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TURKEY. 



of tln public debt of Turkey to b* borne re- 

 specti ilgaria, by Montenegro, and I 



via, ami to Ax the Annual tribute t< be jwid bir Bul- 

 garia. H\ til-' convention >UII<1 



themselves to d- U*twt?n their r.-j-r. - 



MsUntinopK- and the Miblime Tori.- the 

 |riiin of thcdebt to I-- l . -.fee in respect 



of ill- : to In r. 



has often reminded the p"er* of the*e l 

 lions, which Mill remain unfultill. 1. The I 

 has also desired a revision of the treat ie* prohihit- 



y ins; more than 8 per 

 x The twill* "f the memorial of the 

 Armenian Patriarch included den 



, np| M .iir MiemansaMax colk- 



.m|N.x,'d partly ..f Arme- 

 nian* for the restitution of Armenian property pil- 

 lagvl during th riots; the surrender of clergymen 

 charge* 1 with crimes to IN- tried i>\ tin- Patriarchate 

 in accordance with its ancient privileges; tin- admis- 

 sion of Armenian -tu'l.-nt- to the niilii 



liiui the pri>hiliitioii of i In \\ 



- meager ami unsat isfa< 



to the Arnifiiiatis that tin- political agitation was 

 renewal in the Anatolian provinces, as t he 1' 

 arch had warmd the Turkish (iovermnent that it 

 : !N< if the demands wen- not fnnted, aHhotlfffa 



line.! to undertake any res| M >nsibility for the 



- >f the revolutionary committees when the 

 Government sought to impose 5ttrh an engagement as 

 a condition for grantins; amnesty and reii.-f. The 

 revolutionists again collected funds from wealthy 

 liaiis ly intimidation, ami over the IYr>inn 

 border they prepared to make raid*. The renewal 

 of agitation inflamed the Mu ulm.-in population 

 afresh. In Tokat. in the Siva* di-triet. a mob at- 

 tacked the Armenian- on March 19 while the\ 

 at church, and, after killing 80 persons and wound- 

 ing 86, pillaged their quarter of the t<>\vn. Thedi- 

 turbances spread to Arbahand other villages in the 

 neighborhood. The military commandant. Hakki 

 Paraa, was dismissed by the Govern in < -it. the Vali 

 v as was renmved. ls.1 H rr- made, and 



61 persons were convicted of having taken jiart in 

 the riot, of whom 15 were condemned to death. In 

 the b -f Auu'u-t revolutioniM- in-li^ated 



raids on Kur.li-h villages in Van by : > ,.<MM) armed 

 men fn'tn Salinas and other I'er>ian frontier town-. 

 but the Turkish military authorities were well pre- 

 pared, and the raiders were driven back into 1' 



t l-fore they had massacred -j" On 



Au. 18 a bomb was exploded in Constantinople 



in th- court of the (Jrand Vi/jerate department, an 



attempt was made to blow up the barrack* at I', ra 



.nd a man was caught enter, n<: the 



Ottoman Bank with a quantity of explosive! Miili- 



ih the building. Altlp.u.-l, bands of 



in-taiitly in the streets 



with bludgeons to wreak vengeance on the An 



an they hail a year tx f .r.-. t he police pres. 

 older and arrested 10 men who were concerned in 

 the outragr*. Of these 8 were afterward sentenced 

 to death. Th. , r ,tral Armenian committee at Con- 

 stantinople MUt to the ambassadors at tl,i> time a 

 ar appealing to the nations of KurojM. not to 

 allow the Armenians to be annihilated, but to 

 totheiraid and pat an end to their sufferings, point- 

 ing out that the pr.,mise*l reforms have remained a 

 dead letter, and warning the ambassador* that the 

 Armenians, reduced t<> extremity, are resolved to 

 commit acts of of whirh the occurrences 



of Aug. , 1896, were only the preliminaries; that 

 they asked to live like men governed by law instead 

 of tinder an absolute and arbitrary tyranny ; and 



would never cease to act until full satisfaction had 

 been granted to demand^ sand ith-d by the blood of 

 their nmrtjrs. A f. r the police an 



. the head of thr T p -, -|iak. "lie of the prillei- 



Maii re\.,luiioi, MU in Tur- 



t 

 ey. having been appointed to that post |,\ th. 

