Show PORTES PBOJECT FAILED Its Proposition as Regards Purchase of Warship to Pay Claim Washington April 27 Beyond the t statement that Mr Grlscom United Stales Charge dAffalrcs ul Constantinople Constanti-nople has been instructed to PICKS vigorously vig-orously for the payment of the American Ameri-can claims for Indemnity the officials here decline to divulge the nature of I his Instruction They say that Mr Glscom does not need express instructions instruc-tions to forward the claims for he had of his own volition taken a rather advanced ad-vanced altitude in this matter and thy roprosen la lions he Is now making though this time by express hun ructions I ruc-tions are In no resprcl morn peremptory peremp-tory than hid own preceding deliveries to the Turkish Government Nov J though the proposition was from a diplomatic standpoint yet It Is learned tobe true that the effort was made by the Porte to pay this American Ameri-can claim under cover of an order for a warship to be built In the Inlled Status for Turkey The reasons for the failure of the project were several The United Stats Government has no warships war-ships for sale and Is not authorized to build any for foreign order Then there Is no warrant of law for entering enter-ing Into an arrangement with a private I shipbuilding concern for the collec lion of an international obligation In the manner proposed Lastly judging by the experience of concerns that have had dealings with the Turkish Govcrhmont any ship builder a Citing Cit-ing the order from Turkey would require re-quire a guaranty from the United State Government and the net result of the transaction might be the assumption as-sumption by l iho United States of an obligation as much larger than the I original claims ns llio price of a bat tlcnhlp exceeds the 90000 Even If these obstacles wore ofer com lie scheme would be an utter failure as concerns the accomplishment of the prime object namely the secret payment to the United Stales of the indemnity wllh u vlow to avoid demonstration dem-onstration br other powers for settlement settle-ment of their claims for under our open methods of business the transactions transac-tions would have to be n matter of of llclal record |