The age-herald., 1900-05-21
TURKISH ADMIRAL
 NOW IN AMERICA He Says His Visit Is Not of
 Diplomatic Nature.
IS INSPECTING OUR SHIPS
With a Possible View of Purchasing a Cruiser for the Turkish governmet -Awaitg Instructions From
 the Sublime Porte.

New York, May 2O.-Rear Admiral Ahmed night on board the steamship Auguste Vic- toria, said last night that his mission to this country had no connection with any work of diplomacy Instead, the purpose of his mission, he said. was to inspect American warships and methods of naval and ordnance construction with possible view of purchasing cruiser for the Turk ish government
 In speaking of the report that he had any proposals to make to this country con- corning the indemnity claimed by the Uni ted States from Turkey, because of in- juries suffered by missionaries during the Armenian troubles, he said to Tribune reporter: My business is that of an en- gineer, not of a diplomat. Of diplomatic relations. therefore, I have no right to speak. That falls to the duty of our Turk ish minister at Washington. As yet I am waiting instructions from the sublime porte. They are to come to me from the minister, but inasmuch as I arrived only last night, I am not surprised that I have not heard from him.
 From what I could learn of the desires of the sultan in conversation with him, he is anxious to increase the prowess of his navy. I will not give the reasons. I will not say whether we fear Russia or Eng land or any other country, but at any rate we see that our navy must be put a basis with western countries. From what we have seen and learned of the American navy it seemed that there could be no bet ter place to learn modern methods of con- struction than in America. Again, it is a neutral country, one which would not view visit with suspicion. I was selected for the mission because am the engineer in chief of the Turkish navy.
 Will Visit Naval Stations
 'I shall doubtless visit the different naval stations of this country; perhaps go as far as San Francisco, but will give special at tention to the navy yards at Brooklyn and Newport News. When I have reported to the sublime porte the result of my study, then I may make some purchases"
 When the admiral was asked to speak of the situation between Russia and Turkey, he said:
 "As a cosmopolitan rather than an en- Voy of the sultan I would say that Rus sia's greatest danger is from herself She Is composed of a strange experimentation of people; many of whom have no sym- pathy for each other. It also happens that some of the subjugated peoples that have come under the sway of the czar are high CT in the standard of intellect, morals and physical strength than the race of the ruling Romanoff There is the Caucasian for instance, who is far superior in prow- ess of war; there is the Pole, who is higher in the scale of intellectual endow- ments, and the Finn, who is more moral in his habits of life. And yet Russia is still spreading out, still grasping for more still taking under her peoples who are wholly antagonistic to her in point of all racial qualities
 Let me tell you,' he began again, If Russia suffered one defeat in an over whelming battle, she would go to pieces of her own decentralizing forces; forces which are kept within bounds only by fear and the dread of punishment and exile.'