Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-10
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tCTTcvsoNdcrrs ~ 80 forfsl Sfrr.fr7rfg
Any 9th my would tee me dea Oral.
az D. only a'trtUutnble TO the ucr,llsr cf,,-
scttr of The rUrss that Iha troops have lost
hCtt lng IN 'Noellence E0oush cannot %
said 10 praise OF the Turkish sCidfers. their
good nature. patience, ooRtsptedness ans
c, urs ~in the hearts at all VITO are hrourht
In costao; Within N. T1ose woo desire %
gain The ir cot fidence must not snow aay ar
rngance. or observe them NJ q distance, but
Join them ~ their watch nreS and meAls-of
course Without knife aud FORK, aud only
avn ed WITH little wooden spoou-cOnverss
With them, taking care TO AVOID thoss SUB
tects on VII ca they are most sen sitive.
namely, religion and women, eXchsnge Gig
but whoever has studied them for weeks N
Ills ma ner viii be rewarded with their en-
tire confidence. Their Intellectual horizon 10
the laborir & classes in some OF the very ont
of the-wsy PLACES, but within this nsrues
circle they have sound Judgment. Tney
TIE intellectual effort 10 costs them nag
almost b. red IA their faces; bat N they
have once taken In a thing they md -
Their training does DOT 90 beyond csx-
tain narrow limits, nut within these
s sso can Vie with the o'st sod ers In me
wore. of fstslism 1 have seea but few
Yrs es. IL appears to be more freQuent
smone The Arsbisns than among me
O-manlisi the strict observance OF reliel rus
forms seems Ia be a neoessitv TO the forrner
aud commands certain res rect even froru
The n verssrlts or their religion. Tue health
OF the Turkisb masses m lst I e perfecfl v soma
since sucn exc llent soldiers CONE from Their
ranks. Unfortunately "the nSh il baTtn-
ming 10 decay at the head TIE great re "a c.
tioLs In The salaries OF high officials aud Of
hreTe, and the reforms which have made ex-
tortiOns impossible; have. a. In true, paved
the wsy among the higher classes for the
beginning OF economy and morality. aud set
bounds tn polyeamy and idleness, but iva
imporiations from the West of Europe have
most deleterious effect upon the mind sad
aud boOk,by the German naturalist Buchuet
entitled KRAFT und Ston." THIS WORK whlcs
Is popuiarization OF the materialIstic phil
oSophy IN a French translation ("Force ct
Matere',l, Is TO be found Ia the hands or
almost all educated Officers acquainted with
the French language, and has ss fstal 90
erect on head aud heart as brandy on their
hodies. Contempt ana ridicule Tor everv-
ming hitherto held sacred. sensuality alter
nating With stoicism, and finally, the worst
ICTtn OF Nlhilism 10 De met with among Rus
slaGs, are the fruits OF this reading and the
lntsllectnsl condition of the higher class
sultan Murad Y. suffered under it-mav
gradually spread To- the lower classes, and
mus nave corrupting and destroying Ell ct
IL Is always dangerous TO rob a man OF MS
1slth without giving him anything in ex-
change for 70. even the preachers Of mater al
Ism would subscribe to this opinion and ovp
that natural science can be no substitute for
religion 10 those who have no scientino
knowledge. AT present, during the tru ce
Force ct Mstiere" aud a few novels by Du-
mas peTe are almost the only books read Ia
Colonel Mehemed HoulouSsy Rey, com
msnder 81 the first regiment OF Infantry
have i seen military wOrk-Ruestow's
book on modern tactics.