The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-26
Situation In Asiatic Tur-
key Grave.
The INHABITANTS ARE
ON VERGE OF STARvATl0R
American Women Missionaries are
In Danger.
water supply AZ DeurtuI Ha. Bees
Cut on. asa the cAridrea Are
Drinkins ont sf Animal
Tracks After .
shower.

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Beirut. April a5.-The situation In
Asiatic Turkey In one Of extreme srss-
ity.
How many thousands have been mas
sacred cannot even be estimated be-
cause the disturbances lave been 20
| widespread that II is impossible to
obtain details OF the happenings dur
ing the past ten days. The latest esti-s
mates OF the number killed in the VIII
iayet Of AdAna, reaches approximately
$4,000. and thousands have been killed
In the towns of other districts. The
state OF siege which several OF the
places are undergoing. has brought the
Inhabitants to the verge OF starvation.
and each day brings Its tales OF further
atrocities ana the depths Of misery
and despair to which the sayaEery OF
the fanatics has brought the people.
Several warships are now In these
| waters, but the disorders are 80 far
reaching that the efforts Of the pow
ers TO restore normal conditions have
as yet hardly been felt. The French
cruiser jules Ferry arrived here to-
| day and left almost immediately for
Latakia. where swarms of refugees
are pouring In.
British. French and German war;
ships are at other ports and marines
have landed to quell disorders as Tar AZ
possible at the more Important points.
One OF the missionaries at Aiexan-
drstta, Mr.-Kennedy, with $50 Turkish
troops, has gone to the relief Of Deur-
tuI an Armenian village on the coast,
where 10000 persons within the walls
are besieKed by the immense forces Of
Kurds and circassians. Only two days
ago, q British warship returned from
that place. the Governor Of the district
having refused the commander per-
mission to land relief party The
water supply has been cut on from the
town and the besiegad arc suneripg
greatly on that account Tne emil
dren are drinking out Of animal tracks
after O shower There Was incesaant
nrinE on Greek snbtects. aeent ON -nn-
| der an escort yesterdayss
| Confirmation has been recsived Of the
! burning OF the Armenian village OF
Kessab. All the men and rnany women
and children have been siain. Ins
/ Az arican property at Kessab was de-
stroyed. Miss Chambers an Ameri-
can missionary. 10 safe.
A British wership has been ordered
from AIexandretta to SuediAh. where
conditions have become worse. All ths
property OF the Christians 81 Dlepeh
Bersket, has been destroyed. Ine totei
loss is unknown, but II Will be enof-
nous. Reports state that Haagin, ~
the vliayet OF Adana, r. on i1re. There
are ave American women stationed
haira fncluding Miss Lambert VINO
has been sending out appeals for nelpi
Miss billings and Miss bowman, A1s
authorities have refused permission y
Msssrs. lawson and C .,,.t-
American missionaries. to so 70 melt
relief. Frantic appeals for protection
an9 for food are coming Ia from ~
sections Beirut 10 quiet.
To protect Ameriesns.
washington. April 2S---Wnile conea-
tions In the Far East continue 20 %
slarmtnx the state Department has
been given assurance OF Great brtt-
ain through the American embassy ~
| I,ondou. that her ships on the scene
are adequate 70 protect AmericAha ~
wen as English subjects.
Further advices today from , ans LsG
that after 4 consultation with the Brit
ian foreign once, Russia has sent an
execution from the frontier TO Taoriz
for the relief of foreign nations ~
Il also stated that the British repre-
ssntatives at Teheran do not resafo
the Persian situation as serious IS tins
American legation has indicated
dispatch from the American ems
baarv at Constantinopie. dated
o'clock today, states that AFTER severe
nRhting. the city Is In complete con
troll Of the constitutional FORCES The
preter Of the American embassy. nam
ed Garguila, q Turk. has been slightly
wounded In the arm. ana that Mr..
Moore the newspaper correspondent,
Is resting easily. No other Americana
have been injured.
The department has been assured
by the embassy of the safety Of two
American women named Webb. about
whom some inquiries had been made.
Trouble is likely to continue In the
provinces IL is said. until order ia
restored In Constantinople. Recent In
formation is far from reassuring from
the provinces. At Antioch. Hadtin and
Deurtyol q very serious state Of az.
fairs il reported to have developed,
particularly at Deurtyol. Assurances
are given that the ambassadors are
leaving nothing undone in order TO get
relief TO the distressed cities.
The national assembly sitting at San
Stefano. has declined to recognizes tina
legal existence of the present cabinet.
The members OF the cabinet are scat
tered and no new cabinet has been
formed, according to recent advicea.
Under these conditions. for the mo-
ment. the central government is rather
helpless.
vice Consul Debbas. at Mersina has
advised the Department that Mersina
is quiet, but that the conditions at
Latakia and Eassal are uneasy The
situation at Hadjin Is reported worse
Consul Nathan at Patras. Greece. was
cabled orders by the Department. yes
terdny TO go iu1rn ediatsiy to Msrsina to
take charge OF the consulate. because
OF his knowledge OF Arabic and mod
ern Greek. which may be oe great as
sistance TO Americans there.
According 70 further advices from
Vice Consul Debbas. strong representa-
tons have been made to the iocAf au-
thorities with view 60 getting every
thing possible done 70 relieve tha sit-
uatiou.
AxmiaAfee Prsloussd.
Teheran. April sS.---The Shah has
consented to an indefinite 2rolonge-