Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-12
BLOODY EASTERN TRAGEDY
Indications That a Crisis of Extreme
Gravity Has Finally Been Reached
at COnstantinOple.
POWERS THREATEN TO DEP0SE SULTAN
Brutal Murderers of Helpless Arme-
mans Tried by Farcical Court
Turkish Government Strongly
Denounced.
1895 by Associated Press

Copyright 1870 by Associated ffeSs
Constantinople, via Sofia, Bulgaria,
Sept. IA feeling of the greatest anxiety
prevails in all circles here. There is no
doubt that crisis of extreme gravity has
been reached and that the powers are dis
cussing the deposition of the sultan,
that being apparently the only means of
restoring quiet and confidence within the
Turkish empire.
A British fleet of fifteen war-ships is off
the Island of Thaso, within easy striking
distance should an emergency arise. 1t
is believed that Great Britain will not
hesitate to act alone in putting an end to
the present disgraceful state of affairs if
the other powers delay too long.
FARcIoAL COURT.
As generally expected, the extraordin-
ary tribunal, trying the men for massacre
ing Armenians in the streets of this city
and suburbs, turned out to be a white
washing court. The men, who we're
arrested for brutally killing two Armen-
ians before the guard house of the British
embassy in full view of several British
officials, have been acquitted. AS there
was no possible doubt of their guilt, their
acquittal is regarded here as showing
that it is useless to expect the Mussel
mans to be punished for crimes COM
mitted against the Armenians.
Europeans feel that the action of the
extraordinary tribunal in acquitting these
murderers, whose guilt was SO fully
proved, shows that peaceable residents
of Constantinople are absolutely without
any guarantee of their lives or property
and must henceforth depend almost en-
tirely upon the war-ships of the powers
for protection.
Such a condition, it is admitted, can
not last any length of time, as business
is at a stand still, and the impoverished
condition of the Turkish treasury is add
ing to the discomfort prevailing not only
in the army and navy, but in Turkish
official circles generally.
LORD RosEBERY's OPINION.
London.-Lord Rosebery, liberal lead
er, has written letter condemning in
strong terms the recent massacres at
Constantinople. He says: at is far
above a party question, it is one OF
commo on Christianity, humanity and civil
lization. / do not doubt that her ma
gesty's present advisers share with the
Representatives of the United States in
detestation of government under which
such things are possible and think more
can be accomplished by diplomacy than
by public meetings. I found hopes on
the natural sentiment of the young en-
peror soon to be among US, who has such
power and such responsibility"
SULTAN DENOUNCED BY GLADSTONE.
William E. Gladstone has
written an open letter denouncing the
sultan of Turkey. He says: SIN my
opinion the sultan, and not his Moham-
medan subjects, is the author of the mas
sacres. From first to last their atrocity
has had no parallel in recent history.
The concert of Europe is miserable,
disgraceful mockery, and the sovereigns
and governments have given direct sup
port to the assassins. Indeed, the pres
ence of embassies at Constantinople is in
itself substantial countenance and sup
port to him and his guilty proceedings.
Coercion, which should long ago have
been applied to him, might be the means
of averting another series of massacres."