The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-16
TURKEYS RULER UNDER THE IN
FLUENcE OF AN EVIL scHENER.
His Advice Taken In the Issuing OF
the Moratorium and the Dismiss
ing OF Respectable OmcfaIs.
BRUTAL TURKS REINsTATED
GREAT britain AGAIN sNUBBED BIZ
THE SUBLIME PORTE.
Two Accounts OF the Outraee- I'm Ar
menia-rhe Massacre at Erxcrum
Described by an Eyewitness.

LONDON, Nov. ia dispatch to the
Times from Constantinople says the inter
mcdiary who persuaded the Sultan TO grant
the moratorium was a man named Izset-
The Sultan had never heard OF mora
torium, but the Turkish mind takes kindly
to any programme providing for a post
ponement OF the payment of debts and the
plan was accepted without loss of time. IL
was Izset who denounced Kiauin Pasha,
and he will probably be appointed first
chamberlain OF the palace Several palace
officials will probably be dismissed ia the
near future. Among them ara the first and
second chamberlains OF the palace. These
officials were among the few respectable
men connected with the household OF the
Sultan. Both are reputed 10 have been
fond of money, but neither official had the
ravenous appetite and easy moral digestion
/ OF Izset. The ministers were i'm session al
most the entire day Thursday, the Sultan
awakening 10 the serious nature of the
| position which he occupies at the present
! time. but he is so impressionable that all
that would be required would be for some
palace spy 10 divulge some imaginary plot
and turn all his Majesty's thoughts into
another channel
says that nearly every steamer from the
ports OF Asatic Turkey has on board large
numbers of destitute Armenians. who have
! fed from the scenes of the massacres-
| Crowds of refugees are also crossing the
| frontier into Russia
dispatch to the Daily News from Con-
| stantinople says that the Sultan Is en-
gagged in examining every resort of the
| Armenians I'm the capital for the purpose
| Of arresting and shipping all OF the uncrn-
| ployed Armenians into Asia Minor. The
| measure Is regarded as a cruel one. even
| admitting that they reach their destination.
the people being mostly inoffensive. The
| Daily News also publishes an extract from
a private letter from Enzingan 10 the ef-
feet that Armenian, priests have already
| buried over four hundred bodies of persons
| supposed TO have been killed in the second
| massacre. Thousands are wandering home
| less and starving. According TO the corrc-
| spondent OF the Daily News orders have
! been issued to transfer the Pancaidi Mill
| tary School TO Scuteri. In conclusion the
correspondent says that II is impossible to
| ascertain the truth OF the various rumors
about the joint occupation of various por-
tions of the Turkish empire -.
THE ERZERUM BUTCHERY.
A dispatch TO the Times from Erzerum
says that a letter nearly four columns in
length. dated Nov. 3. fully confirms the
accounts previously published concerning
the massacre there. The writer says that
il is impossible yet to ascertain the num-
Der of the killed. Some persons assert that
il will reach fully 1900. Perhaps 1000 is not
far short of the total. Continuing the
writer says: 1--WE have not dared TO go
to the quarters OF the city where the Turks
,frf,f ho <ufd uf
many Christians who have been victims
thus far and / have not the opportunity
of investigation of more than tenth OF the
cases, have yet TO hear OF a single dead
Turk i'm this struggle. This, ] think, dis
proves the charges of the aggressions
brought up against the Armenians. The
bare, bold fact Is that IL was purely q mas
sacre OF the innocent Inhabitants by the
enraged Turks, and but for the presence
of foreign consuls things would have been
far worse. With the coming OF winter
the misery in store for the remaining Ar
menians will be terrible
The correspondent quoted, who was stay
ing at the AmdDcan mission, says that he
has heard Testimony in various qwartcrs
| that the government ordered the massacres.
which were to be executed according TO
preconcerted signals. AS a proof Of the
| suddenness he says that an American mis-
sionary named Chambers had Just gone to
the postoffice in order TO telegraph TO Bit
lis that everything was quiet Before he
got back to the mission the firing had be-
gun in deadly earnest. Bullets were whizz-
ing close by him. MIR. Chambers told the
| correspondent that Shakir Pasha had prom
ised. in the event OF riots. TO place soldiers
| at each end of the street IN the locality OF
! the foreign consulates and OF the American
mission, ana whether from this reason or
because they feared a warm reception the
rioters avoided this part Of the city, All
the looting, it was claimed, was done by
regular soldiers at the command OF the
officers. Many women hung around the
soldiers for the purpose OF carrying
off the .plunder. Mr.. Chambers attended
to the wounded refugees and during the
night the mission house was as crowded
and as foui-smelling as menagerie or an
opium den. Sleep was impossible. The Eng
lIsh consul said Shakir Pasha was angry
when he heard that the soldiers had been
looting the residences and shops OF the
Armenians He declared that the Vail and
Raouf Pasha had been compelled TO go
out and beat their own soldiers before they
could stem the torrent and prevent further
outrages The correspondent gives numer-
Gus and detailed stories from Armenians
and others, amply confirming the previous
account Of the butcheries and horrors. The
correspondent says that three thousand
soldiers were ordered out. but that Shakir
Pasha was poweress to control them
LONDON, Nov. 16.--The Vienna corre-
spondent OF the Daily News says that q
Constantinople dispatch received there re-
ports that the ambassadors will. on Satur-
day, give notice TO the Sultan OF their
intention to arrange for joint nava.
demonstration.
dispatch to the Standard from Berlin
says that the Tageblatrs constantinople
correspondent has succeeded In obtaining
an interview With the Armenian patriarch
The patriarch said that he believed that
neither England nor Russia had any serious
! intentions OF doing anything for the Ar
! menians, who. he admitted. had some
} times provoked the massacres. He said
: that a secret and powerful revolutionary
committee had been at work doing It's best
to incense both sides for the purpose Of
stirring up trouble.
BRITAIN sNUBBED AGAIN.