The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-20

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-A Sun spe-
cial from Washington says: Pos
sibly from apprehension that this
government viii not sanction fur
Their delay in the settlement Of the
large indemnities due for the out
RACES during the Armenian out
breaks, and the fear that it will be
forced to invite the presence of the
Bancroft as guardship, rather
than risk the humiliating spectacle
of Witnessing the Dardanelles en-
tered without a firman. the sub
lime porte has acceded to an i'm
portant point ccntended for by the
administration. and regarded as
one of the most vital questions
pending between the two govern
ments. Whether it is due to the
presence of the little Bancroft and
Admiral Selfridge's fleet in the
Mediterranean. or the stern policy
pursued by Secretary Olney in deal
ing with Turkish affairs. the porte
has backed completely down from
an attitude maintained for years,
in which it has the earnest support
y
the active intercessiOn of Minister
Terrell. has brought the sultan to
agree to negotiate a treaty, where
by naturalized citizens of the
United States OF Armenian origin
shall have the full protection ac-
corded all other persons visiting
the Turkish empire with passports
from the state department. Tur-
key has heretofore maintained that
our passports, when presented by
Armenians or Turks. did not guar
antee their protection, or the exer-
else OF rights of Americans in the
sultan'S empire, and in this he has
been encouraged by Russia. now
the only other European power re-
fusing to pay proper Difference and
respect to American passports. The
question between the United States
and Turkey has been open for
years. and frequent and repeated
efforts have been made to negOti-
ate treaty such as the United
States has with the leading Euro
pean powers.
Secretary Olney has been in
communication with the porte
several months. and represented
last winter the necessity of re-
cognizing American passports IN
less the relations between the two
governments were to become
greatly strained. The sultan has,
however, until very recently
pointedly refused to treat Min
listed TerrelTs communication on
the subject with courtesy. IL has
been known in Washington for
sometime that this attitude of the
1rrn oil IN
the influence exerted by Russia,
which recognized that if the time
honored practice of Turkey was
upset by the operations of such a
treaty as proposed, the United
States and European powers would
have excellent grounds upon which
to base requests for a similar
treaty with her The sultan has
now COMPLETELY reversed his policy
and voluntarily asked the United
States to enter upon the negOtia-
lions of a treaty under the terms
of which the porte will give full
recognition to citizens of the en-
pirs who have become American
citizens and are travelling in
Turkey. with state department
passports. Her action in thus re-
ceding so suddenly from her stub
born position has greatly sur
prised the war Office officials who
had little expectation that such
agreement could be reached while
the relations between the two gov
ernn1ents were strained as a re-
suit of the Armenian troubles and
the Rancroft's mission.
The notification came a few DAYS
ago. when the secretary Of the
Turkish legation here called at the
state dsDartment and informed Mr..
Olney that the sultan has instructed
him to notify this country Of It's
pleasure in resuming negotiations
hagun some years ago and ruth
Iessly cast aside later by the
sultan's demands.