United States-Turkish Indemnity Dispute
THE United States is considering an ultimatum to the Turkish government demanding the payment of a claim of about eighty-eight thousand dollars, which has been for some time recognized, but not paid, by Turkey. If an ultimatum should be sent, and then the claim is not paid, all the diplomatic world is wondering whether the United States will really attempt to collect it by force. The Washington correspondent that reports it says, “A presidential election is pending in the United States, and the dispatch of a white squadron to the Dardanelles to bring the Turk to time would be one of the most popular things an American administration could do.” It is admitted that “the United States might unwittingly plunge itself into no end of trouble by using force to collect this indemnity.”