The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
Special from United Press.)

Constantinople, April 23.-A panic was caused in the Galata quarter this afternoon by the report that attack would be made by the Young Turks before night. All the shops were hastily closed and many of the people went into hiding. Troops finally sue ceeded in calming the people by prom ising them that even if an attack was made the Galata and Pera quarters, containing a large part of the foreign population, would be fully protected.
 Vienna. April 23-The Young Turks committee here received dispatches to- day stating that two of the Sultan's sons had been captured by the beSieg- CTS and the soldiers have trained their artillery on the Sultan's yacht with the warning that it will be sunk if it attempts to convey the Sultan from the capitol. The dispatches say the Sultan is suffering from extreme hysteria. Burhan-Ed-Din. the Sultan's favorite, is accused of being one of the chief inStigatOrs of the trouble and is known to have made an attempt to flee from Constantinople.
 Smyrna April 23.-A small force of blue-jackets from the ships at Smyrna started to-day for Hadjine. nearly 100 miles to the north. where a number of missionaries including five American women are believed to be in the great est peril One thousand Young Turk ish troops who landed here last even ing started inland to-day determined to put an end to the massacres. The number is believed to be wholly made quate as the Asia Minor troops are all Reactionaries and are themselves in revolt against the Young Turks. It would not be surprising if the Young Turks detachment met a crushing de- feat.
 The horrors of the massacre are daily increasing. At least 10000 Ar menians and Christians of other races have been butchered and the crime wave is still rampant in many sec tions. All of the missions except those in the coast towns, are endangered.
 That the Sultan stirred up the Asia Minor troubles now seems certain emissarieS from the Sultan's palace ar irving at Adana declaring that the Young Turks intended supplanting the Moslem religion with Christianity.
 Mersina April 23.-The local au- thorities of Mersina. Adana. Berejik and the other towns suffering from the massacre of Christians are directly re- sponsible for the extent of the horror. according to the foreign naval officers who were rushed here to aid in put ting down the uprising. Hordes of fanatical Mohammedans were arrested by the authorities under the pretenSe that their services were needed to re- store order whereas the real purpose was to permit the armed men 10 renQ CT greater service to the bands of mur- derers. No sooner were the Moham- medans armed than they joined the rioters and turned their guns against the defenseleii Chrlstlans-
 The Armenians here resisted for AS hours before being overcome and butchered.
 All the Armenians in OSmani and Tarsus have been killed. There are 4,O00 refugees in the American colony at TarSuS.
 New York. April 23.-The Christian Herald received a communication to- day from W. W. Peet. the Constanti- nople agent of the. American Bible As sociation appealing for aid for the stricken Christians of Asia Minor. MT. Peet cabled that conditions in Asia Minor have not Been exaggerated. He says thousands have been killed other thousands wounded and that entire towns are without food and shelter.