The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-12

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 1l-Al-
though the Turkish government has
officially announced that the mission
aries in Asia Minor will not be ex-
PEELED so long aus they comply with
the laws it becomes more and more
apparent as facts leak out, that the
Rev. George Knapp, of the missionaries
at Bills has been expelled in spite
of the understanding N his case ar
rived at between United States MINIS
ter Terrifl and the Turkish government
after it, has been proposed to try MI.
Knapp on the charge of
lINCITING ARMENIANS TO REVOLT
against the government Almost daily
negotiations on the subject take place
between the United States charge dc
affaires Mr.. Riddle, and the Turkish
minister of foreign affairs but the mat
ter is still misunderstood, and seems
to be assuming graver aspect as time
passes. The Turkish government, now
ever, has not made any official state
ment regarding the part taken In the
affair by the local authorities OF BIZ
lis, although the official note has been
issued denying that Mr.. Knapp is i'm
prisoner at Dairbekir and statlng
again that there is no intention TO 'eX-
pei the missionaries so long as they
comply with the law. Verbal expla-
nations, however, have been forthcom-
ing from the porte, but the friends of
the missionaries do not consider these
explanations to be in any way salts
factory. Besides, it is stated today
on good authority that the local Off
Gals of Bills received an order some
time ago from high quarter to
EXPEL MR.. KNAPP
and it is added that it is highly prob
able that the order would have been
carried out long before the missionary
was compelled to leave his post had it
not been for the arrival at Moosh of
the British vice consul, Mr.. Hanson.
The latter interested himself in the case
of the American missionary, examined
into the charges brought against him,
pronounced them to be entirely ground
less, and so informed the United States
minister who, thereupon, insisted that
Mr.. Knapp should be tried in his pres
erce at COnstantinople.
Eventually it was agreed between
the Turkish government and Mr.. Ter
rell that Mr.. Knapp should leave Bit
lis, when the state of the roads per-
mitted, or about the end of April
The missionary, however, was forced
by the authorities of Bitlis to leave his
post before April 1, when the roads
were so bad that his family was I'M
able to accompany him. He is now re-
ported to be near AleXandretta, and it
is further stated that the United States
minister was not informed as it was
agreed that he should be, of the ex-
pulsion of the American missionary
from Bitlis. The missionaries
PLACE LITTLE FAITH
in the assurance of the porte that it is
not intended to eXpel them from Asia
Minor. Some pretext for their eXpul-
sion, they believe, will be found when
Such a charge as conspiring against
can be established to the satisfaction
of a Turkish official looking for an OPP
portunity to condemn a Christian. The
future of the missionaries depends
upon Russia, and it is upon the Rus
sian government and rot the Turkish
government that influences mad been
brought to bear in order to protect the
lives and property Of the missionaries.
The sultan is
LITTLE MORE THAN A PUPPET
in the hands of the car and it is to
the latter that the governments of the
must turn in this emerg-
ency. But will the car renounce his
intention to Russianize Asia Minor?
This is a question which the mission
aries are now asking themselves.