The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 44, September 9, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls — John Shaqi
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 44, September 9, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsVarious
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The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 44, September 9, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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VOL. 1 SEPTEMBER 9, 1897. NO. 44
The Armenians in Turkey are becoming restless once more.
They say they have waited long enough for the promised reforms, and as
the Sultan has made none of the proposed changes, they have once again
shown their hatred for him and his rule by resorting to that most
cowardly of weapons, a dynamite bomb.
One day last week all Constantinople was alarmed by the noise of several
loud explosions.
It was soon found that dynamite bombs had been thrown into the windows
of the Government Council House. The entire building was shaken to its
foundations, the roof torn off, and the walls badly damaged.
A meeting of ministers in the Grand Vizier's office had been proposed
for the hour at which the explosion took place, and it was supposed that
the cowardly assassins had intended to murder the Turkish officials
while they were attending to their duties. Happily the meeting had been
postponed, and therefore but little harm was done beyond the damage to
the building.
The people had hardly recovered from their horror over the wrecking of
the Council House when word was brought that an attempt had been made
to blow up the Ottoman Bank.
Just a year ago an attack was made on the Bank, and on that occasion its
officers were so unprepared for an attack that the Armenians gained
possession of the building, and held it against the soldiers for several
hours.
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