Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1904 — TURKEY TOLD TO ACT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TURKEY TOLD TO ACT.

Porte Given-Warning: Against Old Tactics of Procrastination. Procrastination, delay, piecemeal surrender is expected of the Sultan of Turkey. Officials of the administration in Washington are anxiously awaiting developments in the situation at Constantinople. It lias always been Turkey’s method In diplomacy to yield little by little, putting eff the inevitable as long as possible, and no better treatment is expected now.. The American fleet is at anchor at Smyrna and awaits Minister Leishman's pleasure. If he, acting under ids instructions, fiusjs that the Sultan is not proceeding with the respect demanded by liis government, be may quickly break off diplomatic relations, go aboard the flagship Olympia of Rear Admiral Jewell’s fleet and be escorted out of Turkish waters. All ad-

riebs received from the American minister encourage the h»pe that the Sultan will grant enough concessions to prevent a rupture of diplomatic relations. The Sultan has beou informed that the old methods will no longer be acceptable, but, now the demands have been made, the Turkish government will lie given a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate whether the warning has had the desired effect and something more tangible than promises is to come out of the negotiations. Naouiii Pasha, under secretary of foreign affairs, has called on Minister Leishinan and reiterated the assurances of the government regarding a speedy and favorable reply to the demands touching the rights of American Citizens in Turkey.

CHEKIB BEY.