The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-31
SERIOUS IN TURKEY
AN OUTBREAK ,MAY OCCUR At ANY
MOMENT.
Thu the Powers Are Really
in: Earnest. md That an Under
standing Between Russia, France
and. Great britain Means Deci"ive
Action, the Porte in'Dcsperation
1: Mny;Ordcr. Wholesale Mnssncre.

Constantinoplc, Oct. 2S.-Thc report
that trouble of a serious nature is
brewing here has so often been sent
out that any fresh announcement to
that effect is looked. upon as having
little or no foundation in fact. But, in
spite Of this, it is but right to state
C. more that everything points to
further and very serious trouble: pre-
pairing on all sides throughout the
Turkish empire. The ball was set roll
ing on Wednesday last, when. the sui
tan signed two trades, -levying Il poll
tax of 5 piasterS per head on all MUS
sulmans and increasing the taxes on
sheep, public works and education by
1 to 1 IL per cent the funds so raised
to be devoted Ito military purposes.
F" This caused:the representatives of
the powers to send a collective note to
the porte, couched' in the strongest
language, calling attention to the
danger that the arming of the Mus
sulmans was certain to create, arc
pointing out generally the critical sit.
uation of affairs in: the Turkish en-
pire. The large purchases of arms
have already been made and the
danger increases hourly.
The porte t~o-dnyasent Il reply to the
collective note Of the ambassadors. AS
usual, however, it was an evasive an
sWer, and in substance simply stated
that the money derived from the addi-
tionaI taxes was only intended to COM
plete disarmament of the mustaphfus
or landstrum, the third and last class
of the Turkish army reserves. and to
strengthen the armament Of the other
land forces of the sultan, which con-
sist. of the niza1n, or regular army.
and it's effective reserve, the redlf, Or
landwehr, and the mustaphfus already
referred to-. Conscripts in Turkey
serve six years in the niZam, four
with-the -cnlors and two in the reserve;
they then serve eight years in. the re-
diff, four iii the tirst-class and four in
the second Then; they complete their
twenty years service by serving six
years in the m~ustaphfus. .
:*.&s. A Chists Near.
The action of the Turkish govern
ment in completing the armament OF
the mustaphfus indicates that the EN- Z.
pire is facing a situation which may
call forth all the military
forces at it's disposal, and it also ihdi-
Gates that the situation is. the g%ravcst,
since the Russo-Turkish a Under
these circumstances, it Is but natural
that. considerable uneasiness prevails.
Of3;cGurse there is always in view the
;ppEsuNaIiiity at least that the sultan by
FfAblSsAH&&;;aiSnoxements is simply seeking to
EAa41Sf&f the attention of his subjects
from the nct1iali, 4stateT OF affairs
brought about. .hy his maladministra=:
| ton, and that seeing that the powers
are ,really,ttn Sftraest:an that:an I'M
" TN,-~s- IN,,0r,1
de: deTst es,.dd = !R3 RfaNS tHs ;Kss5 dec;s E,an acc.
ton, he: is. by acknowledgements practi-
'cally threatening a WHOLESALE massa-
sege ofethes Christians and announcing
that Turkey: will resisttto the utmost
any attempt at armed. coercion.
80 Happily there is one feature Of the
cr%jsis:iWhich has a .saietthing influence
upon Abdul Hamid. This is the finan-
cial situation 1t is about ais bad as
it possibly can be. ALI negotiations
upon the part Of the Turkish govern
ment for. a temporary ban have failed,
and the condition Of sthe treasury is'
one of utter. helplessness. On top: OF
this, tile price of bread has risen. 20
per cent and bids fair to rise still high
81 as. the price of wheat goes up. This
has decidedly aggravated the prevail
Ing ulSlieSS ilu @"IVl1oSluSh
tent. The police continue making ar
rests and it is understood that many
more bombs have been found. .
In Armenia the greatest a%pprehen'
sion exists. The echoes of the recent
massacre in the eity of Egin are just
reaching here in spite Of the efforts
made by the porteS-to suppress any:
thing but the official news. :. .%.i.
: t TI,n T.nfQGf II HxncrRa
Boston. Oct. 28.-Advices from Har-
poot, Eastern Turkey, received Mos.
ton confirms dispatches to the Associ-.
ated Press in regard to the extent aud.
barbarity OF the recent massacre at
} Egin. These advices state that many
of the dead were left in. the streets
for days as the food for dogs, and
large numbers. were: thrown into the
Euphrates. The bodies were seen
floating down the river forty. and fifty
miles below the city. In some eases
whole families were obliterated:" IN
act Statistics of course, cannot be
given now, but it is feared that 1000
is ain underestimate. All the testi-
mony at hand concurs in showing that
the, massacre .asvas official and that it
was wholly without reason. -.
So Bran for Fuel.
Appleton, MINI; Oct. 2s.-The -four
inp mill here grinding about 500