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Show HITCH W VH THE SULTAN. May Have to Arbitrate Matter Affecting Affect-ing American Subjects. Constantinople. Mr. Lolshman, tho Amorlcan minister, had a long Interview Inter-view Friday with Towflk Pasha, tho Turkish foreign minister, with refer-enco refer-enco to tho question of tho principle Involved In tho cases of GhlrUIs Vlr-tanlan, Vlr-tanlan, claiming to bo a naturalized Amorlcan, who, It Is alleged, shot and killed Aplk UndJInn, a prominent Armenian, Ar-menian, on August 20, and another Armenian, nlso said to bo a naturalized natural-ized Amorlcan, who was arrested foi connection with the attempt on th llfo of tho sultan on July 21. The porto persists In Its refusal to recognize recog-nize foreign naturalization ot Ottoman subjects who return to Turkey, and tho American minister adheres to tho stipulations of tho treaty of 1892, which doos not mako distinctions as regards .citizens of tho republic. In tho nbsonco of n Turkish-American .naturalization treaty, it is difficult diffi-cult to sco how tho matter can bo Bottled Bot-tled except by roforonco of tho question ques-tion to arbitration. |