REBELLION AND MASSACRE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 486, 20 April 1909, Page 5

REBELLION AND MASSACRE.

TURKISH CRISIS. LARQE FORGE TWENTY-SIX MILES FROM CAPITAL. SLAUGHTER OF ARMENIANS. TURKOMANS SLAY TWO THOUSAND 7 IN PERSIA; , " ' (Rcc. April 19, 10 p.m.) '• ■■ - ' . i _ j ' ■ Constantinople, April 19. Upwards of tO,OOO troops from. Salonika and other centres havo arrived at Chdalja (a town on the Salonika-Constantinople- railway, 26 miles! w?st-north-west. of the capi- : tal, with fortified positions near bv). . v., ■ The troops informed a deputation from Constantinople that they would re;: ain from entering the capital only. if. safe conduct'and protection were granted »o the . Salonika members of the Chamber of Deputies,'.enabling them tp resume their duties, and if the ringleaders of- tho upritina'against Hilmi Pasha's Government were punithed so as to prevent a recurrence of such an event, ; . The Cabinet hAs sent Izzu Pasha, Chief of the General Staff, to parley with the - '. troops. , -i. -=. -.! - ;.■ ■ - y In Asta Minor anti-Armenian outragos, accompanied by murder and pillage, are reported from Adana and Tarsus, and the Christians and ■foreigners, at the Levantine seaports of Mersina and Alexandretta are in danger... British,' French, and German warships are proceeding to.Turkish waters. ■ . \ N ' , ■ ■ i : • -"l.:v'' ■ - ■ ■ 1 . .The Turkomans are reported to havo broken loose .in North Persia, and to have , ' massacred 2000 including winien and children. .. i,

The Armenians made a desperate resist- ' ance, and\ inflicted heavy losses oil their assailants boforo being overpowered. 1 Eight British, .•.French, and German warships are concentrating at. a seaport on tho northjcoast ofVtlic 'Levant, 36 miles 1 by-railway ( .s6uthrWest of Adana. 1 Tho foreigners and Christians at Mersma aro seeking shelter at the Consulates. It is. feared that the Governor's troops will be insufficient to withstand\an onslaught by the Moslems from the north. : ' ■ ■ British. and French ; warships have been ordered to Alexandrctta, a seaport of Asiatic Turkey, in tha- angle between- Asia Minor and Syria. The'--Moslems are threatening tho town. ■' .•' ■' ' - Tho Christians at Tarsus (the birthplace nf .St. Paul, cishteenjhiiles';.west-soutli-west of Adana) havo . been attacked, and . Eomc of thenr havo been-massacred: A portion of town is burning, v. ■ Tho British . battleships . Swiftsuro and .Triumph, 12,500 tons,' have left Malta for ; Turkish.-. waters.': ' ■ The British second-class cruiser Diana has been ordered to Beirut, on the.Syrian coast;'ss-aiiles'from-Damascus! TWO THOUSAND SLAIN, ' ■ -i $■. ' INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THE HAND OF THE TURK. ; , (Rec. April 19, 11.50 p.m.) '■ •. St. Petersburg, April 19; The. newspaper "HuSs learns that Turkomans; (nomadic .Turks of- the Asiatic territory);'.' mdssacred. 2000 - peoplo\at Astrabad, North.Persia;; ixip; 'i- ~ The tnassacro occurred nfter a firriit with 're-' \-olutionaries. ■ ■ '.;••• - .; .-.. "Russ" adds that Russia-is sending"detachment; of troops .to* Astrabad/''! •; ' ••• . ' BULGARIA FREE. : THE HARASSED PORTE COMES TO A ... . SETTLEMENT. ' (Rec. April 19, 11.50 p.m.) Constantinople, April 19. Tho Porto and- Bulgaria have reached ■ an 1 utid.erstariding, v and tho .protocol i will vbd '..signed t-o-day. . Tho indcpcndencp of .'Bulgaria is,thus recognised. . . < - <... Tho question" of "pious foundations" is reserved for a special, settlement. BRITAIN AND REFORM. , fco SYMPATHY FOR A RELAPSED TURKEY. ' London, April 18 In tbo course of,a speech at Glasgow,.the Primo. ,■ Minister (Mr. Asquith) said the .Turkish Government had assured the British Government thp.t it intended to, adhere strictly to;th<? Constitution^,lf,Tiirkey turned 'aside'-froni'thQ policy of-reform. an<J just administration,- British sympathy, ) said the Premier, would bo, entirely withdrawn.

