Fatal Riots in Turkey.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. j Per Press Association j Constantinople, Oct. 3. The Armenians iv the Turkish capital attempted to march to the Grand Vizier's office to present a petition. Tlie Patriarch tried to dissuade them, but witliout avail, aud the Armenians, shouting "Liberty or Death!" persisted in their march. Their advance was resisted by the officials, and a stubborn fight ensued. Major Stervet Bey, Aide-de-camp to the Minister of Police, aud several guards who tried to bar their way, were shot in the fray that followed. Oue hundred and fifty were killed or wounded, principally Armenians. Five hundred were arrested. The Sultan is reported to be in panic. It is alleged that the Turkish troops slaughtered a number of the wounded in ookl blood ; also, that Armenians have killed two Judges in the Law Court. Later. The riots were renewed to-day. The students and the populace used bludgeons freely on the Armenians, fifty of whom were killed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 83, 4 October 1895, Page 2
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