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I Constantinople March arch 27 Nearly Nearly every ery day adds to the uncertainty of or ortho tho the people of Constantinople This city Is the center of oC the great ferment In the tho near cast but knows little about tho the decisions or of the Paris and ond London foreign offices and gets such heavily i censored news that New York ant and i Washington doubtless ha havo vo fuller In Information Information Information In- In formation on the Turkish situation Commercial Interests arc are eagerly discussing discussing dis dis- dis cussing tho the possibility of at liquor prohibition pro pro- In Constantinople and trade conditions if IC the straits aro arc neutral neutral- Ired Many Ian merchants that al although although al- al though thou h Constantinople Constantinople- would then be bethe bethe bethe the port for tor tho the Black Blacksea would bo be sea sa trade Its Importance lessened as tho capital of at a Turkey reduced to about six million people In that event the Black sea sen ports would probably assume greater importance importance Importance im Im- especially which can provide an unlimited supply of ot fuel tuel oil all and stands as ns the gateway to to Georgia Azerbaijan and Persia Many Ian students of at near eastern commerce commerce commerce com com- merce expect that Piraeus the port of oC Athens will become much more Important Important Important Im Im- Im- Im as a l transshipping port when Turkish control of ot the Dardanelles and the is ended After Great Britain in the tho United d States has at the present time more shipping In I Levant Levantino In o waters than any other nation Discussing American shipping In tho the near east cast a n. prominent American business man said I am afraid that this Is ts like a a. railroad railroad rail ran road which is trying to run without terminals and stations Wo We havo have ships but wo haven't American merlc n shipping regents gents to handle h them We Wo haven't nt facilities at tho the various ports and aro arc it t the mercy of foreign agents backed ed by br their governments which are far ar more interested In assuring their commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial future futuro than In protecting the therl rl rights of ot tho the minorities about whom the they talk so gladly Washington Foresees Old Enmities Aroused BY t. t Washington March arch Another S.-Another 28 clash between tho the Imperialistic am ambitions ambitions ambi ambi- l- l lions of Great Britain and Franco France with England slightly In tho the foreground ore round through adroit diplomacy Is tho the substance substance sub sub- stance stanco of ot the tho Inference drawn hors hero from rom the cable dispatch of Karl H. H von vor Universal l Service staff start correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent at Berlin containing th the tho text of ot an alleged secret agreement between between between be be- be- be tween Great Britain and Turkey Should Mr r. r ron von on Wiegand's dispatch bo Ibe confirmed the entire Turkish question quos ques tion which still awaits solution may taken a new turn President Wilson I has already declared the Turk must be expelled from Europe and It would In Indeed indeed In- In I deed be a surprising surprising- thing thinS were it finally established that while tho the PresIdent President President Pres Pres- ident was still in France fresh from his denunciation a of secret treaties England entered into inlo a pact with Turkey Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- TurI I key whereby she would be bo granted I control of the Dardanelles In return for tor permitting the sultan to remain in Con Con- There Is nothing hero to show that the treaty treat was signed sl ed but tho Jact tact fact that ne negotiations were conducted w would uld be bo sufficient to cause the finger of ot deep suspicion to be pointed at Eng Ens I land France with her extensive Interests in interests Interests In- In in Constantinople would have I cause for tor the greatest resentment The I terms of or the alleged treaty if It carried I. I out aut would annihilate French influence In the tho far Car cast east and Imperil her African I possessions as tho the Mediterranean would virtually become a British sea I Throughout the Turkish peace negotiations ne ne- ne the tho American contention has been the exclusion of ot the tho Turk from rom Europe a free freo Armenia and an International control of at the Darda Darda- nelles It is moral morally certain that these points are enumerated in the American to the tho to discuss he Turkish question The reply was sent only two days das ago ao by Bainbridge e I Colb olby the new secretary o of state If IC Ift It t t. should bo be established that a secret I treaty exists between Great Britain and Turkey it can readily be realised reali ed II what anger would be aroused in the of ot the other allied nations md Ind also alRO In tho the United States where the tho Presidents President's abhorrence of ot secret I treaties Is well known |