New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17

vrx1NG THE SPIRIT OF THE PORTE
CHOLERA SUSPECTS AT sTAMBOUL.
Constantinople. November ~

,h,, an English Ambassador could demand uh-
der the Capitulations the release Oh bri.i'"
subiect who had been arrested hosseu anu III
n,asoned by a Turkish official. 10 prove uie
eouitv Of It's position in refusing 10 release INC
MAJ, the Foreign Office produced DOCK "h'c"
the Turkish records style ''DruadeJah 'Dlo'' w
&C, q international Laws. The Pacha
who onpealel to 1t introduced 1t with the reniarh
thar he had been informed that Chrlsuahs az
tached great importance to the DOOR, But ''e
irtarnrcter of the British Embassy cioseu '"o
Pacha's mouth and the argument py 'he la'"e'
brutal phrase THAT book is not LOT suoi q"
vou.' The Turkish Foreign ONCE OF to-uay - -
opinion that this phrase expresses the attitude Oh
the United States Government 'o""'u
on the naturalization question.
Turkey holds firmly to the rule: once SUD-
loo. ALWAYS a subject 1t has a law mat 10
man can throw off allegiance to the sultan WIFI
on, snec,al written permission from His Majesty.
II arrests and Furnishes men caught IN the at
te,npt 10 emigrate. No one could ever ehsra'e
from Turkey were It not for the fact that oi'
of gold weighs more with frontier guaru Una"
the musty old law. But Turkish SUBJECTS ~ ~
America become American citizens ana III u"e
time como hack 10 see their friends In Turkey,
ha,ri,y tho American passport. What Is worse
In the estimation Of the Turk, they come wear
ing n big hat as If they were somebody. AS
soon as they arrive at Turkish port their pass
ports are taken from them, they are arresle'
and thrust into prison to repent thelr uisooeu'
ence to Turkish law; and Turkish prisons are al
ways unsavory places. especially 70 nieh WIN
wear big hats and white shirts
Now comes what the Turks consider the in
Justice of the case The American Minister taxes
his treaty in hand or that clause OF 1t whlch
crime he is to be tried by the American Consul
and NAV not be imprisoned by the Turks mus
arped he goes TO the Porte and demands the re-
lease of the American citizen. To every argu-
nent concerning the sovereignty Of the sultan
no savs. .'This man is an American citizen lie
has an American passport. The treaty pihos
Won not 10 arrest and imprson American clti-
zens want him released or course the re-
lease follows But the next day another similar
case occurs Several such cases within the last
three months have caused no little Irritation on
both sides
or course the United States Government does
not wish TO have any Turkish subjects become
American citizens merely for the sake OF re-
turning to Turkey and swelling around IN the
obnoxious big hat. But. on the other hanu' II
cannot but feel the hardship or the case Vi d
,.o,,re man engaged 10 be married to one OF his
own people who after having by INDUSTRY Hauc
hir,eeIf a home in America comes back TO Tur-
key to get his bride and return TO MS "es'e'"
home and finds the wings of his love broken
against the walls OF a Jail. 1t cannot very wen
stomach the insult of having Turkish officials
emit an the American passport, as they do In
such cases Altogether II is a very pretty ket-
flo Of fish BY way Of strengthening their
side the Turks now say that the most OF 'he
roturalized Turkish subjects who return with
American passports Armenians, ana IL
Armenians. they must have returned to turkey
with intent to stir up rebellion They nave not
produced any where this was more IMAM
icion Rut the argument is having weight
with the United States Government, ana IL Is
nrobable that ii will be- arranged that the pre-
sumption OF the Turkish Government OF the us
,oval purpose OF one of these Armenian naturai-
lied citizens will be accepted by the United
States as reason for his expulsion from turkey
sweetheart or no sweetheart.
The difficulty with Turkey In such cases ana
In all IFS encounters with foreign Powers when
result in the Turkish opinion that foreigners
exclude Turkey from prohtng by international
law IS that every question Is approached by the
Turks from the wrong end. Further iilustra-
,,o, ~ This truth Is seen in a recent order sent
out restricting the right OF foreigners 10 pur-
chase land In Turkey Turkey wishes to NAM
nor IN, educational operations OF American ana
other missionaries 1t has no law which can 90
This so long as the missionaries are Wiling 10
no under the inspection OF the Turkish Depart
ment of Public Instruction In order 10 reacn
the end in view 1t has ordered registers oil deeus
TO refuse to allow transfer or real estate 10 any
FOREIGNER who refuses to promise that childreh
shau NOT he taught on the premises. and that
religious worship shall not be held there. IL
the Porte would approach the foreign empas-
sizes with a statement Of It's grievances at the
hands of the missionaries. and would ask lor
remedies against alleged abuses of treaty PRIV
ieec IL would be met In perfectly equitapie
shirt and might secure some OF the restrictions
which It wishes to impose on education ana free-
dom OF worship. But approaching the matter
I'm the way Of forcing the question. ii bids fair
to arouse all foreign Powers to protest against
tho attempt TO modify a treaty without con-
sul,ng the party of the other part. ard TO annul
the ancient Capltulatons which protect foreign
ers from molcstation in their lawful occupation
Every such wrong headed or at least illogical
action toward foreigners constitutes a new argu-
ment for maintaining the full force OF me Capl',
uations. hated here as muSh as In Chiil ana
Japan. a., , l..
The same inability to see broadly shows IL
self In Turkish treatment of the Armenlans.
Turkey makes two capital errors In TINS. FIRST
the Turkish officials claim that any divergence
nf oninion from a Government officer is dis
loyalty to the Government There cannot De
any such thing as loyal political opinion opposed
/ TO that Of the Administration. Second. the UNI
yersal basis OF action is the theory that every
Armenian must be guilty OF this disoyalty by
the fact ~ his birth Unless he can prove that
he is not l,soyal he Is worthy of punishment
as a rebel. So the Turkish Prisons are full OF
Armcnians who may or may not nave peeii
disloyal at the outset, but who are pretty sure
10 be furiousy dislOyal If the present policy mas
long continuance. The British Government has
been trying To advise a broader policy toward
Arnenians. since fear of them Is preposterous.
even II every man OF them was a sworn rebel
The persistent policy Of Turkey for fifteen years
has been TO induce MahOmetans from Bull
garia from Bosnia, from Russia. TO emigrate
into Asia Minor. until the Armenians are far
outnumbered and utterly Incapable OF seditious
enterprises 1t is said that the Porte has init