The sun., 1901-02-24
TURKEYS GLOOMY RULER.
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bs'I ~ .srI o. Iur.tiar' ripre ~ 'ffaf
~ tho WA, kiHss lio vpa up ~ the tious
NJ nIs teurrnu.r. eh."f ,loth NJ the etr'.
mont tpr ~ tho tutpHr Foreign n-co
n" bn0|ys 'rtu.. ~ voll rs sps man uvirs
vbn dntr 'sIl vNu' hr tuows tho pel sulttn
.Nhlul tho ramned o. 1ro'c he Fndi.h
l-,a' ari he sr"rt' virl ffs~dom which
n sswrsoi in turkey -.uld rtshahy resrlt
IN MI. ahtfpt and Hnsl DISAPPEARANCE
Nhiu q. neI'ber demon ssosr@d from
the pit saws he nor A. angel ~ lisht and
mrt,y No ls Iu't AZ last'tn ds.po, .pr.
rounded hv Eastern oour'sllprs Tose'hnr
they govern much s' the caliph. ~ the trs-
blan Nisht. did that Is 10 say. with no sense
~ the tich's ~ he people ~ ~ the ssnc'itv
~ human ne whom II stands In tho way ~
thet will Thev prefer 70 DO good. ~ long
~ thcre ia ~ state reason W dy nsstio neoss-
sity 'or doing harm
Al the crimes ~ which tho Sultan hss bssn
accused are 20 his mind only an uhples ant
nr,"ss'ty Of the art ~ governing the ERs.
slys VI ,rsytopoulo Abdul Hnmid gov
errs iu his own way, ~" only way Ia
knows. the wav ~ VI lhomot ard of all the
O-7oman rulers vino followed him.
Tho reforming Sutan. Mlrsd. whom
Abdul Hsmid replaced. would have hsen q
constant and most serious menace IA the
peace ~ the State Abdul kosps him forever
imp risoned. or as some say. has had him
secretly assaasins'ed and his body thrown
from tho bridge ~ Galata 20 aoat swav down
the deep. dark flowing BpSphorus The Ar
m"u'ars wer" 'nrhuI"nt, nnh"lieving' IN Tact
general" Nuisance 80 h" did not mind the
kurds killing them Ike sheep and hl4 own
Janisslrc- helping the murderer.
p,,I 81. ,,.,,,,o li,, ,,,,.,,,uy y,
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who consrire 20 alter IN" condition u things
In tho Guvcrrueut re hv that very fact
d,,,o,. - 80. country 81, ts u bolv and
Wh"l"+o'n" W'ush' " nave 'u'ih tt1pp"h
or poisoned and funs {" 'he sharks before
th.v en- do harm rhos, arc Ia. ideas
,hat ,n.,,,r ,ha sta, 10 bi,r.alf And thev
'hat lHs'hF '' o'l'an w H''i'-''l M" '"e'
do not prevent him from showing most
par,do,ical tenderness Of heart in affairs
- h,. r,I,,,,.I ,,oo. .,.d ,. nsr.onaI
safety are not Involved
For instance this terrible potentats before
whom las most trusted minister. tremble +,
often. says Mr. Argyrop"nI". moved I" tears
hv some piteous letter from a peasant Of the
tar ,r,.r,or who's. vine ,ror, bs. been bla ted
"a ,''' -, -
and who has hired the village scrib" II re"onns
his misfortune to the King, Lord Protector
o' the tathtnI ohd Dong mana ot AIeh
Ana the Dong mana doea Inc gt'm
,I,,t,, -, $40 ,a,i,,o,or sords ,rda,s ,h,,
- "' ''
The man shaII NJ Ie'ie'ed' HShtoh'hs VI"
sum to bo given II is estimated that tho
Sultan sncnds IN this way som. 400 900 from
N''' ~ '''' 80 ~ '
his private pu-s" yearly lie contributes
also large sums every year to hospitals and
~. ',,'',',s,..',o,,.a a,', So
ahl 'cWs ~ instant nol"e ana SihFlha
former sultan OF luh"y, ny the way, -ent a
shipi"ad Of wheat and hs, to Ireland in ls''.
'ni ' I.', iHnnis i,t's ana attendont. also Abdul
Ia very gchetou, wh"h ne uoeS not thNik theN
are hanke'in ini I" n's",1lnate Iiim II that
idea SetN mt ms nlnd th"y arc llke!y 10 ifop
ogt un"n,ra.,eIg rom ihH wSr,d; & hMt 3'her 70
spet. directly, he presses !eseI-. money.
hohpr- ana klhu wotus upon them whenever
I'm pnnta,jnh t,.''hs, 'rn,, n,, ,,,,,,o,,r .,
the KIND IN the warid ~ ,he man whose dnv
II is TO taste ali ne tood set on He sultan :
tahi" lie receives INC sslhry OF Canlhet
Minister and ia kept in good humor by, velu-
able presents. rings l"Welri dnd priceless
snks from the disroeal OF which he may
treble his revenues Ot course that - not
part @ As he lives, in abject. daily fear Of
n'-aSsinauon' ne mas an interest," n i'elns
It would obviously he quite easy for THIS
d'gni'1ry TO ahs"rb an uhrph'anina'"i
= rOulll CdTeIhPE NdIhft 'l a uIhN anu
allow hls mh-'"r !" sW'a'9W cheer 'Il
substantial and eNectN" dose OF arsenic
in the re.'
The Rod Sultan's daily dread Of violent
death i Wll-. 'f"d cor n M Ih'" IN Ihth"N.
This Greek declare" thnt N" miserable mon
arcl's lrnu has finally turr"d through !car.
The sultan, according 10 him, l. really IL
sane a victim OF ".dal mania which
pcrpetually incltes him tu deeds u blood
lie IA certainly tho U".' melancholy of
rulers No one has ever seen him smile
since he frat mounted h. d"I usod Lro'l"r's
throne His eycs ~" H! ways 'uil oi brood
ing sadnes- Almost ~" only cUCs"ment
ho allnws himself i 80 ~ IN darf"n"d room
of tie Nndiy X io-k, smoking cigarettes for
hours at 4 tur. UhiIc atar oN al the extreme
end Of tho apartment couple of singers
chant in tho gloom some Of those lone mo-
rntnuou- Turkish ~uuss whose strange ca
ds,'rs riso ana f1ll With hyrnO,ic effect
IN. .Iflrrs ll,c oit.n tlOacit they heard
h,n so,Iiny 10 himself In tho intervals - the
lin. Whcu ha gives the signal and tho
u,It. ava frrnrl NJ, Lia cvoS are seen 20 la
.L.ring Tho st.rs N hia slllpw face an | he
rc,i,.s IA lis rriv8ta aIsrtmsu' with the tot
,ari,y .t.p. - A man plunsed in "A dream.
II - .,r,nyo plaasiIra
,'orn norm ual taste exhibited Nv tho silent
| hrCoding j., Ilsulah Is tie love Of flowers. II
is tbs "righ,e.t side ~ li- nature. Hc has
a r,l-.ion Tor roses, as indeed most Orient ais
"a Frnrv room and ,urri dor 81 - Iryat"
~" a., ,,,.,.,.,. at 80 ynlly E.s.E l. filed with
sWn,arL 80 ,,cca in fll' Inn,o NJ all srnsor-
- ,i' ArI when he sultan gives
ordio,os iI ,r,,hrss.i.r 0r other die'in-
-. .., .,.z.' IL, - ID, ,,,,,,.l,, I olage pt tho