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Bible House, Constantinople
April 9, 1895

Hon A. W. Terrell
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary
etc etc etc

Dear Sir,
In reference to your
favor (No 108) of yesterday's date, I
have to say that the reports recieved
by us from Americans in different
parts of the country indicate relief from
imminent danger. During Ramazan
the threats of Mohammedans were more
ferocious in some place than in fifty
years past. In Bitlis and perhaps
in Erzurum there is liability ^ ^{to have} new out-
bursts of fanaticism at any moment.
But even there nothing worse than
threats is reported. In some places the
Government has intervened to check