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Show A British View. ' Tho London Morning Post f&m Italics a letter from its Consta'rJno-plo Consta'rJno-plo correspondent in which ho discusses dis-cusses tho Dclrut affair and thd position posi-tion of tho Amorlcan mlsslonnrla In Asia Minor. Ho says: ' "Things havo arrived nt a ctlsfs. Tho United Stntc3 must cither bslst upon tho porto listening to Pgpro-sontatlons Pgpro-sontatlons regarding "Amen'otvBW1 vorts or drop tho mlsslonaf P.o-pother. P.o-pother. Tho latter courso lonatliral-ly lonatliral-ly impossible and tho. Bonding of a squadron has groat slgnlflcanco fi showing a determination on tne-rtart of America to tako an nctlvo part In tho Turkish question. Ono result of this stop will probably bo to Imluco tho Bultan to ralso his roprosontitlvo at Washington to tho rank of nmbas-sador nmbas-sador so that tho United States can bo equally roprosontcd hero. At prcs-ont prcs-ont America Is at n decided disadvantage disad-vantage In this rospoct compared with tho other flrst-class powers. Nobody No-body can qulto forcsoo tho ultlmato attitude at-titude of tho United States, but-W-t almost cortaln that hor weight will incllno on tho sldo of tho Christian against tho Turk. At tho same tlmo, as a matter of lmportanco to Groat Dritaln, America Is almost hound to opposo tho descont of Russia ontho Dardanelles, hecauso In rollgious mat-tors mat-tors tho Turk la moro tolerant than tbo Russian." |