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who had conducted tile preliminary lnQucst'
and n promise to degrade the incompetent
Mudir OF Naniroun, DR.. Christie interceGcd
with the conrt for c!eniency to the indi-
v.dual culprits. upon whom iig'it sentences
OF Imprisonment We're passed.
..,rhe signal febukc administered In high
places, where responsibility really existed
and abused. coupled with the establishment
of the important principle that American
tlmoitii. IN Turkey may not lie violated
with impunity, renders the conclusion OF
this incident satisfactory"
The killing of a German American citizen
name:l Stup. IN Cbnstaniinbplc by On insane
Turk. whose sentence OF death was subse-
Qucntly cominuted to fifteen years impris-
Onment, is spoken OF as having elected the
proper protest of the American minister.
THE protest was without avail, but In
view of the gratifying circumstance that
his majesty, the sultan, had OF his own
Initiative, and very soon after the killing,
accorded II life, pension OF 200 piastres
(about $500 to the widow OF the murdered
man, no occasion for further pressing this
particular case was perceived. This gov
ernmcnt VIII, however, insist upon its
right to be represented by the presence of
its dragoman at every stage of all criminal
proceedings against an Ottoman subject
where an American citizen has been in
jured."
Secretary Olney continues as follows:
injury to the persons OF American citizens,
or invasion OF doniciliary rights, the Ian
guaGe of the Senate resolution may be con-
strued as covering the cases OF arrest OF
such citizens, and OF proceedings against
them in violation OF treaty rights. A num-
Der OF instances of this character have oc-
Cured. As the subject is n development
Of the long-standng contention between
the United States and Turkey touching
the true intent and construction OF the
fourth article In the treaty OF 1880, in rela-
tion To The extraterritorial Jurisdiction OF
the United States over its citizens coni-
mitting offenses in Turkey, its elaborate
discussion in this place is neither practica-
Bile nor opportune.
IMPRISONED AMERICANS.
at suffices to say that, although the
treaty in terms gives to the ministers and
consuls authority and power to punish
American offenders, "a nd absolutely excludes
their Imprisonment by the Turkish authori-
; ties, the ottoman government, while ad.
mitting to this extent the English render.
ing of the treaty, has on frequent occasion
| assumed TO imprison citizens of the United
States on criminal charges, and denied the
! right OF the agents OF this government 10
effect their punishment.
"a fruitful source OF such assertion of
authority is found in the case OF persons of
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| States, and returning within the territorial
| jurisdiction of Turkey under circumstances
suggesting their completely in the revolu.
| tionary schemes alleged to be rife in Asia
Minor.
! Holding, as it must and should, that no
! distinction can exist under the statutes OF
| the United States between native and nat-
uralized citizens, so that ii is clearly the
| right and duty OF this government to ex-
| tend the full measure of its protection to
| the one as to the other, and finding neither
| in the treaty nor in our Jurlstlictional legis-
laiiop any distinction as to the Chara cter
OF the criminal offense charged-but, on
the contrary, seeing that by our laws our
ministers and consuls have express juristlic-
tion over charges OF insurrec,ion and rec
| bellion when committed in the foreign
country by American citizens, as well
| over lesser offenses of a similar character
this government is unable to forego its
/ right in the premises and cannot relinquish
jurisdiction over any citizen, even though
after naturalization he return to his native
land and identify himself with its polit-
ical coDspirations.
1.-THE right to try and punish our citi-
Zens committing offenscs IN Turkey has
been so uniformly and ably upheld by the
| successive Secretaries of State since con-
| tentjon on the subject was first broached,
| IN 1862, that no dimnution of our claim
can be considered at this important juno
| ture.
consequently the United States minister
| at CoDsta ntinople has been instructed 10
claim all rights under the fourth article OF
| the treaty OF $50, and to offer to try any
| American citizen charged with insurrec-
ton, rebellion, scditiou or like offense. or.
in the event of such offer being refused, to
demand the release OF the accused.
RIGHT OF A SOVEREIGN STATE.
l tTpn hoy n ts nj
does not contest the paramount right of a
| sovereign state To exclude or deport for
adequate cause and in a proper manner
aliens whose resort to its territories may
be pernicious to the safety OF the state, the
release OF sIch persons upon condition OF
their leaving the country is not gainsaid.' 4
Three Instances or unjust treatment of
| American citizens of Armenian birth are
given as illustrations. One of these is the
| case of krekor Arakelian. son of John Ara
kelian, a citizen of the United States, re-
siding in Fresno. Cal. who. on July last.
was arrested in company with some $50
| others, at Marsovan, on the ground of al
legged conspiracy in assassination. He bore
| a passport issued by the United States le-
CATION in Turkey, and his hisimprisonment ap
peared to he on the nierest suspicion.
The consul at Sivas interviewed in his
behalf. and the minister at ConstantinopIe
| made energetic representations to the porte
against the detention of q citizen OF the
United States on a criminal charge. On the
21st of August Mr.. Terrell telegraphed TO
to the department that he had bee u informed
by the porte that Arkelian had been released
upon decree dismissing the charge against
him. He went to Constaptinople, and on
being notified by the police that his presence
in the empire was Objectionable and tina the
authorities viewed him with suspicion on
account of compromising documents which
had been found in his possession. he quilted
the country early in September.
Ia ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
The second case was that OF Mardliros
Mooradian, a native OF Armenia, natu-
rallied as citizen of the United States at
Lynn, Mass, who in September last was
arrested on landing at Constantinople,
on suspicion of being n revolutionary
emissary. In his possession were forty-on
letters aud papers in the Armenian lam
guage Indicating his representative con-
nection with the Hentzak, or Huntchaguist
Society, Il secret organization of Armenians
in England and the United States.
| Aftcrseyeralday VS. confinement NJ MOoradian
was released under surveillance, and the
incriminaiing papers were delivered to the
United States minister for translation a nd
examination In, the absence of proof Of
any overt act committed in Turkish terri
tory, the minister demanded his instant Lii.
erty, OH the ground that his imprisonment
was unauthorized, whereupon Mooradiar
was surrendered to the legation, 'to be
kept from correspondence until he could
be sent out of the country.
disposition on the part of the minister
for foreign affairs to assert Jurisdiction
over Mooradian on the plea that he was
stin an Ottoman bject because not having
obtained the sultan's consent to his nai,i-
ralization abroad, was promptly met by
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