New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
HALF A MILLION VICTIMS.
ARMENIA DRENCHEDINBLOOD
AND STILL THE POWERS FARLEY WITH
THE BUTCHERS

TRUSTWORTHY ESTIMATES SHOW THAT NOT LESS
THAN 10000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SLAIN OR
ARE PERIsHlNG FROM sTARvArIoN-"THE
SPEAKER" ASSERTS THAT LORD SAILS
FURY WOULD BE MoBBED IN THE
STREETS If HE PUBLISHED ALI. HIS
INFoRMATIoN-No CESSATION IN
THE WORK OF SLAUGHTER
AND PILLAGE
London, Dec The Constant;rople
spondent Of The Speaker" the paper which first
gave publicity to the Armenian outrages is now
known to have close relations with the Consul
Iates the Turkish capital. and from informa
ton derived from them he estimates that not
less than 100000 Armenians have been killed or
are now dying of starvation beyond the hope OF
timely relief He says that after the soldiers
had attacked the Armenian towns and villages
the Kurds completed the plunder. The latter
mixed what grain they could not carry off with
dung and set fire TO the houses. leaving the peo-
ME with no food and their homes heaps Of
smoudering ruins
In the face Of these facts the official Turkish
statements. repeatedly communicated to the
press that order has been restored everywhere
become worthless If the Foreign Office pub
,shed all its information THE Speaker says.
Lord Salisbury would not dare to appear in pub
lie He would be mobbed In the streets.
What information is obtainabe and the nature
of the Consular reports which are reaching the
Foreign ONCE confirm the worst fears of the
destruction Of the Armenians within the area
from Trebizond southwest TO Van, thence south
west TO Alexandretta on the Bay of Iskanderoon,
from Alexandretta slightly northeast to Kara
Hsear and from Kara Hissar northeast 10 Treb-
vond Whole Christian towns and villages have
been pillaged and burned and their inhabitants
massacred. Those who have been left alive have
been forced to abandon their faith and turn
Mahometans.
Accurate details concerning the condition OF
affairs in the districts beyond the immediate
spheres Of the Consulate are wanting, but there
IS no reason to doubt the reports derived from
Fugitive survivors and the better class OF Turks
who have not shared in the outrages. that
similar condition Of affairs exists In those places
The Ambassadors have advised the Porte to
hermit the Red Cross societies to undertake the
relief of the distressed people. but the presence
~ hundreds Of Red Cross agents would reveal
horrors that the Porte must conceal This fact
debars the possibility Of the Government giving
Its assent TO the plan.
The representative Of the United Press. who
has been for some time in Constantinople In the
interests Of that organization has received a
with the words: 1--WE are alive. praise the Loru.
The letter refers TO the prominent part that
(ircassians have taken in the atrocities around
TJadi,n and says that 10000 Circassans and
Turks were actively employed In sacklng the
Christian villages. The Governor did nothing 10
protect the Christians. and even refused permis-
Atom for them to defend themselves lie did-
however promise the aid of regular Iurksh
troops who the writer states, were OF the same
sort as those engaged in the work OF murher
and pillage. 49,, ,,..o, ~.
Abiding to the suppression by the Foreign 0io tno
1ce OF the Consular statements concerning 'he
massacres in Armenia, The Spectator SAYS J..
hopes the Foreign Committee or the American
Senate viii procure the ae clear ga that he
has not minced matters in reporting 10 MS 1oV-
eminent
AN ATTACK ON THE EMBASSIES FEARED
By agreement between the Powers, 'he official
"Details Of the massacres are meanWhhe "lth-
held as their publication would endahseF 'ne
safety Of the Consuls and even the Ampassauors'
1t is held 10 be possible that the sultan II MS
deposition were imminent might permit OF II ~
cite an attack on the Embassies. During the
revolution that resulted In the dethroheinent VI
Abdul Aziz the Russian Ambassador nlIeu .he
precincts of the Embassy win MOI Mon'1neel 1 h ,
hrhe Austrian Embassy was guarded by nun
6reds of Croats and the French Embassy by
marines The British Embassy is by iar the
strongest Embassy in CCnstantinople, ana Is peSt
edanted for defence against sudden attack IL
stands In its own spacious grounds overdook.hs
the Golden Horn Its one entrance Is na ii'M,u I'M
Nv massive structures in which guards are con-
stantly on duty. strong and sohdiy Dulit n0i S
fence ten feet high surrounds al the glou'us ~.
fenort has II that its internal armament IN
cludes several cannon. Sir Henry Einot' the
British Ambassador. at the time OF the depo-
sition Of Abdul Azz. deemed the security OF .he
Irmbassv so complete that he took none or the
extra precautions adopted by other Ambassa-
dors The report thai Sir Philip Currie, tne
British Ambassador, has called IN 3iueJacHTo' % e.,
from the British guardship to guard the ELL
tassy is doubtful. -. ,,,.ro - tho
~ tho event of the Sultan being deposed
and the Powers selecting q successor pleusea
.o reforms Sais oacka is the man VINO IS most
likely to be made Grand Vizier
PRAYER FOR THE SUFFERERS.
BISHOP POTTER SENDS TO THE CLERGY OF THE
o,r,sr srppIJCATION TO BE READ