New-York tribune., 1909-04-22
ALL SYRIA In PANIC
MANY CITIES IN PERIL.
British Marines Patrol 1lerandrettd
Need of WashjpS.

Tzetr,+ SYRIA April a1-The situation at Alex
andretta is critical Panic everywhere pfeValls
Thousands Of refugees are crowding INTO sile M
which is being patroled by fifty marines from tiie
British cruiser Diana The British bat'IesIlp
Triumph has gone up the coast to Ayas 10 relie'e
that place IL possible, ,..
At Beilan Pass above Alexandretta- conoi,,ohS .o
are desperate Hadjin is threateped. but is holding
-, -T,b fanatics are also trrea tening Marash, but
news from that town is difficult to obtain. Aintao
Is quiet. .
For the present. Mersina, Tarsus and Adana are
reported quiet but conditions are very uise''ieu
There oninous runors from many other pldces
and Northern Syria ana ASA -Hliioi arc VII
brink of a volcano
The people of Beirut have during all the trouble
maintained a calm exterior but when the COO! ol
Emir Mohammed Arslan. who was shot al Coil-
stantfnople arrives here Saturday, 1t IS beleVeo
the government must take measures TO protect iie
Nationasts II,
The report of the sailing of two American cruis-
ers for Turkish waters has been received hete+
They cannot come TOO quickly. There is great as
tress among the population IN the hoi'H' anu i'F
urgently needed
-orstanfInople April 21.-The receipt OF the news
here that the American government had oratreu
Tho cr,,t .e,s Montana and North Carolina to Alex
ara3rerta in Asiatic Turkey. for the protection o'
Americans has brought a sense Of security 10
Americans here and on the Syrian coast
,r,hle may be over before the cruisers arrive puI
& a
weeks civil may begin. Great Britain l'iioe
and Italy alrcaly have warships on this coast
while Germany IS sending vessels, and IN auul.i''
tho great povveis maintain guardshps at ION
stantnopie. , 80 .bo
The consuls ani consular agents stationed on ,"s
Syrian coast sent in telegrams YESTERDAY anu -
day saving that the missionaries were receiving
strong protection at the hands Of the Iuthls'i l
rborities ! B. jackson. the American tohsG' a.
Aleppo, however, expresses some cchceI, -
OUTLYING missionaries who have given asylum ~
f-,rfe,iau r,fuaees At number of places 'le
conditions ara not yet sufficiently quiet 10 penn
these refugees to leave the stations, ana aS d i'
the missionaries are still exposed TO the pos9o'S
OF attack. cha
later reports from the Syrian coast say tha' '"e
racial fanaticisn is extending IN the ViIayet oL
AIerr,, disturbances have broken out an Antloch
and Birejik and foreigners have taken refuge a.
the British vice-consulates. 49,.
The sheik-ul- Islam, the head Of the Church mas
+a1egrspbsd the ecCesasiCal authorities III SYRIA IL
axar+ every effort TO put a stop to the disorders
The civil and military authorities appear 10 De
powerIess effectively TO control the situation
4 telegram received here to-day from NlIl'ail
Chambers. an American hlissloiialS o' <
dated yesterday. says:
The trouble began April IA BY evening Of April
IL Adana was quieter and peace still continued
The town is under martial law. Many people were
killed there was much Iooting great damage was
done by fire. the marke; was almost tota4y oe
stroyed and the district was in turmoil
The American revenue cutter Tacoma Is due 10
arrive shortly at Gibraltar on her way from Bati-
more 10 Puget Sound by way OF the Suez Cailai-
She Is small vessel, OF 100 tons, but carries an
effective battery and as she is well adapted 10
service in Turkish waters her presence here would
he desirable She could reach the Syrian coast long
before the cruisers Montana and North Carolina.