File No. 10044/152.
Ambassador Leishman to the Secretary of State.
Pera, April 23, 1909.
Mr. Leishman says Constantinople is surrounded by besieging forces whose headquarters are at St. Malo, Stefano, where Parliament is sitting. Says there are no disorders in the city, but great uneasiness prevails, and that the situation in Adana and Aleppo district remains bad and massacres continue in many cities, according to report of consul. Missionaries at Hadjin are greatly alarmed, and while no disturbances have occurred the place is menaced. Says the movement does not seem to be directed against foreigners, whose greatest danger is being caught in a melee or in harboring refugees.