Dr. Angell's Mission

Dr. Angel! is now n Washington in consultation w i t li President McKiuIey, Secretary Slierman and governinent ofiicials, learninj; what he can of the duties lie isexjjected to perform at his post of duty in Constantinopie. This week we give a resume of what the press of the nation is Baying about his appointment, and what will be expecteil of the appointee. Ann Ai-bor's Joss will be thie iiation's gain.- New York Tribune. Thie clticiai' a,nnioiuncejment oí the appatatment of President Angelí to be tlhiS mltodiafcer toi Turkey ".vill be very gratuifyJlnig ta nre.ni of uil partios. Presid'eBit AïngeTA ia amart 'Bhia higliest autlioiniltLes ca iiïberniational1 law. He nofc omly tm'darstrancls all tlue ins amid auts of the Basterm questiton and oí TurkJBii diplomiacy, bub is courag-eO'us aiuu fa.ii-' mlmded, as well as well iiiiia:-naed. Pi-esiaeaïfc MeKifll-ey IiaB madie gaod appoimtmeuDs, but 'n'oiae bet ter thiau that oí Mr. Angelí. Toe nLfeh cna.rac'ter oij the ue-w minister, lite reputatipln as aai oducator a'nd hls Jam'tiarity with the quetioms that requiine haiidli'iu; wïtiuouit gloves wUl all luave weüght ia Oomstanttnople aoü ila otlhar Bai''opea.a capitals. Greait BiiLtaia andi Oither Buropean p cwers senid tlnaiir vary aJbüesb dipioma'ts tO' tlue Porte. Xot one of tliBin wüil o.at'i-ao,k tha aew ;-epresenta,ttve of thB UnlLtecl B'tates.- ínter Oceaa. Unider au Aun Arbor date the Chicago Tlunes Herarjd oí Manday, lias tliis to say. oí Dr. A-agpeCl and litó mission to tlie Ottmaa Bmpiire : Ib has come to be tuadcretood in bus city tlmt the appoiaitinent oí DC James B. Angelí as miftiiatier plenipoteut.iiary aiad envoy extraordmary to Turkey lisais a eonsMierably yreater sieiiiificaaice tibian uauajl'ly attaelws to tlie seüectiaa oL reprosenita.tive3 Iroan thiLs to ioreig-ü govemiments. H the Laformatilaii oí ais intiinate frieiids am.d associates Ín thia íacuüty oí f,lie UnAversi'ty oí MtohlgatQ, oí ■vvlidc'h he te pres kient, be correct, Dr. VAngeil wUl go to 'chis Tuirkiaa capir tai witli a special anilasioa to i)ei'fioi-m, aad tlnat inLiiion tUe vigoro us proBecutioiii oí the chinas ïor Iadiemnity brougtot uy AmerLaain. ciltizens ■mlH AuiHiiLcan missiiLxnaries against ilie sui'taia's gavenamient. Tlie appioiiaitraaiit la suppotsod jiere Do nueau tiua.t PresVíeaiili MdCinüey's inliministiaiilHi intenda to brtng to a speedy ead he U&wdtag negatlar tiilotos tliat have beea Üi'aggLug ■th.no ugli many mosatihs wijbh ïeïerence ira tilo paymsnt oií öamages Lor the Üesto-uction öf ld ves and property oí oí Amei ■lelilí cltteeUS and t0. jnake lüs Obtiounaii majesty feeSI tlue ïull respoxisLbility of a repet-ition oí the outi-agos wlth whlch hits eoldiers have insaited thJs watilJ.ii In fchie past, WOULD NOT STAY POUK YEAKS. Severa; facts have beea UeveLo.ped !iero siaee Ir. Angtórs appolntmient and liis departure ío:r the eooith whlch is evident th,at bis missioü to Turkey is oí a special nature, similar to that which lie execubod la Chima, la 1880, and partLcuiarly in thiö interest oí American missitonaries wh,o have been peTsecuted under tlie tiuiban's governmetnt. It lias become known that D". Angelí iirsfc reclV6d aa ofíer. oí appiolintment as regular minister to Turkey for íour yoars anid thjaJb li die I faeÖ U. He did nat wish to tve th.at Jong away fr-onv tlue UraLversity. Later he was asked vr .?o tcV forcé a efltOemettt oí tlie ctaLms of American mlaaloniartea ag-ainsb tlte Turkish government and accep'bed. Whn that j jvioi'k in dione, lite tateslon wili ba.vo 1eeii períti'med a,ni(l he witl return to tliiri oou-abry. Dr. Aiige'.a's selectton far ttuis poet ís particiüarly gra'tifyiag to tto !oroilyn ini-sLonary :y;aiiizations in the üniiibed Stotes. which ai-e Bajito h.ave exercJsed a'A the iiXLlusnise xhey co'aj]d bi'üng t-o bear to isecure his appci'ün't'meiit. For many j'ears he lias Dieen 'acbïvejy ittterested in lorein niSssí&aary work, and no longer tilian íisL October he was Belected as otie of a commSbtee of thiree by the Ameritan board oi connmilssioners for íoreílgu miissians to visit President Oleve■Jaad áaid urge th necessícy of such v.ijavoMis actdon as ib ia eupposed lie wiOl take. Thait cwmmitte'e oc a part) oí ilt, saw PreSMiemib O.ovelancl, üub th.0 interview waiS juab íoClowd by any oniJ3veumenb oí tlxe potioy oí qu'ajSS inacblvity whioh the missiouary aocíaties ascrilbe to Minister Terrea. PLEASB8 TUK MIS8I0NAEIBS. The