Show CANT SCARE UNCLE SAM Theories Advanced by Diplomats a to What Sultan May Do New York April 20it Is Intimated by diplomats familiar with the situation situa-tion according to a Washington special to thc World that the Sullan oC Turkey Tur-key docs not care particularly whether an ultimatum Is I Issued by the United I Slates because of the neglect to pay the 100000 which the United States Is now demanding after years of promises prom-ises as he has means of reprisal at hand hnndhere There arc in the Philippines more than 5300000 lohumme ant in the Sulu islands whose devotion to their Caliph Is l fanatic The Sultan would have but to lift Ms finger and these Malays und Moros would Join forces with the Tagilos The war In Luzon would be extended In every direction throughout the islands and the American I Ameri-can forces would necessarily have lobo t lo-bo greatly Increased More than that i would give the Sultan t long clrcd chance to renounce re-nounce cerlaln treaties between the United Status und tho Otloman empIre em-pire One of these concluded shortly after Commodore Decatur punished the Trlpolitan pirates guarantees that any American accused of a crime or misdemeanor mis-demeanor within the Turkish empire I shall bo tried only by a United Slates consular court and be punished only according to American laws This Is a privilege not granted to the subjects of any other power and its advanlages I arc of peculiar importance to the missionaries mis-sionaries in Turkey |