Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-14
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Ec=s nurdtts of Armenisns Loo;sed
sar lee CoustantinopIr.


sar Ia cousiRutinoptr.
COSsTAsTiNoPLB, Sept. ~, via Sona,
Bulgaria. - The iuli text W the nolu
which tho Representatives OF the pow.
ers sent tn the sultan on August 8iit
has only lust been communicated 10
the pres'. II ~ decidedly strong
documon', aud sage that their
Remembrance IL based on positive data.
IL adds that tho savage bands which
murder usly attacked tho Armenians
and pillaged tholr houses were not nc.
cidental gatherings Of iauatlcai people,
but that there !. every indication Of
their spCoial orggnizttio nni that IL
was known 10, u not directed by, the
authorities. Tbs note OF tho pOWots
tncu,under seven specific CLAUSES, gives
evidence " the support u ths sultan.
IL makes demand that tho inGtiga.
tore AMI the principal actors in the
Tragedies DO punished with the utmost
rlgor. Therefore, II VIII DC BsUn, the
tCquitial Of the mon who deliberately
murdered two Armonians Ia front OF
tho guatd.hCuso Of tbs British embassy
Ia all tho more significant anu must
call for further action on thu part VI
the powers.
Tue Turkish government yettoTihy
answered the note OF the powers In a
long communication. Tue ministry,
In trying 10 feiuto the charges made,
practically denied the ocular testimony
OF tho representatives OF the pOwufr,
and tubs Is now, with good reason, 70.
RATded ~ tantnmOunt TO defiance Of
the powers. Az usual, the P0uo 10
relying upon tho lual0usirs sxlsti1g
among thor powers 10 save tile ful-
tan once mora. IL has grouuds for
believing that evon now Europe will
not step In and pul an oni 10 tho VIE.
graceful conditions prevailing IN the
rurki0h empire.
News f.om Armenia Shove that n
very serloue condition prevails there
aud that further mastacfuu arc antlci.
pated. IL h true that thui sultan has
caused oil the governors 10 DO notified
that ithey will be- held responsible II
outbreaks involving destruction OF
property and the loss OF life occur. But
tucl warnings have frequently been
istued Ia tho past, aud they seem 10
have served 10 create disorder more
chan to suppfosh 10, and this would
seem TO BIO the case IN tho present in-
stance, for while warning tue COVER
nofs, ~ Glfpauy slated, the soldiers
have been notified that they arc Au.
thorlzsd 10 use their arms In ecll.
defense II they aIe ntiackoi, Thus tue
Afmonlans and othofa look upon thCse
oruefs OF tho Turkish government ne
lilllu less than n notification 10 the
provincial oilleiali that they ire TO
lake the mat rigorous measures In
lupprssalus the AImeniaps n the LAYER
fsks pail 10 1ny dem ,uStfati0np, And
thois who know the Turks arc well
awife that the latter can provoke such
dem lnstrailonl at the shortest pc Hbls
notice. They have frequently done 10
In the past aud aru not unlikely To do
80 again In the near future.
The representatives OF tue powers
met again today and discussed the
situation, but ~ ~ not known that
they cfms to any decision, although
communications with their respective
governments arc being constantly eX-
changed.
Ia The meantime the embAssics oon.
tinue TO 10 sharply criticised here, and
radical measures are demanjoi In or
dor 10 prevent renewal OF the disor.
dsTs. Aud II such steps arc taken, II
Ia believed IL will not ho long before
there IL another outbreak here, and II
nlGy DO OF much more serious nature
than those that have pTooe It.
LONDON, Sept. is.-A dispatch from
Constantinopls published here asserts
| that wholesale massacre OF ChTistians
Ii planned TO occur there within u fort
night, aud that ArmeDians have been
| dep0rted from there on board ehip6,
and have been drowned In batohes,
being shot through specially oonhtruol.
| od cnutes.
The Chronicle expresses the belief
that Mr.. Gladstone viii be Induced 10
address u meeting OF demonstration nj
Chester IN favor OF tho ATmenianH.
TINS Times, IN an editorial disonsaing
tho utterances OF Lord Rosebery anu
Henry Atquilh, on the Armenian
question, sayt: "Lord Rosebery anu
| MT. Asuuith have assumed a very
grave responsibility. II II easy /, con-
lure o whiriwlnd OF national wrath,
hut II would call for the strongest will
and most Bagacious judgment TO direct
tho storm when II 10 raised. Are the
agilatore prepared to face European
wal? IL not, let them pause while
there Is yet time"