 in London, Tin- Au*irian I 

 agent ..ih. \\h had uivcn 



passage on the Austrian steamers to many Armenian 



I thedisturbai;< 

 summarily expelled by I he aullionlies m 



because he had delivered some IliolieV Selil 



him by an Armenian c.unmiite.-. The Turkish 



ernmciit afterward apologised for this act. and m 



compliance wit h t he demand of the Austrian am- 

 baSSSjdor dismissed the \'ali of Adana. and aNo |>aid 

 i-uted sum claimed by the Oriental Kailroa<l 

 Company, an Austrian ci.rjiorat ion. 



Internal KrCorin-. The Sultan acceded to a 

 .mendatioii in Sir Kd-ar \'ih rt in 



favor of the control of the budget by a linaiicjal 

 coiiiiiiissi<.n. to which he appointed two Kuroprans 

 and two hi^'h Turkish oHicijil-. The Turkish party 

 of progress and reform wa- olTi-ndcd by the virtua'l 

 exile of Marshal Fnad I'asha. under the disguise ,f 

 his ajipoint inent to^ the com ma ml of the army corps 

 at Mau'dad. A- a r-ult of t he coiillict between the 

 IMianar and the Sd , niuent in regard to 



Macedonian bishoprics, the Patriarch Am h\ m-. 



after dismissing the sf etropolitans of Hen-lea and 



Anchiolns. who had resisted the Servian and Kou- 

 manian claims, was forced by I he Synod to re- 

 sign OO Feb. 10. and Constant politaiiof 



Kphesiix. \\ason April 11 elected (Ecumenical Pa- 



triarch. The Albanians, displeased by the rontri- 

 but ions imposed for military porpOSSSAIld increased 

 taxes on wine and cat tie. committed di-tnrl 

 in the vicinity of Monastir. The Bulgarian 

 eminent ur^'eil on the Porte the introduction of lib- 

 eral reforms in Macedonia in the direction of the 

 absolute and practical equality of all the inhabit- 

 ants in view of their loyal behavior during the war 



With (ireece (see (i|;| | ., '| ,. The I'orte i' 



to the-,' representations made important ohai 



giving the Christians a share in the administration. 

 After the successful campaign of the Turkish troops 

 in Thes-s'ily the attitude of the Young Turkish parly 

 towanl kha (Jovernment underwent a change, and a 

 truce was arrange. 1. The exiled l.-ad.-r Mnra-i 

 who was under sentence of death, was allowed to 

 return to Constantinople. Arrests ,,f Ljheral MO- 

 el tobe made bv the police, and 



the palace olliciaN made extraordinary elTorls t< 

 keep alive the policy ..f proscription, but with- 

 out being sustained' by the ( Jovernment. When 

 several young military oflicers wen- condemned to 

 death by a court-mart nil on tin- charge "f DSill| 

 dit ious 'language, the Minister of War nfu~ 



allow the sentence to |.e executed. 



The definitive tn-aty of pea-e with (in-ece was 



I at Constantino|)le on v ^ I ratifica- 



iiangeil on Dec. 18. The Turkish 



nnient had intended to apply a part of t he war 

 indemnity of C T. 4.(KX),000 to the'ivconM met ion of 

 the navy. A check to this project for augmenting 



of Turkey was adininistej 



sia in a note demanding'a settlement of the arrears 

 of th. indemnity, amount,' 



!.:',<HUKIO. An advance of BT. 250,000 WM 

 obtained I rnmcnt in the beginningof the 



an equal sum was advanced after t lie war upon 

 the security of the indemnity, and at the cl- 

 the year the bank agreed to advance T. 400,000 

 more to pay for the transport of troops. 



