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Show oo CHRISTIANS TO BE PROTECTED New York, March 28. The Grand Vizier of Turkey has issued Instructions Instruc-tions to his subordinates that all Inhabitants In-habitants of the mob-ridden section of Persia including the thousands or Christians in the vicinity of Urumiah must be protected, according to ad Mces received fromjhe state depart ment today by the Presbyterian board of foreign missions Reports from Urumlan made public today announced that the large vu lage of Gulpashan had been destroyed, its men shot and sixty five refugees from French and American missions hanged A massacre Impends, according accord-ing to this message. The communication from the state department was signed by Robert Lansing, counselor of the department, and was written under date of yes terday. "Mr. Lansing advises us" said Gccrge T. Scott, assistant of the board, "that Ambassador Morgenihau at Constantinople, had communicatee to the grand vizier the request of the state department for protection of Americans in the vicinity of Urumiah The grand vizier, the letter says, expressed ex-pressed the belief that tno reports oi outrages there were inaccurate and told Mr. Morgenthau ho would imme-diarely imme-diarely instruct his subordinates to protect all Inhabitants of the section, sec-tion, including, of course the Christians Chris-tians " Mr. Morgenthau's cablegram the letter said, was dated March "4 but did nol reach the state department until yesterdav, March 26 |