Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-12
WATCHING THE sULTs.s
State Department Interested In
Turkeys Movements.
oHoATE'sVIsIT TO SECRETARY HAY


Alignment OF the Powers MAJ Re
suit From Frances Discipline OF
the Porte.
ambassador Choate was AZ the state
department. says the Washington cor
RESPONDENT of the New York Press. anu
conferred With Secretary Hay frioi
to his appearance az the department
be allied on the secretary in his home
and for two hours they talked about
this governments interests abroad He
was in the company OF Secretary OF
War Root. and after his conference
with Mr. Hay rejoined Mr.. Root
While there has been no admission
in any official quarters OF anything oil
the sort the incident was construed 10y
some of those who have been watching
the trend of affairs in the national
capital as an indication that Mr.. Root
was familiarizing himself with inter
national questions. with view ulti
mately to succeeding the secretary OF
state.
Those who were asked on the point
declared for publication that there
could be no such construction placed
on the intimacy of the ambassador To
England and the secretary of war. but
that il grew solely out of the long per
sonal and professional friendship
which has existed between the two.
Ostensibly Mr.. Choate came to Wash
ington TO pay his respects and talk
over the conditions which the new ca
nal treaty with Great Britain is ex-
pected to develop. However, the sec
rotary of state and the ambassador
met in New England recently and eN-
hausted the subject in their discus
sions
There are indications about the state
department that much srayer interna-
tional questions are under considera-
ton. The keenest interest is shown in
every cable which brings news having
even the remotest bearing upon the OPP
erations of France against Turkey. 1t
would appear that the United States
could have no interest in the plans of
France in her attack on Turkey. A
much different view is taken by those
who are watching the drift Of inter
national affairs. While there have
been repeated sensational rumors OF
the breaking of the concert of foreign
powers. IT is realized that the actual
assembling of ships and the determine
j ton to order a punitive expedition has
done more in the last few days to bring
about a crisis between foreign nations
| than anything that has been observed
in the foreign warcloud.
1t is realized at the state department
that popular sentiment in the United
States is against any open CT implied
alliance with Great Britain. but the
department appreciates what is not
realized in the country at large, the
service to the United States in the war
! with Spain by the moral support given
TO us To this was attributed the fact
/ that no foreign nation interfered in
/ our quarrel with Spain. 1t would APP
( pear that France in sending an expedi-
| ton to discipline Turkey is not actu-
t ated solely by a desire to collect just
! claim. Russian influence is thought to
! be behind the move. If this proves
/ true there may be new alignment in
/ the old world.
/ Germany and Great Britain will prob
ably find their interests mutual If the
crisis now threatened comes Russia
and France will be arrayed side by
( side Some doubt exists as TO the
/ stand to be taken by Italy. An ele'
ment of uncertainty develops because
/ of Itaiy's desire to obtain concessions
on the north coast of Africa. Great
! Britain has furnished the money te
build the Italian navy There are 9th
err close alliances between the two
countries. The United States has found
p..ff afY "a
tween it and other foreign powers
Great Britain may not have openly
espoused the cause of the United
States but her moral influence has pre-
vented a crisis in more than one differ
ence which threatened us. The ques
| ton is asked as to whether or not this
/ country will discover that she has in
terests in the Turkish question which
have not been brought out up to thi;
I time.