Show SWEPT BY FIRE AND SWORD ten thousand armenians Armen ians have boon been massacred embr ambassadors hold a conference arid and make stronger demands on the porte governor dismissed for per soc the armenians Armen ians will command the turkish troops porte claims revolts have been stopped constantinople nov ll the most h horrible accounts are arc constantly ing hero here in spite ot of tile the efforts taken to to suppress them ot of massacres and depredations in the eastern provinces in which the kurdish tribes aro are said to have perpetrated atrocities more terrible 11 ae than any before credited to them it I 1 Is 8 stated upon apparently good autho authority rl that hat whole districts of 0 E I 1 and silias the scones scenes ot of s BO 0 much bloodshed in the past have lice boon n devastated by the burds kurds who have wiped wined village after village out of existence and that the sword and fire are arc sweep ine ng over the country the rioting and bloodshed at erze roum roula Is said bald to have been much more soriano than any reports previously made public havn have it and it Is asserted that even the pie presence sence or of shakir pasha with ills his tr troops 00 pa failed to stop the massacre the biting armenian men won women ten and children wore were bludgeoned to death by hundreds on the streets street A traveler who arrived here re recently from ond says that lie he met between Erze roum and calburt balbert women who tell fell on their knees by the roadside imploring protection saying their husbands were murdered murder ed and that tha t the flioy were a starving tar ving and homeless T tho ille r Is ing Y were of 0 tile the cruses Is extending 0 on n at all 1 sides 1 I d 0 and several villages of the d district is brict of chauran in uran have been destroyed by lire an all english lineUs ti mission near jerusalem h has as been by a riotous mob the but were killed DAHRI PASHAS it Is stated that cabri pasha who a as dismissed nom flom a governorship owing to ill treatment of armenians Armen ians on representations it atti oils ot of the british ambas sir phillip aurile curl ie and who on saturday was decorated by the sultan with tile the grand cordon 0 of tile the Osman leh order as a toward leward for rood good service Is to lo lie be appointed to command tile the turkish troops going to Zol Zet toun the number of 0 victim of 0 the bal hurt burt massacre I 1 Is reported to be 1500 it Is estimated the total number of 0 ar mc medians men ians niang men women and children killed duiane nil all the most recent massacres sac exceeds and it Is constantly added to consul hampson announces that he has found trusty persons to distribute the funds collected tor for the relief of suffering armenians Armen ians of the gassoun district and there therefore zore the relief work there interrupted by the forced retirement of american missionaries whose lives were in danger Is to be resumed it Is estimated that during the past week or ten days armenians Armen ians have been exiled without trial from turkey and the pollee police are still making arrests PRESSURE ON THE gilr PORTE ponte constantinople nov 10 vla via sona sofia bulgaria bilth As the result ot of in an exchange of numerous telegrams between the I 1 he representatives of the powers and their respective governments lasting nearly all day saturday and tills this morning an important meeting of ambassadors was held here today and tile the situation thoroughly discussed li fl nally it was decided to send fresh representations to the turkish ministry tor for foreign affairs towfik tewfik pasha renewing in much stronger language the demands addressed by the ambassador to pashas predecessor said pasha november bali insisting upon being informed r without delay what measures tile the porte contemplates taking in order to restore ui i der in ill armenia and reminding the turkish government that it has already been n ot of the intention of the powers in concert to take their own steps in ill alic matt matter r should it develop that the action of the porte la is inadequate arnit to deal with the state of anarchy prevailing ill in amatilla Ama tolla it Is known the Sul tr still refuses to believe the powers ore in a accord e as to the action to be taken in fit case ot of the portes fortes failure to restore order in the turkish empire the opinion Is freely expressed that nothing short of 0 a demonstration on will awaken the turks to a realization of 0 the actual conditions of affairs further disorders are arc reported from different sections the mobilizing ot of tile the army reserves la is progressing so slowly that they might just as well have been lett left at home and the general Is impression preval prevails Is stronger than ever today that european intervention in the administration ot of affairs ot of the turkish empire will very soon become became absolutely necessary to avert further and more serious bloodshed bloods lied tile the porte seems insensible to what Is going on or utterly incapable of 0 appreciating prec precia lating ting the extent to which anarchy has spread the last few weeks no serious out outlook lookis ls apprehended hero here as the british fleet t Is within easy steaming distance of the dardanelles Darda nelles but in spite of the desperate efforts of 0 tile the turkish authorities to suppress the real