The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
ARMENIA RED WITH BLOOD.
The Merciless Work of the Turks
still in Progress.


London, Oct. 1.-THE Standard will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Constan-
tinople stating that there has been a
steady downward condition of affairs dur
ing the past three weeks. European prest-
ige daily dwindles at the spectacle of di-
plomats without Instructions and without
the heart or courage TO initiate any steps
for themselves. The better informed Mos
lens are anxiously awaiting foreign inter-
vention, especially by Great Britain. The
porte continues its policy of eXterminating
the Armenians and devastating the coun-
try occupied by them. The arrests are
as numerous as ever. The special tri-
bunal continues to condemn innocent per-
sons to long terms of Imprisonment at
hard labor and large sums of money are
extorted from the richest Armenians.
Every fresh report from the provinces
speaks of great disorganization and the
increasing penury of the government.
The Constantinople correspondent Of
the Daily News telegraphs that the sew
eral embassies in that city have advised
the people not to give evidence nor to
sign anything which they cannot read at
the bidding of the so-called international
military commission, the members of
which are not connected with their re-
spective governments. but are merely pri-
vate persons. The advice was necessary
because certain persons fearing that they
would become marked men, had already
signed certain documents.
The Times will tomorrow publish a
dispatch from Constantinople, saying that
after an interval of ten days, the diplo-
mats met on Friday and rejected the
porte's claim to search foreign steamers
for fugitive Armenians. The dispatch
adds that the embassies have made strong
representations to the effect that the
state of affairs in Crete is intolerable, ow-
ing to the fact that the portes promises
of reform have not been executed. An
trade has appeared extending to the whole
empire the reforms granted by the sui
tan in October, 1895, to the provinces or
Anatolia.
The Chronicles Berlin correspondent tel
egraphs that in political circles there
credit is given to a report from Vienna
that the czar while in Scotland, prom
ised Lord Salisbury that he would use his
personal influence with the sultan to pre-
vent a recurrence Of the massacres OF
Armenians. Failing in this his majesty
would hold the sultan personally an
'swerable.
The Chronicle will tomorrow publish
a dispatch from Constantinople, saying
that the Szachenyi Pasha, an Austrian;
Woods Pasha and Blunt Pasha, the last
two named being Englishmen all mem
bers of the So-called lnternaJloHdl HELL
tary commission, accompanied by three
of the sultan's aides entered several loot
ed British warehouses in violation Of
the stipulation, and questioned the ser
wants regarding recent outrages. Sir
Philip Currie, the British ambassador
upon learning this, sent an official officer
to warn British subjects not to admit the
members of the commission.
The dispatch further said that there is
hourly danger of a massacre at Broussa.
A number of Moslems and Europeans
have emigrated, fearing an outbreak. Ihe
deputy governor, a few days ago, re-
strained a massacre, but orders have now
been given TO have everything ready for
the command to strike. The city con-
tains 1900 Armenians, many OF whom
are prosperous. These are not allowed
to leave the city. There are also l2,O0O
Greeks in the place, and they, too are
in danger. The Turkish population num-
bers So, 900, mainly of the pooer classes.