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Show MOSLEMS DENY THE IMPORTS No Disorders So Far as the Grand Vizier Knows, More Orders Sent WASHINGTON" March 29 Turk sh regular troops were due to arri e last Saturday at TJrum ah Pers a where Americans and other Christ ans are re ported to have been attacked by Kurd band ts accord ng to off c al state ments made to Embassador Morgenthau at Constantinople by the Turk sh grand v z er The embassador reported th 8 conversation to the state department today adding that the Turkish war of fice had intormed him that no acts of violence had been comm tted at Ur m ah Department off cials noted that the statement of the grand iz er and that of the war off ce did not co nc de as to the s t at on at Urumiah The grand viz er said the reported atroc ties n ere grossly exaggerated while the war off ce den ed that there had been any d borders whatever Eeports of attacks upon fore gners virtually all come from T fl s remote from Urum ah and between the two places commuD cat on is said to be so diff cult that error was to be expected in any reports carried from one place to the other It is understood that the Pers an charge here had been endeavor ing to obta n defin te informat on w th out success As the grand v z er as sured Mr Morgenthad that nstr ct ons had been sent to the Turk sh authori ties to suppress any ant Chr st an demonstration however and as these n structions are to be supported by the Turkish regulars departmental and d p lomat c oft cials here felt that there was 1 ttle fear of further attacks what eer had happened before the troops arrived Mr Morgenthau reported also that the fore gn educational institut ons n Turkey had been granted further ex tens on of t me until September be fore the new instructions of the gov ernment growing out of the withdrawal last year of the capitulations guaran teeing certain extra territorial rights would be enforced The American gov ernment protested against that action , as it affected miss on schools and col leges at that time an 1 the instructions as regards taxation and regulation of the schools were held up temporarily Mr Morgenthau sad the heads of tbe various m ssion schools hailed the postponement as a victorv and were satisf ed w th the situat on In mak ing the concession, the Turki6h govern ment required that the names of the heads of the various institutions be re ported to public instruct 6n authorities and Mr Morgenthau said this was being be-ing corapl ed with In the view of officials here the en forcement of the new instruction would v rtnally end the usefulness of the mission schools as t would place them directly under Turkish control |