rateBöonary eoctetles did siot stop wübh the cfase of the last a,dm':tiIteti'atiioj], however. They continued to be busy whï:la tte Halesttoa oí a nerw minteter was beiii? oonsid'ered, and tihe appobibmonb of Ir. Ange'll p-jeasee tihem exactly. He 13 cousMeirefd tia ba parfcioufjarly qualüffed in aM neapecba to iarce tina Turkiish govptfnmartb tobo a settilfauent ot the clowns for damages Ameri'ca.os hare made for Jpiasfc ontrages aad ia secure for th missfOittari-es e&nlb ïrom i is oouiabi'y the safety aiiüi piiostectjjou itiuaü are enjoiyad in Tarkish domiaiins bj" cttizenis of Enigjand] and o-t'lier co'untxifes thiat lia"e been aseertïive enougli ta ima,ke the uulitan's iso'jd'fers resp'ecfc their vig.hits. Fot several years Dr. Aagell luis been. a corporatie memlber f ïJie Arnieiiiicaii board o: commissioaers for io refea missions and lnas been activo tai its work. He hias beeai recognizcd, tioo1. as oue of tina abjasfc mat eoimectcil wiitu tluo bo-iy, and its me-mlie'-'s íee oouiidenb tbafc lia will persuade t'lLe Tiw-k to have a (jraaber respect for American riglibá í;l thia ïuture, ot, tfe'U'ratU-el'y speakiing, make iiiin "wal'k Tu'ikey." WILL NOT BE CORRUPTED. 'It is gratifying to the missionary associatiou of America to know tliut there will be in Constantinóple a representativo wlio will be friendly to their interests," said Dr. Bradshaw, minister to the Congregational church of whicb President Angelí is a uiember. "ïliey have had great occasion to complain of the inactivity of Minister ïerrell, and while perhaps it cannot be said tbat he lias beeu bostile to American nussionaries in Turkey and Armenia, there has been on his part no evidence of friendliness. With Dr. Angelí we know it will be 'different. He is Mentified with missionary work and will be interested in protecting the lives and property of missionaries. "Just what part, if any, the American board of foreign missions took in securing Dr. Angell's appoint.nent I do not know. I do know, thougli, that a large part of his duties in Constantinóple will carry bira along the same line of work he lias been doing in coinmittee for the board in this country. He was on that committee appointed by the American board in Toledo last October to urge President Cleveland to forcé a settlenient of the American claims and secure for our missionaries a better protection than they now enjoy. GIGANTIC CLAIMS NOW PENDING. "ïhere are now pending before the Turkis h government ciaiuis to the amount of $750,000jor lives and property of American missionaries destroyed in the outrages perpf trated by the Turkish soldiery. In its mild prosecution of these claims this government has been ignored and insulted in a way whicb the powers of Europe would not tolérate. Minister Terrell lias been particularly innctive, it seems to us who are interested in foreign inission work, in pushing those claims. With Dr. Angelí we expeot it will be different. His inission there, if I underStand it, will be special, much as was his mission to Cliiua back in 1880. We have confidenco, of course, that the qualities that made hini successful then will make him successful in this case. He is a strong, forceful man. He knows his ground and is not afraid to stand on it. POS8E8SE8 DIPLOMATIC POWER. "At the s;ime time be is so thoroughly conrteous that in many cases be probably would be granted things which might be denied to others. Those who kno'v him feel that he will acconiplish ' wbat he goes to acconiplish. "I do not know tliat Dr. Angeli's solé mission in Turkey is to right the wrongs that have been done to iniasionaries. I do not know that he has taken anybody into his confidence to the extent of telling all his arrangement with the adininistration in the acceptauce of the post. It is understood here, though, that he will not be absent four years, but that be will return as soon as those claims are settled and the Turkish government is made to feel that missionary property and Americaus citizens must not be molested in the future." KETAIN 'l'HE PRESIDEXCY. Professor Martin L. D'Ooge, who will probably serve as acting president of the university during Dr. Angeli's absence, and who is one of his closest friends, is at present out of the city, but froin Mrs. D'Ooge it was learned that Dr. Angelí did not intend to remain in Constantinople the fnll four years. "Dr. Angelí will not give up tlie presidency of the university,'' said Mrs. D'Ooge, "and