The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-10

all gone there will be plenty of grain on the mountains
The Turks will then retire the fortresse and the families
will venture down the ruins of their homes and will dig
up pots of oil and olives And BESIDES in winter, the
earth in low and damp places will still yield roots and herbs
that hungry feed upon and the brooks and creeks
will yield fish,
The of Crete like that Of Ireland may for the time
be drowned in patriot blood But the etans have earned
their liberty, and they will eventually get it.
Turkey.
The Sultan has been absent two weeks. During his
absence he has back aiddecamp with letter his
mother to inform her of his good health and the favor of
Allah but the public has been favored with copy The
public only knows that when at Toulon he heard for the first
time what crowd could do in the way of cheering that he
carried away by the enthusiasm that he got up and
ceered himself in RETURN or the first French telegram
had it. he returned the applause of the people expansion
Turkish crowds do cheer the Sultan their
heads and the formal shouts of the soldiers made order
sound nothing like the cheers of crowd The Sultan
like country pumpkin spending his first Fourth of July in
New York No wonder he carried away by the shouts of
the crowd is fortunate he did first to London for
the shouts of the London mob might have frightened him
death. Fencmen shout only like many children French
cheering is to English what the wstlng of gale is
thunder Or the of breakers.
Consannople has been reasonably quiet during these two
weeks although there have been serious disturbances
the NavyYa of Kassm Psha and portion of the convicts
employed there escaped last week. and attempted burn the
neighboring quarter of the city, The soldiers cases.
have behaved very much boys school, when the
is called out and have caused little alarm STILL the
WHOLE the city goes on as well without the Sultan as with
loan has Just been negotiated by the Porte for $1o
GneMe
cent 1t payable in three years. and this company evidently
expects to raise the money the strength of the Suans
visit to Paris These loans are all SO managed that the Porte
gets than half the money in cash. Still strange
that European capitalists ready to lend money for
three years. to the Turks
Lord Stanley has just published of Fuad Pasha
in reference to the execution of the Hatthowmayo which
decreed absolute equality all the subjects of the Sultan
Fuad declares that this has been fully carried have
under my eyes formal declaration Of of the Sulans
Ministers that in any Mussuman becomes Christian,
the law requires the Government to take his children from
and hrIno
Grand Vizier himself cannot oyerrule this law in single
The declaration grew out of practical
tain Mustapha became Protestant five years ago. his wife
continued to be Moslem and last week away with all
his children, and took refuge with the authorities who
positively refuse to allow the children return to the fathers
house, although the law plain and universal in Turkey,
that in of separation between husband and wife, the boys
belong to the father.
Here, now have plain practical case which proves
the falsiy of Fuad Pass statements There isno equality
of religions in the of the Turkish law But the Mussu
who becomes Christian be treated as insane
man. His children be at once put under guardianship
He must be judged not by any civil code applying to all the
Sutan's subjects, but by the law of the Koran.
Greek paper published in Athens says that the Sultan
visiting Paris and noticing what there is to be there
will think his empire better than France, and himself
as regards its exterior pndor and interior decorations can
be compared the palaces of Constannope The garden
of the Tuieres is microscopic compared to the gardens of
Paris after the magical site of the Bosphorous TIE Sultan
will the Emperor in the Tueries surrounded by marsha
generals aidesdecamp attendants etc. showing him every
mark of respect but not sautng him god as people do
in the palaces Of Consantnope The Sultan will see women
in the official entertainments and in the streets and conar
ing these with the beauties of his harem will smile con-
TEN ptuOuy ongqing 1.-THE Exhibition he will beperplexed
at the madness Of the Franks in making SO much noise about
selling goods When he enters the theaers of Paris and
compares them with the heater in his palace which
he has spent so many thousands and which really perfect
Jewell what will be his idea of the grandeur of France IF
he is taken to museums picture galleries etc. and that
pictures cost three thousand francs he will think
one of the greatest men in Conslannoe having assembled
the Acropo and benghown the columns of the Parthenon
exclaimed care those what you admire SO much p pointing
to the columns "Come to Consantinope and see our
mosques with their columns not old and broken like these