The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-08-11
4E WANTS JUSTICE.
as AN AMERICAN saw tHr
SULTAN.
Tie Seems To- Think himself Cmcii,
Misundcrstood - Quick ~ Hcpartcc.
which Has to Ne Translated. an,i Pun
Of Hts Excuses. >

From T. p. oConuor's MInly
About People: had talk few days
ago with young American who had
spent several years In Cons,ant.ioplc
uG secretary OF legation. ana he gave
me some interesting gllmpses into the
character Of the sultan. shoull say
that. unlike myself unlike mostpco-
pie In Eugland-thl young Ameican
was rather au admlror perronay OF
the ruler Of the Turkish empire and
what be said must be taken with that
deduction As TO the sultan's Dread
Of assassination there ls not the MALL
est doubt Ills visits once a yar to
the city-eyen his weekly visits % the
mosque TO say his prayers-are pre-
pared with an elahoratencss that dis
plays the most constant dread Of CON
splracy and consplrators Thu, d Is.
/ for Instance. that an the streets along
the land route are arranged 10 the
most careful manner FOR the passing
OF the sultan. The banners are out.
/ the roads made smooth everything ls
done W. .ch seems TO prove that the
| sultan Il certain to go that way and 10
return by the water route AZ the
last moment the sultan goes BY the
water route and returns by land these
terrors are largely due to the fact that
/ the Armenlans are the most capable
/ and reckless throwers OF bombs 10 the
World. The Armenlnns In Consnnti-
nople are a strange mixture. While
they are ready to do such desperate
deeds. and TO take all the consequences
| To themselves as to others, they have
no power OF making open resistance.
and apparently even little will 70 do
so. For instance. In that terrible riot
In which 1000 Armonians were Killed
n couple Of years ago, eleven Amen
ians were standing In the streeu all
armed with crowhars. Nine Turks
with nothing but clubs came up, They
killed all the Armonians. who dh not
even make an attempt az resistance.
II they had made any such attempt
they would undoubtedly have proved
the stronger when my friend dis
cussed the extraordinary action Of the
Armonians with an Armenian banker
he expressed no surprise. All he could
feel was admiration for the men who
had thus allowed themselves TO be
massacred like sheep. They were pa
triots. he said; they wished TO make
the massacres as bad as possible. so
as to bring about the interventsn OF
Europe. Although the -sultast does
stand In fear OF assassination. and al
though he Is undoubtedly guarded
carefully there are few II any signs OF
this in his immediate nelghborhood.
II is dinlcult to get access to the pal
ace, but once you are In there you see
fewer soldiers and fewer signs OF pre-
cautions than In Russia. or even in
Germany You see nothing but OBJ
sequious servants. The sultan Inn
presses Immensely by his ability every
body who is brought into close contac,
with him. In all the years he had seen
him my American friend had never. he
said. seen him taken aback never
without an answer. even when things
were hottest ana darkest against him.
He has always a speclous argument: a
historical Illustration sometimes a
sly national recrlmlnatlon- urge In
defense OF his own acts. and even OF
the worst barbarltles In his own king
dom. And he says all these things
with perfect calm and self-possesslon:
indeed. as a gentleman who Ia pain
fully misunderstood. His repartees
are, perhaps, the easier to make be-
cause he takes plenty Of time to pre-
pare them. For though undoubtedly
he understands French fairly well. I,
IN contrary to court etiquette that he
should speak In any Language but
Turkish. Everything has to be in
terpreted. And yet now and then the
sultan, when he is taken on bis guard,
utters "Mercl, monsieur" or some
other short word In French, which
shows that his pretended inability to
converse In French Is Ike Dom Pauls
protested Ignorance OF the English Ian
guage.