| Show ARE REASSURED i Snltan Has Sanctioned the Schemes I 6 For Itcfornt CONSTANTINOPLE Nov 20A I dispatch from Tiflls Russian Trans Caueasia says the Armenian Catho le have received a reply to the communication S com-munication recently sent the Russian ambassador here I de Nelidoff as fohows S The Armenians o Constatlnople are now reassured They are threatened wIt no danger In the provinces however there are regretable conflicts S which in most cases were caused bye by-e Armenians instigated by their rev S aliitionary committees he result is D terrible revenge upon the part of the Turks In the shape of the horrible massacres of the Christians V The sultan has sanctioned the scheme for reforms submitted by the three great powers and preparations S are now proceeding to carry them out To this endii Is necessary that the leaders of the people should persuade SS Q o = I the latter to desist from revolutionary attempts abandon all idle hope of foreign for-eign intervention put a stop to all I disturbances and cooperate in the reestablishment re-establishment of universal peace In improving the situation and in the introduction in-troduction of the new order of things As intimated in these dispatches the last few days tihe attitude of the porte or sultan has undergone a decided change since the other fleets began to join the British fleet in a naval demonstration dem-onstration in SaJonica bay There is no dOUbt the pressure brought to bear upon the sultan has been strong enough to make him take personal charge of the work of reform in Armenia Ar-menia and it is hoped there will ben be-n further bloodshed except in the cas of putting down the Insurrections I i which have broken out against the Turkish rule in different parts of Asia I Minor I is hoped that the American clergy will be able to induce their coreligionists co-religionists to lay down arms especially especi-ally as the sentiment of the whole of j Europe is now in favor of the sultan whose evident desire to meet the vlaws of the powers is thoroughly appreciated ap-preciated and has undoubtedly tided over the most difficult crisis in the I east There is no longer any talk of armed intervention of the powers in the Turkish empire and if any display is necessary on the part of Europe it might be in the direction of supporting support-ing the authority of the sultan as Great Britain Russia and France are extremely desirous that order should be promptly restored throughout Asia Minor Inor |
