The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-14
A CRISIS IN TURKEY.
Serious Condition of Affairs in the
Ottoman Empire,
VICTIMS OF RIOTS NUMBER e,ooO

So Called Precautionary Measures unvc
Not Improved the situation, but Have
Rather Served to Extehd the Feeling
Of Terrorism-The suItans DeIusion.
NsTANTINoPLB, Sept Ito those
who have eyes TO see there is more and
more evident the approach of crisis in
the affairs Of the decrcpit Ottoman EN-
pire But the Turk himself offers no signs
of an appreciation of the fate that is inn
pending over him In the limit that has
apparently been reached in the patience of
the European powers with the process Of
determination Of the Armenians that has
been steadily and relentlessly pursued by
the Turks. There Is no diminutiou in the
rancor displayed by the Mussulmans to-
wards the Armenlans, and no sign of the
relinquishment of the Turks contention
that the ArmeEians are persistent and de-
termined reyOluGoniSts and agitatOrs
against the sovereignty of the sultan,
and rs SUCH invite the stringent preven-
tive measures that have been used against
them.
Some color has TO be admitte TO this
contention of the Turks from the fact that
some Of the ENJOYS of the powers have re-
ceved "A circular from the Hintchak revo-
lutionary committee declaring that if the
reforms demanded by the Armenians at
the time of the raid by them upon the OF
tOman bank are not granted there will
be n more serious outbreak against the
Turkish authorities and over u much
wider area than was the last, which re
suited in the apparently indiscriminato
slaughter of Armenlans in this city.
Since Friday there has been a large
increase of the patrols of cavalry In the
Rapia, the suburb of Constantinople, in
which are situated the French and En-
glish ambassadors residences, and in
Buyukdere and Pera. This Is the sultan's
precautionary measure against future out
RACES, in compliance with the warning
contained in the note from the powers
These troops it is understood, come under
the authority of those who are warned
that they will be responsible if outbreaks
involving the destruction of property and
loss of life occur But the troops are at
the same time instructed that they are
authorized 20 use their arms in self de-
fense il they are attacked These so
called precautionary measures have not
improved the situation and have rather
served to extend the feeling of terrorism
on account of the feeling of doubt as to
what secondary and yelled meaning may
be hidden behind the letter of the instruC-
tions to the troops. Meantime the British
relief committee is busy with the work of
helping the distressed Armeniaus
The official Turkish estimate of the
number of victims of the massacres in
this city is 100 Other estimates
run pretty much all the way up
wards from this figure The official es-
innate is coupled with the allegation that
many of those killed were, in reality,
Turks, but that they were buried by mis-
take with the Armenians, and that SO
their numbers went to swell the supposed
number of Armenian victims. This is un-
doubtedly designed as an apology and eX-
PLANTATION of the assertion contained In the
note Of the powers that the savage bands
which murderously attacked the Armen-
ians and pillaged their houses were not
accidental gatherings of fanatical people
or undirected mobs, but that their was
every indication of their special organiza-
tion and of its being known to, if not di-
rected by, the authorities. In foreign cir
cles here the statements that Turks were
killed along with the Armenians is de-
MED.
The actual number of the victims of the
disorders was certainly 5000 and will
probably reach 5000. The military au-
thorities state that three soldiers were
| killed and thirty were wounded. The
porte states that 17O MusSulmans were
wounded.
| All Mussulmans who have yet been
! tried by the extraordinary tribunal ap-
| pointed to pass Judgment on those impli-
Gated in the recent massacre have been ac-
] .Ft -. ,,F,,
/ evidence against many of these was deemed
by foreign residents here conclusive, and
| the failure to hold them adds to the con-
viction that the porte has no intention of
complying with the demand Of the powers
that the culprits shall be brought to pun
| ishmcnt
In view of this failure to punish the au-
! thors Of outrages upon Armenians, the
state Of terrorism among the Armenians
continues unabated, and the exodus of
| these people goes on with no diminution
/ The appearance of the refugees, many of
| them in a state Of destitution from the
hasty nature Of their 1ight, and all labor
| ing under extreme apprehension of blow
! likely TO fall at any time evokes the uni
versal compassion of the foreigners who
see them
! LONDON, sept 14-Mrs Emily Craw-
| ford writing in The Sunday Times, says
| "A friend who has been admitted to Yil-
| diz palace for l1reasons says
that the sultan ought to be depUscd in his
own interests, and that if he is not he will
| be murdered by the jealous palace min
| ions He never sleeps in the samo bed for
two nights running He believes that
emissaries are in the building and his
camarilla maintain the delusiOn. 1t be-