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Vizier and Ministers of Foreign Affairs today
requested a joint interview at the Sublime Porte
. It closed with the earnest request of the Turkish
Government that the United States will appreciate
the present great embarassment of Turkish Govmnt
and the President will withdraw his demand
for Jewetts appointment. Turkish Minister at
Washington telegraphed that the United States
would regard refusal as an insult. They urge
that if Jewett goes Italy will then be demanding
independent Commissioner, and then Germany
-- that full investigation will be made English French
and Russian commissioners already appointed, and
acquiesed {sic} in by the other powers and the appointment
of another commissioner will complicate relations of
Turkish Government with European Powers. The request
is respectful but earnest and based on cordial
relations which Turkish Government desires to continue
; the embarassment is real and not simulated
Russian Ambassador I know objects to an American
and Jewetts appointment would I believe provoke