The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-02
CRISIS is SERIOUS.
The Anti-English Feeling Is
Increasing in Turkey.
RUSSIAN INFLUENCE is STRONG
While Germany Plays the Part of the
"Honest Broker"-The Dardanelles
Lined With Turkish Troops.

new 1oEk, Lee IA Herdld u@spetcn
from Vienna says: The crisis Is again
serious. The old Turkey party threatens
to bring about a revolution II the sultan
gives way. Russian and ant-Englsh in
fiuences al the YiIdiz kiosk are increas-
ing The sultan has given the title OF
pasha TO Hassan Csnlr, a ~weil-known
Anglo-phobe writer. and has also accord
ed decorations to a number OF Russian
no5lities. The antagonlsm between the
grand vizier and SIR Philip Currie Is in
creas.ng. while Germany is protting by her
good relations with the powers 10 play
the part OF the homes broker"
Washington City. Dec. 1.-The Turkish
the following telegram under date Of to-
day:
The Armenian rioters at Sivas, having
closed their shops and fired on the Mus
sulmans, killing one OF them, an ARRAY
occurred, during which four Mussu-mans,
two soldiers and i've Armenians were
killed. The necessary measures were TAX
en- for the restoration OF order. The Ar
menian revolut.onists attacked the dis
trict OF Enderin, burned the palace OF the
governor and ~plundered the ~ne!ghbor.ng
Mussu!man villages. Troops were sent
out for the repression OF these disorders"
London, Dec. 1.-Afdispatch 10 the Daily
News says: Many British captains are COM
planning of the provocative attitude of the
Turks Il the Dardanelles. Capt. Noble,
or the steamship Loeb Rannoch, says a
few days ago he arrived at Chanakin in the
Dardanelles. four minutes after shutdown.
he observed that the shore on either side
was lined with troops under canvass. Field
cannon, only partially masked, were placed
at close stages along the embankment.
Two blank shots, one from each shore, were
fFed al the Loeb Rannoch. Thinking that
this was done in the course OF military
manouvers. Capt Noble paid no attention.
when three shells were fired, one OF them
coming within a yard OF Capt. Mobiles
head. He reversed his engines with the
syren. He was SO astonished that he
thought war had been declared between
England and Turkey, as Usually a fine
margin Is allowed at shutdown. The head
OF the D~ardanelles IS covered with torpe-
does. to the great anxiety OF merchant
men. One exploded recently and nearly
wrecked a. French vessel.
The -Constantinople correspondent Of the
Times says. with reference TO the rumors
that the sultan IS insane, that he CLEANS
from the diplomats who have most recent
" seen him that the sultan brings to all
government business a mind highly gifted
with reasoning powers; that he is entirely
satisfied with his own mode OF ruling and
is convinced that, although it is not ideally
perfect. 1t Is the best adapted to the con-
d-tion Of his empire. Viewing matters
from his own standpoint" this correspon-
dent says, his reason is lucid, consistent
and eogent."
The Daily News has a dispatch from
Constant!nople which says: AL the Ar
enian employed at the palace are be-
ing dismissed on various pretexts. The
American missionaries at kharput, Bitl!5
and Marash practically are prisoners.
They are protected by tho troops, but are
afraid 10 venture upon the streets. The
surviving Christians of the villages near
M0fsSh Khl Tunf and ArahEfr ar. hafr-
offered the choice between Islamism and
the sword. The porte has documents
~purporting TO be written by Armenians
at kharput accusing the American mis-
sionaries Of imbuing youthful Armenians
with revolutionary ideas.
A dispatch from Co~nstantinople to the
Chronicle says: Dyavid. the son OF Hail
Rifaat. grand vizier. has been exiied 10
Syria on the sultan discovering that he
had demanded a bribe OF ( 5000 sterling
as the price OF his father's favorable re-
port on the loan negotiations with the
tobacco ring. The sultan Is furious, and
Will probably dismiss Hall Rlfaat,
Boston, Dec. 1.-The following letter re-
ceived in Boston Is descriptive OF the sit
uatlon in Aintab Immediately preceding
the recent massacres there:
1--WE are in the midst OF a very serious
crisis says the writer. The threatened
upr.sings seem 10 have begun. To what
length they viii go is as yet UNCERTAIN.
News, or other rumors, OF the troubles in
Constantinople and other places. together
with rumors that the powers We're press
ing the porte in the matter OF reforms. has
naturally excited both Christians and Mos
lens to a degree all the more intense and
dangerous. as all reliable news has been
withheld. The worst feature of the case
IS the impression everywhere current IN
Moslcm villages that the time to rise and
eXterminate the giaours has come. We
have news of hundreds Of Moslems iocklns
toward Marash TO share in the plumber"