The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-14
A CRISIS IN TURKEY,
Serious Condition of Affairs in the
Ottoman Empire.
VICTIMS OF RIOTS NUMBER 5000.

30 Called Precautionary Measures Have
Not Improved the Situation, but Have
Rather Served to Extend the Feeling
of Terrorlsm-The sultan's Delusion.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept 14.-To those
who have eyes to see there Is more and
more evident the approach Of crisis in
The affairs Of the decrepit Ottoman en-
pire. But the Turk himself offers no signs
Of an appreciation of the fate that is i'm
pending over him in the limit that has
apparently been reached In the patience OF
tho European powers with the process Of
determination Of tho Armenians that has
been steadily and relentlessly pursued by
the Turks. There is no diminution In the
rancor displayed by the Mussulmans to-
wards the Armenians, and no sign of the
relinquishment of the Turks contention
that the Armenians are persistent and de-
termined revolutionists and agitators
against the sovereignty Of the sultan,
and, as such, invitt the stringent preven-
tive measures that have been used against
them.
Some color has to be admitGe d to this
contention of the Turks from the fact that
some of the ENJOYS of the powers have re.
ceived u circular from the Hintchak revo-
lutlonary committee declaring that If the
reforms demanded by the Armenians at
the time of tho raid by them upon the OF
toman bank are not granted there will
be more serious outbreak against the
Turkish authorities and over q much
wider area than was the last, which re-
suited in the apparently indiscrlminate
slaughter of Armenians In this city.
Since Friday there has been n largo
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 tho sultan's
precautionary measure against future out
RACES, in compliance with the warning
contained in the note from the powers.
These troops, ii 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 to use their arms In self de-
fense II 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 veiled 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 tho distressed Armenians
The official Turkish estimate of the
nf 1-ict nf hn in
this city Is LOO 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 Armcnians, and that so
their numbers went to swell the supposed
number Of Armenian victims. This Is un-
doubtedly designed as an apology and ex-
planation 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 tho victims of the
disorders was certainly 5000, and will
probably reach 6000 The military au-
thoritics state that three soldiers were
killed and thirty were wounded. Tho
porte states that ITO 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-
quilted of the charges of completely. Tho
evidence against many of these was deemed
by foreign residents here conclusive, and
tho failure to hold them adds to the con-
vction that the porte has no intention Of
complying with the demand of tho powers
that the culprlts shall be brought to pun
ishment
In view of this failure to punish the au-
thors Of outragos upon Armenians, the
state Of terrorism among the Armenians
continues unabated, and the exodus of
these people goes on with no diminuton.
The appearance of the refugees, many Of
them in state Of destitution from the
hasty nature of their Hight, 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 PROFESSIONAL reasons says
that the sultan ought to be deposcd 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 same bed for
two nights running. He believes that
emissaries are in tho building and his
camarilla maintain the delusion. 1t be-
comes a grave question whether he Is not
insane like his brother Murad, the de-
posed sultan, in which case, he may be de-
posed"
A dispatch from Constantinople asserts
that wholesale massacre Of Christians Is
planned to occur thore within fortnight,
and that Armcnans have been deported
from there on board ships and have been
drowned in patches, being shot through
specially constructed chutes.
The Times, in an editorial discussing
the utterances of Lord Roseberry and Mr..
Henry Asquith on the Armenian question,
says: Lord Roseberry and Mr., Asquith
lave assumed Il very grave responsibility.
1t is easy to conjecture whirlwlnd of
national wrath, but it would battle the
strongest will and most sagacious judg-
ment to direct the storm when it is
raised. Are the agitators prepared to face
an European WARP If not, let them pause
while there is yet time"
Egyptian Troops Close to Dervish Outpost.
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept, 4-News has been
received here from the front that the
ItrruI,tinn trnaral with tha Nila axsaaditinr,