Show REPORT ON THE FOREIGN MISSIONS Situation in Western Turkey Including Constantinople Is Favorable Favorable but There Has Been Much Suffering in Van and Fields n OSTON Dec American BOSTON D board of commissioners for foreign missions In its report made public today deals with condi conditions conditions In Turkey It states that the po situation in the western Turkey mission which Includes Constantinople has been favorable While there have been no little terrorizing In the Salon SalonIca lea Ica field of the European Turkey Purkey mis mission mission sion and a spIrit of revolution In parts ot of BulgarIa tear fear of war or ota of a general massacre of Christians has not been acute A sIgnificant event ot of the year was the gift ot of francs gold from Prince Ferdinand ot of Bulgaria for repairs upon the mission church at Sofia Pangs of Poverty The gr greatest unrest has been in the theVan theVan Van and fields eastern Tur Turkey Turkey key the report says where bands of revolutionists organizing in Russia have attacked Turkish villages and clashed with Turkish troops Poverty and suffering in these two stations es have been severe The mis missionaries have administered relief funds sent from the United States England and Germany and the regular work has gone on with but little per permanent permanent manent interruption The government governmentS has thrown many obstacles In the way S ot of missionary travel Evidently orders I have been sent out into the distrIcts from Constantinople to prevent the mIssIonaries from traveling in the country Unrest In Arabia The troubles Of the government In ArabIa calling out the reserves and Increasing the taxes have Created un unrest unrest rest among all classes Emigration of Armenians to the United States is a direct hindrance to the work in that many of the trained teachers and Christian workers are among the nurn num ber berThe The conditions of the country have driven a gr great Lt many of the strong men mento to the United States Several members of the church have suffered imprison imprisonment imprisonment ment from the alleged false charges of the Turkish government |