The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME L DEFEAT OF JAMESON, * 'ny Rumors Concerning the Fate of the Invader. BY HIS CAPTORS. other Version Is That He viewed to-day in connection with the Transvaal trouble. He said he did not re- gard the interest that Germauy is showing m'the matter as evidence of positive un- iriendliness to Great Britain. It rather rose from trade and similar relations with the republic. He did believe in the ex- istence of a secret understanding between Germany and the Transvaal, whilea secret | treaty was impossible, owing to the con- vention between Great Britain and the Transvaal. The present attitude of the Boers,he contended, was ascribable to a suspicion that there was a plot to annex their coun- try to the British possessions. The situa- tion, he added, wasa most dangerous one, but the Boers’ view should not be for- gotten. Moreover, it must not be for- gotten that the Dutch are in a majority, 7ill Be Tried by Boer Court-Martial, NOTHING DEFINITE LEARNED. Emperor William Sends Congratula- tions to the President of the Transvaal. LONDON, Exa., There is a X afloat that D as been captors and r that the in Johannest have risen gainst the Boer Gove t and given the truths im rnment the cit ble to monopo 1 8:50 0 oc a reporter of United Pre the Foreign possible, the report of Dr. Jameson. He was als there ttat they had on further than had > public. No news had rom the Transvaal since Colon g for d Jnfere have vet been 1 tary authorittes. reported to have al firm in will be 1, and his fol- ¢ prisoners, will be re- is Scotch isnow at ) tch Reg n Bechua f the British South from Buluwayo, advancing they British troops. rintendent of the Eastern Tele- that nota single been received from snday and says that posed private The South African d by messages iment, at The a ing cab ent of the ¢ ¢ powers, energetic nds which in- of the n enabled to re- 1and the inde- from attacks e ENRAGED AT GERMANY. Eng shmen Who. Do Not Relish Congratulations. Wiltiam's The Standard Emperor Wil- unfriendiy locus 1 Great Britain r issuesa warn- more n trespassing well able to defend people, but if us w0 remain in ing the un- 1 of the It ad ding ress some for Engl minds ression, that the ¢ ying with e the ded n from ieaty the possit The ( e will say: The Emperors near being an offer of We hope and believe t Krueger will take no notice Emyperor has nothing to do with this business which Mr. Chamberlair ng to settle on lines of perfec hat he intended ricognition to the aal as an independent state. The paper asks whether it is really trne, as pears, that Germany gladly seized the opportunity to h e Eng- nd or to win cheap applause for an easy bit chauvinism, and adds: diplomati 12 may rest assured that no demon- ions of this kind will induce Great to depart from & position which deliberately assumed and which is_convinced it is her good right to in."” mai 5 The Dukg of Abercorn, chairman of the Brit South African Company, in an interview to-day tnat communications had passed regularly between Dr. Jame- son and the board of directors of the com- but that these communications con- aived no reference to an invasion of the Transvaal. The boara was utterly un- aware of the movement and had never suggested of encouraged anything of the kind. The News will to-morrow _publish a dis- patch from Berlin- saying that the German 2 ser Condor has been ordered to pro- ceed to De a Bay, East Airica. The cruiser ' Scaadler is already at Lorenzo Marquez. Sir Charles Dilke, M. P., who is gen- erally regarded as one of the best English suthorities on foreign affairs, was inter aland | rption that he | not only in the Transvaal, but in South | Africa. i HAMBURG, GeryaNY. Jan. 3.—It is re- that the Colonial Society has 300,000 marks at the disposal of Dr. ers, German Commissioner in | East Africa, for the purpose of organizing an expedition to help the Boers. EA E | FIOLATION OF 4 TREATY. How Germans Regard the Invasion of the Transcaal. BERLIN, Germaxy, Jan. 3.