Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-15
The Turkish Minister Makes a
 Public Statement
REGARDING TIE RED CROSS
He Appeals to the v'ercan People With a
 countge'ropOsliOr.
CAPT. sunSHs SENTENCE RtmIrrtO
The Second ::s'the Series of Cabinet Din- ners, Give:t by MT. and Mrs. Carlisle, Was Attended by All the
 Official Family.

Ohic.al Family.
 Washington, Jen. 14.-Movroyeni Bey.
 the Turkish minister to the United States, this afternoon authorized the
 publishing of the following statement: You ask me-" said the Turkish minis ter, what 1 have to say a bout the state ment that the Red Cross society has de-
 cided not to pay any attention to the
 communication until it Is officially trans
 mitted to it. My answer is very simple
 and it is the following: The Red Cross
 has never communicated with this lega-
 tion It has only communicated. to my Knowledge, with the press and the pub lio. its president, Miss Clara Barton. as- sisting without protest at public meet
 ings where the most gross and unjust abuse was made of the Turkish govern
 ment, religion and race As the Red Cross nor any of it's representatives have never visited this legation 1t is clear and logical that this legation has nothing to communicate to said society This lega- uon sent its communication to the press because 1t Is the public that the Red Cross took into its confidence. But naturally, I will always be ready and pleased to give to the Red Cross society any explanation 1t may think proper to ask for
 This whole question:" added the min-
 ister "is a question of right. Suppose for one moment that your own Indians
 were to revolt against your legitimate
 authority. Suppose that you put down
 their revolt and suppose that in some
 foreign country some foreigner were to
 calumniate publicly your civilization, your race and your religion. Not satis- . fled with that, suppose that these for eignerS, on the strength of such false ac- cusation, were to raise money and bring It for distribution through their own channels, however respectable the latter may be, to the very people that revolted against your government. Would that money, raised on hatred and denuncia- tion, without even moral aid from for eigners, be welcome to this great country Of yours, however welcome it might be, for obvious reasons, to your IndtanS9 r As you see, this whole question Is "a very clear one But I wish you at the same time to understand that even today, not withstaHding the contrary assurances of interested parties, the Turkish govern
 ment has no animosity whatever against
 the Americans, and only wishes to see
 them prosper under its legitimate and
 rightful authority"
 Secretary Herbert has remitted the un-
 expired portion of the sentence imposed
 on Capt. George w. Sumner of the United States navy, convicted by court martial at the Brooklyn navy yard of carelessness in connection with the dock ing of the cruiser Columbia, which he commanded at Southampton, England. Captain Sumner was suspended from rank and duty for six months, from Sep
 tember 12,. and would have had two
 months yet of suspension. He has been placed on waiting orders.
 Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle tonight gave the second of the series of cabin1t dinners to President and Mrs. Cleveland. There were present besides those above named, ce-President Stevenson, Sec
 retary and Mrs. Olney. Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, Attorney General and Mrs. Harmon, Pastmaster-General and Mrs. Wilson, Secretary and Miss Herbert, Sec
 retary Smith, Secretary and Miss Morton, Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote and Mrs. Stanley Matthews
 Shall Quorum Be Countedp The situation with respect to the con- dition of the rules of the house Is close. It is in some uncertainty because of the failure to act upon the proposition for counting a quorum, which was first sug- gested in the Forty-seventh congress by
 J. Randolph Tucker, and has been adopt ed by the present committee on rules. General Henderson, who has charge of the report of the committee on rules,
 said today: "The house at the beginning of the session adopted the rules of the Fifty-frst congress. Last week the com-
 mittee on rules reported the recommenda-
 
 adopted save one relating to the counting
 of quorum There was some objection to this proposed change by several mem- bers, who feared that it's adoption would result in delay and interruption at the Friday night sessions and when the house was acting under requests for unanimous consent at the opening or close of days session, when the point of no quorum might be made. So we passed over that for the present. We can call 1t up at any time, but practically the rules have been disposed of There Is no present necessity for the Randolph Tuck CT rule, but the speaker and his associates on the committee thought it had best be incorporated in the code at this time. when it could be done with the least ground for the criticism that it was in- tended to secure any partisan advan- tage."
 Consulted With Senator Sherman. Foreign affairs were evidently not con- | sdered at the cabinet meeting today, as | Secretary Olney was not present. He had | short interview with the president this | morning. and returned to the state de- | partment before the meeting. MT. or | ney's object in absenting himself from | the White House was to give him an op- portunity to have an interview with Sem ator Sherman, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations. MT. Oney and Mir Sherman were closeted for some time in MT. Olney's office. Disability Bill Favorably Reported. The house committee on military af- | fairs today ordered reported favorabiy | the senate bill repeating the law barring | from appointment in the army or navy of any persons who formerly held a commits | sion therein and afterwards joined the l Confederacy. The military academy bill l was agreed to.
 Receiver Appointed. Charleston, s. C.. Jan. I4.-Judge H. | C. Slmopt6n, sitting in the United States l ciro nit court today. appoiE.ed MI ". E.