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Show QlBKElf EXPEDITES IEI1 EXODUS I Restrictions of Quarantine Removed and Relief Ships Assured Safety. WASHINGTON. Fob. 21. Turkey has assured Ambassador Klkus of Its willingness willing-ness to waive all. restrictions of quarantine quaran-tine and ot tier wise upon the Immediate departure of the thousand Americans gathered in the neighborhood of Beirut. H also has guaranteed the American relief ships against any interference by Turkish submarines. Tho state department before directing the collier Caesar and the cruiser Des Moines to proceed from Alexandria to h'eirut to land relief stores and embark the Americans has asked for further information in-formation as to the measure of security that will be afforded the vessels by Austrian Aus-trian arul German submarines. A belated dispatch was received at the state department last night dated at Constantinople, Con-stantinople, February 1G, via Berne, as Yesterday, after reading in the cham- ber of deputies the programme of a new cabinet, the grand vizier asked for a vote of confidence which was given unanimously. unani-mously. The following passages will interest in-terest the department: "Our greatest desire is to secure to every Ottoman the benefits of all the rights which the constitution confers upon him and in this manner to secure the sovereignty sov-ereignty of tne law in the country and our toreimi policy will consist In remaining remain-ing entirely faithful to our treaties with our allies in working to assure and cause to flow front this alliance the great advantage ad-vantage for both jarties and to strengthen strength-en our good relations with the neutral countries.' " |