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and in the towns the complete spoliation of the 

 Armenians for their object, A revolut 

 nuly that sprang up among the Turks 

 to the anarchy and terror. Threats were ut- 

 tered against the Sultan and against Hassan 

 *ter of Marine, who was the chief 

 representative <f the old Turkish party. IM 

 the provinces where the Arm. most 



numerous, and where they were provided with 

 arms smuggled in from Persia and Kussia. they 

 did something to provoke the attacks. At least 

 . urks accused them of killing a Mos- 

 lem priest at Kntinghian. of assaulting wor- 

 shiper* in the mosques of Hit! is. and of bo- 

 ginning the disturbance at Baiburt by liring 

 u|-n the Mussulman*. At Marash and /.-ituii 

 alsu they were said to have attempted a revolu- 



ness of tin* metropolis was thrown into confu- 

 MOII. ami dishonored note- and drafts ac< uinu- 



h numbers at the end ol 

 that on Nov. 2 the 1'orte. in order to pr- 

 financial crash, proclaimed a moratorium f,, r 

 four month-. T-> precipitate a pani* 1 Ann 

 /.<! a run on the Imperial < >; 

 lnit that Lank and >ome oilier stn 

 -niutioiis refused to take ad van tagu of t: 

 ratorium. 



A commission wiisappointed for t! 

 of the reforms in Armenia, of \vliidi 

 MlTeiidi was made pp-M'dent. The 

 reiie\\eil tlieir demand for the n 

 order throughout the empire. After the 

 /Hid ma^sjiere t he r- 

 now the meinlier* of the Kedil \\ere MIIII 







TRF.B1ZOXO, BCEXK OF AN ARMENIAN MASSACRE. 



Uon. Thevworr arouwl of attack in -the palace 

 Vali. ami were certainly profmred to flght 



where riots OCeUired on ( let. 

 "' Armenians lost thoir live*. There 



of the plundering and shooting was done 

 br mutinous Turki-h v.ldiers. though Shakir 



lUouf Pasha, the Vali, and 

 rjeridid all that th-y .-..nM to prc^rs. order. 

 TbeaUioritie, ( ,f Dwrln-kir re,orted th.v 

 had almo< succeeded in suppressing the diMurh- 

 and driring out the Kurds who began t).o 

 when the Armenians assumed the 

 throwing bombs and flrin^ at mue/- 

 rfcowete calling the Mohammedan-, to prav- 



ItSBrtK*^ 111 !* 1 ' inlllc 



Wfttbry kiiM 1^00 Mussulmans. 



rmfnian revolutionists in Constantino- 

 the merchanteand -.h-.i-k. 



to clone their places of \l^i- 

 urmpt.d any dealings was 

 to nur * heavy fine into the 

 fund. All the commercial busi- 





In the remote districts the m;- 

 continued, and in some place- ' 

 ronites were attacked a< well as Am.- 

 The excitement extended intoall part-, 

 tolia and into Syria and Mesopotamia. 

 lelief gained ground among Moslems that the. 

 Sultan had sanctioned the extermination of the 

 Armenian-, when Kiamil I'a-ha. who h:e: 

 apjH.irited (Jrand Vi/icr in deference totli 

 ers. was summarily dismissed on \ 

 sent away to Aleppo, and Halil liifa I'a-' 

 appointeil to -ncceed him. Tevfik I'a-ha was 

 made Minister of Foreign AlTair-: Said 

 President of the Council; Abdurrahman I' 

 Minister of Justice; Memduh I'a-ha. Mini- 

 the Interior; Gareid Pasha, Mini r-hip: 



Xuhdi I'a-ha. Mini-terof Fdncatj.,; ^ 



hjeial Kldin Baba, Minister of Comm<-t 

 Work-: Sabri Bey. Mini-ter of Financ. 

 Aarifl Pasha, a minister without a portfolio. 

 This was regarded as a react ionnrv Calinet. 

 formed to please the part of the Mohamn 