—The Frank- | fort Zeitung says that the Transvaal re- | gards the invasion as a violation of the | treaty entered into with Great Britain in [ 1854, and that the Transvaal therefore | repudiates that convention, thus regaining | her right to enter upon international rela- i tions on her own account. | Under the terms of the treaty of 1884 the | suzerainty of Great Britain in the Trans- B al was considerabiy restricted, and in- stead of a resident agent at Pretoria the British Government was to be representec | by a diplomatic agent. The treaty of peace ifi\gnc\l in 1881 between Great Britain and the Tran following the war ‘lumsed by the aunexation of the latter by the former, provided that | seli-government should be restored to the Transvaal so far as internal affairs were concerned, the control and manage- | ment of ternal affairs being rescrved to | Great Britain suzerain. This treaty proyided for the appointment of a h re: t agent at Pretoria. repudiation by the Boers of the v of 1834 would give them control of their own foreign af - NO NEWS RECEIVED. I as The Great Anxiety in England Regarding the Crisis. NEW YORK, N. Y., from London to the Sun say 5 A, here is no more news from the Transvaal, and no news is believed to | mean very bad news. So strong is this impression in London that public appre- hension and excitement are far greater over this situation and all it involves | than was the case at any time during the | still pending Anglo-American crisis. an. 4.—A cable M.— ny rg. he British Colonial Office is still open | at 5 ¢’clock this morning, and a large staff | of Under Secretaries and other officials | are on duty waiting for the fateful news | which does not come. | We only know that a single telegraph wire to Johannesburg is in working order. | England, Europe, the whole world in fact, re waiting with much impatient anxiety for the news of one of the most extraorc | nary events in modern history to come | over that w WIS A DISMAL FAILURE Short Life of the Second Strike of Motormen and Conductors. It Was Not Approved by the Leaders and Ordered Without Authority. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 3.— The second strike of the motormen and con- ductors of the Union Tractién Company was a ¢ ismal failure and was over before it was fairly begun. The strike was or- the men held early this morning. The strike was disapproved by the lead- ers of the association and the more con- servative element among the men, and when it was inaugurated this morning, { only about 1000 of the 5000 employes of | the company went out. | At no time was any of the departments of the rosd completely tied up, and by noon the cars were practically running on every division on schedule time. There were no disturbances of any kind. President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association this morning expelled Lutz, a member of the executive committee, from the order on the ground that he had {ordered the strike without authority. It is probable that the men will try to have |any grievances they have adjusted by peaceable means. | MAY TIE UP THE ROAD. | Spread of a Strike That Started in the Western New York and Penn- sylvania Shops. BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 3.—The strike in the Western New York and Pennsylva- nia shops wh began yesterday at noon, when about thirty men went out because of the di e of fellow-employes, as- sumed larger proportions to-day. Resolutions were adopted at a mass- meeting demanding a reinstatement of the discharged men, and the restoration of the 10 per cent reduction made three years ago. The employes say that in case the differ- ences are not adjusted it is altogether probable that the Western New York and Pennsylvama will be tied up. The chief complaint of the men is that the company has been discharging men because they have taken an active part in the labor movements of the day. LR ) Norvthern Pacific Reccivers. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 3.—The matter of appeintment of receivers for the North- ern Pacific road was again adjourned in the United States Circcit Courc to-day. Judge Lacombe is giving the parties all the time they ask to afford opportunity for the Eastern and Western interests to harmonize and arrive at some agreement regarding the appointment of receivers for the road. The case will again be calied next Friday. It is now more than thirty hours since | information came out of Johannes- | dered at the mass-meeting of about 450 of | | Spanish Press Censors Have Doctored | = lp é!kmnupy PRICE FIVE CENTS JOHN BULL IN A DILEMMA. NOW' GAINING DAILY. Great Headway Made by the | Insurgent Forces f of Cuba. ] MANY NEW UPRISINGS. The Whole Island Reported in a Turbulent State of Warfare. STEADY ADVANCE ON HAVANA. | Reports of the Most Important Battles. HAVANA, Cupa, Jan. 3.