The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-04
TURKISH REFORM.
Native Opinion of Internal Pr0Rrcss-The
Dangers OF Foreign Intervention as Seen by

Native Opinion of Internal Progress-The
Dangers OF Foreign Intervention Seen by
Young Turkey.o
From the Muchbr Turkish native paperl Sept 2S
We wish to speak Of the reforms Consantinople,
but We do not know whether should speak openly
or inetaphorcaly We will therefore tell parable!
The nrst people who Inhabited Mecca tribes
or Jrhem and Kutoora These trbe5, coming from
Yemen found the situation OF Mecca TO their liking and
the chief Of the tribe OF Jrhem called Mazaz settled In
the upper part OF Mecca and the chief of the tribe
Kutoora called semids settled In the lower part of
Mecca sazaz then ruled over Upper Mecca and Semda
Lower Mecca These two tribes, not interfering
with each other, how many happy did they pass
claimed certain rights Of theirs from their Chief
semida Then the chief OF the tribe Jirhem, called
Mazaz saying Eyes, alas for these people,
these rights ough. to DO granted them began 10 inter.
fere The Abe of kutoora imagining this foreign in.
terveniion TO be help, represented their state The
counselors OF Semda, beng embarrassed by this
interference took the course Of senciny the foreign
es FIRST and then shutting their eyes to
the claims Of their own tribe; that is to
say, the tribe OF kutoora found itself In tho
same state brethren do To silence the chief
Mazaz, tho rights Of the surveillance the Kaaba
werc given him After this the people began 10 cry out
for their rights again. Then the mobiles OF Jrhem who
were foreigners, opposing them, said:.what are you
crying out for morey How many rights and improy
menta did We obtain for you far your chief
granting US the rights over tho districts called vsayst
bitf Why do you not remark the good resolve OF your
forms they haveSn
tnai the foree had only .avered thunder cloud
10 save their own steepes, as the proverb hath IL.
tnis way DazAZ lltlie Uy lille Wc6koncu
OF kutoora until was, a. Is written in history
lowed up In short war.
and ppveses the supms Porte is now y,
foreigners and its treatment OF Osmans it's sub
tects, very similar TO the story OF the tribe OF
kutoora
Civilization does not throwing us into debt or
taking the hardearned money Of poor people
IL the Golfers Of European bankers and giving tho
wealth Of many true sons or God to provide few
people with sumptuous carriages and seaside residences
II does mean this, then we do not Wst for sch sy
tarvy civisaton We scish for cuilisa,ion tia, sviu
enrich cur country. raise il and gpe our rights
We know some European VII reply To- Us, "wha.
the path OF improvement And has not contracted
oans 10 show it, proper friendship for tho Europeans,
aud granted Europeans the right OF possessing
landed property in rsrxey and intends making many
other reforms."
Is % stop wedding 10th DO not interfere with
There % an Arabic provcrb:-"The master Of the
house manages what is in t." According to this, we
and progress meanS We know very weh II 10 not
civilization wgorg end uppermost such go you bring
What las become since you interference OF money
earned by mucn toll what 10 the state Of
suty, formerly furnishing what has become OF
character once praised by all the world what has be-
come OF tur Guilty ati N and our customs
In the meantime Russia steps n, and nroiUng quick
sirsr amongst US, cries, '0h, Mussulmans your gov
hrs thrown into endless debt cast loads
You which You cannot bear; but II, like Crete you
separated from Turkey and annexed to Greece, you
Nussunans reply 10 this"wha, you say has some APP
pearance OF truth; but the spirit OF very different
7 II ~ advice which would cause the hussulmans to
PERISH separate fathers from their children brothers
firm brothers. We hare ne example OF tie Crinsea
Gh9fgkes1n and Poland before cur eys; and as your
treas herous advice Is gwen as 10 ruin like them
does not All we Mussulmans win cling
10 each other like brothers. DO not yoa NEEDLE oh
We .nov ooa ttisins test and do not gdnf strange
eyes boxing atO house,
Bat TO re,nrn 10 tho question OF improvements the
improvements should like would be the following
Let Turkey act TO throw her own money h
Golfers and not that Europeans should look upon
Turkey purse they have inherited and
they hike Let Russia, possessing an empire Of sixty
million souls be thankful and abstain from the tempta-
ton OF wishing for a little more.