The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
MAssACRES MUST CEASE.
Mass Meetings at Which the
CrueltieS to Armenians Are
Denounced.
MosLEM VENGEANCE FEARED.
Rather Inglorious Ending at Goerlitz
of the Most Extensive Military
ManeuverS On Record.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Sept. 12-For the
first time since the Armenian massacres
aroused attention here Germany appears
TO be on the eve of popular agitation
against the Sultan. The initiative in this
movement comes from the Christian so
cieties OF Germany, which have relations
in various parts of Turkey similar 10 those
possessed by the English-speaking Chris
tian bodies operating iE Anatolia and
other portions of the Sultan's domain.
Although this agitation did not originate
in political circles or other influential
quarters. there is not the slightest doubt
that the movement has attracted general
sympathy, and that it is finding a re
sponse throughout the country that will
insure its success.
a meeting of protest was held here on
Wednesday under the auspices of the
Berlin Christian knowledge Society, but
it was not of much account as Showing
the popular interest in the an:i-Turkish
agitation. A large mass-meeting was
held in Hamburg on Thursday, however.
and on the same day a conference of the
German clergy was held at Brunswick,
and those gatherings were of undoubted
Importance and weight. A continuation
OF mass-meetines similar to the one held
in Hamburg will be arranged for in all
the populous centers of Germany, ali to
be conducted upon the same general line
The speakers at the Hamburg and Bruins
wick meetings have carefully avoided d
dealing with the political aspect of the
Turkish question, and have limited their
remarks TO denunciations of the Turkish
atrocities and to making appeals for their
cessation, vet the North German Gazette
employs its semi-official position to attack
the anti-TurAish agitation as an i'll timed
and lniuoicious movement. In an article
which is understood to have emanated not
from any German official source, but, on
the contrary, from the Turkish EN- bassy,
the Gazette traces the recent uprislngs in
ConstanJinople and Anatolia TO Armenian
nibilists. The Armenians, the article con-
tinues, have designed also to blow up the
Greek churches in Constantinople, with
the object of causing a collision between
the Greeks and Turks, wnicn would have
caused q general massacre of Christians.
1t was not the Porte, the article adds, that
caused the massacre in Armenia, but the
Christian propaganda in Asia Minor,
where their war-cry, Down with Islam ~
melted the war of the crescent against the
cross
The Gazette argues that European Dip
lomats are keeping d sensible degree of re-
serve and will interfere as little as pos
sibie. because they know that although
the ironclads of the powers might shell the
Turkish ports and thus force the Sultan to
accept the reforms suggested in his en-
plre they could not hinder the MOslems
from exacting a terrible revenge in the
massacre OF hundreds of thousands of
Christians.
The Vossische Zeitung makes vigorous
attack upon the GaZette's article, which it
character!Zes as menace. The Vossische
Zeitung holds that the European nations
will zee in such an attack no reason for
ceasing to declare their loqthing OF the
Turkish outrages or to stop their prepara-
tious to preventithem.
The military maneuvers which have
been held at Goerlitz this week were the
most extensive on record in respect to the
number OF troops engaged, bat they con-
cluded to-day in most inglorious style. the
heavy transforms which prevailed greatly
impeding the movements of the men. The
Emperor left GoerlItz for Siegesdorf on a
hunting trip and the King of Saxony took
his departure ior Dresden. There was a
great deal OF illness among the men in
consequence of their having been bi-
vouacking in heavy rains. and there were
a numb OF iatai accidents that were not
mentioned in the newspapers The repre-
sentative OF the United Associated Presses,
who attended the maneuvers, is able to
state from his personal knowIededge that
three men were killed by the artillery, one
man was crushed under a gun at Pom
neitz, lancer and his horse were killed
by falling into quarry and another man
by falling from his horse and impaling
himself upon his lance
Herr krupp has dismissed all the
foreign workmen In his gunmaking works
upon his alleged discovery that they have
betrayed the secrets o. the manufacture of
the hrupp guns TO persons who were in
terested IN other factories.
Professor Bergman, the eminent Ger
man specialist, who has been in profes-
slonai attendance upon Count von Shou-
valo1f, the Governor of Russian Poland.
who was recently stricken with paralysis.
reports that mis- patient is slowly -ecoy-
ering.
Princess Feodore of Schleswig- Holstefn.
the youngest sister of the German EN-
press, has been betrothed to Duke Fred
erlek Wilhelm, brother of the Grand Duke
OF Mecklen nburg-Scnwerin. Princess Eco
dore is y years of age and Duke Fred
erick Wilhelm is %.
Prince Eitel Frederick, the second son
OF the Emperor, who was injured a week
ago by falling from pony al Ploen, where
ne Is pursuing his studies, is still confined
to his bed. The young Prince proves to
De more delicate than was supposed. and
1t IS found TO be very difficult to neal auv
wound or bruise that he may receive.