—There isno | doubt that the insurrection is gaining | strength daily, and that the rebels are ob- taining assistance from sources that hith- | erto have been thought to be loyal to the | Government. The success of Gomez and Maceo in passing the hitherto invulner- able trocha, the military line that in pre- | vious insurrections kept the rebels in the | province of Santiago de Cuba, and their | dash across the province of Santa Clara | into Matanzas, has led many menand | vouths who were wavering in their alle- giance to the crown, to throw aside their | doubts and cast their lots with the insur- | gents. The swhole island is now in a state of war. The restlessness in the provinces of | Havana and Pinar del Rio, the two west- | ernmost political divisions of the island, has caused the Government officials to adopt measures to prevent risi Heretofore the leading ne have had correspondents with the army, who have sent reports of the various en- gagements, which, after being so prepared as to meet the views of the censors, have been published. These papers will now not be permitted to publish even news of this character, an order having been issued that the newspapers shall print no news concerning the insurrection except such as is contained in information officially fur- nished them by the Government. ‘I'he rebels are invading the southern part of the province of Havana, their line of march being in the direction of Melena. Several columns of troops have been or- dered to oppose them. A smaller rebel force is also marching to Agnacate. Two columns are operating against them. MADRID, Spary, Jan. 3.—Official dis- patches received here to-day confirm the report that the Cuban insurgents have penetrated into the province of Havana. They have cut the telegraph lines and de- stroyed parts of the railways. Several columns of Government troops have started in pursuit of them. RS e CLOSING IN ON HAVANA. Major Palomino Tells of the Work of Insurgents. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 3.—Major Jesus Palomino, aid-de-camp on the staff of Lieutenant-General Antonio Maceo, | whose army is now closing in on Havana, has just reached New York on a secret mission of importance. In an interview he said : Nothing can now prevent the besieg- ing of Havana by our armies. It is not our purpose to attack, destroy or harass| Havana. We intend to cutoff supplies of that city. The success of the revolution in Cuba is now assured beyond question. “Our plan to destroy the sugar planta- tions has succeeded admirably. We have burned over $50,000,000 worth of property on the plantations, including the cane in the fielas. The revolutionary armies | which have invaded Matanzas and are | now close to Havana are divided into two main divisions. The van consisting of 1200 cavalrymen is under the command of Colonel Lacret and Colonel Matagas. The main invading army is under the com- mand of Geuneral Antonio Maceo and Gen- eral Maximo Gomez. The latter has 2000 cavalry from Camaguey and two Hoétch- kiss rapid-fire cannon. General Maceo has 2000 foot soldiers from the east district and two Maxim quick-firing guns. The rear guard of this invading army in Matanzas is led by Brigadier-General Quinton Banderas, who has 1000 infantry. ““There i3 not the slightest danger of our being overwhelmed from the rear. . From where we are now clear back to the eastern end of the island we have left strong armies to protect the territory. A revoiu- | of farmers. tionary army of 600 armed men has been lately gathered in the tobacco country to the west of Havana. It isin charge of Gen- eral Pedro Delgado and it bas begun to march toward Havana. “The Spanish army is powerless against us. The Spanish generals have in the province ¢f Las Villas over 70,000 troops, | but they have not been able to accomplish one defeat, although we have there only 15,000 soldiers, There are now 30,000 regu- lar Svanish troops in Cuba, besides a so- called volunteer force of 60,000 men raised on theislund. Whatdo they allamountto? “Between 30,000 and 40,000 of the Span- ish regulars have died from wounds and disease since the revolution begun. Spanish troops are mostly lads from the country districts of Spain. They are sons The Cuban climate and their forced marches will take them off like flies.” SPREAD OF THE COLD WAVE. In Many Secttons of the Northwest and East the Mercury Falls Rapidly. WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 3.