Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part II

Mr. Terrell to Mr. Olney.

[Telegram.]

Pera, November 9, 1895.

At Beirut and Alexandretta to interchange, and one always at Mersine. Missionaries report that the presence of Marblehead prevented massacre at Adana. They beg that a light-armed dispatch bark will be kept at Constantinople. Every great power has one here. A revolution is preparing in Macedonia. Turkish garrison of 400 killed and captured at Zeitoun.

Terrell.