THE CRISIS IN TURKEY.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1790, 27 November 1895, Page 2

THE CRISIS IN TURKEY.

TWENTY VILLAGES BURNED THE INHABITANTS MASSACRED ATTITUDE OF FRANCE AND RUSSIA THE EUROPEAN FLEETS FURTHER DEEDS OF ANARCHY AND ‘ BLOODSHED. Constantinople, November 22. Twenty villages north-west of Aleppo have been burned, and the inkabitantsmassacred. The Kurds are massing on the borders of the Euphrates. * ' Constantinople, November 23. The Porte denies the truth of the statement that the Arabs in the Yemen district of Arabia defeated the Turks. Russia and Erance have refused the request by Austria that the various Embassies take action in case of emergency, or in the event of an extensive naval demonstration, as they did not desire to delegate their control. They added that the Powers continued in perfect accord with regard to the Armenian difficulty. / The Sebastopol fleet has been recommissioned, and the troops to Odessa ordered to be ready for service. There are 40 European warships in the Levant. V Eresh massacres are reported from the Marash district, and 200 Armenians have been killed at Aintab. The Kurds destroyed five villages in the Yan district, and r 10,000 people are missing.. London, November 24* It is reported that a diver went down in the waters of the Bosphorus, and found the corpses of fifty students standing in an erect position, with lead tied to their feet. St. Petersbukg, November 24. Russia is welcoming Armenian immigrants. Constantinople, November 24. ' Tho Sultan has decided to remit the corn tithes.