The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-05
STERN
QUESTION
\ the Subject OF Much
Discussion.
II TROUBLES IN TURKEY
~, If the East Fears Partition o
'e.0l,e-lndian Land Investigation
Develops Great Scandal

Il Man OF ttc ~
7 's.,.,,s-lndian . Land Investigation
-' Develops Great Scandal.
, o,,r regular correspondent
Washington, Sept. .. 1908.
.,.omaut ran high in official cir
4 washington during the past
|. y The news that Vice Consul
4 .sor at Beirut, Syria, had been
,'s l..tea and as soon as the infor-
| reached Oyster Bay the Presi-
'rdered the European squadron
'ossi at once to Turkish waters
':n,ormation soon followed the
.aDort however, saying that the
'onsul had not been killed but
ssu fred at, that the shots failed
1 oeFect. the miscreant had been
n and the Turkish officials had
|sll due apologies. Meanwhile
N is ON the way to Genoa
a will have to proceed to get
.nd IL is announced that the
|rOn will proceed to the vicinity
with a view OF
nstrating to Turkey that furtf er
M at violence towards Ameri-
will be met with
bt action.
4 situation in Turkey is appre-
! to be exceedingly grave and 1T
bwn that the government is hard
4 maintain any semblance of or
| many portions of the empire
while. Great Britain is under
4 TO deplore the prompt action OF
government in ordering the
besn squadron to the Meditec'
4 because it is feared that such
i will encourage the rebels. Te
uresons familiar with che East
bestion, however, it appears that
Artition of Turkey cannot much
! be postponed and that only the
i effect of a powerful American
ban serve to protect from VIC
american consuls, their families
tbers in the event Of a genera
In the East. At Beirut, where
ktempted assassination OF Vic'
II Magelssen occurred, where II
uphrates College and anxiety II
felt for the safety of the Ameri
achers and the American ant
pian pupils at tie school.
bond only to the interest in tn
in the far East has been interes
y revelations concerning conol
in the far West. The report O
lent Of the Indis.n Rights Associ
referred to in last weeks letter
sulted in the disclosure OF dis
Pal conditions in the Indian Ter
where the Dawes Commission
bng been engaged IN parcelllnl
approximately 90, 900, 600 acres o
valued at $50, 900, 900. amonI
hdividual embers Of the Dave
hission, to which is entruste'
interests of the Indians, have al
without exception associated
elves with land and investmen
Rnies organized for the purpos
uiring eventual possession O
llotted lands, in which the pcs
lies of profit are enormous
Tsms Bixby, the chairman ,
cmmission, has admitted tn
bat he is a stockholder in a com
the Canadian Valley Trust Con
which has offices in the build
at Muskogee also occupied D.
awes Commission and that he
ent Of the company, but he be
the gravity of his offense o.
ound that his holdings of stock
hall, "only $500 worth" Othe
ers of the commission are yet t
hrd from.
x
fetaiy of the Interior Hitchcoc
aims that he has long been ia
with the situation and that h
peen conducting an investigatio
ince last May rs a result {,
a number of minor official
been dismissed from the service
is noteworthy fact that witt
Secretary has called upon tn
ers of the commission to 81
their connection with the CON
referred to and that. by ordt
z. President, two commissions
|out to be appointed to investl
the scandals involving the d
ents of Justice and the Interit
ne Dawes Commission. VIII
ary Hitchcock is not altogeth'
in discussing the situation
= that he made a trip throue
erfitory last May in compar
bis private secretary and an i
nspector, J.Gaorge Wright, al
Ae Secretary, whose confiden'
right appears to be implicit. b
all'that Wright told him
9 and discredited AL tn
told him to discredit. So
! events have revealed the 70
right IL hirnbelf intefested
the lana ensmrinniaa 10 that