It should be carefully noted by all who are studyipg
this Turkish question, that from first to last no Government has published any Consular statement about the massacres. Yet Consuls of several nations must have watched them. There is grave reason to believe that these reports are kept back because those who receive them are aware that if published the boiling indignation of Europe would force the hands of statesmen who wish to wait. The Consul at Erzeronm, for example, was in the very middle of the massacre, risking his life over and over again in the discharge of his duty, and his report must be in the hands of the Foreign Office. There may be some agreement among the six powers which partly ties the hands of each Foreign Minister, but the Americans are not bound by it, and we fully expect to see the Foreign Com- 103i ttee of the Senate publish Mr. Terrell's despatches. He knows everything, though in part inclireetly, and it is quite clear from Mr. Cleveland's language that he has not minced matters in reporting to the President,' who, again, will'hardly be silenced by fears for Mr. Terrell 's personal iafety. No one, even in Constantinople, will threaten hint,—an immunity not enjoyed by every Ambassador.
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