Show wi BLOOD BATTLE PREDICTED armenians Armen ians preparing to resist the turks I 1 IN possession OF concentration ot of turkish troops proceeding of m us as possible order the tb christians to surrender their arms man many y turia arrested at constantinople and are placed on board a t ship constantinople nov NOT 22 12 copyrighted 1838 1415 vy L y Pres sTI tho 0 general situation in his country continues to 10 inspire the gravest leant fears Tele telegrams gramil reca received I 1 ved hei hacic a from marash lato late yesterday apparently considerably delayed by turkish say american and ot other her missionaries axe are again tn in the Crea greatest teat danger advises advices from alvs assort assert that na as noon to es reinforcements ot of turkish troops arrive the officials claig will ratify the armenians Armen ians that they must surrender render ell all arms and amm ammunition the th armenians Armen ians object as this W would outs place them at the mercy ot of the turks to tills MIA the turks reply that no lip rm will be done them as long as they do riot not resist the and it if they refuse to give up their aims they will N ra r a forced to do so BO it Is 13 asserted the officials addel added that it they alicy are arc not noc cati sned that all arms and ammunition 11 have been surrendered tho the troops will be L to attack atack ilia armen lana aria 5 ot of the diplomatic corris corps point to tho tha f fact a ct t that 11 at as the mans ot of aro are not to be disarmed tanned ill the projected measures against tile Armen armenians ians create a new dew danger which may halte haie the gravest consequences me ine ot of troops tit it marash continues to as rapidly as a possible the turkish commander at 11 larash conti continues rues negotiations with the armenians Armen ians ot of Zel toun holding out all sorts boris of 0 promises tor fat their surrender but the arm armenians Armen ians have been beell so frequently deceived that they apprehend a wholesale massacre it if I 1 they hey lay down their arms representatives of the tha powers have notified the porte parts that they will not answer tor for the consequences it if the armenians Armen ians are massacred the armenians Armen ians in this city intimate that a surprise for or the turks Is being prepared at Zel toun and it a battle which will show that the armenians Armen ians tire are entitled to freedom or at lc least t to self government will be fought there As an however the tha armenians Armen ians are deficient lefta a in artillery it cannot be reasonably expected that they will offer effective resistance to a regularly organized expedition A SERIOUS MATTER probably the most serious feature of the situation at present Is the one resulting rebutting from the demand representatives of great britain Ru russia sisla italy and austria made to the sultan tor for airmans allowing the passage ge through the dardanelles Darda nelles to this city of a second secand dispatch boat or a small gunboat to be attached to each of 0 their respective embassies by the treaty of berlin warships of foreign nations are not allowed to pass the dardanelles Darda nelles without the permission of the sultan and it has hitherto been customary to allow one small dle dispatch patch boat as a tor for each ot of the embassies the recent rioting and the precautions taken to defend the british and other embassies hae bae shown that tho the naval forces in the are hardly sufficient to cope with a serious outbreak in or about the city itis intimated at the palace that the sultan may decline to grant the demand of the powers and in that event they may take steps to send additional warships here without permission of 0 the sultan TURKS ARRESTED london nov 23 A dispatch to the dally news from constantinople SMs saia that a largo number of turks were arrested in that city at daybreak they were hurried to the harbor and placed on board a ship their destination and the reasons for the arrests cannot bo be determined at this time the correspondent of the dally news at constantinople telegraph that unless tile courts which the sultan has promised to establish in armenia are carefully supervised there hlll ill be a crela bloody aselie otter after the massa massacres some gome of these courts to be established have the right of rendering a final decision upon all questions arising and it Is feared that anany of 0 tile the turks will take advantage of thin tor for the purpose of securing ft a speedy and sure vengeance while ostensibly complying with all the forms of the law the correspondent also announces that til all the foreign and american po pa pers perg giving counts accounts of the th revolt of the tha arabs in the provinces of yemen arabia have been forbidden admission to all towns of the turkish empire the dally news this morning publishes a telegram from van which states taftt the kurds burds have destroyed live five til Il lages in the tha neighborhood of that town and out of the 1300 villagers ill dirven iven away at the time of the tha attacks only can be found A dispatch to the times from sebas says pays that the black sea fleet which ten days ago was ordered to lay up for the winter has been becom and that the troops stationed at odessa have been to be in readiness tor for active service advices advises from constantinople say eay the sultan has consented to allow the passage through the dardanelles Darda nelles of a second guard sulp for or each power in accordance with the requests of tile the Austi larl italian russian and british representatives |