Show t t 4 I t I I I I I j I I t t t t t t t t I. I I t t tt t MISS STONE i T 1 M f H tit I M I II t f t I f 4 M t MM I t 4 t t i t 4 M 4 M I M t MM t M t t II t r P to As s might be he expected our Government has has made a demand d mand upon the Sublime l orte lorte for indemnity indemnity for th the abduction and kand rans ransom m paid for the American missionary Miss Stone It may mar reasonably reasonably reason reason- ably be doubted that the demand is a just one We re Weare Weare are bound hound to remember that in respect of our mis mis- position in Turkey it is not a clear one In fact it cannot be questioned that we weare weare are are aie and for two or 01 three generations have been forcing our Christian propaganda pi upon a government govern govern- ment and people entirely antagonistic to it To fo thoroughly appreciate this fact it only is necessary to what we should think if we were compelled com coat i by bj force C to entertain missionaries in this country who should preach e everywhere e the doctrine that our Christianity was a false and damnable faith and that there was no salvation sa save e in the cult of Mohammed r We e d do the tile corresponding thing to the Turks s and nd it is no no wonder that they resent it But to return to the matter of Miss iss Stone She was kid no doubt by nominal subjects of AbdulHamid Abdul AbdulHamid AbdulHamid Hamid but does any one suppose suppo that he lie had any control over oyer the Bulgarian brigands bi who actually did the business It would have aye be been n as sane to have held the President of the United States responsible responsible re reo re- re for the murders comm committed tt d by Billy the Kid I |