The herald., 1896-08-31
R|OT|NG REvOLUT|ON|STS
Disturb the Peace OF the Sub.
lime Porte
THE FOREIGN AMBASSADORS
Demand That the Sultan Promptly Sup.
press Disorder
Evidence That the Disturbance Are the Out
growth oi Armenian PIots-Largs
Numbers OF People Killed
Associated Press Special Wire

| of this city Saturday. A sharp fusilade
took place between the troops and the
| Armenian rioters. 1t lasted only few
| minutes, however, and a stampede of the
| revolutionsts followed. The ambassa-
| dors of the foreign powers held a confer
| ence and sent strong joint appeal ask
ing the sultan to suppress the disorders
without delay No reply has been re-
ceived from the sublime porte as yet.
| Just before the departure of the lead
ers of the invasion of the Ottoman
bank, on Sir Edward Vincent's yacht
after they had negotiated with the
Turkish officials and surrendered upon
condition that they should be allowed to
leave the country, they announced to
to dragomans of the different embas-
sizes that they intend to continue the agi-
tation until the right of the Armenians
should be recognized by the representa-
tives of the foreign powers.
Members of the different embassies
have received another circular letter
from the Armenian revolutionary COM
mittee making a similar announcement
1t Will be remembered that several days
before the raid upon the Ottoman bank
threatening letters of similar charac-
ter were received by the representatives
of the powers, but the foreign diplomats
stationed in Constantinople paidIno at
tention to these warnings. Already sew
eral claims for damages to property
have been received at the British enr-
bassy, the property destroyed being
owned by British subjects. AS an in
dication of the number of persons who
perished in the recent riots, it is stated
that seven hundred dead bodies were
buried in the Chicklo cemetery alone.
The British charge d d'affaires, Michael
Herbert, has made special representations
to Tewfik Pasha, Turkish minister of
foreign affairs, concerning the case Of
two Americans who were brutally killed
just in front of the guard house and be-
ofre the eyes of the members of the Brit
ish embassy
CRETAN REFORMS
ATHENS, Aug. 30.-The scheme of
reform proposed in the government of
Crete and sanctioned by the sultan, in
addition to concentrating the power in
the hands of the governor general who
shall be Christian, the reorganization
of the gendarmes by European officials,
Crete and ecnonmic autonomy with the
payment of a tribute to the sultan, also
provides that the Cretans shall be al
lowed to tax Turkish imports for the
purpose of providing fund which shall
be applied to the compensation of the
victims of the recent disorders.
A CRISIS AT HAND
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The Daily News
in its editorial columns this morning
says Europe is face to face with the
deposition of the sultan and the parti-
ton of Turkey
A dispatch to the Standard from Ber-
lin says: 1t is announced from Vienna
that the Russian czar and Emperor
Francis Joseph and the statesmen who
attended the recent political conference
there have arrived at an agreement
which will probably settle the Armenian
trouble without disturbing the existing
Turkish frontier. Prince Lobanoff is re-
ported to have said: I'VE have enough
to do with our own Armenians. We
don't want to have their number IN
creased"
A dispatch to the Post from Constan-
tinople says: Members of the Armenian
revolutionary societies threw a bomb
in the premises of the Credit Lyonnaise
and the tobacco syndicate Saturday
night. The amount of damage is not re-
ported.
THE BANK AFFAIR
LONDON Aug. 30.-A lispatch to the
Daily News from Constantinople gives
a personal interview with Frank Bar
I,A, Lee to- ~, L, 4
Vincent, as hostage during the nego-
tiations between the Armenian leaders
in the Ottoman bank raid and the Turk
ish officials. The dispatch says:
Mr.. Frank Barker stated that the in
vaders told him they intended to seize
the Credit Lyonnaise office and explode
bomb there. 1t was a part of their
plan to raid the Voivoida police sta
tion at the same time. The bombs were
to be exploded at the police station
simultaneously with the, attack upon
the Credit Lynonaise. The mobs con-
sisted entirely of the lowest classes of
Constantinople and it's suburbs, Lar
roni, the Kurds and the men who work
along the wharves of the city. II is now
estimated over 1900 persons were killed.
Stamboul has been covered with revo-
lutionary placards, evidently posted by
the young Turkey party. Serious trou-
BILE is expected Monday, the anniversary
of the sultan's accession.
dispatch from Constantinople to the
Times says that the joint note of the am
bassadors of the powers asking the sub
lime porte to suppress the disorders in
Constantinople without delay, failing
to have the desired effect, the represen-
tatives of the powers dispatched a joint
telegram warning the sultan that he
endangered the Turkish empire by suf-
fering the continuance of anarchy by
the connivance of the imperial troops
and the police. 1t is said that the sui
tan trembled when he received this
warning telegram.
Neither the members of the diplo-
matte circles nor rational observers
doubt that an armed mob of Turks had
been previously organized for possible