Show UNITED STATES I SENDS CRUISE Government Will Protect A 1ri cans From Fanatics in Asiatic < Turkey if Possible I Armored Cruisers North Carolina nd Montana Carrying Large Force fr Marines Expected to Reach t Alexandretta by May B < t Guantanamo Cuba Tho armored cruisers Montana and North Carol na are on their way to Asiatic Turkey under orders to proceed as swIftlyaB possible They left hero shortiyje fore noon Friday and expect to mw tea t a record run Captain William A Marshall Is In command of the North Carollnafand Captain Alfred Reynolds tho Montana Mon-tana These two cruisers are among i the swiftest and most formidable of the service The cruisers are capable of a speed of twentytwo knots1 t It is expected that they will reachAex andretta by May 8 at tho latest the distance being about 0700 miles Doth carry a large force of marines who can be utilized If necessary In helping to preserve order In the disturbed dis-turbed districts Washington Realizing the impotency impo-tency of the Turkish and the Persian governments adequately to safeguard American lives and property In the present disturbed condltons in their countries the state department has Intimated that It will welcome any assistance in this direction from Great Britain and Russia Diplomatic representations to this end already have been made to London Lon-don and St Petersburg At the same time efforts are being made to learn whether the powers of Eprope have taken steps to check horrors now being be-ing perpetrated against the Armenians Armen-ians President Taft and his advisers are greatly concerned for the safety of imCrl Ciftlfr110klonar yninteresttlt In Turkey appalled at the fate of the Americans there and perturbed over the desperate conditions at Tabriz Persia where the American consular officers fear a massacre Is Imminent Everything that may be done by the American embassy at Constantinople and the legation at Teheran for the protection of American life and Interests Inter-ests In the afflicted country the officials of-ficials In Washington say has been done |