The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-16
AN EDITOR FROM TURKEY,
Rev. H, S, Barnum, of Constantinople, is Visiting in Danbury.

Is Visiting in Danbury. The Rev, H. s. Barnum, who has been Tor thirty years missionary to Turkey and Armenia, has returned to this country for an extended visit, and is now in Danbury where he will visit many relatives and friends. MT. Barnum is a native of Stratford. but his father, Samuel Barnum was a native of Bethel, and belonged to one of the branches of the original Barnum family.
 As MT. Barnum is so intimately con neeted with many Danbury people and has very many friends there, an inter- view with him concerning his work in that far away mission field will be in teresting to large number of our | readers.
 A representative of the Danbury evening News found Mr.Barnum at the | home of his cousin, Mrs. E. S. Alvord, 10 Robinson avenue.
 | MT Barnum left Constantinople on June l. and arrived in this country on the 18th, and will remain in the United States about one year. His last pre- vious visit was in 1883 and 1884, at | NiAASii lAiilC lle dlSO NlSllSu DdHbuly dllIl preached in both the First and Second Congregational churches. In twenty eight years, he has been in the United States only about fifteen months. | Since his return to Constantinople af- ter that visit his work has been that of editor of a weekly religious newspaper, published in the Armenian and Turkish languages, issued by the American Board. The name of this paper trans lated into English is "The Good News Bringer' He also edits an illustrated monthly for children, and many tracts and books.
 | In this work he has been very closely confined to the city of Constantinople, l allowing only occasional visits to near by cities, during the thirteen years past.
 | Previous to his last visit to this coun- try MT, Barnum was engaged in the regular missionary work, being sta- toned at Harpoot and Ban, in the in- terior, so that he has during almost his entire life work, been in the active for eign mission work
 It will thus be seen that he has been at close range acquainted with all the great events and troubles which have occurred in that country in late years up to and including the war with Greece. He was in Constantinople the week that General Miles arrived there. He did not care, however, to say any, thing about the political situation, but expressed the hope that there would be no more general massacres and the be- lief that there would speedily be bet ter days In Turkey.
 | MT. Barnum was graduate of Yale university in the class of 1862, with L.. F. Treadwell, of this city. He planned attend the 35th annual reunion, having never attended one of those events in the thirty-five years since his gradu- ation. Of one hundred members of the class seventy are living and exactly thirty-flve were present at the thirty fifth reunion.
 In speaking of his editorial work, it was evident there is wide difference between that work in Turkey and in | this country. In that country, pre- vious to the issue of an edition the paper has to be read by the press censor, when everything objectionable to the government is cut out. The censor does not, however put him to any needless trouble, and as the editor, MT Barnum, understands pretty we'll what will be allowed and what will not, there are many weeks when not even a word is cut out.