People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — FOREIGNERS UNEASY. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGNERS UNEASY.

PROSPECT OF AN UPRISING IN SYRIA. Angry Bedouins Demand the Release es Men Accused of Attacking Foreign Envoys—Mob Rule in Formosa—Other Foreign News of Interest. Constantinople, June 5. —Advices received here from Jiddah, Arabia, a seaport of Mecca and the scene of the recent murderous assault on the consular officers of Great Britain, Russia and France, announce that a panic pret ails there and that it is feared the Bedouins will attack the town. The latter are held responsible for the attack upon the consuls which resulted in the death of the British vice-consul, and a number of them were arrested in consequence. This has caused an angry feeling among the Bedouins, who demand the release of those apprehended and threaten to use force if their demand is not complied with. The situation is so serious that the Europeans of Jiddah are hastily seeking refuge on board the merchant vessels in the harbor. It is also stated in the advices from Jiddah .that the arrival there of the British Mediterranean squadron, numbering seventeen warships of various classes, is anxiously awaited even by the Turkish authorities, as the garrison is very weak. In addition to the arrest of those supposed to have been connected with the assault of the foreign consuls with the has been aroused by the quarantine measures which the Turkish government has been compelled to adopt at Mecca, at the instance of the powers, in order to prevent the introduction of cholera into northern ports. The envoys of Great Britain, Russia and France in this city are awaiting instructions from their governments in regard to the situation of affairs at Jeddah, as w’ell as regarding the refusal of the Turkish government to agree to the reforms in Armenia which have been proposed by the powers. In this connection the situation of affairs is unchanged. The porte's reply, however, is regarded as a momentary success for the military party. On the other hand, the policy of Turkey in this matter is criticised by the Ottoman statesmen, who regard the porte’s action as disastrous to Turkey.