—The present cold wave made 1its first appear- ance in the far Northwest in the Canadian province of Alberta on the morning of the 1st. From that time until this morning the temperature steadily fell in Alberta |and the adjacent Cawsdian provinces, reaching a minimum temperature of 30 to 40 degrees below zero. On the morning of the 3d the ther- mometers were from 25 to 30 deg. below in the Northwest and the area of the freezing | weather extended southward to Texas and ward to Western New York and Penn- yivania. Very cold weather will prevail throughout the East and South during Saturday and Sunday, probably reaching | its greatest intensity Sunday morning. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis.. Jan. 3.—To- day has been the coldest here in several years. The temperature is 24 deg. below zero. CLEVELAND, Onro, Jan. 3.—One of the worst, blizzards experienced here in years swooped down from the east early this morning, the wind attaining a velocity of over fifty miles an hour by night. The temperature is at z:ro and falling. KILLED BY A LITTLE B0Y, Three Children Fatally Shot While a Pistol Was Used as a Plaything. After Wounding His Companions the Lad Ended His Own Life. MORELAND, K., Jan. 3.—A horrible tragedy was enacted by children near Mil- ledgeville yesterday, and as a result there are three little ones dead and dying. Mil- ledgeville is a little village in Lincoin County. Three little girls named Walters, aged respectively 4, 6 and 8 years, were playing in a room of the Walters House. In the room was a little boy named Walters aged 4 or 5 years. Hehad been constantly at the house, where he played with his little cousins. The four children were playing together as usual, when the little boy by some means secured a pistol which had been secreted about the house. The little fellow in playing with the weapon succeeded in discharging it. The weapon was loaded with five cartridges. After learning the modus operandi of firing it he turned upon the little girls and began firing. One was sbot through the hips; another was shot through the abdo- men. The third was not injured, but a bullet went through her clothing. Then the boy placed the pistol under his own chin, and, pulling the trigger, sent a ball crashing through his head. It entered at the base of the chin and plowed its way through to the top of his head, coming out above the ear. 5 It was found upon examination that the two girls will die. The boy 1s lingering between life and death. g Declares for Reed. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 3.—The Boston Journal will say to-morrow: “The Boston Journal, voicing the vigorous sentiment of the Republican party of New England, declares for Thomas B. Reed for the Presi- dency. If New England’s delegates to the National Convention are 10 represent New England they must be Reed men—all of them.” - Destroyed by Fite. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 8.—The Cranberry breaker operated by A. Pardee & Co. at Cranberry, near Hazleton, was destroyed by fire to-night. A number of company houses were also destroyed. Loss avout $100,000. - At 11.o'clock a furious blizzard was raging. The boiler and fan houses adjoining the breaker were on fire and the Fire Department could nothing. ] The | AN ENGLISH VERSION. Good and Evil Done by the President’s Message on Venezuela. BETTER RELATIONS DUE. i America, However, May Build a Big Navy and Become Aggressive, MANY WAYS OF SETTLEMENT. Arbitration the Key Note of the Whole Plan to Close the Controversy. LONDON, Exa., Jan. 3.—The American correspondent of the Daily Chronicle cables that paper to-day from Washington in part as follows: “Iam now at léngth able to speak with confidence of the opinion in the highest American quarters. The only csndition on which the men whom I specially de- sired to see would speak has veen my personal pledge not even by a hint to be- tray their names, therefore I can only give my word that I am not exaggerating my authorities. “President Cleveland’s message to Con- gress has done several good and evil things. First, it has destroyed any chance of saving the Armenians; second, it has given a strong impetus toward closer ties between Great Britain and her colonies; third, it has enormously emphasized the line of cleavage always existing, but dis- creetly ignored, between the East and | West. in the United States—the West to- day regards the East as practically an European annex, and New York bankers as allies of the ‘money sharks’ of Europe; fourth, it has rendered certain the creation of a great American navy, which the next generation will almost be tempted to use for aggression; fifth, and most im- portant, it has, unless foolish words or unforseen events bar its nat- ural consequence, paved the way for better future relations, for Americans having experience of the consequences will