Letter from Ferdinand F. Hintze, 1 September 1898 [LE-39911]

Constantinople, Sept 1^st 1898.

President Wilford Woodruff and Counsellors,
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Dear Brethern, When I last reported to you I was
at Sivas. I at once left for Zara to visit the Branch of our
church there. I found them very faithful and filled with the love
of the Gospel. They were, of course, very anxious to gather, and were
very happy in the thought that the Lord would soon open up de
liverence for them from bondage. They are not so hard up
for food as are the saints in Aintab, but they are more
in thraldom which makes life tiresome. The hope which the
Gospel gives is their life. Elder Nishan Sheriman presides.
He is a faithul man & much beloved of the saints. He is also
respected of the outsiders & of the Government. The prospects there
are not flattering, a few are investigating. They were very fortu
nate in not having to go through the massacre. The saints
fasted & prayed for seven days when they noticed prepa
rations for slaughter & God heard their prayers & delivered the
town from destruction, for which they are very thankful.

They plad with me continually to ask the Brethern in Zion
not to forget them, that they might also be gathered to some place
where they could learn more of the ways of the Lord and
help to build up His Kingdom. A circumstance happened
while at Zara which impressed me with a new idea about
traveling & preaching the Gospel in Turkey. I was for a little
while mistaken for an English Consul. From the whole af-

-fair I understood that if I were careful to notify my
Consul of my intended trip and obtained a Gen I'arme
from the Government, that I could travel & stay at pleasure
without trouble. To prove this I determined on a trip to Gürüne
where I knew the Government did not want any foreigners
to go if they could help it. As soon as I arrived at Sivas
I turned my pass over to my consul Dr. Jewet who trea
ted me with ^consideration^. He sent it by the Dragoman to the Government
who fix it O.K. and gave me a guide. I also asked him to
inform the Kaimakam at Gürüne of my coming. When
I arrived at Gürüne I had perfect liberty, was treated with re
spect by the officials and met only the opposition which our
presence always produces with the Protestants. The experiment
was a success. It was said that several were ready to be
baptized but I did not so find it. There were good people
and investigators, and probably those who would have been
baptized had not the Protestants raised such a storm.
Brethern, the breaking loose from this world is hard every
where, but it is harder where no political rights are en
joyed. neither have we had any formal acknowledgement
from the Government so that we could offer the needed
protection. I know we say have faith in the Lord, do right
and obey the gospel and let the consequences follow. But that
is hard for them to do ^who^ have, as a rule, but little moral force
of character. Much less than a century ago they were ignorant
priest-ridden Armenians. Now the Protestants have enlightened
them alittle. They are far from possessing that courage and
stability which our fathers have transmitted to us, and which
they possessed long before we heard the Gospel, Many are

honest and good, but thy need the same development
as we have to do as we do. They have not inherited the
experience, the self reliance nor the development of moral thought
& courage that we inherited from our parents, and which is in-
creased & intensified in us by the knowledge of the gospel &
by the free institutions with which we are invironed.

At Gürüne I met a Gentleman from Albistan about 75
miles south of there. He ^is^ what is called a Campbellite. He was
quite interested and told ^me^ of a little church in Albistan which
are seeking for truth. But his position was like the others. He
asked, are you recognized? I told him no. He urged recognition
as did the others. The dominant churches over tax our people,
They annoy them in numerous ways so that to step out
to begin anew takes courage. The Zara Aintab & Alepo branches
were organized before the lines were drawn so sharply. I therefore
earnestly plead with you, my Brethern, that you do all you can
for our Brothers and Sisters in GTurkey. In their present
condition they will need help continually, but if they can be
gathered out to one place they will evidently soon improve
as they are smart & apt to adopt new ideas & practices. That
you did not at once adopt our report and decide to buy the
Gire' property did not suprise me, indeed, had you done
so I should have been suprised. But it was all we could see
in the short time we were investigating. We were looking more
for what we wanted, pr. instructions, than for what we could get.
I am now looking for what we can get and where we can get
it. My observations will be reported promptly to you from time to time.
And if we cannot now locate in the "Jackson County" of Pale-
stine, I supose we can go to the "mountains" or some other

