Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 3 September 1896, Page 2

Foreign.

There was a sanguinary conflict in Pera on Saturday. The soldiers helped the mob to shoot unarmed Armenians.

The British residents are sheltering refugees. The rioters who seized the Otto man B^nk, accompanied by a number of foreigners, have sailed for Marseilles.

The disorder shows signs of abating and the Sultan has ordered the disarming of the Mussulmans. The Powers have intimated that the state of anarchy at .present reigning must cease. The Armenian committee threatens to create further disorders until the grievances of the Armenians are redressed.

The British sailors, who are guarding the British Embassy, thrashed the mob who were rushing about the streets and murdering th« Armenians. The Sultan has complained of the conduct of the British MMtten.

News has been received that the Governor of the Philippine Islands has dispersed 1000 of the rebels. The Spanish Government is sending reinforcements.

The representatives of the Powers have notified the Porte that they believe it connived at the massaore, and complain that no attempt was made to control the mob.

For upwards of 80 hours the Moslems were allowed to parade the streets, stabbing the bodies of their victims.

It is suspected in Berlin that the Turkish Government organised the Bank episode. Four hundred Moslems have been arrested and oharged with excesses.