Show SWEPT BY RR E AND SWORD ten thousand armenians Armen ians have been massacred MANY VILLAGES WIPED OUT I 1 F ambassadors hold a conference and make stronger demands on the porte governor dismissed for persecuting se sec the armenians Armen ians will command tho the turkish ish troops porte claims revolts have been stopped constantinople nov 11 the most terrible accounts are arc constantly arriving here in ill spite ot of tile the efforts taken to suppress them of massacres and depredations in the tl a eastern caster provinces n in which the curdish tribes are arc said to have pel perpetrated petr oled atrocities more terrible herrl than any before credited to them it Is stated u upon po apparently rood good authora authority that bat whole districts ot of Erze roum and clyla 9 tile alie scenes of so much bloodshed in the tl past have ben been devastated by the burds kurds who have village after tillage out of 0 existence and that the sword and fire at abc a sweeping over tho the country the piloting and bloodshed at erze erae roum Is ia said to have lave been much more inore serious than any reports kiev I 1 bously made inada public have pictured it and it Is asserted that even the presence of shakir pasha with ills his troops failed to top stop the mas maa iacre the unresisting armenian men women and children were bludgeoned to death by hundreds on oil the streets A traveler who arrived hero here recently from says that lie ho met between and balbert women who tell fell on their knees by the roadside imploring protection saying their husbands wore were murdered and that ithac they were starving and homeless thle the fleeing of the cruses la Is extending on all and several villages of the district of chauran have been destroyed by ilia an english mission near jerusalem Jeru ealem 11 lias as been attacked by a riotous mob the missionary escaped but some servants were mere killel killed BAHRI PASHAS REWARD it Is stated that baart rasha pasha m who ho was dismissed from a governorship ow to 10 ill treatment of armenians Armen ians on representations ot of the british ambas bador sir phillip currle and who on saturday was decorated by tho the sultan n m fill uie the grand cordon of tho the Osman teh order as a 06 reward for good service la Is to be appointed to command the turkish troops going goloff to zelt Zel toun oun the number of victims of tho the eal dai lurt burt massacre Is 13 reported to bo be 1500 it Is the total number of 0 ar medians men ians men women and children killed during all the most recent mas acres exceeds and it Is con bantly added to consul champeon announces that lie he lias bag found trusty persons to distribute the funds collected tor for the relief of suffering armenians Armen ians of the gassoun el district strict and therefore the relief relict work there interrupted anten apted by the forced retirement of american mission alles whose lives ali es nere mere in danger la is to it be e resumed it Is estl estimated tyla ted that duran during 9 the past week or t ten en days armenians Armen ians tans have been exiled without trial from turkey and the police are still mak making ing arrests PRESSURE ON THE PORTE constantinople nov 10 VIEL via sofia bulgaria inh As the result of an exchange ot of numerous numero numer oui telegrams between the representatives of the powers and their respective governments this morning an important meeting ot of em bassadore was man held here today and the situation thoroughly discussed finally it was decided to send bend fresh representations to tho the turkish ministry for foreign straits Talis al pasha renewing in much stronger language the demands addressed addre saed by tho the ambassador to tewfik pashas predecessor said pasha november ath th insisting upon being informed without delay what measures the porte contemplates taking in order to restore order in armenia and reminding the turkish government that it has already been notified of 0 the intention of 0 tile the powers acting in ili concert to take their own steps in the matter should it develop that the action of the porte Is inadequate to deal with the state of 0 anarchy prevailing in amatilla it is known the sultan still refuses to believe the powers are in accord as to the action to be taken in case of the portes fortes failure to restore order in the turkish empire the opinion Is freely expressed that nothing short ot of a demonstration on will awaken the turks to a realization of tho the actual conditions of affairs further disorders are re reported from different sections the mobilizing of 0 the army reserves Is progressing so slowly that they might just juet as well have been left at home and t the general impression Impre salon prevails stronger ger than ever today that european int intervention erven tion in the administration of 0 affairs 0 of the turkish empire will very so abon 0 n become absolutely necessary neceia iary to ave avert rt further farther and more serious bloodshed j the porte seems insensible to what Is going on or utterly incapable of 0 appreciating precia ting the extent to which anarchy tits bols spread the last few weeks no serious outlook Is apprehended here ns As tho the british fleet Is within easy steaming distance of oc the dardanelles Darda nelles but in spite of the desperate do sperate efforts of oc the turkish authorities to suppress the real facts matters are dally daily growing worse and worse in the provIn provinces res sir