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Show m I iiTfSTATEr SENDS CRUISERS Govermment Will Protect Ameri- cans From Fanatics in Asiatic Turkey if Possible. ,j Armored Cruisers North Carolina and Montana, Carrying Large Force of Marines, Expected to Reach Alexandretta by May 8. . H Gunntanamo, Cuba. The1 nrrwt cruisers Montana and North 'Carolina aro on their way to Asiatic Turkoy, undor orders to prqcef 'as swiftly as posalblo. JSKoy left hero shortly bo--iwfo noon Friday, and expect to mnko a record run. Cnptaln Wllllnm A. Marshnll ts In command of the North Carolina and Cnptaln Alfred Reynolds, the Mon-tnna. Mon-tnna. Thoso two cruisers aro among tho swiftest nnd most formidable of tho service. Tho cruisers aro capable of a speed of twenty-two knots. It Is .expected thnt they will reach Alexandretta Alex-andretta by May 8 nt tho latest, the distance bolng about C.700 miles. Both carry a largo forco of marines who can bo utilized If necossary In helping to preserve ordor In tho disturbed dis-turbed districts. Washington. Realizing tho Impo-toncy Impo-toncy of tho Turkish and the Persian governments adequately to safeguard American lives nnd property In tho present disturbed condltons In tholr countries, tho state department has Intimated thnt It will welcome any assistance In this direction from Great Britain and Russia. Diplomatic representations to this end already havo been made to London Lon-don and St. Petersburg. At tho samo tlmo efforts aro being mndo to learn whether the powers of Epropo havo taken stops to check horrors now being be-ing perpetrated against tho Armenians. Armen-ians. President Taft and hlB, ndvlsors aro greatly concerned for tho safety of American missionary Interests la Turkoy, appalled at tho fato- of tho Amerlcnns there, nnd perturbed over tho despcrato conditions at Tabriz, Porsla, whero tho Amorlcan consular officers fear a massacre Is Imminent Everything thnt may ho dono by tho American embassy at Constantinople and tho legation nt Teheran for tho protection of American life and Interests Inter-ests In tho afflicted country, tho officials of-ficials In Washington say, has been dono. |