Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-24
SULTAN STILL DELAYS
Sublime Porte Intimates Intention
to Pay Indemnity Some Time
In Future.
Admits the Claims and Harsh Meas.
ures Will Be Deferred For
Present
The Washington Authorities Be-
lieve the Sultan is Getting
Ready to Pay.

lleve the Sultan is Getting
Ready to Pay.
Washington, April 224.-Theres is now
q better prospect laat the Turkish sas
eminent will ultimately pay the indenl-
nifty demanded by the United States.
and for the present at least no harsh
measures Will be resorted to by the
United States.
according to@a dispatch from Capt.
5Griscom, American charge d'affairess
al 4Constantinople, received a the state
department Yesterday, one inpostan..
advantage has been gained in that the
sultan now admits that his government
owes the debt Hitherto. according to
the late presentations. The porte had
refused even to acknowledge its i'm.
debtedness.
M Certain international Influences are
believed to be Working upon the sultan
and in this connection tile German em-
Eperer is mentioned significantly. Ger
many is just now the powei: of frs rate
influence at Gonstantinople and Ger
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g against eng lil'fklshs ss'NeHil'nent now
.psl non e IN oiiier Wprds notice Is
served Y 'e'fl the l.esrepeaE 10 weis hay
. lsls$esalins silpaii.Sl, as most 9l them.
3hsys THAT hat no preference .s e be shown.
the 4, tlttsss states. ana ma hey
Want tso collect Z heir owil dues they
must see 70 IL that Uncle m does not
.eieaIlSout he m te.lal treasury before
their tui,t9 comes.
This effort 70 involve The United
States III the f,ar ci,sts " jeaiousies. Which.
nave 50 often opeyated TO staye off the
demands of creditors, is quite character-
is,ie Of Turkish diplomacy. There is re-
5nsWse;# anu se1nsllt among the diplomats
mere a the able and skliiful sauiiming
Which the sultan is engaging in unde.,
American press tire. These diplomats
predict that lsncls Sam viii have M
Better luck in collecting Just dues from
the sultan tilantfeS, haSs had, and they
have found theso only Way to make Abdul
liamid dissSrSe IS by going at him With
a gun.
The lFnitel. states may bs. ooirpelied
iia the end. but UP 70 this time
the president has not thoughtful neees-
saNy TO go to Extremes. One objection to
the gun rlethee OF collecting q bad IN
ternatinnal debt is that in this case it
Mould probably cost about Slt000,0o0 10
collect sSs,5sC, Ths sultan is well aware
of this phase of theease. and apparently
he proposes TO ke advantage of It,
The news which comes from Constarl-
5tinople of the issuance Of an Imperial
order granting authority for the re-
building os the mission buildings at
College * a' rsgsrast here 4 "a tf her u s