will probably not be absent from it more than a year and a half. It is one of the special objects of his going to secure a settlement of the claims of the American missionaries, and he will probably return to Ann Arbor very soon after that is done. There have been several outrages on American missionaries there that have to be righted, as everybody knows, uotably the burning of seminaries themselves. Others have been imprisoned on false charges and held without any right of law. I understand tbat Dr. Angelí will go to Turkey principally to adjust these matters and that he will return when that is done." WELL EQUIPPED FOK TUE AVOKK. President Angell's connection with foreign inission work has extended over a period of many years, and he is recognized as one of the ablest men interested in it. This interest is shared by Mrs. Angelí, who has been as active in women's mission organizations as lier husband has with the nien's. President Angelí is one of the corporate members of the American board of commissioners for raissions, which lias its headqnarters in Boston and is the oldest organization of its kind in this country. It was fonned in 1810, and was allied with the Congregational church. It was the first mission society in America to send missionaries to foreign countries. For severa! years tiie Presbyterian, Baptist and other missionaries that went from liere to foreign commies went onder its auspices, until those churches formed their own foreign mission societies. The American board has a great many missionaries and a great deal of property in Armenia and other places under Turkish rule. Dr. Angeli's connection with the board is sucli, of course, as to make him particularly desirous of protecting its work and its property. ABLY SECONDES BV IIIS WIFE. Mis. Angeli's missionary association is with the woman's board of the interior, one of the three grand divisions of the women's association allied with the board of commissioners. For several years she has been active in its work, and is now president of the Michigan state auxillary. It has been said that her connectiou with missionary work was taken into account largely also by the people wlio sought Dr. Angeli's appointmeut as minister to the Turkish eourt. One of the excuses made for what is called Minister Terrell's inactivity in clainiing settlement for outrages upon American missionaries is the fact that his position as minister among the ambassadors of the courts of linrope caused him and his efforts to be ignored. The friends of President Augell, who will go to the sultan's court also as a minister, do not fear that lie will be subordinated or permit hi's government to be ignored because his official station is not as high as those of some of the other representatives. NOT BLINDED BY GREATXESS. There is no one in Ann Arbor, or elsewhere for that matter, accustomed to seeing Dr. Angelí in a subordínate station or in any state of humiliation before the greatness about hini. He is considered here as a born diplomat, and tlioroughly capable of representing his government as a minister, even though all the others at the Turkish court are above him in diplomatic rank. As yet the selection of the man to act as president during Dr. Angeli's absence has not been made. Tiiat is a matter for the regents to decide. Professor D'Ooge is the logical choice, however, as he is dean of the literary faculty and vice president of the university senate. In all probability it will be either Professor D'Ooge or Dean Hutchins of the law school. A DIFFERENT VIEW. Thinks the Choiee of a Churehman a Great Mistake. The following from the pen of Walter Wellman, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times-Herald, gives another view of Dr. Angell's selection : In view of the critical nature of the times in Constantinople and the great responsibility whicb. is to be thrust upon our minister there, many expressions of satisiaction over the appoiutment of President Angelí as our diplomatie representative at that point are heavd in official and unofficial circles. Tliis is particularly true among church people. It is well known here that President Angelí was chosen for Uiis post through church influence. John V. Foster was the choice of the Presbyterian church, and he was also President McKiuley's first selection for the duty. But Mr. Foster, who bas had experience enough in the diplomatic service to teach him the importance of ' rank, declined to take the place unless he could be an ambassador. Turkey, moreover, was not satisfled with Mr. . Foster, who had been outspoken in his ' condemnation of the sultan's methods. President Angelí is a Congregationlist. Mrs. Angelí is, perhaps, more than any other woman in America (Contiuued on 8th Page.) DR, ANGELUS MiSSION. (COBtiuued from lst Page.