Logan Republican | 1903-09-12 | Page 6 | A British View

A Brltleh View. Tho London Morning Post publishes pub-lishes a lcttor from its Constantinople Constantino-ple correspondent in which he discusses dis-cusses tho Beirut affair nnd the position posi-tion of tho American missionaries In Asia Minor. Ho says! "Things havo" arrived at a crisis. Tho United States must cither Insist upon tho porto listening to Its representations repre-sentations regarding American converts con-verts or drop tho missionaries nlto-icihor. nlto-icihor. Tho latter course Is naturally natural-ly impossible, nnd tho sending of a iquadron has groat significance as ihowlng a determination on tho part it Amorlca to take an nctlvo pirt In '.ho Turkish question. Ono result of this step will probably bo to Induce tho sultan to ralso his ropresentitlvo it Washington to tho rank of ambassador ambas-sador so that tho United States can bo equally represented here. At present pres-ent America is at a decided disadvantage disad-vantage In this respect compared with tho othor flrst-class powers. Nobody No-body can qulto forcsco tho ultimate at-tlttido at-tlttido of tho United States, but It Is almost cortaln that hor weight will Incllno on tho sido of the Christian against tho Turk. At tho same tlmo, ns a matter of Importance to Groat Britain, America Is almost bound to opposo tho descent of Russia on tho Dardanelles, bocauso In religious matters mat-ters tho Turk is more tolerant than tho Russian."