Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-26
FROM TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL The Administration Declines Phil
 adeIphia's Invitation. MEASURING TURKISH NEWS Mir. TerrelI's Vigorous Kick to Save Three
 American Women.
HE ]. w. FOSTER ORDERED RELEASED
In the Future the Government Will Refuse to Seize Vessels Merely Because the Spanish Minister Suspects Them
 of Belng Filibusters.

Washington, Nov. 25-President Cleve- land and Secretaries Lamont and Her. bert have declined invitations to be pres ent at the banquet of the Philadelphia, chamber of commerce tomorrow night.
 Dispatches to the state department. from Minister Terrell give reassuring news of the condition of affairs in the dis turbed districts of Turkey. MT. Terrell says he is now officially assured that pro- lection will be afforded three American. ladies at Hadjin, who had been threat encd by the Mussulmans. These are the women for whose safety MT. Terrell is said to have made vigorous demand on the porte. coupled with the statement that he would call for the decapitations of the government officials of the prov ince in which Hadjin is situated if they were injured. According to MT. TerrelPs advices the provinces have been quiet for the last three days, and the outlook is better He adds that telegrams from Anitaband and Marsovan report that the missionaries are safe and protected and that he is now able to report that all Of the 172 American missionaries in Turkey are under protection. MT. Terrell also states that the porte has given assur- ances that tranquility will soon be restored.
 Secretary Carlisle today ordered the release of the schooner James w. Eos ter, detained at Lewes, Del. on suspic- ion of being about to start on a filibuster- ing expedition.
 Later in the day the treasury depart ment was informed that the captain of the Foster had refused to accept her re- lease. The information was forwarded to Attorney-General Harmon. and he will instruct the government officials having charge of the vessel as to their duties.
 It is stated, however, at the treasury that the captains action will not embar- rass the department, or enure to the benefit of the captain or the owners of the vessel in any suit they have insti- tuted or may institute. RN
 It is stated on what is believed to be good authority that the United States government hereafter will exercise it's own discretion in arresting and detaining vessels suspected of, engaged or about to engage in filibustering expeditions in favor of the Cuban insurgents. Hereto fore, when the Spanish minister, Senor DeLomes, suspected a vessel and com municated his suspicious to the United States government, the suspected vessel was immediately detained In every in- stance, when such suspected vessel or her cargo was seized and the case car red into the courts, the vessel and her cargo have been both discharged for lack of evidence under our laws to hold them. This has embarrassed the ad- ministration, it is said, and while it will live up to the treaty obligations with Spain, it will require in the future more than mere suspicion of the violation of it's neutrality laws to place it in the po- sition of ordering customs officers and the revenue service to seize vessels re- ported or suspected of flibustering inten- tions.