Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-10-18
SULTAN AND TIE JEWS
ABDUL HAMID BESTOWS HIGH
HONORs ON HEBREWS.
Before His Reign no Jew had Attained
the Rank of Pasha: Now Five Jew
ish Doctors Possess that Title
They Have Offices OF Trust In the
Civil Service and the Chief Rabbis
are Granted Regular Salaries
Jews I'm the Turk o-Greek War.

The twenty-fifth anniversary OF the
reign of the Sultan Of Turkey has just
been celebrated, and by no community
with greater zeal and gratitude than
Jewish. The Constantinople correspon-
dent of the London Jewish Chronicle Of
August 31st gives convincing proofs Of
the Sultan's just and kindly spirit:
Before the present Sultan ascended
the throne no Jew had attained the
rank Of pasha, which is equal to that Of
general. The first among our co-relig-
ionists to receive this high distinction
was DR.. Elias Cohen, who has the rank
Of vice admiral. Following the exam
pie of his predecessor the Sultan has
attached a Jewish doctor to his per
son. This post is held by DR.. Elias Co
hen Pasha. At present there are five
Jewish doctors possessing the title OF
paSha, who are in the service Of the
army and navy. They are: Dr.. Elias
Cohen Pasha, physician Of the naval
hospital; DR.. Isaac MOlhO Pasha, In
spector general Of the imperial fleet;
DR.. Jacques Nissim Pasha, chief sur
geon Of military hospital at SalOnica;
DR.. Isaac EadjeZ PaSha, physician Of
the medical hospital at Smyrna; and
DIR. Isaac Hadjtz pagha, physician Of
military council of the prefecture Of
ConStantinOplc. In the civil service no
Jew had before the time Of Abdul
Hamid II. obtained the rank of Bala,
which is equivalent to the grade Of
general of division in the army. AT
present two Jews hold this rank, viz:
His Excellency DaOud Effendi MOlho.
first dragOman OF the imperial dIVan,
and Aaron Effendi de Leon, the princi-
pal jeWeller to the palace. Lieutenant
Colonel Noise Bey DalmedicO (descen-
dant of the celebrated mathematician
Of Candia) is first dra agOman of the
minister Of marine There are also
colonel, two observation-disclosures, seven
or eight majors, and fifteen captains.
All of them doctors in the service OF
both branches of the imperial forces
In 1886 a riot against the Jews was
committed by the Greeks and Armen-
ians at Kadi one of the most i'm
portant faubourgS of COnstantinOpie.
His Majesty ordered that rigorous pro-
ceedings should be taken against the
ringleaders, and on this occasion he ex-
pressed 10 Dr. EliC.z Conen Pasha his
friendly feelings toward the oppressed
Jews.
The present Sultan was the first
Turkish sovereign to grant regular sal
aries to chief rabbiS of Turkey, thereby
giving them the status of officials or
I the SldlS INeIS SSdI, c1L L ehSoOHSA' AAA0
imperial majesty sends 5000 francs to
the chief rabbi for distribution among
poor Jews in this city who have not
the means WhereWith to buy MatZoth
About ten years ago Abdul Hamid
conceived the idea of giving his Jewish
subjects proof of his confidence and OF
his belief in their loyalty by admitting
them into the actual service of the
army. His Majesty sent for the chief
HI IN, 0C1n 70 a CI him
Jewish religion forbade Jews to serve
in the army Naturally the chief rabbi
replied that Judaism required its 1Ol-
lowers to pay every tribute to the
State, including the tribute Of blood. At
his audience the Sultan Informed the
chief rabbi that he would be very gIad
If the number Of Jewish functiOnaries
In the employ of the State could be in
creased. The project was not put into
execution. No reason was given, but it
can be easily guessed. Only Moham-
medans are allowed to serve In the
| army, and if the Sultan had admitted
| the Jews a demand might have been
| made that he should similarly treat
other -Mohammedan subjects, in
whom, perhaps, he has not the same
| confidence.
During the Turko-Greek war the
| Jews gave striking proofs Of their pat
| riCtism A large number of young
men enrolled themselves as volunteers,
and large sums were subscribed Dy
Jewish notables for the army. His I'M
perial Majesty gave expression to his
| great satisfaction by addressing an i'm
| perial rescript to NJ. Noise Levy, the
chief rabbi of Turkey
| To-day, thanks to the goodwin OF
| the Sultan, the access Of the Jews 10
| the different departments of the state
| is less difficult than was formerly the
case The council Of State has Jew
| ish member, His EXcellency Boho1
| Cffendi EsIzenasy. The number or Jews
In the diplomatic service has largely
increased. There are about hfteen
ehancellors, consuls and vice-consuls
representing Turkey abroad, and a,
| home Q few Jews are at the head OF
provincial governments, notably Jo-
seph Effendi Krieger.
| During the past few months the Sui
| tan has given one more proof OF MS
| lively sympathy for our prosecuted
brethren in Roumania, by sanction1ne
their settlement in Asia Minor anc
! granting them land and rellet II
money.