People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — DISAPPROVED BY OLNEY. [ARTICLE]

DISAPPROVED BY OLNEY.

Red Cross Expedition Must Go Without This Government's Support. Washington, D. C., Jan. 22.—Much anxiety is shown at the state department over Clara Barton’s Red Cross expedition to Armenia, in face of the orders from the sublime porte. Miss Barton has been denied special passports by the state department and will be given no recognition by the representatives of the American government in Constantinople. Secretary Olney regards her mission under the circumstances as a grave mistake which is likely to embroil this country in further difficulty with the Turkish government. If Miss Barton is peacefully ejected the secretary of state will not enter protest. If she is maltreated our government will undoubtedly interfere.