Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-01
Selected 10 Conduct A.
fairs Of Turkish Empire
Revolving Tales Of Horror
Come From Asia Minor.
Order Now Restored and Mission.
aries Safe Need for Relief.

destinies of the Turkish empire, task
he undertook reluctantly when som"
of the influential members OF the Com
mittee of Union and Progress dis
played opposition to Himli Pasha re-
suming his old position of premier. me
new ministry is as follows: |
Grand vizicr, Tewfik Pasha: mlnistH:
of the interior, eX-Grand Vizier Ferid
Pasha; minister of war, Salah Pasha.
minister of finance. Rifaat Bey; MINIS
ter of marine, General Ria PasEa:
minister of foreign affairs, Rlfaat
Pasha; minister of justice, Hassan
Fehmi Pasha: Sheik- Ul-Islam Zia Ed
din Efendi; minister Of public works
and commerce.. Gabriel Effendi; minis
ter Of agriculture. Prince MaVfogoroa-
to; minister Of pious foundations, Man
moud Ekram Bey; minister "f pupii:
instruction. Hakka Bey.
Mehmed V drove through the streets
i'm Democratic fashion today on MS way
to the mosque to offer up the regular
Friday prayers. The pomp ana ceKe-
mCnial that formerly attached 10 tii"
function during the reign or ABDUL f1a-
mid were altogether lacking. ana inc
subjects of the new Sultan seemed ~
APPRECIATE his Democratic manner am
accented it as evidence of the begin
ming of more lenient rule ruiliof
emanating from Saioniki to the eHect
that Abdul Eamid would be courtmar-
tailed was in circu' alton here To-Day
but was later denied.
The Rev. w. w. Peet, the represent
tative here of the American board OF
commissioners for foreign MISSIONS
who is managing the work of relieving
the sufferers from the massacreS IN
Asiatic Turkey, has shipped II tons
of -four and 100000 pounds of rice from
Cilicia to Adana Mr.. Peet has recelv-
cd $1,000 from the American Red Cross,
S11OO from the American board OF mis-
sions and $275O from the Society of
Friends Of Armenia and says he needs
from $4,000 to 100000 more for his
immediate requirements.
A letter from Tarsus written by Dr.
Thomas C. Christie of Hartford, Ct
dated April 90, says:
II estimated that there were 1000
dead in Adana and Tarsus ana 5oo III
neighboring towns, but ! begin to THINK
this estimate is too low for the country
districts Our banker. Shak"rJ Boutrea'
for example. has farms southeast -
Tarsus and had 81 men at work upon
them-one Greek and so Armenlans.
The Greek came in with the story that
everyone of the so Armenians had been
killed. From Kozolock came similar
tale.
Eve breakfast, dine and sup on hor-
rors | never would have believed men
capable of such cruelties. the sight OF
which / saw Saturday morning. AS the
train on which l was riding moved
through the vineyards and gardens this
side OF Adana they reminded me of
Shiloh, of Cornth, of Vicksburg, of
Atlanta. Here We're bodies lying where
they had fallen; there was heap of
10 or 20 piled up like cord wood sup
posi- in preparation for burial. In
A,lana carloads were being dumped
into the river. In the long street lead
ing I'D from the station ! counted iii
tho quarter of a mile I traversed over
80 bodies that had not yet been re-
moved
There were two whole days Of bitter
street lighting, of massacre of the de-
fenceless and of burnings. our great
strong city of Adana now is thing OF
the past"
Frederick Moore, the American news
paper correspondent who was wounded
in the neck during the attack upon the
city by the Constitutionalists. is rapid
ly recovering.
Mrrsna. Asiatic Turkey. Thursday.
April % Mersina is under martial
law. and the Turkish authorities arc
maintaining order. Sanitary conditions
in the city. however are very bad.
There is lack of fresh water and the
dead animals and garbage that fill the
streets make the place scarcely habi
table. Because of these conditions
eight America and English mission
aries, mostly women, have decided to
leave Mersina for a change to healthier
surroundings
The river that cmpties into the sea
here still carries down the bodies Of
dead Christians from the scene Of the
massacrcs. Among the CHASTITY burdens
of the stream today was the mutflatcd
body of woman nailed to cross
boston, April 3O.-A cablegram an
nouncing that order had been restored
at HadJin and Adana in Asia Minor
was received from Rev. w. w. Peet.
treasurer of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions
at Constantinople. at the American
Boards headquarters in this city to-
day.
Two other reasSuring messages were
received at the American board head
quarters tonight. Ono was in reply to
n cablegram sent by DR.. Barton last
Monday. induiring as to the safety of
the missionaries i'm Hadjin. The reply
which was sent from Adana by Rev. |
William N Chamberlain said: Hariin
safe. The other dispatch
came from Harpoot in the eastern part |
of the mission field of Turkey, saying: |
"Everything quiet" This was signed |
by Edward f. Carey. secretary of the |
Mission station there.
London, April 5j.-II'ne Daily Tele-
graphs Constantinople correspondent
gives an interesting pen picture of the
new Sultan Of Turkey as he appeared |
today at the Selminik
Nobody knows what he thinks the
saws "He said nothing |