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Show AMPLE FORCE AT CONSTANTINOPLE H Washington, Nov 12. The cruisers H j Tennessee and Montana, which sail- H ed from Philadelphia today, were not H bound for Constantinople, as suppos- H 1 ed. but for Smyrna and Beirut, whlcii H , destinations were selected by the, state IH , iiopartment only after it had satisfied jH itwlf that there was ample foreign IH nay-! -orss near Constantinople an i IH European Turkey to safeguard Amer- H caus in tua quarter. H Russia io Protect American.'.. IH At thc present moment Russ'a is IH perhaps in bcrte position than other H maritime poweis it undertake thc H task of protecting A!can citizens IH and property In Turkey. She not only IH has two battleships In the Bosphoras IH In front of Constantinople and a war- IH ship on the Syrian coast, but Is alio IH able to draw upon the Black Sea fleet jH for further reinforcements shduld St iH become necessary. H Russia today formally advised tho 1 state department It would protect Am- jH erlcan citizens and American Inter- H , ests in Turkey IH |