

UNITARIANS. 



l.ut linallr granted on Dec. 10. During tin- 



, . . . n *tj oomptt ated i-\ the Might 



.-ha, who, accept 



again, took refuge nt the 



British rmhaiwy. and would not obey the Mm- 

 moot of the Sultan, as though he feared 

 .-r imprisonment. I-'-T ti\.- da\- he per>i-' 

 Usdelrnniuation to leave tin- .-..num. I- 

 parsoaded on Deo. 9 to return t<> in 



insurances of his safety from the 

 Snl: 



The Armenian in-urgent- ,,f /eitun i-lm 



an.l burned the villages of llcchau, Gukasdurtet, 



Itlui.l- ir. K. run. I>.-nuTrl. Sarikcu- 



ehurk.rhukur Ilissar.and Kelmn. and the town 



lerine. They killed 2IW Mohammedans. 



: a forve of Armenian-, commanded 



; i mn Armenian, captured flu- fort held 



/.-it mi. u-mg dynamite in 



the attack with great >< Turkish mili- 



tary authorities ordered 30,000 troops to ad vane, 

 uj-.n /.Mtun from the nearest posts. Amne-ty 

 and protection were offered to the rebels if they 

 would surrender their arms and their 1< 

 Tin- fieople of Zeituii. who are tin- mo-t warlike 

 of the Armenians, l-ri-mi'l- l>y |rofessi.n. had 



alwajrs maintain-<l tln-ir Indepenaeooe until the 

 Tnrki-h fort wa< Imilt in tables were 



-jit fn-in Ali-||H. to jH>rsua<le the relwN to -ur- 

 reoder. The Turks threatcne<l to bomlmrd and 

 destroy the town. On Dec. 24 the l. -i.-^inu' 

 forces advanced, and. when the insurgents had 

 with defiance a final summons to sur- 

 . attacked the place, but were worsted and 

 compelled to retr.-at. The combatants, how- 

 . sabseqoently evacuated the town after t h< 

 and children had escaped to the moun- 



that 



tain*. Thev removed their pins to a higher 

 {ominate<l the Turkish |H>sition and 



pmte<-t-.i the villages of tin- valley. The am.a- 

 sadors intervened to save th- Xcitunlis from the 

 destruction that was threat. IP 1 whi-n the Turks 



t heir resistance. By arrangement with 

 the I' ; -an consular officers were sent 



terau of capitulation, 

 a|( of the llniM'H.-o,, !,,-. 1 a TurkMi 

 force of 1,900 men encountered a body of Druses 

 of llejdel-eeo-Shams who wi-n- carryiu.' <>u war 



llejdel-ejeo-Shams 



with the Circassians settled in their vicinity and 

 with a neighboring Arab tribe. Th- A r., 



la- Dru-es i nto an ambuscade scl fiTthem 

 l.y the rireavians. and they were already I'-uii;. 



wnen the Turidah troops am ved and put them 



to Might. The < t Itiiriu-d .'< of thrir 



villages, killing wonn-n and children. Tlu> 

 1 killed. Their brother, of the 

 ii -et out to pi in their aid. In; 

 stop|H-d l.y Turki-h troop- that were - 

 force into the di-trict to put a -top to th. 

 inff, and al- to ompel the Druse- to 

 military -erviee and to pay the taxes th.r 

 in an- 



encounter ,,, which ihrTurki-! 



ind infantry swept away the l>n, 

 hundreds. 



OiMiM-e at .li.ldali. May :\n Will 

 liichanl-. lriti-h con-ul : Alulur Kax./.al 

 i-h \ice-coii-nl and ci.n-ul for Sweden aii 

 way; ('. lirandt. K'n il : and I 



vilie. Krenrh consular -ecntar\ . \\.-re at! 

 outside of .liddah. tin' j.ort of Mt-eca, l>\ H 

 ouins. who killed the I'.riti-h ,1 and 



dangeroii-ly wounded the other-. The ., 

 sidors demanded an indemnity and the j 

 ment of tin- guilty parties, and t 1 

 Kreneh.and UiK-ian government- -i-nt wai 

 to .liddah. The Sin-reef of M..MM and the 

 Vali of the Iledjax held an imjuiry. Th- 

 ouins were angered liy tin- (juarantine m- 

 ailopted f..r the .Mecca pilgrimage, especially the 

 fencing and guarding of the well- i 

 pilgrims. They destroyed the cholera h 

 at .liddah and expressed general -ati-fai ' 

 the mnrderous attack <n the cou-ular rej 

 atives. The amhassailors demamled that the 

 Bedouins he disarmed, but the Porte knew of n<> 

 way to do thai. 



Koolt in Muscat Insurgent P,edonins \\\\- 

 der Shaik Syed Sule eajtured in February th^ 



town of Mu-cat and the palace of the Sultan, 

 who fle.l t the fort- and opene.l (ire lip 



town, demolishing many building-. Tl. 

 tan's forces inve-ted the town. Imt could n<it 

 recapture it. for t he rd>el-. though numheriiig 

 only :',."() men, were armed with Martini i 

 rifle-, while the Sultan's troops, nun; 

 had ol.M.lete weapons. The Sullan 

 offered a ransom of !fl(.(KK). and the 

 the place in the middle of 

 after tir-i -acking the palace and the shops. 



U 



t*MTAKI\Nx The -Yearbook of the 

 TnitarUn Congregational <'hur<-h.-" for 1896 

 gives lists <>f M'. minister , ^K-ieties of 



- 





. 



ation in th<- Unitwl States. The 

 members is given in the table* of the 

 lent" as 88,500. The churches are 

 1 in general bodies by th.- National 

 c of Onitarian and other Chri-tian 

 whirh meets every three years: the 

 t nit*nan Associalion, whose purpose 

 HMM ratkn 



er JC ' i diffuse in- 



*J9J*J missionaries and 

 M^nanr* of minister* and in Chun-h 

 ; the chanrh Vmilding lo^n fund: 





 trict conference ; 9 



conferences and 



associations; Icn-al eonfen-m-e-; il 

 Alliance r>f ("nitarian and oth 

 Women, and its local bram-he-: tl 

 Sunday-school Society and local 

 similar r-haracter; and '> mini-trrial :. 



I'nitarian th< nted in the 



Divinity School of Harvard l'niver-it\. HI 

 Mi'adville Theological Seminary. Meadvii 

 b a Unitarian in-titution. Koiir aeadem 

 nanii-d in the ** Yearbook." and numen.:. 

 tarian elubg and -pe< ial -..<-j. 



The Briti-h I'nitarian- have -J7J chun> 

 Kngland. :'.:{ in Wale-. N j,, S.-.,tland. an-: 

 Ireland. They are i i in the I 



and Knivign I'nitari.: I i-.n and t 1 



Conference, which meets every thn 