facts matters are dally daily growing worse sir phillip curie the british E abas to turkey la is expected back to to his post at the end ot of the week lie IIO was called to london jn in order to consult with the foreign office and other government als regarding the situation here an and A the hon michael herbert the british aritis I 1 charge daf eilif faires has bee been n in charge charee of the embassy during his absence THE SULTANS THANKS an official note was issued by the porte today expressing tho the sultans thanks thank for get c measures taken by the imperial an authorities thorit les in n view disturbances and revolts which of 0 tile the have broken out in fit certain provinces ot of sia gla minor which are arc due to tile the seditious intrigues of at armenian agitators and which have been everywhere suppressed th the note adds order has bas been restored in all the districts which have recently been the scene of 0 riots and conflicts and precautions have been taken t to insure the maintenance in of 0 quiet SALISBURY SPEECH london nov II 11 the marquis of Salis alix burys sp speech bech of saturday last seems to have I 1 lad had a rood road effect here and elsewhere throughout europe the continental newspapers express various opinions regarding the premiers utterances but hla his remarks are miers generally regarded as reassuring and as ag just what wag wa W wanted tinted to calm pub ii ills language attributing the 1 gaitan the to the condition of affairs in armenia for or regarded in some quarters as calculated 1 la to enciu encourage arage the Armen armenians ians to to resist but all Inte interested reate a seem to ind find comfort in the stress laid upon the absolute harmony of 0 the treat great powers and in regard to its ha continuance this being I 1 t isole bole sure la is looked upon as a mode of 0 dealing with the sultan and anil ol of hol holding ding down clown tile the ambitions of 0 the individual european states still however there la is visible between the lines of tile the atte utterances rances of the premier an undercurrent of feeling that war in the knit Is more likely to lie be po postponed than to hi be averted in any ca case ao it Is understood that there will bo be ro no change in the governments Government si pro gramme look ins inc to strengthening the british fleet very materially in order orde r tr to be readi read for tiny any combinations or eventualities which may hp he likely to tn occur THE SULTAN AI bahmed A dispatch to the standard from constantinople says that the sultan Is 19 alarmed because of the present critical state of affairs from arabia the most vulnerable point of the turkish empire news has hag ar arrived I 1 ived of EL a conflict between the turkish troops and the arabs near scotia in which thirty persons were killed despite the reports of trouble in the arabian provinces tile the last detachment of troops sent to arabia was detained rive days at port fort said tor for lack of money to pay canal dues A dispatch to the times from constantinople stantin ople says that reports have been received there of new disturbances bances at moush the british embassy at constantinople stantin ople Is in pas possession session ot of these reports but so tar far no details have been received A dispatch to the times from constantinople stantin ople says that alamil pasha P isha just appointed to the post of vall vail of aldin after having raised strenuous objections to tile tha representatives ot of foreign governments because of his appointment to the undesirable position of valt vall ot of aleppo Is still very ill lie he was suffering severely when he embarked on the steamer ordered to take him to smyrna by the turkish government ern ment but mem members lers ot of his family received significant hints that it would be advisable for him to depart at once not one of his friends was allowed to approach the house or the boat tor for the purpose of bidding him fa rewell farewell nov ll 11 the rhe frankfort zef tung says alamil pasha recently presented a memorial to the sultan out the of the existing pa pal ace system ot of political government the sultan became very angry when he mw the document shouting fierce fiercely ay traitor alamil Klan toll pasha ned led from the palace fearing caring f that his life would be taken in consequence of his having dared to suggest the faults 9 of the existing government of the sultan the times this morning publishes a letter from constantinople explaining the situation throughout the turkish empire the writer says that owing to the rigid censorship exercised by the turkish officials the lower class among the turks tire quite ignorant they believe that the sultan inaugurated the policy of oppression but to some extent it la Is stated that the ar ine medians rolans bellove believe the contrary the turks think the armenians Armen ians will be treated as they were twenty years ago and besides this they entertain the idea that the armenians Armen ians are ungrateful thus a feeling of hatred towards the armenians Armen ians prevails and the I 1 ignorant no turks really appear to fear being massacred by the armenians Armen ians the government officials according to this letter are directly responsible tor for disseminating semina ting the idea that it is the duty of the people to kill and plunder the armenians Armen ians |