The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-08
TURKISH EMPIRES BEGINNING.

In the Sunday Eagles dispatches, it
was said that the United States may
send the North Atlantic squadron TO
Turkey and there demand the payment
Of the 100000 indemnity for Turkish
CutrageS to Americans at Kharpoot
and MaraSh. In making this demand
the squadron would force through the
DardanelleS, and there is no telling
what would follow.
Such course, if merely contemplate
ed, will give CONSERVATION to England.
That country might find the Turkish
holy war precipitated in a moment, to
England's irreparable injury. For it
has been England and her policy
which has permitted the sultan to con-
tinue in his murderouS reign with i'm
punity. Tired of English dupIicity,
Russia only lately, through her am
baSsadOr, secured the passage of an
extra guardShip through the Darda-
nelleS. The English ambassador had
demanded it and was refused. Then
Russia asked ii, and the request was
granted. 1t is possible that England
and the sultan had an understanding.
The appearance of the United States
in the garb of hostility at the Darda-
nelleS might set the ball a-rOlling. II
would be a strange thing in history,
if out of the western world should
come the match that would explode
the oldest lineal monarchy of Europe.
The present sultan is the thirty-siXth
direct descendant of the first sultan.
History is probably without prece-
dent for such a reigning house. In
the thirteenth century the MOngolianS
of Central Asia made one of those cur
iouS raids into Europe. and at the same
time into China. When the MOngOlian
tide over>pread Europe, it pushed the
Turks, also a Central ASiatic tribe into
Asia Minor. The Turks became scat
tered and had many rulers. One of
these rulers, at the close of the thir-
teenth century, was beSet by a Mon
gal band near Angara. He was Civ
ing battle and was on the verge of de
feat when Il nomadic band of Turks
came up. Joined in and saved the day.
The leader of this nomadic band was
Erthoghr1ll, the ancestor of the pres
ent sultan. At Sugut, in Asia Minor,
in 1858 was born Othman. son to ErtO-
ghrul. He was the first sultan, and
from him we get Ottoman" Orto-
man fell in love with Kamariya
"Moonbright'' and married her To
them was born Orkhan. Upon the
death of his father Orhman conquer
ed the surrounding tribes and tackled
the Greek outpoSJs in Asia Minor. a
wedding at Belejik in 1899 was select
ed as a rendezvous for a number OF
OJtoman'S rivals. who plotted u cap
ture him and put an end 20 mis- power
Warned of the conspiracy. forty wo-
men OF the Ottoman clan We're adj |
miJDed on "A pTeteXt to the castle. where !
preparations were being made for the |
wedding. When both garrison and |
guests were absorbed in the ceremon-
les. the forty women cast away their |
disguise. and proved TO be none other |
than forty of Othman'S braveSt war |
riorS. They speedily possessed them !
selves OF the fort and the bride. |
beautiful young Greek named Lotus |
bloom. She was passed over to Ork- |
han and became mother IN Murad l.. |
the sultan after Orkhan. In this con !
nectiOn IL II singular mat most OF the I
Suirans have come from Christian cap /
tive mothers, Ji4at being the else With |
the present sultan. whose mother was 1
an Armenian The Turks Went on. |
conQuerins under this sultan and that |
Two nations for years kepv them back /
from Central Europe. Two nations that |
are now dead. for all their pains
Tire Poles and the Hungarians. |
Spreading over Asia Minor and Greece.
Bosnia. Roum3nia and Russia. the |
Turks still cOveged that last rock O. /
the crumbled Roman empire, ConsSan-
unople. Bayezid. sen % Murad L.