cease their ignorant denunciations and Englishmen will learn to show much greater respect to American National opin- ion, knowing that force is behind it ana will therefore refrain from provoking it by utterances and acts of veiled contempt. “Finally, the message has rendered pos- sible the avoidance of a far vaster danger, namely, the question of the Nicaraguan canal. “The Schomburg line is now proved destitute of any quality of permanence, and it therefore remains to consider the situation as effected by itsremoval. I can affirm positively that the American Gov- ernment is above everything anxious for arbitration. Whatever may have been its actual result, the intenticn of President Cleveland’s message was amicable. “The close entourage of the President to-day scouts the idea that it wasnota message of peace. But behind it has sprung up a National sentiment, which it would be utter madness on the part of the English people to disregard or underesti- mate. The Monroe doctrine is not worth discussing. The fact is that if Venezuela does not come within the four corners of the Monroe doctrine then the new doc- trine—the Olney doctrine—covers it, and American opinion overwhelmingly favors its general principles. Moreover America demands arbitration as a sacred right, and for this she will fight if needs be. “While allowing due weight to the East- ern press you must remember the line of cleavage mentioned. Remember also to what extent the South found support in New York before the War of the Rebelllion. Now, how shall arbitration be reached? The best way of all would be for Lord Salisbury to come to an arrangement di- rect with Venezuela. “The Cabinet here would much prefer this course. I understand upon high authority that the Venezuelan Govern- ment would express its regret at the Yuruan outrage, pay all tbe additional in- demnity demanded and request England to resume diplomatic relations, if in re- turn England would agree upon a refer- ence of the whole question toany com- petent tribunal she might select, and America woula bring every pressure to bear to this end if Venezuela hesitated. All American interests would cease in- stantly before the fact of arbitration be- fore the party owning the soil. ‘“The second method is if Lord Salisbury will say he believes the commission fair and competent to consider the historical question, and ask if the American Govern- ment would permit him to name the Brit- ish commissioners to join -t without committing himself to abide by the result, I can assert that the Cabinet would in- stantly welcome the proposal. “The third method is, supposing the American commission devoted its atten- tion first to the territory England is will- ing to arbitrate and reports there is a prima facie case for considering the larger question at the same time, will Lord Salis- bury then consent to submit that question to either the single or a dual commission? “There is a fourth method, for I have every reason to believe that Mr. Bayard will inform Lord Salisbury of the con- stitution of the commission and say that if England is willing to lay her case before it without prejudice, America will be very glad to receive the documents.” il i BENEATH CONTEMPT. Chamberlain’s View of the Prevarication. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 3.—The Pall Mall Gazette says it has no reason to doubt that the dispatches which the Daily Chronicle quotes are the official unpub- lished correspondence exchanged by Great Britain and Venezuela during No- vember, 1841, when Charge of England reviewed the boundary-posts set up by Schomburg, are genuine. The Gazette presumes that Secretary Olney and President Cleveland knew of these documents. Why, then, did Secre- tary Olney nct use them to refute Lord Salisbury’s second dispatch ? “Did he?” the Gazeite asked, ‘“deliber- ately prefer to pick a quarrel with Lord Salisbury ?” Mr. Chamberlain, when shown at the Colonial Office a copy of the Chronicle’s accusation of the cognizance on the part of the Government of the unpublished correspondence, declared that the charge was beneath contempt. HOPES FOR But Salisbury Is the Situation. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 3.