The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-18
THE FILL OF THE TURK
Deposition Of the Sultan Can
not Be Long Delayed.

not Be Long Delayed.
THE POWERS ARE PREPARING
The Mussu1man, However, Does Not
Show Any Appreciation OF tho Fate
which Is Impending Over Him.
Constantinople, Sept. 15.-To those
who have eyes to see, there is more
and more evidence of the approach of a
crisis in the affairs of the Ottoman en-
pire. But the Turk himself offers no
sign Of the appreciation of the fate i'm
pending over him or of the limit that
has apparently been reached in the
patience of the European powers with
the process of determination Of the
Armenians that has been steadily and
relentlessly. pursued by the Turks.
There is no diminution in the rancor
displayed by the Mussulmans toward
the Armenians, and no sign of the re-
linquishment of the Turks contention
that thu Armenians are persistent and
determined revolutionists and agitators
against the sovereignty of the sultan,
and, as such, invite the stringent re-
pressive measures that have been used
against them.
Some color has to be admitted to this
contention Of the Turks, from the fact
that some of the envoys of the powers
have received circular note from the
Hinitichak revolutionary committee,
dsclaring that if the reforms demanded
by the Armenians at the time of the
raid by them upon the Ottoman bank
are not granted, there will be more
serious outbreak against the Turkish
authorities and over a much wider area
than was the last, which resulted in
the apparently indiscriminate slaugh-.
ter of Armenians in this city.
Since Friday there has been large
increase of the patriots Of cavalry in
Therapia, the suburb of Constantinople
in which are situated the French and
English ambassadors residences, and
in Buyukdere and Pera. This is the
sultan's precautionary measure against
future outrages, in compliance with
the warning contained in the note from
the powers. These troops, it is under
stood, come under the authority of
those who are warned that they will be
responsible for the outbreaks involving
the destruction of property and loss of
life. But the troops are at the same
time instructed that they are author
lied to use their arms in self-defense
if they are attacked. These so-called
precautionary measures have not i'm
proved the situation, and have rather
served to extend the feeling of terror
ism on account of the feeling of doubt
as to what secondary and veiled mean
ing may be hidden behind the letter
of instruction to the troops. Mean
time, the British relief committee is
busy with the work of helping the dis
tressed Armenians.
The official Turkish estimate of the
number of victims of the massacres in
the city is 100. Other estimates run
pretty much all the way upward from
this figure. The official estimate is
coupled with the allegation that many
of those killed were in reality Turks,
but that they were buried with the
Armenians and that their number went
to swell the supposed number of
Armenian victims. This is undoubted.
ly designed as an apology and explana.
ton of the assertion contained in the
note of the powers that the savage
bands which pillaged their houses were
not accidental gatherings of fanatical
people or undirected mobs, but there
was every indication of their especial
organization and of its being known, if
not directed, by the authorities.
In foreign circles here the state
ments that Turks were killed along
with the Armenians is denied. But
the actual number of victims of the
disorders was certainly 5000, and will
probably reach 5000. The military
authorities state that three soldiers
were killed and thirty were wounded.
ALI Mussulmans who have yet been
tried by the extraordinary tribune,
appointed to pass Judgment on those
implicated in the recent massacre, have
been acquitted of the charges of COM
plicity. The evidence against many
of these was deemed by foreign resi-
dents here conclusive, and the failure
to hold them adds to the conviction
that the porte has no intention OF COM
plying with the demand of the powers
that the oulprits shall be brought to
punishment. In view of this failure
to punish the authors of outrages upon
Armenains, the state Of terrorism
among the Armenians continues un-
abated, and the exodus Of these people
goes on with no diminution. The ap-