Show III I I I f MORE TURKEY CHASING I i I t t t I t t f H M I M t t M M t 0 t t A According cording to our foreign forein ad advices c sit it is und understood under under- r stood in Constantinople that the United States l in- in n hold Turkey responsible for the seventy seventy- two thousand dollars that citizens of this country have been compelled to pay to the Macedonian patriot patriot pa pa pa- triot brigands as ransom for Miss Stone It is said that the claim will be based upon the ground that the abduction was effected in Turkish territory and that hence the Sublime Porte is bound to tomake tomake tomake make good the tIle the loss For the first time in history we shall be inclined in dined to pity Abdul Hamid should this story prove proe to be true It is conceded that the motive for the crime was as a desire desire on the part of the cutthroats to secure money with which to start stait a serious rebellion rebellion rebel rebel- lion in Macedonia against the Sultan Our QUI Government Government Gov Gov- nt insisted upon upon paying the cash to the bandits bandits bandits ban ban- much to the disgust of Turkey lurkey because the a authorities at Stamboul knew well enough how it would be used Now if the United States after settling in spite of the Turkish protest were to demand demand de de- de- de mand indemnification that would be asking a great deal even en of everybody's door mat the Commander Com Cons mander of the Faithful Probably the report is without much foundation If we should be wrong in n t that t surmise then it would be proper to suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest to our Government that it send enough more money to the Committee direct to tomake tomake tomake make an even hundred thousand dollars and demand demand demand de de- de- de mand that sum from the Sultan We e should ld be quite quite quite-as as apt pt to get it t as the other amount |