The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-18
TURKEY AND LIE ARMENIANS.
FORTY-sEvEN OF THE CONSTANTS
NOPLE PRISONERS SET FREE.

NOPLE PRISONERS SET FREE.
Several of the Armenian Leaders be-
Iieved to he suII Hiding In the
ChuFches-TwO Hundred Armenian
Women Visit the Minister of Police
90 Inquire for Missing Relatives.
The Number Of Lives Lost During
the Disturbances at TrebizOnd Now
Estimated at 4OO-The sultan Yields
20 che UItImatum of the Powers.
London, Oct. IA dispatch from Com
stantinople. dated yesterday. says thas
the commission appointed by the ports
10 inquire into the guilt or innocence OF
the Armenians who have been arrested
since Sept. 80 have caused the release OF
a or the prisoners. who are declared
TO be innocent Of any completely in the
rioting. The dispatch adds that the polico
believe that several OF the leaders OF the
rioters, including some members Of tns
Armenian revolutionary committee, ars
concealed in the churches in the city
Two hundred Armenian women visited
the minister of police on Monday last for
the purpose OF obtaining news of missing
relatives They were sent away with as
suranees that all the prisoners would be
Immediately released. number Of wo-
men arranged to go to the porte to-day
70 submit their grievances to the grand
Nizier. As yet they have not carried their
intention into effect. The porte applieI
TO the Armenian patriarch. Matthew Iz-
miritan, TO prevent the women from visir-
Ing the grand vizier. The patriarch. who
IS stiH ill replied that the governmenu
was better able than himself TO preveng
the visit, inasmuch as he no LONGER haV
influence with the Armenian populace.
a. Inc request made by Sir Philip Currie,
the British ambassador for permission to
VISIT the prisons has been granted AMI
secretary Lester and two other delegates
OF the powers have inspected the prisons.
II IS now stated that the number OF per-
sons who were killed during the recent
rlotlng at Trebizond was 400 The disord-
ers there We're promptly quelled. KiamiI
fasha, the new grand vizier has issued
peremptory order making the governor
OF Ireblzond answerable for all losses OF
Ire that may occur.
The sultan has vainly urged NJ De Nau-
do1, the Russian ambassador to recall
1ne russian gunboat that was sent to
Irebizond. French and Russian steamers
have brought number of refugees from
IIeDizond to Constantinople
furtner news Of the riot at Akhissar.
IN Ine Nlayet OF Adm, shows that the at.
tack on the Armenians was entirely un-
provoked The bodies of twenty OF the
Armenians who were killed By MusseI-
mans, were thrown into wells. from
Whlch they were later removed and in
btgirthed IN the presence Of the Armenian
Reports from the various districts Of
Anantolia show that the Armenians have
been disarmed while weapons have been
given to the Moslems. The Vail Of
kraput, one of these districts when
9uestloned as to the reason for this ac-
ION replied that no harm would befall
The Chronicle tomorrow will publish a
Constantinople dispatch saying that the
sultan gave an audience to his ministers
MIN to sign the scheme OF reform sub
mitted by the powers and his majesty at
While one part OF the populace has been
pacihed by the announcement of the ac-
eeptance Of the scheme, there is great
excitement In Constantnople, proper,
where there are signs of strong popular
feeling against the scheme The Softas.
Mohammedan theological students are
crowdlng together from all directions.
Patrols OF soldiers are stationed at every
hundred yards about the city.
The paper expresses the fear that En-
glish opinion will be greatly disappointed
when the terms Of the scheme are MADE
known, but adds that probably Sir Philip
Currie, the British ambassador to Tur-
key, has done the best possible withouu
causing serious breach between GreaE
Britain and Russia. The paper adds that
the terms are far short of what Lord Sal
isbury demanded some time ago and pro-
phecies that the temporary solution Of the
Armenian question will not save the SUI
tan from more dangerous anti-dynastio
outbreak, of which he himself will prop-
ably be the victim,
The Times has a dispatch from constan-
tinople saying that the diplomatic side
or the Armenian question has disappears
ed, but that the sultan's acceptance oe
the scheme of reform will not settle ths
question from the Armenian point of view
while II may tend to aggravate Moham-
medan evaporation as being a preferen-
tial act Of liberty toward the Christians.
for so the Mohammedans regard the act
despite the scrupulous wording that -
intended 70 impart a general character
to the acceptance. 1t Is feared that more
trouble will be the outcome Of the sitla-
tion. The general outlook, however Is
better, and the bourse yesterday was
firmer.
Constantinople, Oct. IA few of the
shops in this city kept by Armenians were
been closed by order of the Armenian
committee, and for this act of disobedience
their owners were fined f15 each except
in the cases Of three merchants. who
were obliged to pay 400 Turkish bounds
each, For these acts of extortion several
rested.
An imperial trade has been issued. ap-
proving the scheme for the reform cf
the Turkish admission in Armenia drawn
by the British, French and Russian em-
bassies in conjunction with the porte.
fne cornmnpicstion s.T4ts Runlisn ,l me tohoM-
tan, whose constant desire has always
been to carry out reforms adapted to
the well being of his subjects. has
decided that reforms shall be in
troduced in all the provinces OF
the empire, and first of all in the
province of the Anatolia. These reforms
Will meet the wants of the population and
the exigencies of the situation. All will
and regulations based on the HATTIE HUI
mayoun of Gulkhanch. They will COM
prise the increase and reorganization OF
the gendarmerfe and police, and amelio-
ration of the administrative and judicial
branches of the service" All the papers
emphasize the principle Of the equality OF
all subjects, and appeal to the sultan to
see that no distinctions are made.