The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-20
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.


ssAN SoItu,
Adyiccs from Japan state thot ,ho ,.,,.,.,,.
n ncnt mas oeclded to remain abs0utelv nossiro
, ,or tne present In regard to affairs in Corea
T TherS russian interference is now paramount
ment thai thn Ii, press substantiates the state.
attended with horrible barbarltIcs' inclpd;ns
canhlnalism, ana withouttrial of any kind OniS
o',u y. ,neni escaped, he being able to leave the
country with assistance "'e '"'
The Armenian Troubles uud U,.,.
Side of Them.
me Turkish Legation at Washington has ro
UeNeu from the sublime Porte report contain.
i,ns uelalled account OF the Armenian troubles
'n SONG o, inc Asia,ic provinces of Turkey. OF
s9 a. II charges all the fault upon the Arme,
ni Nun ana claims that they began the trouble
VIII tne dchbcrate purpose of forcing an car
rni question II tells of the OF one I'M
! iprtuhaie Mussulman who was having himself
shaved by an Armenian barber, who at the sig.
MAJ OF the riot cut off the poor mans head.
az IN , aiep INC Armenians Of Zeitoun," pillaged
h,W o ut the Mussulnan alive cut off the
breasts 81 the women and stranglcd the chill
GIeil. Ihey caused also great massacres MT
Lhoukour' Hissar. These facts at first known
ware 81, telegram sent by the inhabitants
the yi'ayet. During the night of Nov "a Inc Ar
menians of Zcitoun burned about forty houses
IN the villages of Demr ana Lar. 1t was shown
!, OF, olhcia! advlces the number of Mussulmans
kiiled oy the Armenians in these villages and i'm
inc nelghboring ones to Zeitoun and Enderin
was ~ OF which there were sixteen women.
anu that the number of houses burned was
about 800. "Advccs from the Mutessarif of
Marach state that the yilayet of Allen has trans.
United telegram announcing the capture by
tne Armenian brigands of the two police officials
VINO ;, nad been secretly sent to Alambch to open
an inquest, ana killed them In n most brutal
manner, burning their bodies. After having
violated the wife and young children of Lieut.
AS assam Agha they odiousiy massacred them, as
eminent house at Enderin and eleven Villages
OF which they massacred the population They
seized about 100 brides and virgins and, taking
them to Zeitoun, after having violated them
tney massacred some in the most harbarous
manner together with some sixty military pris.
oners. They fastened together the corpses and
threw them, thus fastened, into the stream
which runs through the town These facts were
proved by the production of these bonles at the
judicial inquest.
notwithstanding all these atrocities, the Mus.
suIman population not only committed no pre-.
meditated murders on women or children of
the Armenians,but showed the greatest pity and
mercy in regard TO them and watched over their
security. The Porte has demanded that the
Armenians patriach write an autograph letter
admitting himself blameable for the outbreaks
and il demands his retirement from Office
me Porte desires that u Turkey official shall
distribute the funds which are to be given to
the Impoverished Armenians and II is probable
that Miss Clara Barton, president of the Ameri.
can Red Cross society will consent Tho conai
ton OF the natives is said to be pitiful. More
than 100000 people arc in u starving condition
and are solely dependent for the necessaries of
life upon the charity of the British and Ameri.
can public.
Emperor williams Arm Photographed.
The German Emperor takes the keenest inter
est in Prof Rontcen's discovery. Thee state
ment Is made that the kaiser has had his left
arm photographed by the new process. This
arm, as everyone knows, is quite useless and
the photograph revealed the nature of the NAL
formation. The photograph has been submitted
to eminen, surgeons, who said that they be-
hcved simple operation may give the emperor
PARTIAL fnot complete use of his left hand and
arm.
Aoch's Taberculine Denounced
At meeting of the Balueoogic society held
in Berlin last week DIR Koshs tuberculine was
tercelv denounced bv many eminent profess.
ors in attendance. Prof Lieberech declared
that tubcrcune had been discrcdited by all ply
sicians,even veterinary practitioners rs Its use
was directly dangerous DIR KAUFMAN said
that greater percentage OF lung diseases had
been cured by allowing nature to help itself
than by the treatment of experts. The debate
arose on the report that Dr Koch Is preparing
new publication In advocacy of tuberculine.
The Abyssinian Kings Terms.
The Rome Tribuna says that the proposals of
the Abyssinlan king Menelek for peace with
Italy include . demand that King Humbert
send him IN autograph letter requesting peace
and agreeing to the immediate evacuation OF
Adigrat by the Italians. Mcnclek, the paper
say further insists on the withdrawal OF ltaly's
forces to the frontiers fixed in the treaty con
cluded Oy Ucciall, ana an agreement on Inc
part o. Italy to refrain from erecting new for.
tresses, and to decline all offers of an alliance
from any outside colony. Meneek, the Trbuna
says, promises II these conditions are complied
with u undertake to oppose any advance BY
the dervishes on kassala.
The Spanish cabinet In spite of Captain, Gen
erai Weyler's recent dispatch that no more
troops were needed In Cuba. has decided to call
% the colors $1,000 more reserves, so that they
may be in readiness for dispatch to the Island II
their services should be required.
The cabinet at Rome has decided to pardon
prisoners now in confinement under conviction
Of participating In the socialist ri Is In Sicily In
1928. Among the convicts who will he released
4 Signor de Feiice, who was n member of the |
chamber of deputies, sand who was twice re |
elected while serving his sentence His election
was annuilcd, however, on the ground that ne |
was q convict