New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-09
"THOSE WHO LOVE ALLAH.y
THE FANATIcIsM. CRUELTY AND BRAv.
cry OF THE TURKISH SOLDIERS.

AHh 1ANAllCiSEi, SnoEhAA HND bnAvs
cry OF THE TURKISH SOLDIERS.
From The Saturday Review.
Juncs Ereadi, a divisional commander. IT seems
In the Turkish Army on the Thessalan frontier
week. it has fallen TO him however, to crystaiiss
into few words. shouted aloud above the din d
strength Strength and spirit Of the turkish ashtSs msn
e psees 10 the Of u IS
y the Sf as s BIZ a IN ns
q Reaiefs Agency, and Of The ppaily MALI
Here t II syf soua. hs r 1as as who
sleep. food or drink Soldiers could not be more
sv sysIy Of n o
batalionf Of Junes EGsnds dlysi2n dGfiy faint
Greeks with the bayonet. .Junes EfendI knew lie
men. He stepped forward ID; and shouted to them:
dashed forward. They swept down the Hill in Or
baggaee-train Joined them in wild frenzy Of
patriotlsm"-and carried the position at the point
just twenty years the writer Of this article,
then also war correspoInd,snt, was standing at
ing fortunes Of desperate batte-ihe last which
was fought by Mehemet Ais army " the attempt
foll Esrsve f'ev"A-a"u "@ ~
by the Russians, lay Immediately before u. and We
could see their adsng there IN s
hollow behind our central battery; the two columns
1 hs % asr IL
they reach the top of the slope the bugIe sounds.
es .ng% % SH a sna 'ne a with
brow. We ride forward to watch A. Tremendous !Ies
sde Of the slope slope Is shattered BY bursting
shells and we see scores q ga,a ra ss TTSs
through the ruined village, up The Russian slope.
terrific infantry, fire opens upon them; 1t !.
earthworks. hut clinging to the hill In two stead.
lines they held ,he gr Ss5e An w ~ se sss.
s sns ash %ak 81 '1s I sSns s
ali risht said the isp' officer IN
hold on here all night, more psremT IpGG sum:
never seen such devoted bravery SAD valentlns
Baker to the writer Angghg feqd abe ge n zone
how to do it, The battle Of Cherkovna was De:
feat for the Turk but it acrde rs amPe proo, 81, e
That was in 1877 when for 80 mary pOnh' tn;
amana one WHO was predsems w1n ns
f 4ark sHfr sod Rdi
the Turkish Army the frontier Of Ihssssaly was
fed" Ragged? But beneath the rags are healthy
bodies and limbs unonched by
By passed IN the the open ar s n sr s90e
march thirty miles day without getting foosores
III fed? But can man be sa b to oe ~ 5nr T t
handful Of rice beans and BIT Of breah wi.a
scrap of meat added If possiT6e s On so oGn viii
march and fight for months together content with
his and his ratonf and not n lagi nor &
SUCH Wai me not we'll vife es would do aayhns
ers. with the exception of Osman 81 Plsyna thess
was hardly single general on ne aufS,st ; r al
This cry for leaders for the Turks was echoed
years after. by Mr. Lane-pooie wn mem ne sbSms
ean revival frs s %ith the sultan Kha the heads
second epoch of saracen proves ana Ie'u sahsr
honest: men who fought like lions. Theirs is p,eny
Of such stuff in the PEOPLE stu bHs wn saS are nswas
no% than ii d twenty years ago There Lead
for the Turks nov ,narks Ks 70 im fef Mssy
the German Emperor, who has done more Tor mo
revival f hf hn sny I,n armg Who s
made the military power Of Turkey siao ya siys
OF II: Every day the Ottoman hIm ryer Is
is we'll armed; its manoeuvres are based upoh GOT.
ton; it is in condition to meet eventuaiities ITO"
from OF e turkish Empire ons
know better than the German officers wh9 hay ,.
Since and s v0 bes Ss
,noss T kIss at S tat sHs
Rsd tse wsH se go n and breahng the name Of
..Tbose who love Allah will advance to the attack
of the infde!' Junes Enendl knew how 10 ie, SIP
n is interesting to observe that. to Judge rom
the reports of the correspondents with the IurMsn
Army the Turkish Army in the field is behaMns
itself properly in the moment OF Victory. we navS
mutiiation Of the dead. Is i the Influence OF tne
German instructors of the Turks that has eraai'
Gated the strong propensity to commit these par
barities? think not The propensity Is tnere,
be the5e s Tas iyas @
envy. is a pleasure to an Orentali the mutnat'o9
Of his body is no atrocity. Originally the heads Of
the slain were cut off by the victors for the con.
simply inherited the habit from his ancestors, ltN
nerfectly natural to him to cut off the head OF q
dead enemy. Strange. therefore, does II seem 70
us who saw the hideous deeds OF 1871 10 reai ~
victories in the Miouna Pass treated the cree.
dead with reverence, and laid them in the slaue.
We can hardly believe our eyes as we READ ~
Here by way of contrast, Is an extract from
stained and battered notebook or si' uhoer '"s
date "Karahassan September;
During the assault on the village or karahasssn
Nedjib Pacha. who commanded the nam atts st
was standing beneath tree. HIS VICTORIOUS pa,s
by the desperate defence offered by the isusslans
Suddenly one of the soldiers ran out or the rdnks
holding aloft the head of Russian impaied on u"
bayonet -, ,., ...,..
straight for Nedjb. Behold the head of an In
"Then. lowering his rife. he drew the head On
against his foot and left IL there on the ground n
! humane "a and enlightened man. turned away with
an angry exclamation of disgust. whereupon tns
soldier nowise abashed, promptly ran his bayon9
through the head again. brandished IL on high, ana
with a fierce cry Of Allah. Allah! went on IKE .
madman down the blazing street.