—Commenting editorially on the above, the Chronicle will to-morrow say : “We hope there is abundant promise that in one or another of the alternatives the United States suggests lies the hope of settlement. Lord Salisbury is master of the situation. He will have public opin- ion behind him in resisting claims that are not consistent with the existence or honor of the empire, but he will have to take into account such immediate diplo- matic proposals as we have submitted to the country. We ask, therefore, for a cool and quiet preparation of the National mind, putting aside every passion and prejudice for considering simply how peace may be kept and the nations reason- ably satisfied. Above all, let us have a Bering Sea treaty at once as an earnest of the settlement of the Venezuelan problem.” DILKFE ON THE CONTROVERSY. Says Alleged Discoveries Will Not CRange the Situation. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 3.—Sir Charles Dilke, M. P., was seen by a United Press reporter to-day and asked to state his view in regard to the developmerts in the Vene- zuelan dispute growing out of the discov- eries of old correspondence by the special representative of the Daily Chronicle, now in Washington. Sir Charles said he did not think that the Chronicle’s disclosures would in any degree alter the situation. It was obvious, he said, that the Venezue- lan Government would have published be- fore this any documents likely to help their case. Before answering the state- ment made in the Chronicle that the Schomburg line was worthless, he said he would require to be informed what the Schomburg line was. prbhee s Bt PROOF AT THE VATICAN. Missions in the Disputed Territory Ac- ereaited to Caracas. ROME, Itavry, Jan. 3.—It is reported in clerical circles here that the Pope offered to mediate in the Venezuelan boundary dispute, but that England refused to accept the offer. Orders have been issued to the keeper of the archives of the Propaganda to make further researches for documents connected with the Venezuelan missions. As stated exclusively by the United Press yvesterday, important documents haye been found in the archives of the Vatican re- lating to Catholic missions in Venezuela. These documents show that the missions within the territory claimed by England were included in the diocese of Caracas prior to the acquirement of Guiena by the British. e RS e FOUR MEMBEKS TO MEET. The Venezuelan Commission to Hold a MSession. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—Four of the five members of the Venezuelan com- mission will assemble in the diplomatic room of the State Department, at 11 o’clock to-morrow morning, for the pur- pose of having an informal talk over the work before them. Those who will be present are Justice Brewer, Professor Gil- man, Chief Justice Alvey and Mr. Cou- dert. Mr. White will be unable to be pres- ent, and it is likely that in his absence or- ganization will be posiponed. The commission will probably hold its session at the residence of Justice Brewer. T00 MUCH DYKAMITE STORED. One of the Causes of So Many Fatalities in the Explosions at St. Lours. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 3.—Six dead and four missing was the report of the police when the work of digging out the ruins of the wrecked buildings ended this evening. An unfounded rumor was circulated that three corpses were found at 2 ». ». Work is almost impossible at night as electric wires were torn out by the explosion, but it will be resumed to-morrow with a dou- ble force. The total losses foot up $95,000, insured for one-fourth. Insurance adjusters have learned that there were 150 cases of cannon crackers, made of dynamite,stored in the Grubb com- mission-house. The city ordinance prohib- its the storing of more than five pounds of explosives at one place. This discovery is likely to nullify insurance policies and re- sult in damage suits. Sir Robert Schom- | burg was appointed fo limit the frontier | of British Guiana, and April, 1842, when | aid to be Master of | MISERY 15 SUPREME, Terrible Destitution Among the Victims of Turks and Kurds. THOUSANDS STARVING. Unfortunates Flock Into the Sacked Villages and Find No Food Nor Shelter. SOME RELIEF WORK GOES ON. Persecutors of the Armenians Hold All the Food Awaiting an Increase in Price. [Correspondence of The United Press,] CONSTANTINOPL TurkEey, Dec.21.