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Show ' '" - p ' i mvjr WI LLM AKED E M 0 NSTRATI ON. American Warships Are on Their Way to Turkish Waters Vice Consul Magelssen Not Assassinated. Though the Attempt Was Made. ysa"im 's xiasitio co uuoo o"TT" Tho roport that William C. Magols-ton, Magols-ton, Unltod States vico consul at Uolrut, Syria, was killed, happily proves to havo boon nn error.' An nt-lempt nt-lempt to nssnsalnnto him was made, but tho bullots flrod by his unknown assailant did not touch him. Tho fact that assassluntlon was attempted, at-tempted, howovor, and that Americans Ameri-cans In other pnrts of tho sultan'B domain aro roportod to bo In peril owing to another outbreak of fanaticism, fanatic-ism, is held by tho cabinet at Washington Wash-ington to Justify tho President In his determination to permit tho small Kuropcau sqitalron to contlnuo on its way to Turkish waters. Tho prosenco rf theso warships closo to tho sceno ot Turkish outbreaks will not bo a mon-uco mon-uco noccssarlly and may servo to oxpodito tho motions of tho Turkish govornmont, which Is usually dilatory In granting any demands that nro not backod up by a show of forco. Tho gravity of tho situation In tho Dnlknns. it is thought, will render tho sultan particularly nnxious to pin-cato pin-cato nnd pacify tho United States. Thoro Is no doubt that nl bottom tho Syrian assnsjinatlon and tho Macedonian Macedo-nian troubles aro traceable to tho samo causo. Unfortunately tho solution solu-tion of tho Ilnlkau problem would not removo tho constant danger to which foreign missionaries and residents aro oxposed In Asiatic Turkey. Mr. Glad-Htono Glad-Htono passlonntoly ndvocated tho expulsion ex-pulsion of tho Turk from Kuropo, "bng nnd baggago," and sooner or Inter, nil stntesmon agreo, that romody will Invo to bo nppliod by tho selfish and badly dlvldod "concert." Hut wo cannot can-not hopo for tho complete destruction cf tho Turkish omplro. Tho question cf missionary activity in Turkey is ns serious as thnt of tho Chlucso mis-wlons. mis-wlons. MennUmo our right to amends and reparation, the stato oopnrtment realizes, must bo onforccd with tho utmost resolution compatible with senso and self-rospcct. An urgent appeal has rcachod tho stnto department from tho American board of missions at Boston that Immediate Im-mediate stops bo taken for tho protection protec-tion of tho American citizens at Har-poot. Har-poot. Tho board's dispatches from thoro roprosont tho situation as extremely ex-tremely grave. Thcro aro at tho Euphrates college nt Harpoot fourtcon American teachers, teach-ers, besides women and chlldron and property to tho valuo of $100,000. Thcro Is an American collcgo at Bel-rut, Bel-rut, In which aro a number of American Ameri-can teachers. Tho oxprcsstons of Turkish regret at tho attomptod assassination of tho American ,vlco consul, which havo boon ample arid doubtless slnccro, aro not satisfactory to tho United States. While this country Is not likely to do-mand do-mand an lndomnlty it will demand full protection for nil Its officials, and Turkey may bo called upon to saluto tho flag. Acting Secretary of Stato I.oomls said: "The Europoan squadron will proceed pro-ceed to Beirut, not primarily for tho purposo of domandlng an apology or satisfaction tor tho attempt on tho :fo of ono of Its officials, but for tho purposo of protecting tho lives ot mcrlcan cltlzons In Turkish territory. terri-tory. Llfo and property nro In gravo danger. All forolgn ministers nt Constantinople Con-stantinople havo notified their governments gov-ernments of tho critical situation, and romo havo roquostod tho prosenco' of warships for tho purposo of affording ample protection to nil foreigners In Turkey. According to dlplomntlc representatives rep-resentatives tho situation Is extremely extreme-ly gravo and all foreigners nro In dnn-ger dnn-ger of uolng murdered by Infuriated end fanatical Turks." Tho British , forolgn offlco states that Great Britain certainly will not MAP OF THE DISTURBED TERRITORY. Z& - , j.1- i ' : l :-.yi f ?AA.A '; JJ 5 G vMft T " ' I . . J and that It Is not likely that any other power will r.ilso an objection to summary action on tho part of the United States in connection with tho attomptod assassination of Vice Consul Con-sul Magelssen, no matter what procedure pro-cedure tho state department at Washington Wash-ington may' consider most advisable. It Is pointed out that tho United States la independent of European igrectnbnts respecting Turkey, nnd that no matter what policy sho may adopt It will not bo 'intervention In tho international affairs of Turkey. It is officially stated that tho dispatch dis-patch of ths American squadron to Beirut will not bo regarded by Franco or tho other European powers as having hav-ing any political significance In connection con-nection with the near eastern situation. situa-tion. It Is pointed out that tho United States has always refrained from taking part In tho near eastern complications, the European powers CBSumlng tho burden of thnt question. A leading hrench official likened tho presence of an American squadron In Turkish waters to tho demonstration demonstra-tion made by tho British nnd German warships in Venezuelan wnters. A scml-clTlclnl statement, published nt Berlin concerning tho attack on tho United States vico consul at Bol-tut, Bol-tut, Bays: "Should Turkey nsk tho advlco of tho imperial govornmont In this mat-tor mat-tor tho imperial government would not fall to Impress on tho tormcr tho necessity for giving tho American government the fullest satisfaction. 'Tho action of tho Washington government gov-ernment la considered to bo entirely correct nnd according to tho traditions ot tho American republic. International Inter-national complications In consequenco iif tho American demonstration are not expected, for neither Franpo nor Russia, which has always considered Asia Minor to be under tho special protection of France, which takes similar cognlzanco of Syrln, will lntor-fcro." lntor-fcro." No Popular Uprising Feared. Dr. II. H. Jessup, who recently returned re-turned to his homo of Montroso, Pa., from Beirut. Turkey, In speaking ot tho attempted assassination of Vico Consul- Magolsson, cald thcro is no ovldonce of nny popular urrlnlng In Bolrut against olthor Christian foreigners for-eigners or Americans. There is no ppocial hostility to Americans in Syria, not ovon among Mohainmo-dans, Mohainmo-dans, tho loading Mohammedans of Beirut being nniong our host friondH. "I havo receive.!," ho said, "a letter from a prominent Mohammedan In Bolrut. congratulating mo on tho fact that my son Is going to preach tho gospel In Persia, though ho says ho would havs preferred that ho camof to Syria. Tho murderous attack or Mr. Magelssen was, bo far an I cafti Judgo, not from any popular uprising, but the work of some lndlvlduaj, n;t-Ing n;t-Ing olthor through personal roveigo or hired to do tho dood by somo unknown un-known persons. J "Our consuls aro instructed to ipro-tcct ipro-tcct American citizens. Conunl PJnvn-dal PJnvn-dal and his brothor-In-law, Vico JCon-sul JCon-sul Magelsson, wcro most ncthle In socurlug tho rights of ery S Irian who brought proofs of li' Amelrlcan oltlzonshfp. There wero fro-lfcuont cases of dofondlng Syrian Americans, In almost all of which Mr. MagcjKsou had beon promlnout, and thlsTmy hare awakened tho personal hdistllltr hhhhIw'VAI ot certain persons, who hired tho man to shoot him. "It Is notorious In Beirut that no Moslom can bo punished for killing a Christian. I do not npprohond any uprising In Syria on nccount of tho Mohammedan Insurrection. Tho visit of tho American fleet will havo a most wholosomo effect, and It would bo well If an American ship could bo permanently stationed on tho Syrian coast. "Tho American missionaries and professors of tho Protestant college in Beirut have always taught the people peo-ple loyalty to tWoir sovcrolgn and obedlenco to tho laws, and tho Americans Ameri-cans residing in Turkey have, almost without exception, boon regarded by tho govornmont and people as pursu-'Ing pursu-'Ing legitimate, peaceful avocations and desiring only the good of the people." |