Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-16
TURKISH MIXTURE"
In" Extraordinary Variety of Races Ov,
Which the sultan Rules.

Tn" Extraordinary Variety of Races Over
Which the sultan Rules.
There AZ" 10 fewer than seven
main divisions of races III the no.
pcN AND ASIAN provinces. In Eu
rope both the Greeks and Alhanians
are ~ numerous az the Ottoman
Turks. each contingent numbering
uhuu; l..ro,uuu. according to the
best authorities. ConStantinoplc it
self has just as diversified Il mixture
IL the kingdom generally, and only
S., uur Of it, so, COO inhabitants are
MUS7UlmaMN. the Greeks numbering
1880 AMI the ATmcniuns l5O, 600.
But in Asia there are twice as many
Ottumuu> as all other races put to,
gcthrr. The + IYke proper consist of
Ottomans. Nuruuks and Turcomans.
Tn" names hav" something terrible
in their very sound t. us, but tray
cl"rs unto III describing the Otto
mans aS honorable and humane
men, although they can fight when
it comes To- blows. The Turcomans
GN" pastoral life. while the Yu-
rouks ar" uumaGic and therefore not
easily subjected to-Iuw
Although the Greeks and tho AL
hanianS are regarded aS belonging
70 the sam" GrCcu-Latin race, the
latter are for the most part Mussul-
mans. Some of the AlhanianS are
Roman Catholics and others are of
the Greek church. and the two
slightly divergent scots hate each
other as cordially as Parncllitcs and
ti.Parncllitcs; but, whatever the
form of faith, they prefer robbery
as means of livelihood to any 9th
CT industry. At the Samo timc, they
arc of fine physical type and make
splendid soldiers. They treat their
women like oxen, and although
they dress in rich clothes of the
fashion of the Scottish highlands
they have Il horror of soap. In fact,
1t Is said that they put ON their
clothes once for all and never take
them of. In the event of war the
Alhanians would probably fight for
the sultan The Greeks have not
penetrated very far inland. but have
scattered themselves along the coast
of European and -Asiutic Turkey, |
where they are always on tho look |
out to put money III their purse. To
gCthCr with the Jews and the Arme- |
mans, they do nearly all the trading
ana banking of the country and !
make very good thing ont of it. |
In spite of the sultan's misrulc tho
Greeks immigVatc in increasing
number every year, which makes
one think that they must be II sin
gularly imprudent people or that
Abdul Is not SO very much damned,
after all.
ArmcnianS and their cXtermina-
tors, the kTIS, are both sprung
from Il Persian stock. Tho Kurds
live III the mountains and arc not
precisely the kind of people one
would care 10 set about reforming
Some say there are IN even million
OF them; others say there are over
1000, 600. They keep the sultan in
perpetual hot water, being very bad
M0Slcms, bat they are very enter
prising, chiefly in Staying Armcnians
and stealing their n"ighhors goods
When not thus engaged, they rear
cattle, sheep and goats, and they |
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