| Show SULTAN NEVER 1 HEARD Gives a long Audience to I f Statement of Porto Porte Officials lALIC OI OF aY AN ULTIMATUM r r t I Newspapers Ilse lieu u 11 in Clue Ouse or u Resort nort to of Debt April Lloyd I IC C United hates d today had a 10 long ate 1 enoe a of the sultan ultan who VU very O dial Such luch an audience with the an ollar d a affaires is II unprecedented eat d dand and is II therefore considered Import ant in the Ibe present y The United Stat States legation is without U as to 10 the tate state of the ta Its question at al Washington whilo the ports porte la say they are a aware ot of the strained wild over this question TALK Oll OF SEVERING SEVERINO N New York A April special to the World from aye Unless the sultan of Turkey acts ell very 1 promptly All lit Bey the Turkish minister wi will be given his bla JI and relations between lie United States and Turkey Wit be iw b t pd unU until the sultan ultan pays Ilay the n 0 du due of the Unite United Stat Stales I It I is understood that an n ull Uan staling the diplomatic relations wU will l be Levered er until the claims claim are e tall Is S ready for lor presentation to th the Tur h government I It I le known knon at al te the sla parent that tbt th the Turkish ad advised hie hi government yesterday re rethe the to the and time will tn l tor the lulan sultan to 10 ass act blots the ultimatum wil will b be issued Thre There hu has been some ome discussion o of tt In the I event nt that the sultan ultan still I coat paR sued Ie to setae a port of Ture Turkey and nd collect CUltO customs to an amunt amount equal ual to the claim daim IS It II bel believed ed that thai international om oem could b be averted by notifying t the continental power that thai I it WU was tM the intention of 01 the States to r re male In possession of 01 the port o oaty logs enough to collect llert the mon money The I ii now adverse hw how r to going beyond a or Of diplomatic relations No serious thought hu has hea bees given e to a military or naval u as has all ti ba al h Std A I It C cares I to dIAl deal wit with f r Should hod Al All B Bey be given Uk Ilya ui pis oris I U Would amount munt to ilE UtU Turkey is a dishonest state department bel believe that Ithe I It t the sultan will not b be willing to lr his hll country thus advertised to IO tine tb world N NIN IN CASE OF A BREACH BREACHt t to the Tribune from lr Wa li t IkA f fI All I the a co coAll that tbt might suit from an outright bb breach Mai t tt Turkey have been canvassed a at w tp I state Ite department wih with a UI which of 01 l Itself ell l is proof the deliberate earnestness of 01 the Vat Va Valt Stites lt at In forcing the sultan to seek Id without regard rard to the latr extreme punish pu met meat that my may have bae to 10 be inflicted upon the Ottoman empire m lre should 10 lie pe pugnacious For one thing the orn organ organisations II in this Ihl country whO whose Inter may mar be further jeopardised bv have givets assurances that they IhlY are willing t to r U ume Um the te rk risk of having their p is Ib Anla Armenia destroyed by br the theand T and tt that the work workers n Iber there wh who I are d di pendent on Amerian American support do Dt not shrink Im from the of a roue rU r renes of the atrocious massacres wb which 1 tad to the present crl crisis A PORT The nava naval program II In the ent edit It et eta Ita a resort to force toree hu has all also had consideration and It appears that Smyrna wi will be almost 1 as W t setae as 11 was Santiago III II If the Turks Tr had v time Ume to prepare fr Cr The lb city h has a comparatively reels 1 proportion of 01 Turkish population Ii It great storehouses ad and valuable prep to foreign foreigner erty belonging exe el ly tf er en chiefly ny English and Oer OD O this account a general would be out of the question an 4 u uIe siege Ie wi without bout cooperating land r wold would b be Int Ineffectual a au jug problem is II involved In the t to and ad administer I ita customs a enormous trade being l largen ly n h hands nl a protracted bol bloc ads of tl the harbor would antagonise nt Interests to In a daa dangerous 1 ix a tent and the States without t the approval r I the powers pw might bl be mb mbarr aued in t English consent a tI probably cu ol b relied upon bt bet h In I aay c Case the American na naval forces o U as assembled Uble ble In the woe o ohve d dhave have to b be powerful i to o tO force the In the lad td his I 00 conies It I ii thought would promptly lf Involve all 1 the European per powers nC not u t ol of 01 the United States State a eager participants In the pd of r ti the Turkish empire empl rl No o Plate Washington April 2 a recall tt of ofa a protracted struggle In the lO t tee day tse provision of the apps t bill to 10 enable the arr secretary of It ItI this navy to contract for tor a r I for th the battleships Maine O Ohio I Missouri now W their ar armor equipment lurl at 1315 5 pr per toa ton the pike Reke naked for Krupp armor is II out of t the bi bill u II II b the provision to repeal t the limitation placed upon l the price PM o of armor M by br the current law T The It came m at tb the end Ind of f the of GI Ih the bi bill o The exact effect or of th the action o of te the house today I is T The aJ of 10 under the bec head of 01 armo armor Un and nd armament remains I Pu u the bill u as well as al the language ot of t the pr pro proviso viso authorising the secretary ereta of tb the vo nit to contract for tor armor ot of the U beat bt nv quality for lor the Maine alM Ohio and I MIs Mi the words stricken out ot bu being et eta t Nurl a Ct eat not DOt wort to uc exceed 1113 a ton tO il Ing royalties I It ts SI by bT la some that Ut this em empowers powers U the secretary to o ott I the armr armor plate without regard to meaL t Dy others othen I hi I is claimed that the pron P visten III en will 1 b be ineffective unless the UI Senate inserts the tha Irl uric |
