THE RIOTS IN TORKEY.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1777, 9 October 1895, Page 2

THE RIOTS IN TORKEY.

PROTECTION YFOR FOREIGN RESI- /. /DENTS v ; ' 0^ : J ' : •' ;THE PQRTE ALARMED / ■ WARSHIPS ORDERED TO THE - , -'-. bosphorus:; ; 1 . ■ Constantinople, October 6. / TnE Patriarchand several- armed; Armenians, areshqt up in the Patriarchate, and refuse to surrender. The police threaten to storm the place.;, r It is feared that 200 were killed in the riots yesterday. - Constantinople, October 6. ; ; Tbe,attempts of the Softas to reae.v the rioting Were suppressed by troops, who.k|iied AbyeraJ. . Tfie Sultan has dismissed.all Armenian employees f'■ London Octbber'4. .

It is believed '.that the'reeent'/riots iq Constantinople,have .seriously embarrassed the Powers who are urging upon the Porte reforms in Armenia. The various embassies have demanded protection for foreign residents, and urge the Sultan to restore order; also that the police who are said to have taken part in murders be punished.

The Porte is alarmed and the Turkish quarters are guarded nightly to prevent the exit of the Softas who are accused of the worst excesses. Twelve hundred Armenians have 'been imprisoned. ;• i The Standard’s Berlin correspondent wires that conclusive proofs were found on the prisoners that the English only fostered the rising.

October 6. Two Amenians, of Trebfzend, shot Bahri Pasha, ex-Q-overnor of Van. - The employees of the Para gasworks qiurdered twenty-one Armenian coworkers. ' ' ;

Sir P. Currie, the British Ambassador, is vigorously demanding the Porte’s acceptance of the refdrms, and notifies that Great Britain will .hot relax one jot of the stringent reforms at first insisted Upon.' • j ' ’ ■ ■ •[ v ; The Russian»and French representatives, are co-operating with Sir Philip Currie.".'",; "; -f.

The Turks have given lip 123 bodies of the viotims of the riots for burial. The remainder were thrown into the Basphorus. r The Ambasfadirs have ordered guardships to anchor in the harbour in readiness for any emergency. ■ • The .Armeuian Patriarch has furnished a list of 500 killed. The grounds of the British Embassy are orowdod with refugees.