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Show "AH MEHIAHS PROTEST AGl SULTAN'S WARLIKE PLANS Muah Excitement In Armenia as Result Re-sult of Turkish Reserve Forces Being Be-ing Ordered to the Frontier. Tlflls. Reports have been received here from Armenia that nil tho He-dins, He-dins, or Turkish nrmy reserve forces, In Vnn, Mush nnd other vlllnyets of Asia Minor have been called to the colors and nro dcpnrtlng rapidly for tho frontier. At tho samo tlmo a loague of tho Turkish revolutionary party Is Increasing tho revolutionary agitation. Appeals and proclamations nro being be-ing Issued exhorting tho population to protest in every way possible against the warlike plans of tho sultan. Tho lenguc holds that war would bo especially espe-cially disastrous at this time, as there is a famine lu Asia Minor. At Tlflls the apprehension of hostilities hostil-ities has not abated. Tho Russian military authorities hnvo ordered that nil horses In the Caucasus available for military purposes bo registered. Tho doctors of Tlills held n meeting recently and volunteered their services ser-vices In case of war. Tho concentration of Turkish reserves re-serves on tho Persian and Russian frontiers In Asia Minor, if in progress, Is nn outcome of tho border difficulty with Persia. Recently Turkish troops crossed tho Persian frontier to tho vicinity of Urumlnh and committed depredations. To this Russia, under her treaty obligations to Persln, objected ob-jected and began the concentration of a strong forco on tho frontier of tho Caucasus. This show of military nc-tlvlty nc-tlvlty was though to havo been sum-dent sum-dent to put n stop to the Turkish aggression, ag-gression, nnd the Russian movement wns said to havo been discontinued. If tho reports from Armenia nro true, tho difficulty in Asia Minor, which Is closely connected with tho railroad aspirations of tho powers in the Bnlkans, may assume serious .Import. .Im-port. I |