Show OLD GLORY T RESPECTED 1 BY TURKEY the american flag never insulted or furled erroneous statements corrected by a state department cabal when men and women were being killed all ali rhose under the protection of the stars and stripes were safe washington nov 28 secretary 01 ney gave to the united associated presses today the fol following loing the state department authur authorizes izes the statement that the assertion made matte by dr cyrus hamlin that american women in m Has hassetti ketti fled from massacre maee acre not finding protection under the american nag flag ie is an entire mistake that the fleg flag was neither furled nor insulted at that point and that not an american tuan luan woman or child was at lurine luring the massacre equally unfounded is the statement recently made in chickering hull ball by miss dr grace kimball that only the english flag is in turkey during the mase massacre acre ut at constantinople ehe she hurried by other flaa flags and found protection under her own alair abd the tile effort elgort of the american general she passed through the streets where men were being killed by mobs and went safely under our fl lag ag up the through scenes ot 01 violence all over turkey our flag and nd have been protected protect eil by turkish troops we have lost lost by incendiary flips at t but two plaice both far in the interior the value IZ being much less than the claims of england france or italy for monks and priest killed churches burned or houses house pillaged and tor for which no indemnity has beba a paid every peaceful american arrested or detained has been released on demand 0 of the thea american merican min mill asier iser the demonstrations of revolution iota in turkey are now our chief danger sn so far as our missionaries are concerned whose hose safety is not promoted by intemperate e a te expressions of public publio opinion existed e x t d by appeals to sentiment regardless of fade I 1 this departure from the recent course hitherto practiced by the state department in reference to turkish cuban and venezuelan matters together ther with the fact that only yos yesterday several severs cables from minister ter ell ellal at constantinople were made public emphasizes the expression prevalent in official circles c acles here that the relations between the united states and the ottoman porte are receiving considerable attention by secretary olney now that the vene huelan matter Is practically butof out of the way 1 and there is every indication that mad many y long standing calces of friction between the two countries coun trie are in the course of settlement |