The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-26
TURKS HOSTILE TO AMERICANS.
DIR. c. ]. Fletcher Has Unpleasant Exs
~periences I'm ConstantinopIe.

DR.. G.. I. Fletcher and wife, who. with
s. c.. Parry, started Feb. 1 for a long trim
across the Atlantic with a party Of tourists
who had chartered the Red Star line steamS
er Friesland. arrived home yesterday. ssWA
left just at the time of the heavy Atlantic
storms" said DE-. Fletcher to a Journal rec
porterNlast night, 'bht eur steamer weaths
cred them nicely, though it was dreadfully
rough, and some of the passengers had
legs. arms and noses broken by the sudS
den lurchings of the ship. 1t was dificuls
at times to remain in ones berth. But We
soon landed on the Bermudas, jumping suds
denly into the warmth OF q tropical ella
mate. The islands composing the Bsrmuds
group are 365 in number, conveniently one
to belong to the United states. Thsy. ssS
built smooth, wide macadam roads in every
direction, and there are villas and gardens
products of the islands are the various
foras of bulbs, which. are shipped TO the
b bn,ssa s, miies or ane tbs ,sla mas are from oniy F, = : tsm
and IL America should pursue a vigoroua
policy of self-protection as England does
is some satisfaction to Englishmen I'M
travelling abroad because the whole world
Citizens, but an American can take little
comfort. in his nationality as soon as he
of lsay ssis e sonntryaa s soores Is a. cd 5nc asesvidends
w visited SPAIN continued DR.. Fletohs
er. This country we saw through. the eyes
what it is. in a tourist sense. It is most
ENJOYABLE to travel in countries that are
pared to entertain them. They have
rerfect accommodations as a rule
Ne We sa treat an e elilt15s OF Nth this f IN the sresa:
ment at the line dividing the Spanish pose
sessions at Gibraltar from the English pos
sessions, where, the, customs oficers were
stationed. My wife and 1 stood and
watched the officers search, the unlucky
abroad. He would be jerked around and
handled without the slightest regard To-
W WAS eI Known wi to Come emu from British poss
sessions was confiscated. But my wife and
| were deferred to with the greatest polite1
the men stop long enough for me to take
a picture of the scene with my cameras
which I had taken along. l had four hum
The Doctor visited Naples and other
points in Italy. Going on to Greece the
party saw the palaces that DR.. Schliemann,
the explorer, built in his lifetime, and visa
tied the museums where many OF the won.
They Travelled on to Jaffe, in the Holy
Land, and there met two brothers who fore
at Richmond. Their name is Hall. Theirs
father is a wealthy merchant of jana. and.
Quaker Church, ne sent his sons to the
schools. They keep the finest hotel in all
is a perfecs paradise of flowers, fountains
and antiquities, including beautiful marble
Statuary. The point that interested him
greatly in Jerusalem was the new Golgotha.
which is now supposed to be the spot whers
the Savior was crucifed. An explorer re-
Gently found the vault in a rock which best
answers the description of the spot so fan
as literature or history gives 1t.
Our most unpleasant experiences SAID
DIR. Fletcher, were. in the land Of thd
Turks, the unspeakable Turks. Shortly be.
fore we reached Constantinopie 1t was harf.
~ safe for a foreigner, unless he be a sub.
ject of the British crown, to enter ths
city. Even when We were there IL was
daarnad uvfCacf m I'm fo fhA ohtn a., 49,
harDor at night. We did not hear much
about the Armenian outrages while we were
gone, for IT. is worth your life to mentions
such things anywhere in the sultan's coun.
try. While we escaped without direct ina
suit, the treatment by Turkish officials was
anything but friendly. The only points a
interest in Constantinople that we saw
were those that the pen of Wallace has
clothed with romantic interest to Amer
leans. In Egypt We saw the two Harnesses
of the oppression and of the flight. Phsraoh
who kept the children of Israel in bonasg8
and Pharaoh who pursued them. rhsif red
mains are in the Giezeh Museum In Cairo.
Their faces are well preserved, and they
look as If asleep.