Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-02
MORE ARMENlANS MASSACRED.

Fleeing In Terror from zeitoun-FruItIess
Appeals by Foreign Ambassadors-The
Porte Hard Up for Money.
ConstantiDople, Dec. 81. The narrow
pass between the bills leading out OF
Zeitoun is said to be crowded with Ar
menians, men, women and children, ana
it is feared they will be maasacred.
The ambassadors Of Great Britain,
France, Russia, Germany, Italy and
Austria sent their dragomans to the
palace to-day to make representations
with tae view of preventing the Ar
menians from being massacrod, and to
point out the gravity of such a deed.
Little hope is felt, however, that the
representations Of the Ambassadors will
avail and the general belief is that the
survivors of the Armenians of Zeitoun
have already been killed.
The financial situation continues 10
be very bad. The various projects Of
the Porte to raise money by granting
monopolies for the sale of petroleum,
alcohol, &C., have collapsed for the
present, although 1t is believed that
negotiations on the subject will shortly
be resumed.
The Porte, however, has succeeded
in collecting ego. 900 from the various
vilayets, which money was devoted to
paying the months salaries of the
officials here. But nothing has been
said about paying the soldiers and
Others who are in arrears, and in conse- ;
quence, the feeling Of discomfort in the
army in understood to be on the in
crease, and the situation is by no
means bright
Constantinople, Dec. %. Additional
advices from zeitoun have been made
public here. 1t appears that the Turk
ish, troops only bombarded the bar
racks at that place, these buildings be-
ing occupied by the Armenians
The explosions of the shells set fire
TO tho barracks and obliged the com
hatants to take refuge in flight. The
town Of Ieitoun is said to contain many
thousands Of Armenians who are at the
mercy Of the troops.
Nothing is known here OF the fate of
the crowds of Armenians who we're re-
ported to have been caught in the pass
outside of Zeitoun.
The departure of the Russian Black
Sea squadron from Sebastopol, on
December 10Th, for an unknown des
tination. is much commented upon
here and has caused some lively specu
lation as to its ultimate destination.
Advices received from Trebizond say
that 30 Armenians have been tried by
court-martial there for taking part in
the troubles which broke out in that
city in October last, and six of them
have been condemned to death.
The others OF the accused have been
exiled and 10 of the prisoners have
been sentenced 10 terms Of penal servi-
tude varying from five years to i'm
prisonment for life.
The condemned men include priest,
lawyer, two merchants, professor,
q carpenter and others of all classes,
including Protestant professor.
TWO THOUSAND KILLED.
Boston, Mass, Dec. 2s.-A cores
pondent writing from Constantinoplc
concerning tho recent Turkish atroci-
ties in Asia Minor, says that at Arabkir
2. 200 Christians were killed and wound
ed, and that out of some 1000 houses
of Christians, fully three-fourths were
burned.
1.-THE apathy of Europe and America,
so far as the governments are CON
cerned," he says, is almost as sur
prising as the cruelty of the Turks.
There is still talk of committing re-
forms TO these murderous Turks. They
will take care, unless Europe inter
venes speedily, that there shall be left
no Armenians TO participate in re-
forms.
Constantnople, Jan. 1.-According l.
to- "A dispatch from Orfah, Asiatic
Turkey, there have been fresh out
breaks there on Saturday and Sunday.
In reply 10 the demand of the United
States Minister, Mr.. Alexander W.
Terrell, the Turkish government has
ordered the Vail of Alepho TO furnish
an escort to Miss Shattuck and three
native teachers from Orfah and Aintab.
Mr.. Terrell has received information
which shows that all the missionaries
in Anatolia are in safety.
The Turkish government has given
an evasive reply to the offer of repre-
sentatives of the Powers to mediate
with the Zeitouns. The ambassadors
resent the stand taken by the Porte and
the dragomans are urging the Turkish
officials TO accept the offer.
No definite information is obtain
able for Zeitouu, although it is be.
lieved that place is still holding out
against the Turks, and that the latter
arc suffering severely on account of the
severity of the weather.