place until we can, and there prepare the people to build
up the Centre Stake in the Orient. We do not need to go
so far, All we need to do is to brave the danger of frontier
life as we did in Utah, and we can get plenty of Good land
& water almost for nothing. Syria is large, but Mesopotania
with its ancient water canal systems is empty & iddle. I am
told by those who know that there is not finer country in the
world, But ^it^ is well inland. Yet Uncle Sam backed by the Lord
is good enough for anybody. Since seeing what I have on this
trip my language is quite insufficient to express my gra
titude to God for America & her institutions, even aside
from what I know of the gospel. I shall, however, do nothing
except by your authority, but I have not lost hope in the
Ottoman Government giving us land on easy terms now that
we are not opposed by our own U.S. officials. They used to oppose
us now we have their assistance. I am told by Mr. Allaimby
U. S. Marshall to Turkey, that the Legation here 10 years ago went
so far as to tell the Porte that we were not acknowledge as
a church at home and that they could not protect us. The Porte
snubed them nicely by giving them to understand that we would
have the same recognition & protection as others. This was most
agreable news to me. The Marshall said it was on file at the
Legation & if I can secure a copy of it I will send it to you.
Mr Allaimby has visited Utah, and has in his possession a letter
from President John Taylor. He offered me any needed as-
sistance in his power, For which I was thankful.

Since coming to Constantinope I have labored with the
question of recognition. I move slow & I find it Benificial.
Dr. Angel, the Minister received me kindly but left at once

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for the United States. The Charge d'Affaires, Mr John
Riddle has assited me very willingly. He at once sent
a dragoman to the Government ^to find out^ how to proceed in this
matter, and finally we were refered to the Minister of Religions,
Mr. Ziver Bey. He remembered me from former visits. He explained
to us that it was nessesary first to send the petition to Alepo and
have it signed by the native Elders of our Church, then to the
Vali who would investigate if we had a people there and certify
to the findings. Then the petition would come here and be
considered by the sublime Porte. This government could not recogni-
ze us as we are foreigners but it would consider a petition from
its own citizens. He promised his assistance. He has read and
formally excepted the petition with a slight correction and it is
now ready to sent to Sivas & Alepo. Please find a copy with this
report in seperate envelope marked A.

Just at the time of getting up this petition I was in a little
trouble how to begin and where to get assistance. Mr. Riddle pre
sented me with a ticket to go to Selamlik, to see the Sultan
drive to the Hamidiea Mosque to prayer. I attended and upon
my return I was hailed by Brother Binyad, our Greek brother &
a sort of lawyer by profession. We were so pleased to meet. After
investigating his condition I sent him to find out from some
high officials all he could of how we should proceed & he re
turned a report identical with Ziver Bey's advise. He at once
struck up a plan or form which was excepted as above stated.
Ziver Bey & the Legation people promised such aid as we would
need when the petition comes back. And Mr. Garqiula the
Legation enterpreters presence upon each visit gave a great
deal of force to my position.

As these men at the Legation & General Consulate would
not take any backshish for services, I offered them a
Book of Mormon as a present from the Church. They seemed
very much gratified with the proposition & would except the
books with thanks. I have therefore ordered a Book of Mor
mon for Mr. Garqiula & a Voice of Warning for Mr. Dimitri
adus of the General Consulate, from Bern as they desire French.
I hope you will approve of this as it is an easy, and may be a
benificial way to remember them and to show our appricia-
tion of their assistence which we may need much more
in the future. The cash expences of the petition will be about five^eight^ Dollars.

I called on Mr. Dickensen Consul General To Turkey. He re
ceived me very cordially & answered my questions without reserve.
He said that America had better treaty rights with turkey than
any other nation, and that we were perfectly secure in property holding
in Turkey, that is, said he, as secure as ^a^ governmeent like this can
make it. He said the Turkish Government lived up to the treaty
better than the Americans, & that he was sorry that there were some
Americans who seem to think it an honor if they could defy the
Turks or say something to offend them under the Juristection
of the U.S. Government. Mr. Dimitriadus, the vice Consul &
sec. of the Consulate has furnished me a copy of the protocal &
enterpretation of our priviledges relating to property rights, and secu
rity from interference by Turkish officials. The copy is also
made part of this report and is marked B.

I would ask these questions. Is the gathering limited
to Palestine? And further, Shall I look toward a petition to the
Porte for land for our saints if we are successful with the
petition for recognition?

I ask these questions now that I may receive an answer
in time to continue my labors when I come back to
Constantinople if required. I expect to leave this week for Pa
lestine to see the Gire' property & Palestine in Sept. according
to the instructions from Apostle Lund. Afterwards I will go north
to Alepo to help the petition work there. And if you think
proper I will investigate chances for land in Northern
Syria. As for the natives I see no more to fear from them
than we had to fear from the Indians in Utah. There are dif
ficulties but they can be overcome by the Lord's assistance.
Go where we will and we shall find difficulties to surmount
but if we begin right by sending enough foreigners to our
place of settlement to beget confidence & ^to^ establish respect and
confidence in the movement we will soon be alright. A
foreign hat is a great power in Turkey.

