The reports of Mr. Morgenthau, the American Ambassador in Constantinople,
on the wholesale massacres of Armenians in Turkey, have evidently moved public opinion deeply in the United States. Several of the leading papers urge on the Administration the need of making unmistakable representations to Constantinople. They recall the fact that twelve months ago Rustem Bey was compelled to ,leave Washington for his insulting comments on remonstrances against similar barbarities, and express the hope that the outraged sentiment of the Christian world may move Germany to restrain her ally. How little warrant there is for this hope may be gathered from the frank defence of the massacres by Count Reventlow. The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle in New York observes that, while Washington is endeavouring to apply pressure through Germany, Count Bernstorff laughs at the .crimes.
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