The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-15
THE suLrAN wARNEp.

A, JeWetti Onlteu states COnsul at olNaSi telegraphed to United States Minister Terrell informing him that massacres of Christians by Moslems had begun at that place,
 As soon ae he received the dispatch MT, Terrell hastened to the foreign office where he personally saw Tewfk Pasha, minister of foreign affairs, and demand ed that adequate protection be afforded to the United States consulate at Sivas, and the same time warning in the name of the United States that Turkey would be held responsible if even the hair upon the head of an American should be touched
 The massacres and pillage throughout Asia Minor absorb the attention of ev- erybody to the exclusion of all other matters. The horrible state of affairs existing in Armenia is the topic of con- versation in every circle, and disgust and indignation are expressed every where, even by Mohammedans, who are not expected to bestow any great degree of sympathy upon Christians
 A feeling of disquiet and uncertainty prevails throughout the city. The Sul- tan and his ministers are alarmed at the situation which confronts them. Mat ters have reached that stage that they are genuinely fearful that the powers may forcibly intervene-a movement which would inevitably lead to the ex- tinction of the Turkish empire in Flu rope.
 Until quite recently, it is believed, the Porte had no serious notion that the powers would take any action beyond making diplomatic representations, which could be staved off or satisfied with promises.
 Later it was found necessary to make a genuine effort to put an end to the outrages in the disturbed districts, as the powers were becoming imperative in their demands, and promises were no longer available. Accordingly the porte wired the provincial authorities com mandtng them to see to it that order was restored immediately.
 There may have been a time when such orders could have been carried into effect, but that period seems to have passed Anyway, the instructions sent failed to have the desired effect, for the latest reports from Kurdistan show that there Is not the slightest abatement of the application of the sword and the torch to the persons and property of Christians native and foreign.
 Fresh massacres are reported to have occurred in Van, but no details have been received. Enough Is known, how ever, to show that the disturbances are spread over the entire province as well as the city of Van, and that the num- Der of victims of the fanatical Turks are fierce Kurds is very large.
 rumor is in circulation to-day that shakir Pacha, who was appointed im- perial high commissioner to enfore the Armenian reforms, has been recalled from Armenia and will be appointed grand vizier.
 In reply to an inquiry from United States Minister Terrell regarding the situation of the missionaries at Harput, Commissioner Darnham has replied that, while they are alive and well, their position Is one of extreme danger
 Vienna, Nov 14.-The Fremdenblatt publishes official confirmation of the statement that upon Austria's initia. tive negotiations are passing between the powers, with the object of forming an agreemnt that no single power shall undertake anything in the east independent of the others. and that all steps shall be taken jointly after previous agreement.
 The Austrian government is preparing to send several warships to the Levant. London, Nov. 14.-The Standards Constantinople correspondent says that if the report that French and American missionaries have been injured be con- firmed there is every reason to believe that France and the United States will no longer confine themselves to rernon- strances.
 The correspondent also says that the officers at the Yildiz palace are much disturbed by Lord salsbury's declara- tions, and fear that a European con- ference may be summoned. The sul- tan and his entourage have been for two days in a state of panic. The condition of affairs in the palace i is indescribable. Everybody believes the end is near, but nobody ventures to | prophecy how it will be effected. The Times prints a Constantinople 1 dispatch saying that official reports con- tinue to ascribe the troubles in Ana tolia to the Armenians, but that the only districts where it can be truly said that the Armenians have revolted are 1 in Zeitoun and Marash.
 The Times correspondent dwells up- on the utter Reorganization of the government and the corruption of off, cers. The sultan, he says, is trying to coax Said Pacha back, but the latter has so far refused to enter the palace. Some members of the palace party have been selling large amounts of Turkish securities with profitable results. | The Daily News prints a letter from European in Erzeroum, dated Novem- ] Der 1, detailing the slaughter there. l He estimates the number of victims at nearly 1000, including some women, and records seeing bodies that had been skinned or otherwise mutilated. 1 The villages in this vicinity, he says, suffered much. The massacre was evil dently pre-arranged. A soldier, whom | the writer knows, declares that orders for the slaughter were given by the porte.
 | Berlin, Nov 14-The Tageblatt as serts that Tewfk Pacha, the Turkish foreign minister, has stated in an in ] +ory,iauU +hat tbe SlIItan bac icc11ad an