New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-07
WAYS OF COURTS IN TURKEY
SENTENCING A PRISONER LEST HE MAY
TURN OUT TO BE GUILTY.

ponce discovered That Mr. G had maze ioi "i''
drawing OF the sword and crown OF the Nhis"''
Templar, with the motto OF the order III Ar'e"''',
Both swords and crowns as enblems are viewed.
and perhaps with reason, as suspicious o"J0''0 ~
these days. From the discovery OF inns ui""i"e
to the charge that the Mr. q. had ehSrdNe" sea-
for the Armenian fnshrrectionary 'oniihi''ce was
but step: and the order went forth Tor the arrest
of this DANGEROUS cha racter. Current theories OF
Justice require the manner of arrest to shadow
forth the approach of punishment bu' al AheIl-
can especially if he is college graduate Ike MI
g. has an intuitvc repugnance TO oeMS treated
like a criminal at thc whim OF hunderhead'
Uencc no prefers 10 have his arrest If arrested nc
must be supervised by an American ohclaL who
will at least keep him from being punished before
he is guilty. In this case the police dd not care
TO observe the forms prescribed by law. IheN
went 10 Mr. G's house in the night, marched him
through the streets without proper clothing.
handed him from police station to police station, as
if he had been a document going through the
circumlocution Office TO be registered ami dockcted
az each step of the regular rcd-tapc channel oil
progress and, at length, after having walked him
over several miles of rough and muddy streets.
they dropped him, TO wish for the day, IN an I'M
savory military prison, whose fittings emulate
those of Bunyan's Doubling Castle. The next
morning some one had the sense 10 see thdt 'hiS
arrest OF an American citizen without legal warrant
might have serious sequel, and, turning MI IT,
into the street, told him to 90 home Minister
Hirsch promptly demanded redress for THIS out
rage and after sOmeW hat warm DISCUSSION
brought the Sublime Porte 10 see the wisdom oil
settling the case. The Porte at length made
written apology offered assurances that the thing
should not occur again, and declared tha' lA'
officials guilty Of the violation of the American )
domicile had been punished. Kcpara'oh 10 the
victim himself for damage TO feelings or to health
through such experience Is an idea Tor Whl'h
nature has made provision IN the mind OF The
Turk
In fact the Oriental. with his "What Is that
between me- and thee ." is always DESTROYS 10 lit
such a question from the low plane oi demands
for legal rights 10 the ethereal heights Where
an efTectionate mutual regard can bar ont Sns-
gestions Of redress II for Intentional wrong
Painful as was the hrmnesS of Mr. i!iTSch 10 the
Turks 70 Americans il was pr9l>cWorthN ana
necessary frinuess Americans Of responsibility
cannot afford 10 ne left prey 10 the suspicious
Of such petty officials oinament me ponce
service in Turkey. Nevertheless. these oihclalS
cannot see why there shonld be sIch @ <emptl"h
for foreigners from local methods of arrest ana
Judgment Is foreign birth necessarily noble
birth they ask that foreigners should D" en-
titled TO such ceremonious treatment? Is II right
for criminals TO he freed from due punishment
BY the mere fact of this high hirthr!eht? How
ever sincerely one answers these 4leS'ions III me
negative, the objector remains sure there Is no
sincerity in the answer. and that the man NhoiR
he cannot touch without proof oi guilt IS, Ike the
trout which escapes the biggest prize OF the Whoie
.xibe Probably 999 Turks i'll thousand De-
lieve that the sole design OF these tree'ies Oh
extra-territorialitv is - shield iorci2n dclhqueh'
from their Just dues Perhaps IT may Somc'imee
1.ve This effect. But the sole reason why for
eir Governments have TO INSIST on MAINTAINING
tho privilege is the tendency OF these people I"
ehe nessirpjstic philosophy which deems every man
N no onilty of some wrong-dOing until he mas
proved his Innocence
Suoh philosophy makes it impossible that the
Yuischance by which a man Is dragged from MS oe'
and thrust into prison on suspicion can appear 10
the Turkish conscience as a hardship The arreNo
~ Mr. G. was grounded on s.HpcIon ana III u'"
,ime the police discovered the real cupl', 80 INA"
they now have against the American ITO "loic
.hon tho vague belief that lie is probably guilty
NJ some other crime But the only thing when
saved Mr.. G.. from spending two or three weeks
,oo,,od nm in a nest of vcrmin, while lis cap'oia
,vnre reaching tho discovery Of bis Innocence. an"
,orbans the ONLY thing which nclVcd the police
n = closer search for the real criminal was inc
Interference OF Mr.. lIrsch, sharply ana cncc'""HN
insisting OH the mans right to ms hpcrtN '"IIh2
that perod OF mediation which the police h'H
boped would hatch out some tangible PROOF "I
ouil- II is the dread OF Whimsical! arrests ana
u>,otelliciblc trials that makes ali foreigners cih3
En- the treaties which secure them hearing "heh
charged with wrons-don@.
snro curious trials have been held in the 81.
,e,ior criminal court here in connection WIN Inc
Armenian disturbances Four men have 0eeE con-
for the d'lrulpl 10
GO, nm IN Armenian prncipality and Tor uh"ei
@akinq 10 hIll all opponents 10 their precious
,cbeme Except in the case Of one OF 'heSr 'Iie
man who fired on priest IN churci an" PoIH'i''
in the case Of charged ~ an 'cc''s"N' "'
evidence given in court Is ciTcumsahl'' I"''''
tban direct 4 dozen or so OF AlmchIahS HdN'
ocen condemned to various terms OF ImrrIsoh'h'h'
,n the sane kind Of evidence. me fS'lnlouA
AGAINST one was that OF a policeman, VINO s'''
hat the prisoner threw aFaN q packer % P1P'''
lion arrested \ racket Of scditiOus papers was
n-oduced in court. hut uhappilN Inc man VIM
found them was not the ore VINO saw the prisoner
.t,. so,neth,no ,,yav and no one coIld swear
that the had ever been in ire haH''s u 'He az
,eed who was an iitcratc NAV. lie was con
,.,,rod on the theory that as the papers Ia"
been found - a rubbish heap near where ne WIS
arrested he must nave pal them th''c Announcer
nan y,os condemned because ;hc For"s' '"'' -
10 co, his deserts wee found IN Ic'trF III HIS
,sossion He had cone 10 WISH IIcho ~
n,ieon At the gate of the PRISON - was IVi'iIo'
~ rive up his private paperS for oNan.'h'-
zion lie handel over this letter among o'I''S'
and went INTO the pr'son. When he came
cut the police told him that 'hi> e'' Ter
nust be detained for examination ana 'i'h hc
tried 70 destroy it. in court he declared '''' ms
reason for trying TO swallow Ihe lcucI was ''"'
il would compromise young woman ii' p'''" 'I@,
~ "' n.,o,od f,o.mcnts Of the letter did
no. suggest a lovc-icttci, bnt they "efc u" nv,
aopicabe 10 a revolutionary enterprise Una" 20
ANYTHING else. The word Jnu", ,nc Ipm,n,'r
nided mnst auplv 70 SON" traitor /" inc NJ n''n
aus %r" and they gave him tine benefit Of ,n"r
doubts after the Eastern iaShion-hal y, ~ W. ~.
ing him up for five years POST ne Sh"nln no, W. W.
ts n,'' In ono,icr case which j. still pending,
int