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Show wmm make HMMISE American Embassador Receives Re-ceives Unofficial Assurances Assur-ances From Cabinet. WASHINGTON, Pec. 12. Informal assurnuces have been given Embassador Morfionthau at Constantinople by members mem-bers of the Ottoman cabinet that Americ.nu institutions in Turkey will rocnivo similar troutmont to that accorded ac-corded foreign institttious iu this country. coun-try. Secretary Bryan made public, today, without common t, the following paraphrase para-phrase of Mr. Alorgouthau's message: The American embassador at Constantinople Con-stantinople has hud an interview with tho minister of public instruction instruc-tion and the minister of' the iutor-ior. iutor-ior. They propose that American institutions shall be treated tho sains as foreign institutions are treated in the United States and will delay for sixty davs the enforcement en-forcement of most of tue instructions instruc-tions that are objectionable. They stated that their chief desire is to Secure Knnervimrv nnntrnl nn li. rect relations with foreign institutions institu-tions without guardianship of the embassy. Tho minister of the interior, now acting minister of finance, has assumed as-sumed temporary posts of minister of war and minister of marine. Wholesale deportation of French and English from Beirut to Damascus Damas-cus occurred on the Oth and 10th by order of the Damascus commandant. com-mandant. Tho minister of interior has promised to stop these deportations depor-tations as contrary to his orders Definite assurances were secured that French and others employed in American institutions , of a charitable charit-able and educational character and many employed by American firms are to remain unmolested as a matter of favor to the United States. The Standard Oil declines to assume as-sume the risk of transporting money from Smyrna to Scala Xova. The Tennessee is to be sent to Alexandria for funds for Jaffa. Money will also be sent to Jerusalem. |