Mr. Terrell to Mr.
Olney.
Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, December 19,
1895. (Received Jan. 13, 1896.)
No. 733.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith copy
of a letter from Rev. Theo. A. Baldwin, dated Brusa, December 16, which
indicates that but little apprehension exists among missionaries
there.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 733.]
Mr. Baldwin to
Mr. Terrell.
Brusa, December 16,
1895.
Sir: Your very kind telegram of the 14th
instant reached me yesterday. There was no occasion for an immediate
reply, and so I acknowledge it with thanks by this note.
I think that my calling attention to the state of public feeling here
some weeks ago must have led to representations on your part which
have up to this date secured the safety of this city.
Nothing has been said to me by the pasha, and I do not know whether
the chief of police even knows where I live; so I can not say that
anything has been done in particular for Americans. However,
extraordinary precautions are being taken to preserve order in the
city.
I hear that there is a little more unfriendly talk since the dispatch
boats arrived, but we live in hopes that Brusa will escape riots
such as have occurred elsewhere.
Yours, very truly,
