ARMENIAN QUESTION.
BIOT IN CONSTANTINOPLE. THE SULTAN PANIC-STEICKEN. The Armenians in the Turkish capital attempted to march to the Grand Viziers office to present a petition. The patriarch tried to dissuade them without avail, and the Armenians shouting “liberty or -death” persisted in their march. ! Their advance was resisted by offieals and a stubborn fight followed. Maj or Shervet Bey. ■ aide-de-camp to the Minister of Police, and several guards who tried to bar their way were shot. In the fray that followed, a hundred and fifty peeple were killed or wounded principally Armenians. Five hundred were arrested. The Sultan is reported to be in a state of panic. It is alleged that the Turkish troops slaughtered a number of the wounded in sold blood; also that the Armenians killed two judges in the law Court,
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1776, 5 October 1895, Page 2
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135ARMENIAN QUESTION. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1776, 5 October 1895, Page 2
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