— The United Press is able to furnish the following, which gives the situation in the various provinces of Turkey, and also an account of what being done for the re- lief of the destitute Armenians: In the city of Trebizond Dr. Parmales and Mr. Crawford are issuing food and clothing to about 3000 destitute persons. Many refugees have come in from the re gion of Baiburt and Erzingan. About 3 of these have crossed over into Ru where they can be secure from the sword at least. In the city of Erzeroum the wretched people have been held in hopes of receiv- ing back their plundered goods for somie time since the massacre, only to be disap- pointed. Nothing of any value is to be found. The villages of the province are <o stripped that about half of the population is destitute. Twenty-four villages on the | plain of Erzeroum have been devastated. In Erzingun thousands of men, women and children wander about the”streets in hunger and misery. The offer is con- | stantly beld before them that if they will become Mohammedans they will be fed from the bounty of the Sultan. The villages of Pakarich, Abousdaja, Hassan, Armedan, Gassna, Khuruaker, imara, Pingian, Arver and others have been pillaged. Many people are wander- | ing in the mountains without food. At Baiburt numbers of women and chil« dren almost without clothing and in the most awful misery are constantly coming into the city to beg alms among its ruined houses. In Erzeroum W. N. Cbambers and his wife are doing what they caa to relieve the destitute and care for the sick with funds furnished by the Duke of West~ minster’s committee in London. Hardly a village in the province of Bit- lis escaped pillage. In the Boulanik dis- trict of this province thirty-eight villages have been sacked. In the city of Bitlis Cole and Knapp of the American Mission, with their families, are the only foreigners in the city. Itis hardly safe for Christians to zo upon the streets of the city yet, but the mission- aries are rendering aid to the most press- ing cases in a cautious way. As many as 15,000 refugees have rushed intc Van and are there houseless and with- out food. The robbers have .gathered up the whole food supply of the country dis- tricts, and aided by the officials of the country districts are holding it for arise in price from the misery of the people and the benevolence of the aid fund. Dr. Grace Kimball and other members of the American Mission are working in the most prudent way to aid the sufferers. The whole district of Silvas is given over to indescribable misery, andif im- mediate relief is not sent famine will de- stroy those who have escaped the mas- sacre. In the city of Sivas the Rev.Mr. Perry and his wife and Miss Brewer of the American M onaries are trying to re- lieve distress as it becomes more safe to g0 on the streets of the city. Arabkir, in the province of Harpoot, was pillaged by the Moslem inhabitants, 2ided by a rabble of Mohammedans from outside the city. The Moslems continued their work during ten fearful days. About 2000 Christians, of all denominations, were killed, and every Christian house in the city was stripped of all its contents. Over 2000 houses were burned. Efforts ara being made to get money relief to these people, but the difficulties are very great, in view of the notion among the Turks that money sent to Armenians is fair plunder. Twenty -seven towns and villages in the province of Diarbekir have been sacked. Dr. Andrus of the American mission at Mardin has been supplied with a small amount of money for the relief of the starving by giving work to refugees who have gone to Mardin, LONDON, E~G., Jan. 3.—The corre- spondent of the United Press at Constan- tinople, telegraphing under date of Janu= ary 2, says: “The Porte has informed United States Minister Terrell that Americans shall be permitted to distribute relief to the Ar- menian sufferers at Harpoot without hindrance.” g Not Yet in the Syndicate. BERLIN, Germany, Jan. 3.—The bank- ing firm of Bleichroder, which isthe repre- sentative house in Germany of the banke ing concern of Ladenburg, Thalman & Co., of New York, says that the Bleichroders are not yet in the syndicate which is re- portea to have arranged to take the Ger- man end of the proposed new United States loan. The representative here of the United Press learned that Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co., bankers of New York, will represent the Deutsche Bank syndi- cate interests with Messrs. J. S. Morgan & Co. for part of the loan. To Strengthen Defenses. OTTAWA, Oxt., Jan. 3.—The Govern- ment has already decided upon a line of action regarding the strengthening of Canadian defenses, and the better arming of the militia force. Colonel Lake, quar< termaster-general, leaves for England to- day to confer with the imperial authori- ties on the subject of the purchase of a number of guns, it being the intention of the Government to increase all field bat- teries by two guns each. Dickey, Minister of Militia, will introduce a bill to arm the forces with Lee-Metford nifies.