The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-11-15

A CRISIS in TURKEY
1AB SULTAN - SETTING ovnn4,
POLITICAL VOLCANO. -
Turks May Soon BE Face te rss
With an Open and wiaespree1I
Revolt Against the Rale of a.
sultan-Disa1ection In the Arny,
and Navy.

A0EAo my soon Bc Face to H1oi
Revslt Asainst the Rsis q ~
Sultan-DisaRectiOn In the Az
and Navy.
Constintinople, Nov. O.-The formsl
Turkish minister OF foreign afIalrG
Said Pasha, promised to give the Al,
bassadors Of the powers a definite ~
ply within two days as to what stere
the porte intends to take for the rco-}
torati0n of order in Armenia and to3
provide for protection Of Christians ~
that part Of the Turkish empire.
This was the point especially All
ludel to by the ambassadors on Tues.
day last when they called sepcratelya
and represented that the present state
Of affairs In Armenia could not be ii.
lowed to continue, and that IL deii!i
mite measure was not shortly taken
to. bring about the restoration of
order, the powers would be compelled.33
acting In concert, to take their Owfa
steps In the matter. No combined &C.
tton Of such grave Importance upon
the part Of the powers has been taken
for years past and the fact that the;
porte was reminded of the interventionl
Of the powers In Syria Mt the timsS
Of the massacre Of 1860 is consideredi
as direct warning to the sultan that
Europe will intervene to restore order
in Armenia unless the Turkish goy-:
ernment acts promptly.
AS each day passes, however, thes
situation becomes more and more
alarming and adds to the difficulty OF
the task before the porte and possl-
bly, before the European powers. From
Syria especially the most dlsquieting
rumors are coming and that they ata
based on facts IL shown by the nC.
bilization Of twenty battalions ~;
Redifs, out Of the sixty available. ant.ss
the steps being taken to dispatch them
us promptly as possible to that portion
Of Asiatic Turkey. This lends color
to the report that the Armenians nre
receiving support from unexpected
sources and that the Turkish govern.
nent may soon be face to face with
an open and widespread revolt against
the
Rule of the sultan.
Arrests of Armenian and Turkish
suspects are constantly being made
here and elsewhere, hut owing to the
press censorship few facts in tllts
connection are obtainable. Possibly
the most grave turn In recent events
lies In the fact. established beyond
any doubt. that the dissatisfaction
against the rule Of the sultan has ex-s
tended to the Turkish army and navy
and that tile palace officials are well
aware of this fact end are in state
Of the greatest alarm. Nobody here
would he astOnisllel to hear at any
moment Of an outbreak In the palace
itself; In fact, people who are well
versed In Turkish affairs, assert that
this is among the immediate prob
abilities, and that only prompt show
Of force upon the part of the European
1ects Gun avert 1t. s
Trustworthy reports which have
been received here from Erzerouin
state that 1t has been established be
yond dispute that the Turkish troops
took part in the recent massacre and
pillage Of Armenians there and 1t Ia
added. clear evidence of this fact will
lie placed before the representatives
Of the powers.
Private accounts represent the con-.
dition of the Asiatlc provinces of Tuf-
key as being deplorable In the ex-;
treme. A verltable reign Of terror is
berry are Of daily occurrence. ,s
The police Of this city are kept busy
hight and day watching everybody
and everything. To such an extent 10
this system Of police surveillance car
tied that two servants In the employ
Of English merchants here have been
arrested while returning from the
postOffice with letters and newspapers,
The latter were seized by the police
In spite Of the protests of the serv-
ants and We're carried away to the
police depot for examination. The
English merchants promptly COM
planned to British Charge dAffaires
Michael Herbert. and the latter has
made strong representations to the
porte on the subject. OF course, such
Z state Of affairs cannot be allowed to
exist much longer, as the lives Of all
Christians In Armenia are In danger
and there IL hourly expectation Of the
most serious trouble In almost every
part of the Turkish empire.
According to the Turks.
Washington, Nov. 9.-The Turkish
legation announces the following teIe-
gram from the Sublime Porte under
yesterdays date:
"All news concerning plots, threaten
Ing letters and supposed dissatis-
faction in the ranks Of the army and
navy is Intentionally propagatcd by
well known newspaper correspond
ents, affiliated with the Armenian CON-
mittee, to alarm public opinion. AZ
for the often repeated assertion OF the
Intended determination of the Ar
menians, 1t is too absurd to be con-
tradictcd. The efforts of the imperial
government tend on the contrary to
quell the revolt Of the Armenians and
to resist their criminal and bloody
pgitation.
1.-The Armenian agitation at Diar-
bekir was on the point of subsiding
when the Armenlans began again
their. attacks upon the Mussulman's
by throwing bombs at them, and by I;
firing at the Muezzins at the very time
when the latter were calling the faith
ful to prayers. During the ARRAY nifty
Mussulman's and ninety Armeniansa I
were killed and wounded. Armenian
rioters attacked the patrols ut Sivrik
killing few Mussulman's and setting
fire to the bazaar. Two hundred Ar
menian levOlutiOnists. having at their
head kevrok, chief OF the parish Of
erus (Marasll attacked the village OF
Tchoukour Hissar aud killed twelve
Mussulnlans. Some of the agitators
were arrested. including part of the
Armenian brigands who captured
Hadjf Hassan Oglou Husni. All news
published as to the occurrence OF
trouble ut Adana. Tarsus and Mer-
sine, is absolutely without f0unda.
tion."
McKinlsy and Bradley,
Gn,.lau&n.,