CABINET'S VAIN APPEAL TO ASIA MINOR TROOPS. ' THE FOURTH ARMY ' CORPS. SALONIKA BANK FUNDS IMPOUNDED ; (Rec. April 19/10 p.m.);' .Constantinople, April 19. /In view of tho advance ■of troops fron Salonika, towards Constantinople,' the Min stry of War applied, for troops from tin isia Minor, cities Ewserotam v and Trebizonl vhich ar© within the district of the Fourti Vrmy. Corps, whoso ... headquarters/' is ,a 1 Erzinjan.The Ministry- of War receivcc i feply that the Fourth. Army Corps hac lecided to march on Constantinople, in ordei ;o. : restore- the ■ Constitutiort." , v'The officer in command at' Smyrna (thi npst important seaport of Asia Minor) hai sent 'constitutional troops to Scutari (i ;own on the eastern or 'Asiatic side of th( 3osporus, opposite Constantinople—in fact in Asiatic suburb of the capital). • •' The Tali (Provincial Governor) of Salonika las broken off negotiationswith the' new Turkish Government.. .• The Ottoman Bank ordered its Salonika jranch to send all tho cash to Constah;inople. Thereupon the commandant of th< [hird Army Corps (headquarters Salonika] >laced an embargo on £6000, which had been leposited with the branch for the.adminisirative., requirements of three • vilayetf [provincial governments), ..: [Salonika is connected by railway with.-Con' itantinoplc,' 1 and along this line the. forces' bl :he Third Army Corps have advanced .froir Salonika',- probably reinforced .by . men 'whc lave come along the other branch .of the railway the licadquarters of the Second Ahny Corps. The'new Administrator it Constantinople ,is relying on the-First Arrnj jorps,. whioh has its hea.dtjuartofs in the,,capi;al;.' but;, ,the: Administration',s c ! appeal ■ ,tot;h( Fourth Army Corps, iii Asia Minor, appears t'c lave met.hvith a rebuff. ; If Soj"the Adra'inis .ration's situation would seem to' be urccari )us, unless" the_ advancing troops are willing,>tc 36 pacified with promises. 1 Meanwhile tlu Kurdish , and :Turkishr depredators 1 Asio ilinor are,once nioro levying the blood-toll oi ;he Armenians, and - tho Turkomans are, reported to have massacred 2000 in Persia'.]'-. SEVENTEEN PERSONS KILLED. "WOUNDED, 574. ' Constantinople, April 18.- , Stray bullets .on Tuesday and* Wednesday vounded 574 persons in Constantinople, and rilled'l7.. A number of 'officers'wero intenionally.killed. . ' .-/\ s vvi'. \ It has'been; stated,that General Iszot Fuad, is'sistant Minister for War, was imirdered on Friday evening, -but. there is ; some doubt, at o the.truth of the report.; ; YOUNC TURKS'. CHA'RCES. SULTAN. AIDED A PRO-KIAMIL PLOT. ALBANIANS UNITED! . i London;. April 18. It is reported that Enver Boy and Hatki Boy, who wero leaders of the revolution thai ed to the establishment of the' Ponstitutior n July last; have arrived at Salonika from Vienna. . They accuse the . Liberal Union 'oi siding with the reactionaries in the revolution, and advocating the plot'for the resiora;ion of Kiamil- Paslia,' in which the, Sultan s also concerned., . ...: ' They olaim that the whole of the cavalrj s siding with tho reconstructed committee elected to replace tho dissolved Committee :f Union and Progress), and state that tlw Albanians have abandoned .their local struggles, and aro ready to march on Constantinople,.;.. ... ; -. ■"' A MILITARY EXCURSION TO THE CAPITAL, > TROOPS ARE PACIFIED AND RETURN ' TO BARRACKS. Constantinople, April Twelve hundred artillerists at Hademkani mutinied,. seized their officers, and then pro; seeded- by train, to Constantinople to assure themselves that the. Constitution was, maintained, and to see if Hhc-f-jiUtan was t^ive..'-.; On arrival at the capital they marched to the War Office, where they, partook of.'refreshments. Thence they marched to Parlia ; mont Squaro,. where the Acting-Presideni made a reassuring speech. .. :;■>: Afterwards the troops cheered' the Sultan] and then returned by_ train to Hademkani. RED DEEDsTIN r fIBIA MINOR.;/ ARMENIANS AT BAV. AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. KILLED. i London, April 18. In connection with the anti-American out break in Adana, in . south-eastern AsiaMinoi —where it was reported yesterday that' tlu Turkish troops. assisted ' in; tho: pillaging— it is rumoured that' several hundred persons wore* killed, including two; Americar missionaries. Major Doughty Wylio, British Vico-Consul at Adaua, was wounded. WARSHIPS TO THE SCENE. . TARSUS BURNING. ' CHRISTIANS- I.V SORE STRAITS. (Rcc. April 19, 11.30 p.m.) Lendcn, April. 19. ■ The two Anlerican missionaries killed at Adana wero Messrs. Mauror aud:Rogors. - r ■ i . ■- : ■ i . ■