Show naturalized americans must be shown every courtesy by turkish government two men convicted of murder are to be given a new tr al just to please at ves of uncle samuel constantinople turkey has taken the first step toward yielding to the demands of the american legation by admitting the right of the american consular authorities to see the ar menlaos Var tarlan and afarian and investigate their claims to be entitled to american protection consul gen eral dickinson has visited the pris boners and has opened an inquiry Var tarlan is charged with the mur der of a prominent armenian mer chant apak in konstantino Lons pie august 26 the crime was cal abanan is accused of cipa alon in the plot to assassinate the sul tan july 21 when a bomb was ex plodded at the conclusion of the sela mik ceremony as the sultan was leaving the mosque about forty per sons were 1 billed by the explosion both and afarian had been sentenced to death but owing to the intervention of the american legation their sentences have been quashed and new trials ordered washington the status of this case Is rather interesting Var tarlan was tried and sentenced to death by a turkish court the united states government claimed that an article of the treaty with turkey of 1830 ex pressly provided that an american citizen could be tried in turkey only before his own minister or an amer lean consul the turkish government claims that the french translation of this treaty which was originally drawn in turkish was erroneous and that the provision was that the man might be punished and then tried by the american minister and consul it holds to this contention standing the tact that in two treaties subsequently negotiated between turkey on the one hand and france and belgium on the other language was employed embodying exactly the same principle as the state depart ments asserts was used in the case of its own treaty with turkey ow homeier the turkish govern ment has suddenly shifted the issue and in the present case Is claiming that regardless of the treaty of 1830 and its meaning Var tarlan having been naturalized in america since 1867 prior to which date all amer lean naturalized citizens are lecog nihed must be regarded as a turkish subject and within the operation of the turkish law |