Show TURKEY WILL PAY Method Adopted by the Porte to Settle Set-tle With Uncle Sam Washington Dec 3Tho officials of the State department dccllno to make any statement for publication relative to the announcement from Constantinople that the Turkish Government had arranged to pay time American mission claims under cover of a contract with tho Cramps for a warship Nevertheless reason T there Is reason I to bilev lho report Js wollfounded nnd the i t ° alms are ln a far way to bo paid r f It is l31thl expectation Um time Cramps innt plead of undertaking to deal directly with time claimants will turn over to the ninV Se IlCpartmellt lc amount of tho claims In the neighborhood of 23000 and lint Ito department Will dlflblAW the S mpncy to tho claimants While In this way there will be no direct dealing be fvt tijo United States and the Turkish Government tho end In view namely the collection of the money will bo ef fected and there la no disposition to bo captious as to tho form taken In tha payment mit TIm tim settlement of this matter will per battleship Kentucky to proceed on her way to Manila or return over her imite far enough to pick UP the American Consul at Tankers and assist him morally In tho collection of the Indemnity de mended in the EszoRul case Tho State department prefers the use of an Impos ing craft like tho Kentucky rather than a cruiser but If the former cannot com photo her original mission In season then recourse can bo had to the Dixie for uso In the Moorish case |