Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-11
SEE GERMAN HAND
IN TURKEY POLICY
Abrogation of Extra Territorial
Rights Held by Powers Sen
sationaI Move.
ORDER SEVERE BLOW TO
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
Believed In Diplomatic Quarters
Declaration of War Against
British VIII Follow.
By the Associated Press.

1 ~ bhc As5OchNteu Ff68e,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1i.-Diplo-
mats here were discussing today the
possible effects OF Turkeys action IN
taking away from foreign subjects
the extra territorial rights accorded
them for years and under which they
have been tried by their own judges.
consuls or other officials in both civil
and criminal cases.
| The desire OF Turkey TO show her
! independence and shake Off anv
domination by the powerful nations
| is thought to have been the impelIing
motive for this latest action. II is
believed in some quarters, moreover
that 1t may be followed by declare
ton of war on Great Britain, al
though A. Rustem Bey, Turkish ans
bassador here, in announcing the step
taken by his government did not hint
at anything of this kind. 1t IL point,
cd out that in the past no such
| radical move would have been made
| without the consent Of Great Britain
| Representatives of the allied "a
lions are said to have limited that
| Turkeys decision was reached only
after deliberations between the porte
and the German foreign office. Z
| even has been suggested that Ger
| many encouraged the action.
! Officials here believe the effect of
| Turkeys action will be as follows:
| Eject of Turkeys Action.
| Americans and other foreigners who
have had the right of trial in civil
| and criminal cases by their own diplo-
| matte and consular courts now Will De
subject entirely to Ottoman law.
| Turkey will be able to increase or
| reduce her customs duties without the
! consent of the powers.
! Americans and other foreigners who
hitherto have been exempt from the
| payment of professional taxes can be
| required to pay the same.
The religious freedom of Christians
| viii not be interfercd with except
! that the tax which Mohammedan rule
| imposes on all who are not of that
| faith, may now have to be paid by
| Christians, If the Turkish government
/ so desires
| Although the status of American
! missions and schools are not changed
by Turkeys action, there was much
discussion here as to the possible eff
| feet on the missionaries who had
/ come to look on extra TERRITORIAL
| rights as their chief fortification
against religious oppression. While
the right of the missions to exist IL
not threatened. officials would not say
be jeopardized in view of a possible
outbreak of hostilities.
Many Americans, especially tlls
Jews in Palestine, who have inber-
tied rights of American citizenship by
living In what are known as the ex-
territorial communities of Turkey.
will not be able to bestow the rights
of American citizenship to their chill
dren born in these communities.
6a nf T.
feet Egypt, according to officials. rs
that country since 1873 has enjoyed
II the right to make separate CONNER
/ cial treaties with foreign govern
/ meuts 1898
The Turkish ambassador in explain
ing the benefits his country will de-
rive from the new order of things,
said:
1.-THE economical, judicial and finan-
| cia1 restrictions imposed by the de-
/ pendents of the Ottoman empire on
| the will Of the foreign powers has
weighed heavily upon the State, both
materially and morally. 1t has de-
prived II of the financial resources
which other countries are free to Gre
ate, according to their discretion and
| In that way Turkey has been pre-
vented from introducing those re-
forms which 1t has been accused OF
delaying precisely by those powers,
/ -
that confidence which full independ--
ence gives to a State, and, deprived.
| of that independence, the moral fibre
| of the nation has relaxed"
The action of the Turkish govern
ment in notifying the United States
| of It's intention to abrogate October
| | all treaties restricting sovereignty
of the Ottoman government, writes
| the final chapter of one of the most
disputed treaties ever negotiated by
/ the United States.
| This treaty is the one of 1880 be-
tween the United States and Turkey
The principal dispute under it arose
| from the assertion through adminis-
| tration after administration Of the
right of American consuls or diplo-
matte representatives to try Ameri-
cans accused of crimes or misde-
nieanors in Turkey rather than walt
ing their trial through Turkish au
thority Turkey has insisted that its
officials should try accused Ameri-
cans In recent years offering to COM
promise by providing for trial by
| the Turkish officials and punishment
| by Americans.
| The dispute arose largely because
of unfamiliarity of the American Of
hcials in 1880 with the Turkish lam
guage. One copy of the treaty in
| Turkish characters and one in
|
Four translations were made, one of
which was ratified by the Senate
Turkey always has claimed that the
translation was defective.
| TRANSACTIONS of Treaty Begun.
In the State Department today
| twenty or more translations of the
treaty made by expert linguists in
the years that have elapsed since the
dispute arose are to be found, but
none of them sutiiced to settle the
dispute.
| Cass, Fish, Freylinghuysen, Blaine,
Olney and Hay were Secretaries of
State who were called upon to face
disputes in regard to this phaze of
the treaty. An exhaustive statement
| of the American contention prepared
by Secretary Blaine has been adopted
as the final word on the subject. Mr..
Blaine contended that aside from the
dispute as to words used the Amer
lean government has right to try
American citizen in Turkey by vir-
| tue of the most favored nations
clause in the treaty. Belgium and
Portugal having at later date been