Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-08
SEES EFFORT TO TRAP U. S.
Turkish Ambassador Charges srisens
With Trying TO Involve America.


Washington, Sept S-Chargins Ihat
the inJmaticn bN Great Britain 10 the
United States that she would welcome
the presence of American war vessels
in Turkish waters TO protect Christians
was merely a vulgar trap TO get me
United States -n1ixed in The European
fray on the allies side" y. kustem
Bey the Turkish ambassador. issued
last night the following statement
according 10 todas's papers, Great
EIitain. following i'll the footsteps e
France. mas asitatea before the eyes OF
the United States the spectre Of a
massacre of christians IN Turkey and
has made this s.-uescne picture % the
Immediate flInre. drawn Min absolute
disregard u the truth. "a nIeteNt for
requesting The United states Ia dis
patch msrshirs 10 Turkish ports. That
there have been nassacreS in Turkey
cannot, unfortunately ienN. but the
ArmenianS and Maronites ~ho we're
the victims. suffered at the hands Of
the nosleIns not ss Christians, but IS
political asitators entancied in UNDER
mining the Ottoman states, the While
Haunting ia the face o. The move
ing ard dominant race the support
OF Russia. France and England
Under the same provocation what
would Russia haze done. who has
gwen the world The spectacle ~ not
one but tventN pogrous agains, an
innocen; race. what France who
smoked u death in eaurns the Al
se,ians sighting for the Independence
OF their land who later on rcioiced in
that grand production. the Commune:
What England, whose punishment of
the rebels in the Indian mutiny was
10 blow them off with guns
And since large numOe NJ the
American papers are siding wiki Great
Britain and France in this affair
viii permit myself 20 saS that the
thought o. lynchings which occur
daily in the United States and the
memory OF the water cures in the
Philippines should make them chary
OF attacking Turkey in connection with
acts OF savagery.
Surprising. for the sake Of argI-
ment, what in reality could never
ha ppen. that the negroes were dis
covered TO be engaged in a conspiracy
with the Japanese 10 facilitate the in
vasion Of the United States by the
left alive to tell the tale
Great Britain and France have
rnbarked upon a neW camp aign ~
provocation agains, Turkey secretly
hoping that as result OF il some
thing untoward may happen in tina,
country 70 confirm their sinister pre-
dictions. 50 that the United States Mil
finally be prevailed upon TO despatch
warships 10 the I.evant and thus. get
mixed in the European fray on the
allies side, but believe the admins
tra,ion too Mise to fall into such a
vulgar trap
Besides. ny should the United
States. not one Of those citizens has
ever suffered in Turkey send war
ships 10 the Turkish borders?
Do the people of the United States
KANT war
The nem British move against Tar
key is ciupsy. II viii not cause the
United States to modify lis attitude.
But 1t has called for the following
telegram rom Nese YORK to the Turk
iel7 nnbassy:
II Turkey goes to war against
England. The Hindoos ana nusselmans
n India and elsewhere Viii probably
support her in every way. Thousands
Of volunteers reaiy.
fSisneil -i:hayankar.
Gadzr National Volunteers
- East Tso-hundredt street"