The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-30
For that Reason the Porte Is Said to
Have Objected to Receiving Him
at COnsrantinOpIe.
NEW INDIANA P0STMASTERS
WOODS NOMINATED FOR WABASH
AND MILLS AT LADOGA.
Testimony at the Senate CiviI-Service
Investigations for ReIieV-
ing HindoOs Criticised.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


WASHINGTON, May 29-Professor An
CELLS participation in a meeting held in To-
ledo last July to protest against the Ar
menian outrages is understood to be the
groundwork of the objections raised against
him by tbs Turkish government. Professor
Angel was active in that meeting, and was
a member of the committee appointed to
lay the outrage resolutions before President
Cleveland. These resolutions were strongly
condemnatory Of the brutalities perpetrated
by the Turks and contained expressions Of
fensive to the Sultan. State Department
officials profess to be in ignorance of any
move against Professor Angel by the
Turkish government through it's represent
atives in Washington, but there is little
reason to doubt the accuracy of the report
that he will not be received at CONSTANT
nople in an official capacity. Efforts are
understood to be making, however, to coun-
teract the Sultan's irritation and displeas-
ure.
The Associated Press says: Certain inqui-
ries that have been propounded by the
Turkish government as to the record of
DR.. Angel, who has been appointed
successor to Mr. Terrell as minister to TUr-
key, have led to the erroneous conclusion
that formal objection has been made to the
minister, or, in other words, that the gov
eminent had been informed that DIR. Angel
is persona non grata. The State Depart
ment has firmly denied that any such OBJ
lection has been made to the reception of
the minister, but it is fact that some time
ago Mr.. Terrell was acquainted by the
Porte with the fact that the Turkish gov
crnment would be pleased to know wheth-
er or not certain rumors of the ideas of
the new minister were we'll founded This
is said to be a, right that the Turkish gov
ernment has always claimed but it cannot
be learned whether or not this right has
been exercised before in the case of an
American minister. In Dr.. Angels case the
inquiries are supposed to be based upon
his connection with the religious organlZa-
ton which the Porte suspects of peculiar
antipathy to the Mohammedan faith. The
State Department does not question the
right of the country to decline to receive
obnoxious minister. In fact, the prece-
dents on that point are all III one direction
and our diplomatic history furnishes some
strong instances of assertion OF the right.
While in DR.. Angels case there was no
formal complaint it was the belief of the
officials that it would be best at once to
meet the suspicious, apparently founded on
error, and TO present the truth. To this
end the Turkish minister here, Mustapha
Bey, has been consulted, and explanations
have been made to him that, in the opinion
of the State Department, will satisfy the
Turkish government as to the minister s
fitness for the post and for his accepta bi1ty
to the Turks.
DR. Angel himself has been in Washing
ton recently in consultation with the State
Department officials respecting the mat
ter and left Washington last evening
probably for his home in Ann Arbor. Mich.
though he did not leave his address. He
stated that he could not say when he would
leave for his post, but it is known that he
has taken passage from New York on the
steamer of June H. and if he fails to carry
out this enga cement it will be only be-
cause the State Departments explanations
are regarded as insufficient by the Turkish