Show OF INTEREST TO THIS THIES COUNTRY af it la is now asserted in berlin that an understanding amounting in fact to an offensive and defensive alliance between aj gween germany and turkey is the re alt 4 wt of th the e pilgrimage of emperor wilt mam to the holy land germany it is 6 jarld undertakes to duport the integrity bof jt turkeys posses possessions slona in asia and rp re belve in return certain commercial and ther other privileges in that part of the world this means virtually the su premsky prem Scy of german influence in coni since emperor william fc r jeannot annot undertake to guarantee the in r v of the turkish empire except on t L ahe condition that the sultan submits ebig T S future policy to the direction of the G german government the united states has some interest in mythis this matter oscar S straus our to turkey has recently reached constantinople with important on the government this country insists on the right of the jw ignited united states to appoint consuls at any p vf sot the ports of the empire and on the removal tem oval of the difficulties regarding the recognition in turkey of naturalized citizens of the united states it also Inel insists lite on the payment of an indemnity ifor destruction during the armenian n massacres of property belonging to v american missionaries turkey has refused 7 to pay on the ground that the property was destroyed by me mobs while our government holds that it was done donehey by tey government soldiers whose duty it was to guard and protect the ahe property with the new relations between germany and turkey it Is con cei ceivalle celva vable be that the attitude of the sultan tow towa towards rs this country will depend on ad vice V d ce from berlin it is believed that germany now is very friendly toward the united states whatever may have been the sentiment at the beginning of the war with spain and inthis Is true we may hope for a peaceful settlement of the turkish questions notwithstanding the fact that 7 minister angell our former representative at the ottoman capital capital expressed as hia big opinion that no indemnity can be collected except by force of arms |