The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-05

ARRESTS CONTIhUF TO Be MADE

The Trocps are Still PatroIing the
streets and the Police are Searching
the Houses Ofthe Armenians--Fu Furth-
er Troubles Yesterday Daring Which
Several Persons Were Killed and
Wounded OnBOth Sides-- Foreign Am
bassadOrs Complain OF the Outragcs.
CONsTANTINOPLE, Thursday evening,
via Sofia, Bulgari5, Oct 4. The Armen
ian chufcn at CoustaUti1Ople and the
other churches situated in different parts
of the Turkish capitol are still crowded
with efugec3 There are nearly 500
Armeliau8 in the Patriarchate church
alone
The scenes in the churches are heart
ren6iHg in the extreme. Many women
aud children are btwailing the loss Of
their husbands aud fathers The Armeu-
iaDa declare that tha Turkish mob com
mitted the most terrible excesses IN
Karaghiomkuk quarter of C0nstantinople
during the night Of Monday last, the
date when the rioting first breke out
A woman named Algyn0, who was
eight months incjente, was ripped open,
it is claimed, and the child within her
vas exposed to the j3ering mob 1t was
added that the same wom3n'8 daughter,
OILY fourteen years old, was ravished.
1t is still impossible to give the exact
number Of XII led or wounded. AL the
accounts occur il saying that the Turk
ish police countenanced the exoesses.
According TO the Armenians, about
TWO hundred persous have been xii ed
during the rioting.
After a conference Of the Ambassadors
to day, energetic Representations were
made 10 tie Turkish foreign minister,
complaining Of the exoesse3 committed,
as much by the police as by the Mus8ul
MAJ popul8ce, on the prisoners and
wounded, on Monday and Tuesday, many
Of whom were di.pat3bed with bludgeons
and most cruelty maltreated The rep
re8entatiges Of the powers begged the
foreign mil i3ter to take m asure3 to pre-
vent the foreign residents Of CONSTANT
nople from suffering and to restore order.
rhe Uni ed States minister, Mr. Alex.
Terrell, also made representations to the
Turkish government, reques ing that
steps be taken to insure the safety of the
United States missionaries in the Kun
pakon saarter.
Messrs. Chirton and Hunter, the newly
appointed United States Consuls started
for Erzeroum and Harpoot, respectively,
to day without their exequateurs. The
British Consul at Trebz0nde has been
instructed to grant them every facility
aud protection in the accomplishment of
their Journey aud in establishing them
selves at lh5ir posts The Turkish quart
ers are guarded throughout the night in
order 10 prevent the Mussulman i1habi-
tants from coming out aud renewing the
dis uTbances.
The city is now tranquil although it
is still patrolled by troops and police
and there is yet much apprehension
among the Armenians. The S0ftas were
especially guilty of great excess and on
Tuesday, especially during the raid on
the Armenian quarter, which they made
at night At Tookurtchesme, near Stam-
boul, the students and populace broke
into an Armenian building, killed fif-
teen persons and wounded 81 others.
In addition, it is said that they immedi-
ately conveyed the bodies to the shore
and threw them into the sea.
There was another fierce fgat in an
Armenian cafe at Scutari, during which
several pers ms were killed and wounded
on both sides.
At Hasskoln, number of Armenian
houses were broken into aud sacked by
the softas, who killed number Of Ar
menians inhabiting these buildings. On
the other hand at Karquhuemruk, near
Stamb0ul, revolyers were fred from the
windows of Armenian houses, ard all
the Armenian inhabitants were arrested.
Owing to the threats of the softa8 the
Armenian cole 60 at Galatca he's been
clO-ed
At the invitation of Armenian no
liabilities, acting at the request of tie
Turkish government, some of the Armc-
mans who had sought refuge in the
K0ump0kan Cathedral, have returned to
their homes; buc the majority refuse to
leave the sacred ediGce out Of fear Of be
ing arrested and maltreated by the
Turks.
The arrests of Armeuians continue TO
be made in all parts of the city, and the
police are making doniciliary visits
wherever the Armenians live, and are
all the Armenian stores.
There were further troubles yesterday
at Tophane, during which about forty
persons were wounded
Another SIDE 10 the Question.
LONDON, Oct 4 - Foreign office eff
cia's have expressed the opinion that the
disturbances at Constantilople will seri-
ousy embarrass the powers in their eff
forts to bring about reform in Armenia.
They hold that q h oavy responsibility
rests upop the Armenians for precipitat-
ink the riots at C0nstaI tinople and the
opinion is gaining ground that the
recent events there have caused a revul-
sion OF feeling throughout Europe and
those who We're urging their govern
ments to take immediate steps to deliver
the Armenians from oppression begin to
see distinctly that there is another side
TO the question.
A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette
from Constantinople, published this
says one of the foreign