The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-02
LEW WALLACE PRAISES HE SULTAN
Saws He IL Not Only a Great yNRrrier But
the Greatest living Diploma.

the Greatest living Diploma.
| Indianapolis, Ind, May 1.-General
Lew Wallace. who was American minis
ter TO Turkey for eight years. thinks tha.
II Providence or the powers do not in
terfere, Edhem Pasha will yet take his
coffee on the porch of the Parshenon. He
said as much Wednesday under the trees
that shade mis- home at Crawfordsville,
Ind. and then. leaving off the picking OF
violets for small boy in white knicker-
bockers. led the way into his library
study to prove with maps and a por-
trait OF Turkeys ruler his assertion that
the sultan, far from being the imbecile
the correspondent would make him out
70 be. was really the greatest diplomat
and the brainiest ruler in the eastern
hemisphere. He said:
"A revolution in Athens would not
seem strange after this campaign. There
appears 70 have been mismanagement OF
the grossest sorto the part OF the royal
blunde-ers who directed Il The Greeks
are great sailors and the Greeks navy is
wonderfully good one, and yet II has
been assigned no service more fruitful Of
results than the bonn harding OF a few
coast towns OF the Turkish provinces.
Greece Is infinitely the superior of Tur-
key on the sea, for the Ottoman ships are
obsolete and me crews that man them
are wholly lacking in the mechanical ab-
ility necessary 10 the understanding OF
ship and the fighting Of her.
lone dash through the Darianeilss
I,l h,r Z.
begun. and yet the one chance OF victory
offered 70 the Greeks was neglected and
the land campaignSp tanned The pas
sage of the Dsrdaneiles would have been
easy for the Eellenes. who know every
.wis. and turn OF the channel aud the
location OF every torpedo from mouth 20
mouth ot = A Greek feet before Con-
s,antinople would have brought the sui
tan speedily 20 terms.
"Oa the land. now. the Creeks are
clearly oUtclasssj. The Turk Is born
ing soldier He Is not a man Q. affairs.
is woeful failure in business. but ne Is
the most magnificent fighting man TIE
sun ever shone upon. The Turkish ar
my was organized and disciplined by
Germans. and the Turkish p-iva:e-cav-
airy. artillery o. intsntry-is nearly
deal He Is larger physically than tae
Greek ani in every way more powerful |
The sultan. again. has tvo really |
g-ea, soldiers 10 command lis troops
Osnan PasAs. the marshal 90 the I'm
ps-ial palace. and Nuktar Pasha who
has been al honorable exile as his mas |
tsr's representative in Esy7. OsznAa |
Pasha I know personally. He !s Turk. |
born IN Turkey. ot Turkish parents. and |
he tale that he is the American Colonei |
Crawford IS a xIii-Syei fabrication II /
the Russian war - Commanded vast q
Ne Bospho-us. while Mg:ks- Pasha hid |
sway eas; o. y The Two brose even n /
he matter % glory, and !; il hsTi % /
say watch Is the baxter solder" |
i'.tis5grg. Pa. May IA deal has
'-=sa closed 10y which the South Pe-asyl-
s ana OIL company viii AXE possession /
sTxs Monday - the ESnne- E-H !-zs=~
q G7esa county. sbou. 1850 acres Il i
er-iIo-y. and one wei producing sboG; 1
- barrels a day. The coas.i-.sIior /
vas sef-ae.- IN cash which II sad 70 q
,sc largest 2:sce ev.s realized :or
..aSie well