phillip curie tile the british ambas fador fader to turkey la Is expected back to his post at tile ali end ot of the week lie was called to london in order to con suit with mith the foreign domce and other government officials onic fals regarding the situation here and the moil hon Id Ichael herbert the british charge daf daff faires alres has been to in charge of the iho embassy during his absence THE SULTANS THANKS an official note was issued by the porte today expressing the sultans sultan a thanks for ill the e energetic measures taken by the imperial auth authorities authority c s in view of tho the disturbances and revl revolts tr which have broken out lit in certain provinces of 0 asia minor which are due to the seditious edt gues of 0 armenian Ar mcalan agit agitators a sorg land nd which have bave been everywhere suppressed tile the note adds order has been restored in all tho districts which have recently been the scone scene of riots and conflicts and precautions have been taken to insure tho the maintenance of quiet SALIS BURYS Cir london nov 11 the maiquis of Salis Falls burys speech of saturday last reems to have had v a good effect here and elsewhere throughout eusope the continental newspapers express various opinions ip garding tie the I 1 premiers utterances but h ut his remarks are tit e generally regarded as reao reassuring suring and its as just what was wanted to calm public opinion ilia his language attributing to tile hie sultan the whole aholo responsibility tor for the condition of affairs in armenia in ili regarded lit in some quarters as calculated to encourage the armenians Armen ians to resist but all interested seem to ind find comfort in tho the stress laid upon the absolute harmony of the great powers and in regard to its continuance this Is looked upon as being the sole sure mode of with the sultan and of holding down the ambitions ambIt lons of the individual n european Europ can states still however thir then ly it visible hit vein the lines of tit ut tiAni ian 4 f the an undercurrent of fp alln that aoi I 1 th T bat ast Is 1 more alil kllc I 1 b 1 pa ali ni than to bf be av r I 1 I 1 in n fiji n a it li it that there will h 1 no hanz in the governments pro gramme looking to h e ning the british alz deft t vol deiy y in materially y in order to be r ready for any combinations or eventualities which in mai a v be likely to occur I 1 tilt THE SULTAN ALARMED A dispatch to lo the standard from constantinople says anys that the sultan Is it alarmed shirled because became of the present critical detata at 0 of affa affairs irm from atalla the most vu vulnerable lerable point of the turkish empire news has arrived of a conflict t between the turkish troops and tit the arabs near denha in ili which milich thirty per persons A ong were killed despite g tile alie reports of 0 trouble in the arabian provinces the last of coops sent bent to arabia nas detained live days at port said for lack of 0 money to pay canal dues A dispatch to the times from constantinople stantin ople reports have been received there of new disturbances at moush the british embassy at constantinople stantin ople Is in possession or of these r reports ports e but so far no details have been r received elved A dispatch to the times time from constantinople stantin ople rays bays that ratha pasha just appointed to the post of 0 vail ot of aldin aidin after having raised strenuous objections to the representatives representative of 0 foreign governments because of his big appointment to tile the undesirable position or of vall majl of 0 aleppo Is id still very ill ile he was suffering severely when hen he embarked on the steamer ordered to take hint him to smyrna 6 by the turkish ish government ern ment but members af hl his s family received significant hints that it would be advisable for hint to depart at once not one of tits his friends was allowed to approach the house or the boat for tile the pur purpose polle of biddi nir him farewell berlin nov 11 the arar frankfort efort zel tung says recently presented a memorial to the sultan point iniz out the dangers of tit the bitting alce acc system of political government tile the sultan breame very a algry when he saw aaa the document shouting fiercely cly traitor klimik pasha lied fled from the palate palace fearing thai his life would he be taken in conse consequence fluence of ills his having dared to suggest suet fesl the faults faulta of the existing government of tile the sultan the times this yn orning publishes a letter from constantinople explaining it the is situation the tha turkish empire tile the willer wilier soy says hint balne to the rigid censorship exercised by the the low lower r class clas arnonia an gnp the turks ate aie quite ignorant the they believe that the sultan inaugurated tho the policy og 0 oppression but to sonic extent it 11 Is stated that the ar believe the contrary the turks think the armenians Armen ians will bo a treated as they their were tv enty years ago and besides this they entertain the idea that tile the armenians Armen ians are ungrateful thus a feeling of hatred towards the armenians Armen ians prevail and the ignorant turks really appear to fear being massacred masi acred by the armenians Armen ians the government offic oMe lali laig according to this letter are directly responsible for tits illi th the idra idoa that hat it Is 14 the duty of the people to 0 o kilt kill and plunder the Aimen lans |