The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-09-04
FROM MANY POINTS.
NEW ITEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS
BRIEFLY RELATED.
The Throne OF the Sultan OF Turkey Is
ShaIsing-Fearfui Slaughter of Armen-
ians on the Streets of Constantinople by
Turkish Troops VIII the Powers Act?

Rioting broke out in Constantinople
when the Armenian leaders seized the
Ottoman bank. The Turkish troops
appeared on the scene and fired at
every Armenian they could see. Be
ing thus encouraged the Turks of the
city armed themselves and began kill
ing and assaulting on all hands. Sew
cral shops in the Galata were plum
dered and panic spread over the whole
city, especially in the Pera quarter,
where two bombs were thrown into
the midst of group of soldiers, sew
eral of whom were wounded.
The seizure of the bank was a sur
prise and could not be accounted for
until the Armenians notified the di-
rectors that they merely desired to at
tract the attention of the powers to
the condition of the Armenians whom
they had abandoned to the cruelties of
the Turks when they had it in their
power to give them liberty. The plan
was bold, but it had its effect. After
the Armenian leaders believed that
the movement they desired to start
had been given a start they negotiated
with the bank directors to surrender if
they were were given safe conduct
from the country. This was promised
and they were placed on the yacht
Gulnare, owned by Sir Edward Vincent.
The leaders announced, however, that
they intend to continue the agitation
until the rights of the Armenians
should be recognized by the represent
atives of the foreign powers.
The rioting started by the troops
Strengthening Armenians on every side
continued for over two days. The
amount of butchery will never be
known, but as an indication of the
number killed it is stated that 700
bodies were buried in the ChiclSle
cemetery alone. Scores were thrown
into the sea. Adispatch TO the London
Times from Athens says that the scenes
in the harbor of Constantinople were
dreadful. Several Armenians see king
refuge on board the foreign steamers
were pursued by moslem fanatics
and students from the Mohammedan
schools in boats In every instance
the Armenians were killed outright by
the zealots. The mobs consisted en-
tirely of the lowest classes of Constan-
tinople and its suburbs, the Kurds and
the men who work along the wharges
of the city. 1t is now estimated that
1000 persons were killed.
Another dispatch from CONSTANT
nople says that the joint note of the
ambassadors of the powers asking the
sublime porte to suppress the disorders
in Constantinople without delay failing
to have the desired effect, the repre-
sentatives of the powers dispatched "a
joint telegram warning the sultan that
he endangered the Turkish empire by
suffering the continuance of anarchy
by the connivance of the imperial
troops and the police. 1t is said that
the sultan trembled when ne received
this warning telegram.
Great uneasiness prevails among the
British residents of the villages on the
shores of the Bosphorus, where num-
Der of hunted Armenians have sought
refuge. 1t is feared that their houses
will be attacked. Michael Herbert.
the British charge d'affaires. has or
dercd the British guardship Dryad to
receive all families desiring protection
and any British vessel in port may be
requisitioned if necessary.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle
from Rome says that private letters
from Constantinople state that the
Turkish government is on the eve of
being overturned and thata provisional
government will be appointed.
The London Daily News says editor
tally; Europe is face to face with the
deposition of the sultan and the parti-
ton of Turkey