Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
TO IMPRESS TURKEY
European Squadron Ordered
- To Smyrna.
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PROTECTION NEEDED
ADMIRAL JEWELL TOLD TO "PRo-
cEED WITHOUT DELAY"
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Result Of sultan,s Failure to Assure
American Citizens Same Rights
as Other Foreigners.
PROTECTION NEEDED

1t developed today tnat the cdoihet a. ITO
meeting yesterday reached the conclusion
| that the situation in Turkey called FOR the
employment Of warshlps to insure the sue
cess of the diplomatic efforts OF United
States Minister LeishInan to secure to citi-
| zens of the United States the same rights
| and privileges in Turkey as the subjects OF
European governments.
Thiss conclusion was based on a report
| from Minister Leishman Of his failure to
receive satisfactory response from the
! sultan to the demand of the United
States. 1t Is understood that Secretary
| Hay suggested the advisabtlity Of send
| ing warships to Turkish waters to
| strengthen the hands Of the minister In
| his diplomatic 'endeavors to hasten action
| on the part Of the Turkish government.
t and it was decided to act in conformity
| with the suggestion.
l. Owing to the. fact that Rear Admiral
| Barker, commanding the battle ship squad
| ron. is at sea and could not be reached at
once, 1t was decided to utilize the services
! of the European squadron. commanded by
Rear Admiral Jewell. now at Villefranche.
Telegraph1c instructions were sent to Ad
| miral Jewell yesterday afternoon to take
| his fleet without unnecessary delay to the
Turkish port of Smyrna and there await
| further Instructions.
1t is expected that the squadron will take
| on coal and provisions and start for the
east toHOFTOW or IL Is CaECulated
that the vessels can make the run to
Smyrna IN about three days; SO the pros
poets are that 1.-The sick man of Europe"
will find Uncle Sans bulldogs knocking at
his gate by the middle of next week.
May Need Reinforcement.
To reinforce the European squadron in
| case 1t Is found necessary. the big battle
| ship squadron which recently visited Gre
| clan waters will be detained at Gibraltar
and sent back to the eastern Mediterranean.
| This squadron was bound for the United
States and is due at Gibraltar tomorrow or
next day. The original orders to the squad
| ron required Its arrival In the United States
| by September 10. but they will probably
o De resein nc II view OF the troublesome
The squadron consists of the modern bat
| tie ships Kearsarge, Alabama, Maine. Iowa.
| Missouri and Illinois. and constitutes the
| strongest and most formidable fleet in the
American nAvy!'p'
These vessels Will hardly be used except
| in the event Of war with the ottoman en-
pire. Such a contingency will be avoided,
| II possible. because Of the possibility of re-
sulting complications with Great Britain.
| Russia, Germany and Austria. each of
| which governments Is directly interested in
maintaining the integrity of Turkey.
In order to avoid the possibility Of for
| efgn complications or entanglements. Rear
| Admiral Jewell will be advised to act with
| the greatestl caution and circumspectfon In
ly what he is expected to do to bring the
| sultan to terms Is as yet an official secret.
but it is freely predicted that he certainly
will commit no hostile act without direct
| orders from Washington.
Cause Of Trouble.
| At present American citizens are unable
to move about Turkey with the same free
dom and to enjoy the same rights which
are extended to British and German sub
men able to enjoy the courtesies the gov
/ eminent extends to other nations. Scien-
fists are not allowed to engage in excava-
| tons, missionaries are hindered in their
| work and the sultan refuses to recognize
| American educational institutions in Tur-
| kew which are said to be equal, or even Su-
| perior. to similar institutions established by
| the French. 1t is the failure OF the sultan
| to do away with this discrimination against
| Americans that is the subject OF MIR. Leish-
| mans representations to the porte and the
! cause of the present strained relations BE-
| tween Turkey and the United States.
| The European squadron is composed OF
! the Olympia, Baltimore and cleveland
| protected cruisers of comparatively MOD
ern type They are regarded as good YES
! sells of their class. The Olympia admiral
| Dewey's flagship. at Manila) is the flagship
| of Rear Admiral Jewell. commanding the
squadron. She has displacement OF $50
| tons and has a battery of fourteen guns.
| The Baltimore, which was also in the
| Manila bay engagement. has dfsplace-
ment of lab tons and has twelve guns
| in her main Battery The Cleveland, the
| most modern of the three vessels. has
| displacement of 3,1O0 tons and carries ten
guns in her main battery.
These vessels are now quietly anchored
| In the harbor of Villefranche. having re-
Gently completed a cruise in the Mediter-
| ranean in company with Rear Admiral
Barker's battle ship squadron. as far east
| as Piraeus the port of Athens. The cruiser
| Des Moines which has just arrived at Bos-
| ton has also been added to the European
| soua dron and will start across the Atlantic
| on the 10th instant, She is sister ship TO
| the Cleveland.