Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29
BUTCHERY IN TURKEY
Troops Reported to Have Fired on Un-
armed Armenians.
Armed Turkish MObs Attacked In
tfOn - Great Brutality.

BERLIN, August 29-The Tagblatt's
Ccrstantinople correspondent in a dispatch
published this morning says that he saw
bands of Turks, thirty or forty in number
armed with clubs and cudgels, crouching
In the various street corners, planning to
kill any single Armenian on sight He adds
that their methods were full Of cruelty
such as would scarcely be fit for the killing
OF a mad dog. The correspondent says
that he saw an Armenian hacked into a
shapeless mass with cudgels in the hands
OF these Turks. whom he denominates
"savases." The police meanwhile stood
idly by smiling. while the cavalry patrolled
the streets and kept a careful watch for
the purpose of preventing any assistance
from The friends of the unfortunate priests,
The correspondent claims to have wit
messed twenty incidents of a similar char
acter, and never in single case did the
police disturb the assassins.
Later in the afternoon he met six manure
wagons which were being driven from the
city completely filled with bodies Of the
dead Armenians.
Continuing, the correspondent says that
the arming of the lower classes with clubs,
in which the police assisted. has wrought
Widespread evil throughout the city. Had
the arming of the baser elements of the
Turks been stopped at an early stage, the
shedding of blood would relatively have
been very limited. General Indignation Is
felt at the apathy OF ambassadors for the
foreign powers. There is no doubt in the
mind of this correspondent, that most Of
the victims of the Turkish revenge in this
Instance were perfectly innocent Of any
guilty knowledge of the plot to raid the
Ottoman bank.
The Europeans barricaded their houses
and lived upon provisions stored in their
cellars. Thursday morning forty-sX Ar
menianS We're killed and thrown into a
single heap. just inside the coal depot on
the quay.
AT Galata fourteen other Armenians were
dragged off to a terrible death, while an
English merchant who ventured to protest
was thrown into the water. Numerous
other brutal and revolving murders were
reported to have occurred i'll all sections of
the city.
In conclusion the correspondent says that
although 1T was rumOred days before that
the uprising would take place. and that al
though secret warnings were addressed to
the embassies. 1t was noticed that all of
the guard ships were absent from the har-
Dor at the decisive moment. European
residents of Constantinople were very in
dignant. The more so, when it became
known that several Europeans mad been
killed right in COnstantinople.
\ Bomb Thrown.
CONSTANTINOPLE, August % delayed
in transmission).-Great uneas:ness prevails
among the British residents of tine villages
on the shor:s of the Bosphorus. where
number of hunted Armenians have sought
refuge 1t is feared that their houses will
be attacked
Mr.. Michael Herbert, the British charge
d d'affaires, has ordered the British guard
ship Dryad to receive all families desiring
protection, and any British vessel in port
may be requisitioned in case of necessity.
There Is also much anxiety in the
suburbs, where many Europeans having
Armenian ser yants are afraid of being at
tackled.
The American College at Hissar and the
Bible house at Stamboul are guarded by
troops. Thee United States minister, Mr..
Alexander W. Terrell. visited Nissan yes
terday to ascertain if the Americans were
safe. His visit had reassurlng effect and
the chief of police of Hissar told Mr.. Ter
rel1 that all measures had been taken to
preserve order.
all the shops are closed. and no Armenians
are to be seen in the streets, which are pa
trolled by troops.
There was fresh panic today, owing to
a bomb being thrown while The soldiers
were returning from the Selamlik. Nobody
was hurt, however, and the man who threw
the bomb was arrested
Although several of the Armenian dis
tricts were the scene yesterday of massa-
quieter. and the authorities now appear
determined to maintain order.
PARIS, August 29-The Temps this after
noon publishes a dispatch from Constanti
nople, filed last evening, saying: AT the
present moment sanguinary fighting is TAX
ing place in the chief street of CONSTANT
nople. The troops are firing on unarmed
Armenans. The victims of the outbreak
exceed 2,0O0.'