The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-19
With
TURKEY imminent
CRITICAL STAGE OF NEGOTIA-
TONS WITH THE SULTAN
rs REACHED.
LONG CONFERENCE HELD
OVER PENDING MATTERS
Important Developments Expected
Soon, Which Will Either Result in
Porte's Giving Way or the With
drawal of Minister Leishman.

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Constantinople, Aug. Is. = Minister
Leishman Friday saw Tewfk Pasha, the
Turkish minister of foreign affairs, and
renewed the urgent representations oil
the American government for an imme-
date settlement of the demands regard
ing the rights of American citizens in
Turkey.
1t is understood important develop
ments are expected within a few hours,
either the porte giving way or Minister
Leishman. demanding his passports.
After the interview with the minister,
Tewik Pasha proceeded Immediately to
the palace.
Lengthy Conference.
Fridays conference between Minis
ter Leishman and Izzet Pasha, secretary
of the palace, and Nedjib. Melhame, as
sistant minister of public works, not Sc
linn Pasha, minister of mines, as cabled
Friday, occurred at Mr.. Leishman's sum-
mer residence at Therapia and lasted
eight hours, during which Izzet Pasha
exchanged communications with the
palace. The fact of sending a palace
functionary unacquainted with the ques-
ton to discuss the matter with Mr..
Leishman is typical of Turkish meth
DDS. The sultan's ignoring the proper
channel, namely the porte, is much COM
mented upon as evidently being an at
tempt to delay a settlement. In the
curse of the discussion the Turkish
delegates attempted to impugn the char
acter of some of the schools and contest
ed the American claim to be granted GER
tain privileges given to similar French
institutions. Mr.. Leishman, however,
firmly refused to consider for a moment
any suggestion Of discrimination and in
sisted on a full acceptance of the Ameri-
can list of about 300 schools, hospitals,
charitable institutions and missionary
dwellings filed with the porte Is months
ago. The American minister pointed
out that the porte had ample time to YER
ify the list, but that it had done nothing
and Mr.. Leishman positively refused to
listen to any suggestion regarding treat
ment differing from that accorded to the
schools, ETC., under the protection of 9TH
er powers. The delegates finally left in
order to report to the sultan, promising
a favorable reply.
One Matter Settled.
The protracted conference appears to
have settled one of the matters agreed
upon at the time of the Beirut incident,
but never executed, namely, the payment
to an American citizen of Smyrna the
sum of $25, 900. being the value of land on
which Moslem refugees illegally settled.
This amount will now be paid.
Promises Fail to Stop Warships.
The usual attempts were made to in
duce Mr.. Leishman to stop the American
squadron from going to Smyrna by
promising an immediate settlement, but
the minister declined to intervene, and
he is now in communication with Rear
Admiral Jewell regarding arrangements
in the event of a rupture and the conse-
quent departure of the minister from
Constantinople.
Victory for State Department.
There was some expectation that the
state department would be able Satur-
| Noy ~ announce IhC SuOCCSSlul COIClu-
sion of the negotiations with Turkey
looking to the prevention of discrim.
ination against American citizens there
An nswer has been received from the
Turkish government which is regarded
as satisfactory, and to make III that
there will be no misunderstanding as
to the agreement, the state department
embodies its own construction of thai
agreement in the last chapters of the
correspondence. But there has beer
some delay in the exchange of cable
messages, so that it is not expected now
that the last word will be said unit
Monday. Meanwhile Admiral jewell:
fleet will remain at Smyrna, awaiting
notice from Minister Leishman. Il
may be said, however, that the incident
is practically closed, with a victory fol
the state department on all points.