| Show fWD AMERICANS I j ARE t MURDERED I IN ASIA MINOR Missionaries Rogers and Mau Maurer Maurer Maurer Are Killed at Adana Dur Our During During ing a Massacre MERSINA SITUATION IS NOW DESPERATE CONSTANTINOPLE QUIET WHILE TROOPS AWAIT ANSWER TO DEMANDS April IS 1 i has ball M been received here hare of ot the kill g at Adana of two American mission g c Mr lr Rogers R ers and anti Mr Maurer The TS rs connected with the missions are area a J including Mr Yr who is at attree tree irea r m French warships are hurrying where the situation is dos doe dosEte et rte Ete i J and many Christians have haven n a refuge in the consulates The I 1 troops lOOp and the governor g vernor are doing r best beat to protect the town but hut hute bute e is great reat fear that it cannot hold I much longer against the invasion 1 f h he Moslem Yo lem who are sweeping n 11 in large numbers The American consul at Mersina John Debbas Debba 3 J been bet n unable to proceed to Adana Adami Adamin ng n to the interruption of communions fOilS ons British warship is proceeding to toI toi i I andretta which is threatened by byl byI I t l Moslems Several Armenian farms farina that neighborhood nave lave been de I l ned J I lann is 18 felt feH at because of off f mus Iou depredations by the Kurds in surrounding villages although the IMI 11 itself has not been the scene Siene of o 0 particular disorders Tension at Constantinople I he tension ten leu in Constantinople over overA I i A situation still is very great The pie of the capital are more con eon conned coned ned led ed with the advance of ps than they are with the mae mas mases es reported from various quarters several oeral l members of the parliament deputation n which went to 0 to reassure the troops med here today They The report that troops demand the safe conduct i T I protection of the deputies 1 fled Bd from the capital and aud the pun I nent nest of the ringleaders e o C Tues Tuss s rising is e army arm which is i concentrating at has promised not to enter but to await there the of its demands Two cor corI I who accompanied the dep dept V tran toa t Oll were imprisoned on their ar aril arII arii II il at It but subsequently 1 f i r were released and permitted to tom toIl f n m Il to Constantinople tin People Very Nervous council of ministers took the de dels deIf deIs ls Is of Jt the troops under considers f q 0 The first of these seems to be ber r of solution provided he the deputies rs rg r to return The second however 0 ring ling the punishment of the ring re ra I will Hi III be difficult to meet and g t cause trouble Constantinople is tranquil the city eit having a normal t although the nubile is Ie exceed q g nervous Denous and apprehensive The TheL L C son on appears to be under better iline lIne and the troops Droops have hare taken L on the Koran to remain quiet and f their officers f artillery which came to the cap from rom yesterday and anda andr ml mla r a a made preparations to tf return de ile deto deJ J to remain In Constantinople t sitting of the chamber of tIN ties u Effendi was elected dent The members of the hour ared red to some ome degree to have reeo then thi t tr reassurance and many man of I were outspoken during the de dev v Demands of Soldiers f p spokesman of the sot sol soli i J i was wag reported to the house as say sa sare Ve re are not here to promote a f fra ra raial ial 11 war We realize that an ex ox exe oxe exile ile e of or shots would lead to foreign therefore we shall avoid avord i ime r me measures Nevertheless we wethe i iI I the tI means of entering Constant Constanti Constante ConstantiS e S without firing a shot It if I We do not want advice Your Tour course is to return and expose expo e ee t e responsible for this abominable who must be severely verel punished ar r obedience is completely lack lackIn In Constantinople Try to restore Ii fence lence by every e et means moans and be as asA d A that we shall remain here until I Iare Are satisfied that no fresh attack be made upon the constitution I l ter tet discussing the reply the resolved to send a deputation to t barracks to explain to the soldiers evil results of disobedience In Desperate Straits cording Un to the latest news flows from na Isa the do not dare to top toe p e th tho mission house bouse They The are suf il K from lark lack of or provisions and jl urn n and have hae appealed to the tary authorities for protection lan is still tnt burning and It is re rc ret t 1 i trat not less lam than 3 persons r homles hm in m Tarsus at telegrams received from rom the tte theli Ci li ii k o c consul at Adana say fur furr r trouble lit t that place is I r L I No Xi additional news Hews has been 0 ed r from Tarsus or Mersina A Asi Ai i si l is expected to reach Continued on Page 2 TWO AMERICANS ARE MURDERED IN ASIA MINOR Continued from Page 1 tonight and an a French Frencl warship will wi arrive arve In Mersina fern tomor tomorrow tor run row rw Pasha PaM chief of the th general