ANTI-CHRISTIAN MASSACRES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5

ANTI-CHRISTIAN MASSACRES.

371 LL IN progress. exited STAfiis Asks. A question. ' (Rec. Ajjril 25, 4 p;hi.j Cbfistaritinoplo) April 24. fiiiiing the massacres of. Christians in the Vilayet of Adanaj nineteen Protestant jiastors. wore killed. The • massacres continue at Anticch (in • Syria) and at iiiaiiy. Armenian villages in : this vicinity of this -seaport bf Altixiiiitli-cttii. London, April 25. The United States Government has inquired of Sir Edward Grey/ British Secretary for Foreign Affairs, liow far Turkey, in adord- ' anco with tile treaty of fioHih, 1$ taking i steps tb stop tills wholesale ■laughter. | UNREST IN OTHER P/VftTS &F ' TURKEY; ' ' - . •/ ' Ah iNDEPEHDEMT PALEBTiNE. ULTIMATUM SENT FROM JEitfJ&ALEM; i (tjoc; April 23j 4 p.m.) Lohtidh, April §1. tho civil p'ojitllritioii iiiul garrison of ] Jerusnletn telegraphed td Constantinople i threatening to protlhitii I'aiostlliß rin imld- i petttlblit Stlito luiltßit tile Odtistiltllitin Is fostordtl.. • < iibhiiniitibclnns and Christians in Jerusalem «ie eagerly bfforiiig to joill thd Bcbnd mid , Third Army Corp.s, tho Couutitutioual foiwi

TROOPS REVOLT At ERZEROUM, : - POSITION AT SKUTARI. bonafantlhople, April 23. A brittaiioil of regtflrir troops' at Erzcrolim (an important centre of Turkcy-in-Asia) revolted, seized.tho Konak (the royal residence), and proclaimed tho Shcr'iat, or sacred law. The foreigners took refuge in the Consulates. Tho troops at Skutari, on tho Asiatic side Of {ho BosphorUs, are' against tho'Committee of tlnion and Progress. Five thousand of Pasha's troops have been landed at Ismid, on tho Asiatic side, to intercept COll- - fugitives. DISAFFECTION IH WEST TURKEY. ■ i SULTAN'S ANATOLIAN FRIENDS. (Reb. April 25, 4.30 jj.m.) Constantinople,* April 24. Shevket Pasha, commanding the troops from Salonika, has sent continents to Ismid and Sski-shehef, on the Asiatic side of' tho BosphorUs, to prevent the .approach to Constantinople 6f troops in Anatolia (i'urkoy-in-Asiii) that aro favourable tci the Sultan. TJnr«st prevails at Slnitari, at Mitrovitza arid Uskub (important centres of Western Tiirhey), arid at tlio Adriatic staport of Avlona, due to tlio Albanian Leaguo. SUCCESSION. SULTAN'S FAVOURITE SON MISSING. Paris, April 23. : The "Matin'' states that the Sultan refuses to abdicate unless the Powers guarantee that his brother Resliad (the legatl heir) shall bo his successor. t It is reported that the Sultan's favourite sori has disappeared. He is afcciised of helping the rcaStibnaries. GENERAL GABLE News,. (rtr raiaHiph—rittss ASSoOutibx—cbrviticriT.j ; , -- BULGARIA'S INDEPMDiiNCE. (Roc. April 25, 4 p.m.) 1 w . / , LOfiCtort, April 25. Britain arid Franco have recognised Bulgaria's iridbporidenco... . - . . PLAGUE. .ActoiijltitS, April 24. A lad rianiod, Sinitli lias died from plague at Port Adelaide. MR. ROOSEVELT. . . v . London, Aprii 23. King Edwafd has telegraphed to cx-Presi-dfcnt Roosevelt vrclcaming him t-b British East Africa, and wishllig hirii a plfccsiint tinib diiriiig liifc liliiitirig cijicditioh, and every success. A PATROL KILLEI). , , . , .Calcutta) April 23. l'he Miihsruds. killed ii patrol of ten cavalrymen oil tho North-West Fi-ciilflcr.