A friend and investigator Mr. Negro, a Polish Gentlemen
of fine education & attainments came here as an exile from
Poland. He is now a Turkish subject & has worked for years
for them as an ingeneer. He also states that there is plenty
of land to be had in Syria & that good tittles can be had. A
little backshish is needed. Then let a man who is a citizen
& in whom we have confidence buy & imidiately trans
fer to an American. He has extensive experience in land
matters. I became aquainted with him 10 years ago and he seems
like and exceedingly good man.

In regard to the mission in General I believe
it is progressing favorably. The probability of a place
of gathering gave a good deal of new life and energy as
it does in all countries. This is natural to the Gospel.

New hopes have been engendered by this prospects of the
realization of the promises to the House of Israel. I have
not heard whether or not Brothers Vizirian and Nadjarian
have been released from prison, but they are reported as
bearing faithful testamonies in their cell in Diarbekr and
they have found believers, Those men are very energetic.

I would reco^m^mend that one or two more experienced
Elders be sent here. And that each Utah Elder traveling
has a native Brother as his assistance. The native Bro-
ther to act as interpretor, He can do the preaching, as a rule,
better than we. It also helps to put the Utah Elder in good stan
ding before the Government & people. The actual expence of
keeping a native Elder is not much. And alone the native
can do nothing. The situation has entirely changed since
the massacre. Natives are under restrictions all the time &
are not safe from arrest unless in the imploy of some
foreignor. And Foreingners must put themselfves in a position
to hold the respect of the people by the dignity & authority which
our treaties and consular aid affords, otherwise we are
liable to arrest and much trouble. We hope this condition
will soon change but until then we must proceed in
some such way to preach the Gospel in Turkey. Turkey
is a peculiar country with peculiar laws and customs, &
very strange ways of inforcing them as few persons under
stand the laws. But if they think you are in Good standing in
Stamboul or well backed by your own Government they
look upon you as Lords. And it is very profitable & convenient
to have them continue to think so. A show of superiority seems
necessary. The people here must look up to some authority

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in man which they themselves do not possess. When
they see a superiority then they are humble and submissive.
This is their education for centuaries, with them it is second
nature. If we try to be their equals, as the Gospel teaches, and as we
would naturally like to be, we destroy our influence, To the mem
bers we may be what the Gospel teaches, but to the others we must
appear above.

I thank you for the appropriation fo
the schools in Turkey. At Zara a young sister is instructing the
children of the saints & it works very well. I have not
heard ^what^ is being done at Aintab aboout the school.
Bread has gone up at Constantinope and it is possi
ble our Saints at Aintab will have to be assisted as
they will undoubtedly be short of food when winter comes.
Work is so poor that it seems at best as though it would
keep no one. They manage, however, if they can only find
work. I think the saints in Livas & Zara will not suffer.
The crops are good there, bread is cheap & work better than
at Aintab. The saints at Haifa continue the same.
Sister Hilt continues unwell I am sorry to say. She is the
soul of that branch.

Personally I am well as I believe President
Maycock & Elder Larsen are. Individually I feel well in the
Gospel & take great pleasure in my labors. Yet I confess
that the trial to leave home & family has been much
greater this time than ever before. And then I feel a
great responsibility connected with this whole mis
sion. So long as I had the pleasant copmpany and advise of
Apostle Lund I was all right but now I feel lost often

in these ever changing conditions.

In conclusion I would ask you kindly to
write me a few lines to Alepo c/o Dr Arminag.
That I may know your wish about some of these
important questions. Also that President Wells be
notified of the monies we are allowed from time
to time so that we will meet with no trouble in
obtaining them when needed. Inclosed please
find enclosed my financial Report.

With kindest regards to you all & to the
Brethern of the Twelve and other enquiring friends,
and ever praying for God to be with you and bless
you I remain as ever your obedient fellow
servant.

F. F Hintze

A.

To His Excelency the Govenor of Alepo!

His Excelency the Very Noble Efendy.

