The herald., 1896-09-01
TURKEYS D|SMEMBERMENT
The Only Solution of the Eastern
Question
THE LATE DISTURBANCES
Offer Little Excuse for the Massacre
Which Followed
II Is Admitted That During the Past Week
Four Thousand Arr1enions Have
Lost Their Lives
Associated Press Special Wire


will not be Illuminated tomorrow, the
anniversary of the sultan's succession to
the throne, owing to the recent massa-
cres. The dragomansl of the embassies.
while they will go the Yildiz kiosk to
convey the good wishes of the ambassa-
dors, have been instructed to leave notes
which, although they congratulate the
sultan upon the anniversary, express
deep regret at the recent outrages.
| There is no longer any doubt that the
massacres were organized by the Turk
ish authorities and that it has been as
certained that orders were onl given to
the bashi bazouks to cease massacerins
the Armenians after the bloody work
had been going on for thirty hours.
| 1t is also fact that hundreds of Turks
were brought over from the Asiatic side
of the Bosphorous in order to take part
inthe massacres, and many Armenians
were put in boats which were then TAX
| en- out to sea. Their fate in unknown,
but there is not the slightest doubt that
they have been drowned.
| Although it may be true that the at
| tack on the Ottoman bank originated
| with the Armenian revolutionary COM
| mission, it Is admitted on all sides that
the massacres which followed were not
| justified and that from 5000 to 1000 peo-
| pie lost their lives in this city or in those
| of the suburbs during the past week.
| The Armenians also intended to attack
| the palace. the branch office of the
Credit Lyonnaise and other places, the
avowed object being to force the powers
to interfere in the Armenian question.
A dispatch received here from Philip
| opolis says that serious conflict oc-,
Cured last week on the Turkish and
| Bulgarian frontier. 1t seems to have
| been an outpost affair, near the village
| of Shiroyalka. Twelve Turks were
Killed or wounded and five Bulgarians
were wounded. AS a result further and
] much more dangerous complications are
! anticipated.
y People sips positions to judge the situ-
alton accurately believe that the sultan
has once more approached dangerously
near to the point of forcing upon the
pnWers--tlie necessity of disnembering
| the Turkish empire.
| The joint note of the ambassadors of
| the powers asking the Turkish govern
| ment to suppress tine disorders in this
vicinity is like similar notes of the pow-
ers regarding the massacres in Armenia.
The warning that the sultan is endan-
gering the Tudkish empire by permit
ting continuance of the state of an
archy which prevailed. it is not looked
upon as likely to have more than pass.
ms. effect upon the sultan.
Ihe Armenians who surrendered at
the Ottoman bank and who were sub
sequertly taken out of the sultan's iur-
isdiction, frankly announced that it
was intended to continue the work of
agitation until the wrongs of the Ar
menians are redrssed. Later acircu-h
menians are redressed. Later a circu-
lar was received at the embassies from
the Armenian revolutionary commits
sion, affirming the announcement that
the agitation would be continued. The
American college at Hissar and the
Bible house at Stamboul are still guard
ed by troops, and Minister Terrell has
done everything possible under the cir
cumstances to protect the lives and
property of Americans.
LEGATION ADVICES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The Turk
ish legation has received from the sub
lime porte the following telegram:
The central committee of the Armen-
ian revolutionists of Constantinople or
ganized on vast scale program OF
disorders and criminal acts. Separate
groups of these revolutionists. began
their misdeeds at the same hour at diff
ferent points of the capital. Besides re-
volvefs and daggers, they used bombs
and dynamite. About fifty of thesemen,
entered separatelyin to the Imperial Of
toman bank, killing the guards and po-
licemen, thowing thsir heads into the
strets. Awaiting themselves of the con-
fusion that followed they burst open the
doors of the bank and threw bombs
through the windows on the heads of
passersby. Five Turkish ladies were
cut to pieces by an explosion and two
French clerks of the bank were wound
ed and would have been killed if Turk
ish soldiers had not hurried to their res
cue At the same moment the home Of
Djelal Bey, situated at Stamboul, was
taken possessio of by the revolutionists
who threw rain of bombs on those who
happened to be in tia streets near by.
At Haskini, the military was attacked
and one officer and many soldiers were
killed. At the Psomatia quarter band
of Armenian anarchists took possession
of the public schools and began to throw
bombs in all directions, killing many in
necent victims In man yparts of the
capital and even in the Armenian
church at Pera a great number OF dy-
Mantle bombs were discovered TIE
Armenians, faithful to the imperial
throne are indignant, and the patriarch
communicated in the name Of Jesus
Christ all the criminals who put in .jeop-
ardy the lives of innocent men and
women. The patriarch begged the sub
lime porte to communicate to the press
bytery the names of the revolutionists
in order to stigmatize in both the CIV
ilized worlds their crimes and horrors
A special commission has been insti-
tuted to JUICE the revOlutionists caught
in arms as well as all Mussulmans. This
commission is composed of eight Chris
tiens and Mussulmans, under the pres
idency of Djelal Bey, member o fthe
high court Of Turkey.