Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-11-25 | Page 2 | Will Establish Consulate

WILL ESTABLISH CONSULATE Uncle Sam to Station American Officer cer at Harpoot Washington Nov 24he Turkish authorities having refused to grant an exequatur to Dr Thomas I Norton to act as United States Consul at liar pool the indications point to some retaliatory re-taliatory measures on the part of our Government in the near future The Turkish contention now is that they permitted a United States consulate I to be established at Erzmoum under an Implied understanding that the United States would abandon ltd claim to a consulate at Harpoot That there was some shadow of foundation for this I understanding Is admitted but it instill in-still the purpose of the UnlteJ Stains I I to establish this consulate because the British Government has since been permitted to locate Consul at Hnr Pool and under the favored nation I I clause of our treaty with Turkey the United States Government claims the I same commercial privilege as Great I Britain I Tho last adverse decision of the Turkish Government In this matter has not modified the orders to tho bll battleship I bat-tleship Kentucky to proc eJ from Naples to Smyrna I