We the Servants of His magesty and residents
of Aintab & Alepo respectively, in the State of Alepo,
and members of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, commonly called Mormons,
knowing the liberality of the most Excelent Gov-
ernment in allowing freedom to all denom
enations to Govern their own people religiously
according to their own foundamental principles
and articles of faith. We do hereby petition your
very noble Exelency to be a means in assisting us
to become acknowledge as a people and to have our
own cheif Elder appointed. That we may attain
to this priviledge we shall ever pray.

(seal) (seal) (seal) (seal)

Gov stamp &
name of cheif
Elder

The petition sent to Sivas is identical with this except it
adresses the Pasha "the Benevolent", His state being smaller.
One is signed by Elder Nigoghosian the other by Elder Sheriarian.
This is not a true copy but it embodies the ideas. The real
petition uses such flourishes in adress & expression which are
hard to translate ^as I am no deplamat [diplomat].^. But this I am assured is what we

need and that the petition imbodies all the
ideas required to become recognized & to furnish
the desired management of our own affairs
as other churches when we are acknowledge by
the Porte or Sultan. I am not clear as to
where this petition may finally take me. I am
now in the Gates of Peace (Constantinople) After
while the petition goes to the Sublime Porte (Ministry)
but I hope that wherever it goes that the blessings
of God may follow it and that we may obtain
our rights and be able to establish a branch
of Zion firmly opun this ancient Land of Promise.

F. F. Hintze

B.

THE OTTOMAN PORTE.
Treaty concluded May 7, 1830 (Commerce and Navigation).

1596. ARTICLE 11.

The Sublime Porte may establish S h a h b e n d e r s (Consuls)
in the United States of America, and the United States may appoint
their citizens to be Consuls or Vice-Consuls at the commercial places
in the dominions of the Sublime Porte where it shall be found need-
ful to superintend the affairs of commerce. These Consuls or Vice-
Consuls shall be furnished with b e ra t s or f i r m a n s ; they
shall enjoy suitable distinction, and shall have necessary aid and
protection.

1597. ARTICLE 1V.

If litigations and disputes should arise between subjects of
the Sublime Porte and citizens of the United States, the parties shall
not be heard, nor shall judgments be pronounced, unless the American
Dragoman be present. Causes in which the sum may exceed five hundred
piasters shall be submitted to the Sublime Porte, to be decided accord-
ing to the laws of equity and justice. Citizens of the United States
of America, quietly pursuing their commerce, and not being charged or
convicted of any crime or offense, shall not be molested; and even
when they may have committed some offense they shall not be arrested
and put in prison by the local authorities, but they shall be tried
by their Minister or Consul, and punished according to their offense,
following, in this respect, the usage observed toward other Franks. 1

1598. ARTICLE V.

American merchant-vessels that trade to the dominions of the
Sublime Porte may go and come in perfect safety with their own flag;
but they shall not take the flag of any other power, nor shall they
grant their flag to the vessels of other nations and powers, nor to
the vessels of rayahs, The Ministers, Consuls, and Vice-Consuls of
the United States shall not protect, secretly or publicly, the rayahs
of the Sublime Porte, and they shall never suffer a departure from
the principles here laid down and agreed to by mutual consent.

m1599. ARTICLE 1X.

If any merchant-vessel of either the contracting parties should
be wrecked, assistance and protection shall be afforded to those of
the crew that may be saved, and the merchandise and effects which it
may be possible to save and recover shall be conveyed to the Consul
nearest to the place of the wreck, to be by him delivered to the pro-

1. See on the interpretation of this article United States Treaties (
(1887), pp. 1368 and following.

prietors.

Protocol concluded August 11, 1874 (Right of Foreigners to hold
real estate in the Ottoman Empire).

1600. PROTOCOL.

The law granting foreigners the right of holding real estate does
not interfere with the immunities specified by the treaties, and which
will continue to protect the person and the movable property of
foreigners who may become owners of real estate.

As the exercise of the right of possessing real property
may induce foreigners to establish themselves in larger numbers
in the Ottoman Empire, the Imperial Government thinks it proper
to anticipate and to prevent the difficulties to which the appli-
cation of this law may give rise in certain localities. Such is
the object of the arrangements which follow.

The domicile of any person residing upon the Ottoman soil
being inviolable, and as no one can enter it without the consent
of the owner, except by virtue of orders emanating from the compe-
tent authority and with the assistance of the magistrate or fun-
ctionary invested with the necessary powers, the residence of foreign-
ers is inviolable on the same principle, in conformity with the
treaties, and the agents of the public force cannot enter it with-
out the assistance of the Consul or of the delegate of the Consul
of the power on which the foreigner depends.

