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Show DOUBT TRUTH OF THE STORY FROM TRIPOLI Secretary Daniels Repeats 1 His Request, but Has Received Re-ceived No Reply WASHINGTON Dec S Department Depart-ment head' although without official advices on the subject were keenly in tcrested fonight in a Home dipatch say ng the Ital an cru aer Calabria at Be rut Syr a had been instructed to co operate -with the American cruiser North Carolina in protecting refugees on the Syrian coast, Secretary Daniels cabled the d spatch to Captain Oman of the North Caro 1 na, at Be rut and to Capta n Decker of the cruiser Tennessee wh ch left Jaffa yesterdaj taking a load of refugees to Alexandr a. Mr Daniels also repeated h s request for information from the cruiser com manders concern ng a recent Athens d patch announcing that the North j Carol na had threatened to fire on Tn poll when the Turkish authorities! sought to prevent the departure of Brit sh and French consuls and their nat onals on an American steamer Eepetit on of the request was ordered because it was feared ow ng to inter rupted commun cation the messages had failed to reach the cruisers A report received trom Capta n Decker of the Tennessee earl er in the day told of the departure of 500 refu gees in his vessel from Jaffa for Alexandria but made no mention of other inc dents m olving American ships on the Sjr an coast Government oflicers arc skept cal about reports that the North Carolina threatened to fire on Tripol They thought tonight that the tinted States as a neutral nat on could best maintain its friendly relat ons with Turkey if it dealt w th the s tuat on unass sted It was suggested that the Italian proffer of co ope at on m ght be rejected, if made offic ally to the United States |