Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
Tcrrcll Detcnds sultan.

ICrrcll Defends sultan.
Austin, Tex. April 26.-When asked
fqr an expression as TO the merits Of
the United states claim against Tur-
Key for indemnity for the burning of
missionary property during the Anne
MAN troubles ex-I-nited States Minis
ter A. ". Terrell, now residing in this
city. gave out the following interview:
II entirely agree with Gen Lew Wall
lace in his estimate of the sultan of
Turkey. There is much ignorance
about the nature of our claim against
Turkey. We claim indemnity for the
burning Of missionary property at Har-
poot and Narash, places then doinf-
mated by Kurds and a fanatical popu-.
| lace and remote At the time from con-
sular protection. Missionaries claim
THAT the burning was done With the aid
or connivance of Turkish soldiers. The
| porte has insisted that it was done BY
kurds and by an ungovernable mob.
Our claim is sustained by circum-
4 stances resting on missionary evidence;
the denial of the Turks Is sustained BY
official reports by Turkish officers and
5lspashas and the issue of fact has not
been settled by any impartial tribunal.
Il The burning Was done during the AR
Il menian massacres, and the Kurt.s have
4 been the enemies of the Armenians
Il frem the time If Xenophon.
Turkey. by the treaty of Berlin, is
y under d quasi-protectorate Of the six
i great European powers. The claims OF
I. Russia and several other powers for
Z Indemnity on account of 5spoliations are
far greater than ours. and ii would
seem that While those powers refrain
from enforcing their claims We should
Ehesitate long before disturbing the
peace of Europe by resorting to force.
Cen. Wallace. while minister to Tur-
key. and long before our buildings were
burned. demanded large nionied in.
demntty from Turkey because Two mis-.
y scenarios who had entered without pro-
Election into a region known to be dan.
gerous had been beaten by the natives
Z That claim has never been recognized
4 by Turkey. Unfortunately for US, En-.
lgland had gone Ear 10 5es sablish the5in,
International doctrine that a government
4 is not liable under such circumstances
We should not forget that alth,
/, Father saloitere an italian priest ans
: subjects Of other Christian powers wer
slain during the massacres, no Amer
can citizen was hurt. Tho they wer
5slliving in their missions from the Sc;
: tothe Persian border, Turkish soldier
placed over them by the sultan pro
tected them.
THE spirit of commercialism in it
new career of forcible expansion i
8 dangerous enough, but the spirit OF re
{ tligious Intolerance is even more dan
gerous. Four years ago it was de
. manding the bombardment of Constan
tinople. Until New York newspape
sent Rev. Mr. Hepworth to Turkey I
find out and report the cause Of tn
Armenian massacres our people Wer
taught to believe that the Armenian
!. We're killed because. they were Chris
tians and that the sultan was a dev
1 lacarnste.s since DR. Repworth report
:. ed that the nlassacres We're caused b
81 the plots Of the Armenians to- destro
4 the Turkish government we have hear
no further abuse Of the Turks. Th
oldest Christian churches in the worl
are in the ottoman empire and Will
the Turk must pay q tariff on every
imported article, our missionaries ther
import free OF duty everything the
j lneed. a healthy public sentimsn