CHAPTER XXI.

POLITICS AND MASSACRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

Investigation at Sassun--Mr. Gladstone on the Situation--Disturbances in Constantinople--Joint Notes by the Embassies--Plan of Reforms--New English Government--Massacre in Constantinople--Decisive Action of the Embassies--Signing of the Reforms--Subsequent Acts of Defiance--Breach Between England and Russia--Collapse of English Influence 384