By residence we understand the house of inhabitation and its
dependencies: that is to say, the out-houses, courts, gardens, and
neighboring inclosures, to the exclusion of all other parts of the
property.

In the localities distant by less than nine hours' journey
from the Consular residence, the agents of the public force cannot
enter the residence of a foreigner without the assistance of a Con-
sul, as was before said.

On his part the Consul is bound to give his immediate assistance
to the local authority, so as not to let six hours elapse between
the moment which he may be informed and the moment of his departure,
or the departure of his delegate, so that the action of the author-
ities may never be suspended more than twenty-four hours.

In the localities distant by nine hours or more than nine
hours of travel from the residence of the Consular Agent, the agents
of the public force may, on the request of the local authority,
and with the assistance of three members of the Council of the El-
ders of the Commune, enter into the residence of a foreigner, with-
out being assisted by the Consular Agent, but only in case of urgency,
and for the search and the proof of the crime of murder, of attempt
at murder, of incendiarism, of armed robbery either with infraction
or by night in an inhabited house, of armed rebellion, and of the
fabrication of counterfeit money, and this entry may be made whether
the crime was committed by a foreigner or by an Ottoman subject,

and whether it took place in the residence of a foreigner or not in
his residence, or in any other place.

These Regulations are not applicable but to the parts of the
real estate which constitute the residence, as it has been heretofore
defined.

Beyond the residence, the action of the police shall be exercised
freely and without reserve; but in case a person charged with crime
or offense should be arrested, and the accused shall be a foreigner,
the immunities attached to his person shall be observed in respect
to him.

The functionary or the officer charged with the accomplishment
of a domiciliary visit, in the exceptional circumstances determined
before, and the members of the Council of Elders who shall ass^i^st him,
will be obliged to make out a procès-verbal of the domiciliary visit,
and to communicate it immediately to the superior authority under
whose jurisdiction they are, and the latter shall transmit it to the
nearest Consular Agent without delay.

A special regulation will be promulgated by the Sublime Porte
to determine the mode of action of the local police in the several
cases provided heretofore.

In localities more distant than nine hours' travel from the
residence ofthe Consular Agent, in which the law of the judicial organ-
ization of the Velayet may be in force, foreigners shall be tried,
without the assistance of the Consular Delegate, by the Council of
Elders, fulfilling the function of justices of the peace, and by the
tribunal of the canton, as well for actions not exceeding one thousand
piasters as for offenses entailing a fine of five hundred piasters
only at the maximum.

Foreigners shall have, in any case, the right of appeal to the
tribunal of the arrondissement against the judgments issued, as above
stated, and the appeal shall be followed and judged with the assist-
ance of the Consul, in conformity with the treaties.

The appeal shall always suspend the execution of a sentence.

In all cases the forcible execution of the judgments, issued on
the conditions determined heretofore shall not take place without
the co-operation of the Consul or of his Delegate.

The Imperial Government will enact a law which shall determine
the rules of procedure to be observed by the parties in the applica-
tion of the preceding regulations.

Foreigners, in whatever locality they may be, may freely submit
themselves to the jurisdiction of the Council of Elders or of the
tribunal of the canton without the assistance of the Consul in cases
which do not exceed the competency of these councils or tribunals, res
reserving always the right of appeal before the tribunal of the
arrondissement, where the case may be brought and tried with the
assistance of the Consul or the Delegate.

The consent of a foreigner to be tried, as above stated, without
the assistance of his Consul, shall always be given in writing and in
advance of all procedure.

It is well understood that all these restrictions do not con-
cern cases which have for their object questions of real estate,
which shall be tried and determined under the conditions estab-
lished by the law.

The right of defense and the publicity of the hearings shall
be assured in all cases to foreigners who may appear before the
Ottoman tribunals, as well as to Ottoman subjects.

The preceding dispositions shall remain in force until the
revision of the ancient treaties, a revision which the Sublime
Porte reserves to itself the right to bring about hereafter by an
understanding between it and the friendly powers.

If I under^stood^ General Dickensen right—
all questions of title to real estate
are handled by our Legation in
behalf of United States Citizens.

F. F. H.

Financial Report.

Constantinople Aug 6^th 1898.

Received from Bro. A. H. Lund.

Respectfully F. F. Hintze.

P.S. All travels on S. S. men deck 550m. land 845 miles.

