The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-14

cavass? 1 tell you it's a great sight he
has a superb uniform, and wears sasl
I'm which he carries a sword, a dagger anu
a revolver Whenever the minister or the
consul-general goes out In state or mahes
an official call the cavass goes along ~ 10
make the show imposing. It's one OF tne
sights OF the town to see him sitting be-
side the driver on the carriage seat, Win
his folded and his head way up
We'll / got my cavass and told my
dragoman, or interpreter, TO put mis- NAT
on. Then we went down in great style 10
the custom house The chief officer came
out and / said TO him: There is an Amer
lean citizen on board that ship who is be-
ing detained against his will. He has COM
mitted no crime. and his passport Is reg
ular apd authentic. 1 demand that he be
put ashore at once Certainly, said the
officer. with great politeness, most GER
tainly went out IN m a. poat' on hdsyd g2td and t1
put him ashore, and he was the happlesl
man you ever saw.
'I reported the matter officially to the
minister afteward, telling him just what |
had done All he said was, You got out
OF that ali right but ] didn't think 1t could
be done Yes. l replied; it only needed
You see, the hitch lies here In 1869 the
Sultan issued an trade, or mandate; for
bidding Turkish subjects from expatriating
themselves by becoming citizens or sub
jects of another country without the Sui
tan's permission; Mr.. Bayard: while Sec
retary OF State, knocked that trade. as far
as the United States was concerned, higher
than a kite by informing the Turkish gov
ernment, through Minister Cox, that our
government never did recognize that doc,
trine and never could. Frelinghuysen and
Blaine instructed the American minister in
a similar spirit. The American govern
ment would never recognize "A doctrine that
compelled a man to get permission from q
Sultan or any one else before he could be-
come an American citizen.
INFAMOUS AND UNPATRIOTIC.
1.-The Turkish government refused to
recognize the naturalization of any sub
ho had Of fhat offer 1850
but 1 give you my word that never had
any difficulty in obtaining for an Ameri-
can citizen-whether he was born in Amer
lea or in Turkey-all the rights to which
he was entitled, until Minister Terrell re-
ceived his instructions from Washington.
It's infamous L say. 1t is unpatriotic. 1t
is un-American. II is a dastardly thing 10
do, and 1t is enough TO make every Amer
leans blood boil with rage.
There was an Armenian who came TO
Constantinople last October with letter OF
recommendation from his employer in Chi
Marsevan. He had an American passport,
and got Turkish passport-teskere they
call it-which everyone who travels in Tlr-
key must have. He got as far as Samsoirn,
where he was arrested, thrown into prison
and kept there for twenty-five days, during
which he had to furnish his own food. Then
they brought him back to Constantinople
and told him to get out of the country. He
came to the consulate and told me his
story. Have you any money? l asked
him. No, but 1 can get some in Mar
selles.' Very WE'LL / said. If they want
you out of the country worse than you
want to go they'll have to pay your fare
/ went with him, put him on the ship, made
them give him ticket to MarseileS, and
took pains to see that he would not suffer
On the way. That's the way one American
citizen was treated.
There was another case near Salonica
| 1t was a little place where have nc
consul. There is a British consul there
however who. through courtesy acts fOI
the American consul at Salonica. A Greek
who had once been n Turkish subject, but
| who had emigrated and become naturalizeC
| here went back to visit his father. The;
wanted him to pay the military tax that is
imposed annually on all who do not serve
| in the army. The tax had been accumu
| lating in his case for over ten years. HI
demurred and said he would like to appea
| to the American minister at Constantinople
| They insisted on his paying the tax. But
| will give bond in the meantime he said
| No. You must pay. Then they clappe(
| him into prison, and, in order to get out
| he had to pay the tax. He reported th'
| matter to the British consul who promptly
| ordered the officials to pay back the none!
and TO pay the man an indemnity for hi,
| arrest. And they did il.
| 'The policy OF the Turkish government
| against American citizens is aimed at tn
missionaries who are spreading Christianit,
| in Turkey. Those who feel the effScts of i
/ at present are mostly Armenians and Syr
| ians who leave their business in Americj
| for a visit to their former homes. Whel
| the government has established the prece
| dent that an Armenian with an American
| passport in his hand can be kicked int
| the Bosporus, why, then, there'H be no diff
| Guilty in stretching the rule so as to includ
| native-born Americans.
| 1.-The disposition on the part of the Port
| TO discriminate against Americans has
| doubtless, always existed, but until Minis
| ter Terrell had an audience with the Sui
| tan, they never dared manifest that feelinj
by open indignity upon American citi