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SULTAN AGAIN REFUSES.
Positively Declines to Grant E1-
equatur to United States
Consul at Harpoot.
GROUND FOR THE sulTAN's REFUSAL.
Permitted Establishment of United
States Consulate Mt Erzeroum with
Understanding That Demand for
One MT Hnrpoot Would He Aban-
doned-Re taliation Likely.

Constantipople, Nov. 26.-United
States Charge d'Affaires Griscom
called upon Tewtik Pasha, minister
for foreign affairs, Friday to urge a
settlement of the difficulty in rela-
ton to the granting of an exequatur
to DR.. Thomas III. Norton. who some
time ago was appointed by President
Mckinley to establish a consulate at
Harpoot. The porte, however, is firm
in its refusal to grant the request for
an exequatur.
United States VIII Retaliate.
Washington, Nov. 26.-The Turkish
authorities having refused to grant
an exequatur to DR.. Thomas H. Nor
ton to act as United States consul at
date. The freedmen are former slaves
retahatory measures on the part of
our government in the near future.
The Turkish conte9tion now is that
they permitted United States con-
sulate to be established at Erzeroum
under an implied understanding that
the United States would abandon Its
claim to consulate at Harpoot.
That there was some shadow OF foun-
dation for this understanding is ad-
mitted: but 1t is still the purpose of
the United States to establish this
consulate because. The British govern
ment has since been permitted to
locate consul at Harpoot and, un.
der the favored nation clause of our
treaty with TaRk,.y, the United States
government claims the same CONNER
cial privileges as Great Britain. There
is, besides. peculiarly potent reason
for the presence of United States
representative at. Harpoot, for at that
point are located. some of the most i'm
portant and BourRshing American
missionary and, educational interests
in Turkey Moreover, being located
in the Armenian district, where so
many ontTages upon Christians have
occurred. it, is extremely desirable
that our government should have
some Impartial and creditable repre-
sentative to protect the interests of
American citizens.
Why the Sultan Refusea.
NCN Loih, NV. ..O-OScdf .. SUTauB,
minister to Turkey. declines to say
anything about the porte's action in
refusing an exequatur for United
States consul at Harpoot, declaring
that all comment should come from
the state department.
Another American, who has spent
Years in the Diplomatic service, said:
1.-THE Turkish authorities look WITH, 1eaf-
ousy upon the appointment of consuls to
interior points in the empire. especially
when, as in the present instance, the
United States wishes to send consul to q
point where It has not had consul before.
"The reason, perhaps, why the Turkish
authorities more specifically object to the
appointment of consul at Harpoot is
that 1t was at Harpoot where the American
missionary property was destroyed during
the Armenian troubles, on the loss of which
our claims for indemnity are based.
America has no commerce at Harpoot
Its interests there are only missionary
as in that city is located the Euphrates
college. besides several mission schools
and 1t is center Of the American mission.
aries. But 1t can be reasonably claimed
by our government even If we have little
or no commerce now there, that we may
want to cultivate 1t, especially as number
of our citizens are resident there. Here.
tofore such consular business as the United
States has had at Harpoot has been con.
Quoted by the British vice consul there"