| Show llllFVrltlMl S1FLI Volt TtItKt Cuba China and Hawaii have ro completely monoirallsed the attention of the civilized world for some months that very llttfa attention has been pild to Turkey or the Armenian question How easily the public mind Is I diverted lion quickly It forgets Its causes of ex tltcmfnt sympathy nnd resentment Jim singlY and In tho aggregate are cr much like children after all Only a few months ago this country Was ablaie with Indignation at the out rvgep American missionaries In the sultans domInion had been subjected to nnd the press was vociferous In Iti demands that our govtrnment do something some-thing to mcure Indemnity For n time there was some stir apparently In that ilhcctlon but tho whole matter eerna to have been driven from the Kill Cclo I as w Ki-ll b the popular mind Iy later sensations so that a word regardIng regard-Ing It eiunds like the echo of an old memory III nn attempt nt rpvivlnl the lilbjec the Chicago News says The Interesting question Is I What are we going to do about It If the properly or the American citizens In Turkey cannot or mill i not be protected by our government manifestly the only thing for Americans to do Is I to kp out of Turkey It has been Indicated that In the present dilemma the United States government can do cllhron three things It can recall Ha minister and cons U In train i Turkey thus breakIng break-Ing off all dlplomnllc I relations with the country It could > blockade a Turklh port still hold fix Irnlo In check until our demand was paid > l or we could seize 1 a Turkish Port collect the revenues rev-enues and hold It until no had paid > ourselves Ibo demand against the sultan tr we broke off all diplomatic re Inflame with Turkey we would simply nbllndon nU Americans nod their a iropertj now In the sultans domains a thing he would be very glad to have us dO for heIlo all Amrlcnn find their nls lowe enterprises In case lo-we adopt either of the other courses It would mean war with all that such a calamity Implies On the other hand tho question arises Will the United Stales government protect Its citizens In Turkey or what Is I our citizenship north to all American abrond There Is I n lutplclon that stuffed Inventories In-ventories of property alleged to hay been lost by American missionaries Turkey Is I one cause of delay In ad Plating the mailer Ono female min elonnry ollInd to have lot 5000 worth ot diamonds anti another putdown put-down In her Inventory < if missing chattels chat-tels several thousand dollars worth of silk drcsics The sultanS officers were not Idiots 1 They knew too much of the financial status of American would be proselyters Mohammrdanu to bo buncoed Into paying good money for fictitious diamond necklaces and Imaginary silk robes While the American Amer-ican public Is I Matching and discussing Cuba China and Hanall and while the missionaries are holding under ad vlaemont tho matter of revising lists of lost property Turkey Is I haying a nice restful breathing spell |
