The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-08
THE PORTE PROMISES THE REPLY
To tho Ambassadors Demand That
Order DO Restored Within Two
pays-PolIoO Kept Busy Watching
Everything and EyoryDody-A Now
Cabinet Formed.

Ria Pasha, minister Of war,
Memduh Pasha, mIuIator Of the in,
terror,
Abour Rahman Ps,ha, minister of
justice,
sabrl Pasha, minister OF finance.
Arid Pasha, minister without port.
folio,
Ria Pasha wal minister Of war in the
last cabinet. Hassan PaBha was min.
lister Of marine in tho last ministry.
Hall RliaI Pasha 10 the ex'mlnister OF
the interior and rewak Pasha has iuat
como here from Perrin, wherO no was
Turkish ambassador TO Germany.
Finally, Said Pasha was minister for
foreign ataifs in tho late cabinet and
previously grand Vizier.
The Turkish minister for foreign az.
iairs has promised to give the ambRssa-
dorS OF the powers u definite reply
within two days, as to what steps the
porto intends to take for the restoration
OF order In Armenia and to provide for
the protection oil Christians Ia that part
OF the Turkish empire.
This was the point especially alluded
to by tho ambassadors on Tuesday last
when they called separately aud repro.
sontod that tho present state Of affairs
in Armenia could not be allowed to con.
tinue aud that II adequate measures
wore not shortly takOn 10 bring about
the restoration Of orders the powers
would DO compelled, acting in concert,
to take their own spps in the matter.
No combined actioh OF such grave i'm.
porlanco upon tho part OF tho powers
has besu taken Tor years aud the fact
that the porte was reminded OF the in-
PREVENTION Of the powers in Syria at the
time Of the massacre Of 1860, 10 consid.
cred Us q direct warning 10 tho sultan
that Europe will intervene to restore
order in Armenia, unless the Turkish
government acts promptly.
As each day passes the situation be.
comes moro aud more alarming, and
adds to tho difficulty OF tina task before
tho porte, and possibly before the Euro.
pean powers. From Syria, especially,
tho most disquielinG rumorI are COM
ing, aud that they arc based on facts Is
shown by the mobilization Of twenty
baltalions OF rediis out Of the sixty
available, and the steps being taken to
dispatch them as promptly as possible
to that portion OF AsiaIic Turkey. This
lends color to tho report that the
Armeniaus are receiving support from
unexpected sources, aud that the Turk.
ish government may soon be face to face
with au open and widespread revolt
against the rule Of the sultan.
Arrests OF Atmenians aud Turkish
suspects are constantly being made here
and elsewhere, but owing to tho press
censorship, few facts in this connection
are sbtainable. Possibly the most grave
turn In recent events lies in the fact
that the dissatisfaction against the rule
OF tho sultan has extended to the Turk.
ish army and navy, aud that the palace
officials arc In q slate Of the greatest
alarm. Nobody here would be aston.
ished to hear at any moment OF an out.
break in the palace itself In fact, people
we'll yersed in TurkishRHairs assert that
this is among the immediate posSibili.
ties, and that only a prompt show Of
force upon the part OF tho European
fleets can avert II.
Trustworthy reports from Erzeroum
state that it has been established beyond
dispute that tho lurkiah troops took
part in the recent massacre aud pillaCe
OF Armenians there, and cIGar evidence
Of this fact will be placed boioro tho
representatives Of the powers.
Private accounts represent the condt.
ton Of the AsiatiC provinces Of Turkey
as being doplorablc. A reign OF terror
iS said to exist and bloodShed aud rob
berry are OF daily occurrence,
Tho police oil this city arc kept busy
night aud day Watching everybody and
everything. To such an extent is this
system Of police surveillance carried
that two servants in the employ Of Eng.
lish merchants have been arrested while
returning from the postOiiCo with lot.
ters aud newspapers. They latter were
seized by the police, IN spite OF tho pro.
tests OF the servants, and wore carried
away to the police department for in.
y~ostipation. The English merchants
complained to tho British charge
d'anairs, the Hon. Michael Norbert, and
tho latter has made strong representa-.
tions to tho porto on tho SubiecL
OF course such d StatO OF affairs can-
not DO allowed to exist much longer, as
tho lives OF all Christians in Armenia
arc in danger aud there 10 hourly ex.
pectation Of the most serious trouble in
almost every part OF tue Turkish en-.
pirO. Tho moro calling out OF the army
reserves will have littlo or no elect
lrpon tho situation, aB the troops cannot
DO relied upon In such nm emergency.
Tho wretchcd condition Of Turkish
finances bRrd anything like Wholesale
and energetic action upon tho part Of
tho Turkish government, unless u holy
war Ia declared. aud that could only DO
dono by iullaming the religious iana.
ticism Of the Turka against tho Chris.
thus. This, II Ia believed, tho porto
would not hesitate 10 do In tho case Of
M invasion OF tho Turkish d%ominions,
but such II gtUp would not DO calculated
10 suppress intNrior disorders, the basis
oil which should DO tho protection Of
tho Christian population Of Ammonia.
Hall Rifat Pngha, tho now grand yiziOr
OF Turkey, has tho reputation Of being
mn abiO administrator. lilo liad held
numerous ligh posts Rnl IL u man Of
broad Vows, judged from u Tnrkish
standpoint. llo Ia oxpnCtod 10 have II
modetating influences botwOon tho
MnpNuhmanu aud tho Christians, hut II
anot thought tina! hO will DO ublo to
do anything Of a remarkable nature at
tho pfoaont serious junCLuro oil Affairs
In tito IufkiBh empire,
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