The record-union., 1895-12-07

is stated that Bekir Pasha, Gov
ernor of AmaSSia, summoned the lead
ing Turks and Armenians and enjoined
them to restrain the populace from
committing violence, declaring that he
would hold them responsible for any
breach of the peace. Notwithstanding
this warning, the storm burst at noon,
while the MoSlemS We're at prayers. I'm
mediately the alarm was given, the
Turks rushed to their houses. armed
themselves and began numbering and
| looting. The Caimakam patrolled the
town and appeared to do his utmost
to stop the bloodshed. Soldiers were
sent to protect the American college.
The foregoing is compiled from the re-
port of missionary who paid high
tribute to the Caimakam and the Col
onel commanding the troops. The SOL
dierS prevented the mob from raiding
the grounds of the mission. Toward
night the Caimakam went to the mis-
sion, taking as a guard a Lieutenant
and twenty-five soldiers, who remained
all night So far as can be learned, the
soldiers in the town took no part in the
massacre, though they were rather
tardy in checking it.
During the massacre at Sivas, a
young American woman, Miss Mary r.
Brewer, who is engaged in mission
work, went at imminent risk, into the
by the canvass of the American Con-
sulate. and rescued an American wo-
man who was attached to the mission.
Miss Brewer then conveyed the woman
TO the American Consulate.
LIVE IN DAILY FEAR OF MASSA-
GRE.
BOSTON, Dec. 6.-The following let
ter was received in Boston this morn
ing from a reliable correspondent, de-
scribing the situation in Adana, Mer-
cin Tarsus and vicinity, cities on and
near the southern coast of Asia Minor:
During the past month";" says the
writer there has been no time for let
ters even to my children. We are pass
ing through times of great peril and
anxiety The Christians all over Tur-
key live in daily dread and nightly
fear of of massacre. Bloody outbreaks
have already taken place in various
quarters. The houses of the Christians
in MaraSh were plundered by the Turks
and, Circassians; five Christians were
Killed outright; fourteen were dying of
ously wounded. Among the killed was
| the leading native Protestant in all
that region a man who labored with
us for fifteen years in building up the
Theological Seminary of the American
Beard, the girls college and academy.
A great pillar of missionary work has
fallen. There is one great lamentation
wherever the news is heard
I'm Adana and TarsuS the Christians
are kept in agony of fear, not knowing
what moment the massacre will begin.
The MoslemS go armed to the teeth
breathing out curses and threatening
against the Giaours.
isolated Christians have been killed
many have been beaten and many
robbed. 1t has seemed for days together
that these We're but the prelude to the
worse things, so you may imagine the
universal terror and anxiety.
In the meantime, the greatest anx-
iety prevails in military affairs The
reserves have been called out, and with
such rigor is the order executed that
it is apparent the Turks are preparing
for war. The parting of these soldiers
from their families increases the ex-
citement among the Moslems and their
hatred of their Christian neighbors. In
deed, we all believe that if the cruiser
Marblehead had not been in port at
Mercin for the past three weeks, with
the prospect of staying while the
trouble lasted, there would have been
a repetition in these cities of the scenes
in Constantinople, Trebizond and Ma
rash. .
MORE GUARDSHIPS ALLOWED.
LONDON, Dec Ga dispatch to the
Central News says that the Sultan has
decided to consent to each of the Pow
ers having a second guardship at Con-
stantinople.
TURKEY A CORRUPT EMPIRE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.-Hon. John w.
Foster, ex-Secretary of State, ad-
dressed the students of Johns Hopkins
University this evening upon Eastern
politics. He devoted some time to
discussion of the Turkish situation, in
the course of which he said:
The Turkish empire, which a few
centuries ago bade fair to become the
mistress of the world, has for the past
century maintained it's imperial exist
ence only by the sufferance or protec-
tion of the European Powers. 1t would
long since have experienced the fate of
Poland if England had not stood in the
way of Russian, French and Austrian
aspirations. OF all the nations l Wis
tied, l regard the Government of the
Turkish empire the most corrupt, in
efficient ana Wretchad. Enterprise is
discouraged, lawlesSneSs is unre-
strained in many parts of the empire,
except in the few localities where for
eign capital and energy have forced an
unwelcome entrance. All industries
languiSh, and abject poverty prevails.
The presence of the missionaries has
awakened in the authorities some lit
tie interest in education. but gross ig
norance is almost universal.
1T would be unfair to charge the
British Government with the sole re-
sponsibility for the continuance of this
state of affairs because OF its protection
Of the TurAs. But Upon the British
Government must rest a large share of
the responsibility for the existence and
continuance of the recent outbreaks in
Asia Minor. which have so justly awak-
ened the indignation of the civilized
world But for its :nterposition, the
Turkish Power would have been COM
pletely broken as result of the Rus
sian war of 1S7I-IS. At that time it
accepted the cession of Cyrus as the
price of its guarantee of protection of
the Ottoman empire against the further
encroachments of Russia.
1T was the controlling party in the
Berlin Conference which eXacted from
Turkey a stipulation for reforms in Ar
menia for religious liberty in its widest
sphere, and protection to the Christians
of its Asiatic provinces, and it has been
the party most culpable for allowing
these stipulations to be practically
abandoned
Il do not doubt that the present Gov
ernment of Great Britain, stimulated
by the indignant sentiment of its Chris
tian constituency, has been sincerely
eXerting its influence at the Porte to
stop the barbarities in Armenia, and
to bring about the long promised re-
forms; but its relation with Russia and
France in the Levant and in the far
East are of such strained and delicate
nature it dare not press these reforms to
the necessary extreme without the con-
currence of these Powers There is
nothing which illustrates more vividly
Russia than the present condition of af-
fairs in Constantinople and Asia Minor.
But for these international jealousies,
the Christian world might to-day hail