New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
nrrENCE OF THE TURK.
n,rc As SEEN IN THE RECENT
WAR.

Il ,...o,e 4.,DmIanIed the TURKISH forces /
j. - ,,,,. Greece He acted as a cor /
don, for a London newspaper, The Daily
and his letters have been gathered to-
IA1 - max THIS volume. No one is likely TO
,,or AT this date for technical informa-
=, the conduct Of the war. or even FOR /
I.-n,,ons Of particular battles. simply be
.he subjec' has been pretty nearly
-, 20 death and MI Stevens has moth /
.,w 70 tell us about It. But his book Is
testing nevertheless. for the sake OF us
..ad account ~ the divers people and things
. bv 2 newspaper correspondent assiS'hs
As first war We say assisting adVlsedlH
,so Mr. Stevens did more than look on /
| IN 8, love with the Turks and forcgathored
| , .heo in a spirit Of friendship which al one
| -os,l,ed IN his accompanying an aide-de-
-, n the sultan into Nolo and there help .
:. ., inpress officially upon the Greek IN
/ r,ants that their town was from that mo-
~. under .he humane ard puissant pro
..ao, Of HIS Imperial Majesty, the sultan
,iri Hamid H." The townsfolk listened IN
-, As u dawncd upon them that their
rs and property were 10 hc spared 'heIr zen
-, rave way g. icllrious joy and the! che'red
,,-.srouslv for me conqueror MI Stevens
-. ~Faprbo W. do not blame him. after all
RS IS Only M. Of many Instances which ne
o- 70 show that the Turks are brave men,
u Creeks towards
The book is really 4 sincere and plausible &C
,r,, OF Turkish virtues MI Stevens does
at blink The vices He does not &c 50 far as 10
~ h,s friends the flower Of the race. But he
NE many things TO their credit things OF
,sicb must be admitted that the world has
,0 heard as much as II has heard OF Turklsh
npscity and crime. For example. there was
4. hospits at Salonca, which MI stevens
rsts3 INST on the eve Of the war. He found IL
a.. seotIessly clear condition. provided win
r.ry necessary appliance and administered IN
a. best possible way by capable surgeons lie
,:es significantly also that Greeks, Jews and
ngslaneous Levantnes were treated mere
cute as we'll If they had been Turks OF 'he
NOS favored caste. The attitude OF the IurA
sgard his enemy In fact, is one OF the FEATURES
|, the caInpa gn upon which the author loves 10
.sen He saw none Of the outragcs with which
srroreap papers were full al the uIn". The !
a,taliop that came to take charge OF Nolo |
ERODE in with shufling strides but very long
that their Ulcers told them MI Stevens
s;her contemytuousy summaries 'hc conflict
rtyeen Turkey and Greece 1T would have
Keen more impressive as A war II II had Dcch
as delicious az a comic opera" he says ana
x does not pretend 70 credit the Turks with any
'e-y spectacular feats But he saw them do
rough 10 convince him that they were, al any
ale the stuff - which great armies are MADE
Ttanically enduring. heroically fearless an
sIcaly disciplined They shamhied through
be war but with a logged resolution mat
Ioud have broken down stronger barriers than
hs Greeks were able to erect OF the Greek our
aserver speaks with unfcignod impotence.
uuding 10 The photographer with whom he
nd business In a Greek village, he Is careful
0 admit first that the man and his fellow vii
lgers lived IN greater cleanliness IMAM the
Nris he had studied IN similar places; bui ne
dds there was a restless Difference about ali
Is movements which was not the seh-coh-
aimed politeness Of the Turk" MI Stevens
ound the Turk 70 be a gentleman, the 'reeh
e suspects OF being cad The TURK II III
Tays polite" he continues but you can see
bal he always holds himself your equal not
D say your superior, the Greek IF always Oh
iously even jerklly anxious TO please ana 10
onciate In this Greek village the people
quattng on the roadside got UP as the Frank
'de past and touched their dirty leather shu"-
le; the Turk never. unless the FRANK "dS
nth an officer or somebody he knew. hch
be Frank alighted crowds OF Greek chiioron
prang w from nowhere to hold his horse not
ntirely out OF dsinterested hospitality the
urksh infant is rather disposed To heave nan
BRICK al the inhdel, I'LL he has convinced MN
eli that the innde is friend. then he re-
ards him with solemn, not impertineR, curlos-
y He will even unbend 30 far as TO accept
be backshccsh If II is offered, but he Will not
0 out Of his way 10 seek IT,"
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