Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-10 | Page 5 | American Legation at Constantinople

AMERICAN LEGATION AT constantinople washington july 10 the state department part ment has not yet been advised of the existence of any opposition on the part 0 the turkish government to the elevation of the american legation at constantinople into an embassy tf course 1 the sultan declines tf receive mr felshman Lel in the capacity of ambassador under the credentials he now holds he is acting perfectly within his rights but it is certain that such a course will not tend to the s of the relations between america and turkey because in the view ol 01 the officials here it will amount 0 a distinct discrimination against the untied states and in favor of the great european powers now all represented by ambassadors at the porte those ambassadors have by right of their office personal access to the sultan at any moment