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Show WILL GALL h HALT TO MASSACRE PLAS OF SULTAN. Powers Protost Against the Fez-Topped Monarch Serid-Ipg Serid-Ipg Troops Forth to Exterminate Exter-minate 0 Considerablo Portion Por-tion of-Armanlan Race. IT IS CONTENDED THAT TURKISH TURK-ISH ATROCITIES HAVE GONE TOO FAR, AND THE WHOLE-SALS WHOLE-SALS SLAUGHTER, MUST BE STOPPED SULTAN'S PREY IS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE IN THE WXLDS OF ARMENIA. PARIS, March 19. It Is tho expectation expecta-tion In official quarters that France and the other signatories of the Berlin treaty will unite In emphatic representations represen-tations to Turkey against carrying out the Sultan's plans for the suppression and probable extermination of a considerable con-siderable portion of the Armenians. The Government Is in possession of much Information showing the naturs of the troubles and Turkey's Intention In dealing with them. This Information shows that somo reports re-ports of the atrocities have gone too far, but even the conservative view Indicates In-dicates the necessity of staying Turkey's Tur-key's hand within a month, as the main program for the suppression Is to commence com-mence about a month hence. The reports received give both sldeo of tho case and show the following general gen-eral situation: The Sultan's activity Is not directed against tho Armenians ns a whole, but against those of the Sassun district, who are a turbulent mountainous people. peo-ple. Turkey claims that tho Armenian mountaineers go across the border into Russia, where they arm and,. ..equip themselves and return to commit depredations depre-dations against the Turkish soldiery. Therefore It Is the view of the Sultan hat stern measures are noceseary to repress these agitators. The authorities hero are satisfied from their own reports that Turkoy's fears of the Armenian agitators aro magnified magni-fied and largely unwarranted. They do not share the belief In many of th re-cfnt re-cfnt statements of Turkish atrocities, but the authorities here have good reason- to believe that such atrocities m:iy begin In earnest In tho course, of jan-other jan-other month, when the Sultan will 'begin 'be-gin the real work of repression. It Is therefore expected that the povr-crs povr-crs will act through their embassies nt Constantinople, cither Jointly or on common lines, with the view to preventing pre-venting the execution of any widespread wide-spread bloodshed or the extermination of the Armenians. Foreign Minister Delcasso will send a yellow book to Parliament next week. This will deal chiefly with tho Macedonian Mace-donian situation, but incidentally with other Turkish Issues. 1 |