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Show ' i tllrt UM EXPECT TURKEY I TO DECLARE WAR I France Accuse Germany of 8tlrrlng H Up Antl-Chrlstlan Sentl- H ment In the East H a mm Washington, Aug. 27. The United H States has Informed the powers of H Europe of Its intention to send the H armored cruiser North Carolina to H Turkey to carry gofd for tho relief H of Ainericnns, according to an an- H nouncement by the etate department H late today. H While the North Carolina goes on I a mission of financial relief, her pres- H ence in. Turkish waters Is Intended I to have H salutory effect with respect I to the treatment of Christians and I foreigners generally residing in the I Ottoman empire. ! Before taking this step tho Unttd J States took precautions to sou-id the -W powers of Europe as to whether tn'.j; H would object to the sending of an H American warship ta Turkey. In I view of tho extreme tenslo'i wl'Icli H prevails at Constantinople and the H probability that Turkey soon will Xc, H drawn -Into the European conll.c tl.ti H American government denVcd t" H make plain that Its purpose In bihd- H lng the ship Is in no way political H France Approve Mlssioii H France took occasion In her reply H to the American governmenc's Inquliv H to express approval of tho purpose of the United States, remarkl.ig Hint H the sending of French waiMhlps n this time might be nlslnterprt ted The French government incidentally H accused Germany of trying to stir vp H antl-Chrlstlan sentiments In Tiukcy by provoking the Musjulintn nalnrt H the English -and French. Diploma's and officials generall;' ura expecting H & declaration of war by Turkc-;.' on tho H allies. Reliable advices ,hro to !t H effect that just as sooi ns tho bis H Itussian army ha penetrated u cm- ' slderablo(41stMi&eilftlowflWti:fIi;rus- slaV'Turkey wmrJtrlkfl. jB,rhat hoh Bulgaria and Roumanla will align themselves with Turkey against Greece and the rest of the Balkan states is also Indicated by authentic information reaching hero, WM European diplomats admit that tho situation Is dolly approaching a cris- fs and that a declaration of vwir is lmlnent. Great nrltaln, Franco and Russia aro refraining, nevertheless from making nny roovo that would MM force Turkey Into action. Tholr com- blned Influence Is being exerted to H persuade the Ottoman cmplro to con- tinuo neutral. H Announcement by the Gorman em- bossy hore, however, that Llman Pa- 'Ka loaned by Germany to train thf) Tiirkish forces had been put In com- , niand'ot, thoOttoman army confirm- 'jj ed In the minds of dlfjloinatlc repre- W sentatlvcs of' tho allies hero tho ho- llqf that Turkey soon "would openly H placo herself on tho side of Germany nnd Austria in the mnmmoth strug- Secretary Brynn said today Amcr- H leans had boon advised .to lQivo Tur- key Just as In other countries In which war had broken out or mli;ht break out. Every facility posslhlf ho said, would bo afforded them 1 H depart. t (fontlnued on page five) B EXPECT TURKEY TO DECLARE WAR (Continued -from page four) Need For Money It Urgent Tho following statement was Issued tonight nt tho navy department, explaining ex-plaining tno North Carolina's mission: mis-sion: It was decided this afternoon by tho relief board, composed of Secretaries Secre-taries Bryan, McAdoo, Garrison nnd Daniels, to send mlnrge sum of gold, 'to Turkey lu order to relievo tho Americans there. This action was taken nt tho urgent request of Ambassador Am-bassador Morgenthau, who cnbled tho state department today that tho need, for money for Americans was urgent hnd that arrangements should bo Im mediately made to provide them with HH tundrfl? U , B Fprtunatuly there is a considerable B amq'unt of gold on board the cruiser H North Carolina now, at Falmouth, B which Is available for this purpose H and tho secretary of tho navy has H accordingly Issued Instruction lo jl tho North Carolina to proceed nt H onco to Constantinople where As- slstant Secretary of Whr Drecken.- rldgo nnd tho treasury's agents will H dlstrlbuto tbo money In cooperation with tho American ambassador. In' addition to tho funds needed by H stranded Americana In Turkey, Uioro H aro several largo mission schools and educational Institutions, main- H tnlned by Americans In Turkey nnd H tho various American mission boards B having them under Jurisdiction will also forward money by tho North IH Carollnn for their relief. H |