generl staff staf of the th war W office together wih with several L has gone to the encampment f bs gon t te of the tb troop tp to t confer efe with wih the officers on o the tb demands d WhiCh they thOY t submitted to t the tiie chamber of o The government semet Is II hopeful of a a peace peaceful peaceful ful solution although some sm doubt is I ex expressed expressed pressed pres in parliamentary circles that the cabinet can obtain a vote ot of o confidence en enece dence ece tomorrow when it makes its It statement concerning the th governments policy pol I A circular e ular telegram has been ben received at the th foreign embassies eb from tr General O I IUa Ua Pasha Pas commanding the t army an in which he says I 1 have Ke the honor to inform you yu re respectfully r that the object of the army corps crp in marching on Constantinople is merely for the th reestablishment of o the t constitution which is sacred acre to all al true tre Ottomans and the th legal ISa punishment nt of o the cursed tr authors of the te sanguinary disorders by the th reaction of oC which hu hi humanity h manity manit has hs always suffered Be B cr certain c tain tam excellency ex leC that the lives lve and an property of oC foreigners the honored hor guests geta of our dear dr fatherland will wi be b safeguarded and that tt tranquillity and security will be assured the entire wl pop population pp population Union and Progress The Th branch of the commit committee tee te of o union and progress has hs addressed a a strongly worded orde telegram to t the sul sultan sultan sultan tan l Imputing to him a viola violation i tion of r his oath ot t UI Upheld the constitution constitution tion Many Man Ian battalions ton of the 1 garrison at Constantinople It I is stated tate are showing repentance at their recent acts act They Th now no declare dare that they were misled ml e into believing that the Sheri taws lairs and the th constitution w were r In dancer r This crp I I I I I lis is regarded as s a hopeful sign I I It I is I also a noteworthy that the lan language language guage gage of t the Yolk the organ of the th Mohammedan league since nC yesterday has been beR more mr moderate mert l I li exhorts the Ule soldiers sdier to obey ob their officers It I is stated generally that the soldiers in inthe inthe the th capital are well wel provided pYe with money mone which they are ar spending freely fre and this thil gives give rise ril to suspicion as to its source sor The T telegraphic communications be between between tween twe Constantinople and an and an other ether tl stations a the railway line ln are Ar In the th hands of th Invading army a and an as a consequence Cun no n further Curter news has haa reached here with wih regard to the th arrival arval of military V trains V rg from Crom V Sa Se 5 Order Is Maintained V Order Orde and an discipline are ar being eIng main maintained tallied taine and all al measures have been ben taken as though in the time tm of war Indeed the army ar is I marching with the regulation precautions The Te government has issued a denial denil of the reported establishment of a cen censorship censorship and an the reappearance of the spies spIe of the old government as well wel as asa asa asa a strong denial that officers oter of the com corn committee of union and progress or the army ary have been ben murdered murder Prominent army arm and ane naval officers I have he already lied fled fe Into Int the country while others are are still sun in li ohr In hiding A large Iare I number of the ilore dr of the civil I population are ae leI the eliy Ity I 1 Deis Details have been be learned lorne of the lynching of the commander of ot the bat bt I U lp whose name was AH All Al l not Arif Ar Bey Be as a pro pre previously pre reported Wednesday Venea night the commander assembled the recruits be fore tore the guns gns and explained how they the should be fired tre He then trained traine the guns gns on the Yildiz kiosk kIok and the ar arsenal arsenal I senal and instructed the recruits that tat I they must fire fre at his order or they the would woul be annihilated It I would be b however he added while the I t asleep ade crew was wa i I Commander Is Lynched The quartermaster overheard the eon con cn informed the crew They thereupon seized the commander call cl Ing him a traitor The following day they the took tok him to the war office He Hc at tempted to escape esp but was seized seize and beaten beten He was wa then taken to the pal palace pi palace ace where It Is stated the sultan or dered dere him to the guardhouse gardhouse for trial trial I It I was a while proceeding thither that he was lynched lynche and horribly mutilated mutilate More than one thousand persons persona were I II killed kil at Tarsus Tarus and Tho The massacres and continue The army has hs six batteries of ot machine guns and an one battery batter of quick I fres They The expect by b morning to num ber 18 men at I |
