New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30
1rEKET'S SULTAN 4 liberal NAN.
THE REV. DIR. \ r. sCIIAuFFLER TELLS OF THE
CONDITIONS AGAINST WHICH THE SUB
LIME FORTE CONTENDS TREATMENT
OF MISSION ARIES

LIME FORTE CONTENDS TREATMENT
OF MISSIONARIES
The Rev Or. A. F. SchauGler. vce-presient Of
the CITY Mission and Tract Society. has just re-
turned from an extended visit through the FAR
East. having left Ncw-York in December. 1893 He
WIS ACCOMPANIED by Mrs -chau.ller, his NEPHEW.
Fritz and a young Scotchman. Concerning the
condition Of things In Turkey as they exist at
present he said yesterday;
THE Sultan Is not nearly bad ne IS be-
llcvcl to be by those unfamiliar with the clrcum-
stances under which he labors. lie is. In fact. a
liberal minded man. too liberal. indeed. for many
Of his subjects In Turkey there are three parties.
one OF these is the old revolutionary or utra-Con-
servatye element. which Is bitterly opposed to any
thing new. Then comes party "A little less con-
SENTATIVE and finally the Revolutionary or MILLS
tie party Between these contcndinS forces the
Sultan "A difficult task before him. and his life
Is in constant danger. so serious IL his position.
from the standpoint OF personal safety. that he
never goes to the mosque 10 worship without an
escort Of an army OF 1000 men. who armed 10 the
teeth line the way quadruple deep on both sides
OF the street Much has been said In this country
about the trouble with the Armenians and OF the
hardshlps which they are constantly subjected at
the hands OF the Turks. The fact IL that the Ar
menlans are or should be. as satisfied with their
position as are the Mahometans themselves. for
they are all treated alike by the sultan They
permitted to exericse the right Of choice In the
matter OF their religion wltnout hindrance and are
as free 10 act as are the Turks themselves They
are taxed the same the Mahometans and have
10 pay tribute but once In the allotted time. In
cage they refuse however, Il Is probable that they
would receive the same puni5hment. Just before
we went to Damascus large number OF the
natlves-a thousand more-had refused to pay
the levy. The Sultan ordered the Governor OF the
province to send his officers around and break the
right OF each Of the offenders. and this was
done.
1T Is the hope OF the rIunchadist, or NihIlst!c
party to nclte the Mahometans into retaliations
possibly massacre. In order that Russia may sweep
down and drive the Turks out. In this the Nhs,s
are encouraged by the Armenian exiles who have
England. II is undoubted fact that OF the
professors in the American n. COLLEGE at MarsIyan
although II WAS denied at the time. These men
were sentenced 10 death but their punishment Was
through the kindly intervention OF their friends
b ns in M case of the a s' @s
who were recently arrested In the College Aintab.
for the asf hnd 3 the 0c
Concerning the outrages upon American mission
DIR. gchaufier said:
u think that The Turkish Government has tried.
and tried honestly. 10 suppress personal violence.
but their territory is great one and justice moves
very slowly in consequence, and many OF the out
RACES come from wandering Koords. who here
to-day and there tomorrow in their nomad life. so
that il Is extremely d,cult to capture the guilty
ones. The hardness with which matters are brought
to the final attention of the Sultan IL we'll Illus
trated by the following incident: Some two years
ago the Scotch Presbyterans received permission
to build church In Damascus The little church
had scarcely been erected when the Mahometans
put up a mosque the adjoining lot. and even en-
croached the land OF the Presbyterans, but the
latter said nothing about the trespass. Imagine
their surprise. however. when the Presbyterians
were informed that they must close their church.
1t seems that some OF the wicked Inhabitants had
notified their Government that the foreigners had
insulted them by building their church directly in
lay the subject before the sultan but the moment
he learned the exact facts. he sent orders have
the Introduction on the Scotch church removed And
30 II Is with everything In Turkey.
THE recent earthquake I'm Constantinople
much more destructive than would appear from the
reports In the American papers During the awful
shocks lH mosques were wholly partially de- |
stroyed and l,500 stores In the bazaar buried
n the ruins"