The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
the universal compassion of the foreigners

the universal compassion of the foreigners
who see them"
on Oriental affairs says:
THE penury of the Turkish treasury has
officers, as we'll as the soldiers, of the OF
tomdn army used to receiving thelr
pay months after II is due. They are TOO
glad when they get some arrears; and they
are usually satisfied with grumbing quiet
ly. There must have been some uneSrect-
ed motive to push them TO post placarus
upon the doors of the mosques and to
threaten that they will help sneinseiVes
menace of a military rebellion. which could
not easily be suppressed by Abdul Azlz
as his ancestor, Mahmoud, drenched IN
blood the latent revolt of the JanlSSarles,
or as the Egyptian Mamelukes were killed
within the Cairo fortrefs. The immediate
the turkish officers. RS. who vi viii be siienced
probably by a partial settlement of their
claims. is to be attributed to the arriVai
at Constantinople of many squadrons or
the Hamadie cavalry the name OF Whlch
has often appeared in dispatches without
any explanation of its special composition
and character.
THE Hamadie regiments are formed ex-
clusively of those Kurds of Asia Minor
whose cruelty towards the Armenians and
Christians in general has become history.
These ferociouS warriors from the kurd
tribes are commanded by the feudal chiefs
OF lhelr mountains. save rev military
instructors from COnStantinople, all the
neutenants, are Kurd beys and aghas- The
Hamadies mus furnish their own horses
and equipment, the state giving them only
their arms and ammunition
Last July the Sultan wanted to bring
some of them to increase the guard at his
palace of Yildiz Kiosk. but NJ Cambon
the French ambassador, protested arguing
especially that Chakir Pasha himself. the
Turkish commissioner sent to pacify Ar
menia, had declared that the employment
or the HamadieS was the main obstacle
to the pacification of that country. Still,
quite recently several squadrons of Hama
die cavalry, numbering III men, were
landed at Constantinople. They escorted
the Sultan. and were frowned upon by the
officers and soldiers of the regular army,
who did not like such companionship, in
aSmuch as the Kurd Hamadie were regu-
larly paid. This fact may explain the
posting of the placards upon the doors of
the mosques which is reported in the dis
patches
A dispatch from Constantinople published
here asserts that wholesale massacre of
Christians is planned to occur there within
a fortnight, and that Armenians have been
deported from there board ships and
have been drowned in patches. being shot
through specially constructed chutes.
The Times, in an editorial discussing the
utterances of Lord Rosebery and Mr..
says: Lord Rosebry and Mr.. Asquith have
assumed a very grave responsibility. 1t is
easy to conjecture whirlwind of national
wrath but it would battle the strongest
Will and most sagaciouS judgment to direct
the storm when it is raised Are the agi-
tators prepared to face a European war?
If not let them pause while there is yet
time
The Chronicle expresses the belief that
Mr.. Gladstone will be induced to address a
meeting OF demonstration at Chester in IA
Yor of the Armenians.