Report on Printing

President Woodruff & Counsellors

Dear Brethern. From Apostle Lund I
learn that the printing of some tracts have
been considered & that the probable cost would be
$400. 00/100 I beg leave to report that Bro. Binyad has
called the President of the Censor Board and is
informed that for about $250. 00/100, (not to exceed this
amount) we can get a general or full permission
to print any and all of our works, subject, of course,
to the sensor counscil the same as all others. But
when the Permission is given by the Minister
of Public instruction & those whose business it is
to sign; Then we are recognized as publishers &
can open our own printing press etc. We can
also publish our pamplets & books here much
cheaper so that I think that there is no question
but that we will be able to get the Permission &
also print all four tracts suggested for the
$400⁰⁰ here in Constantinople. I should recom
mend this course. No money until permission
is ready for signature & complete. This much
alone would be a great help. That one branch
of the Government assists the other in recog
nizing us. Printing permits also shows the
officers in the Country that we are recognized.
I am informed that the recognition by the

government does in no case include the
printing privilidge which is independantly
controled by the Minister of Public instruc-
tions & the Censor Councill. We will there
fore need this permit in all cases and will
have to make the petition seperately.

Brother Binyad has experience in these
matters as he had a permission nearly ready
for us once but when the Elders here could
not furnish the money the Seventh-day Ad-
vents got it and now have it although they
are not recognized. The President of the Censor board
was not pleased with it as he would rather
we should have had it as the Advents have
been offensive in their publcations for
which several were arrested. Bro. Binyad had a
couple of days of it before he could prove he
was no Advent. This because his name had
been connected with the permit.

Please give me your instructions in re
gard to this matter at your earliest con
vinience so that I may proceed accordingly

Respectfully
F. F. Hintze

Investigation of
correspondence be-
tween the U.S.
Legation & the
Porte

President Woodruff & Counsellors.
Dear Brethern,

I called at the Legation to investigate the assertion
of U.S. Marshall Allaimby. That the Legation of the U.S. had of-
fered its good office to help supress Mormonism. I found
the Marshall was correct. It appears that in Oct 1887, the
Turkish Government had been stuffed about us opening a prin
ting press & that the editor Mr. Hintze lived at Korn Kapoo,
and that they wished the legation to supress it. Oct 30, 1887
Someone whose name is not attached, came near forgetting
the complaint in his attempt to blackmail Mormonism. He tells
the Porte that Mormism was a Statuary crime in America &
a disgrace upon civilization, & that they would do all in their
power to help supress Mormonism & to prevents its spread in
Turkey. It is an interesting peice of deplomacy, cheifly because
of its cowardly attack. The writer wanted to stigmatize polyga-
my but did not dare to mention it where^fore^ he beats around the
corner with interesting eloquence. On Nov 30. the Consuls
writes that he has been notified that the government had re-
peeded its complaints, telling the Consul that they did not complain
of the subject matter, it was only the unlawful printing
without permission they opposed. Consul General Mr. Pringle
then tells the Legation that he had seen Mr. Hintze & that it was
was all settled by Mr. Hintze delivering up the tracts.
(The tracts in question were a few german tracts published by Elders
Spori, Tanner & myself. The publisher assured us it was allright
& that no one would question it. But an Armenian betrayed us)
With this explanation the affair was settled. About that time
I had had a number of visits with different high of-

ficials and they were somewhat informed on
Mormonism. And Mr. Allaimby is authority for the
statement, that the Porte snubed ^the^ Minister by telling
him that the Mormons would be protected as others & had
the same right: The Turks saw the sceme and they
were too smart to be caught. I could not get a copy. When
Mr Riddle saw the nature of it, it made him a little nervous
and he said with a smile: "Well, I guess that is all burried,
is it not? I, of course repyed it was. I saw he was ashamed
of it so I did not press it. And although we can ge it through
the State deparment at Washington, I think it best to leave it
til later on. It ^will^ makes a little history someday. It is very
encouraging right now to know that the Porte has
taken our part even when attacked by our own. Representation.
Upon solicitation I explained our faith to Mr. Riddle. He
listened with attention & interest. Also Consul General
Dickensen gave me a lengthy audience.

Marshall Allaimby loves to speak of his stay in Utah.
He speaks in high terms of our people. He remembers Presidents
Woodruff, Cannon & Smith. Also Dr. Park and others.
He has offered me his servises several times. He also
refers to Mr. Strauss, the coming Minister, as a liberal
minded & fair & just man. Mr. Strauss is a Hebrew
& as such may do us much good. The reply itself from
the Porte I did not see, but Con. Gen. Pringles letter I
saw and it bears out the claim of Mr. Allaimby.

Respectfully
F. F. Hintze.