ï active in the board of toreign rnissions of tliat clmrch, which maintains in Asia Miuor a greater missiouary establishment than any other religious organizatiou. There are many claims against the porte growing out of injuries ;o mission property in Turkey, and these President Angelí is eounted on to oress with exceptional vigor. He is the choice of the cliurch for its own work and purposes, and his well-known high character and great ability, in addition to his experience as minister to China, are believed to fit him to a remarkable degree for the difficult tásk which lies before him. But there is another side of the story. It does not involve President Angeli's fitness [for the work, as that is conceded by everyone. It has been pointed out to me by prominent diplomats that Mr. Angelí ma}' not be well received by the sultan. He has probably at one time or another given expression to his sentiments concerning the Turkish government and its methods. "While it is not believed he has been as outspoken as Mr. Foster was, and that he has therefore been reported to the porte by the Turkish minister here, as the former secretary of state was, Mr. Angelí is so closely identified with the church which has a great mission establishment in the sultau's dominions that he will enter upon his work in Constantinople at a great disadvantage. He will be regarded from the first quite as mucli as an emissary from the church as the representative of this government. "It is a mistake to send a churchinan to Constantinople," said a ehurchman uiiose opiuions are worth something. "It ought not to be to a man's disadvantage to be known as an active worker in church circles, and it is not in any other country save Turkey. But there a minister froin the United States who has been identified with missionary work is put on the blacklist alinost from the first. It is not impossible the sultan may soouer or later flnd a pretext for sending him horne, in case Minister Angeli's demanda for redress beoome too urgent. "The trouble is that a ehurchman is put under a sort of ban at the outset. Everything he does is viewed with suspicion. He is regarded as a special agent and not as a diplomat. The sultan and his ministers resent the appearance of a recognized ehurchman at their court They contrive all sorts of petty means of annoying bim and blocking his way. They postpone and procrastinate, indefiuitely and infinitely. They wear out his patience. In my judgement President Angelí has a hard task before him. "It is also my firm conviction that it would be better to send to Constantinople a man not at all identified with any church, particularly not with mission work. A hardheaded, ambitious, pugnacious lawyér would serve us better and the churéh itself, in my judgment, tban a ehurchman. "For President Angelí personally I have the most profound respect. If he faüs to get on well the fault will not be his, but will be found in the bigotry and anti-Christian propensities of the sultan and hi court." THE LEGI8LATURE COMPLIMENTS. At the ssssioii of the legislature höd last Friday, Rep. lusk oifered the foötowtog, -vvhich was cairfed by a unaníinicnis vote : "Whereas, The press iniorms ué Mïat the presldiant oí the United States has protíered and eeafc to the senate the appointraent, as envoy ex ti'aoridikrary and miniafcer r:ienipoten tiary to Turkey, of Preaiidat JamO B. Angel'l, of the Michigia,n Unive; sLty ; tbereiore, ha it "Resolved, by th.e house, the een ate Ooneurr&ng, Tkat thO Michigan tegiiSliature hereby express its grea= ■appreciatton oí thls additional lügh hionew cemierred. by ttue present na tiLonal administration upon our stat iín tinO sel'eotdion. oí tbe aisting-uished eütizen, edacabor and dipl'Ofina.t ; and to our honored ProsSdenfc Auge!!, we exiress sincere cunrigatiulatiou, and feel aísured tlnat the responsifbility, ilf acceptod, wilï brímg additioual personal hianora and refleot credit upon tlie state. th3 nabiíaiii and that spjendid icvstitutlon, tusa prlda al erery MücMIgaji ciitizen, tlie Michigan Univci'sflty.'"