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VOL. 1 FEBRUARY 25, 1897. NO. 16

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There does not seem to be any prospect of a settlement of the Turkish
troubles.

The various European powers have called the Sultan to account for the
massacres in Armenia, and laid out a system of reforms, which they think
should be made.