoff, commander-in-chief
OF the Black sea feet, has been summoned
TO St Petersburg. 1t is supposed that the
summons Is i'm connection with the Ar
menian question.
A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette from
Rome, published yesterday. said that much
excitement was caused there by the state
ment freely made in diplomatic circles that
Russia and France had Withdrawn from the
concert OF the powers regarding the Turk
ish question and that efforts are being
made TO hold a European conference. prob
ably at Vienna Later in the day il
semi-officially denied that there was any
truth I'm the story Similar reports have
been circulated, 1t is claimed, by agents
OF the Turkish government frequently dur
ing the past month In fact the same
rumor has been started several times In
different shapes during the past week.
The Constantinopie correspondent OF the
Times says: I'm declining the appointment
Of Grand Vizier, Said Pashs asked tho Sui
tan's permission, on the ground OF bad
health, to retire and live quietly abroad.
This ranked in the Sultans mind and in
duced a paroxysm OF anger, and Said Pa
sha. who is neither a novice nor a coward.
is persuaded that the Sultan would have
killed him had he entered the Yildiz Pal
ace. The secret OF the whole business is
that Said Pasha is so popular and so highly
esteemed that it is feared he might join the
malcontent party. He has always been re-
rda al he
official pashas. Munir, the new ambassador
to Paris. was formerly the head political
spy. The story is current here that the
Sultan has returned to his youthful habit
of dram drinking"
The Standard has a dispatch from Con-
stantinople which says that after Said Pa
shas first refusal OF the office OF Grand
Fizier he was imprisoned for a week al the
Yildiz Palace.
The Daily Newss Constantinople corre-
spondent says: said Pasha's proclivities
are Russian, and surprise is expressed that
he did not take refuge at the Russian en-
hassy, instead of at the British embassy.
,t Is stated that the Sultan questioned him
cards, and, on his processing ignorance, the
Sultan reproached him with being at the
mas the reputation OF being a most upright
and single-minded minister.
Inree Protestant pastors, Tanzarian at
Itichnach, krikor at Kos and Atlasian ana
wife at Hesenik, died rather than accept
Mos.emism," the News correspondent says.
The Circassians from Sivas under
Miraly Bey, arriving at the Angora frontier,
produced orders from the vail OF Sivas 70
devastate all the Armenian villages. The
Angoran officials thereupon excluded them.
AT Gemerek, near Caesarea, Turks and
Christians united and barricaded the streets
and repulsed four attacks of the Circas-
slams The rising at Caesarea was arranged
for Nov 10, but was forbidden by the gov
ernment until Saturday last"
The Daily News also has letters from
Marsovan, which say: "As far as can be
learned, the Turkish troops did not share
in the massacre, but rather tardily checked
IL and placed a Gordon around the city on
the following day TO exclude the hundreds
OF villagers bent on sharing I'm plunder."
a dispatch received here from Constanti-
nople reports that the British, Russian.
French and italian consuls at Erzerum
have signed a memorandum declaring that
the Armenians. This memorandum has been
presented To the Porte. No news has been
received from the interior of Armenia
since Nov. %. owing TO the fall Of snow
and the consequently impossible condition
of the country.
a dispatch TO the Chronicle from Vienna
says: "It is stated that the ex-Sultan
Murad has not ded from constantinopie.
but has been secretly killed by the Suitan's
encourage on account of his liberal tenden-
cies.'
The Constantinople correspondent OF the
Daily Telegraph says that there is rumor
there that the Armenian committee has be-
come desperate at the inaction OF the pow
ers and will organize fresh demonstrations.