The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-16

by reporting as many people as traitors as
he can.
''The whole world was stirred up over
the Dreyfus case, but there are Dreyfus
cases every day in Turkey, and no one
ever hears of them.
''The spies of the sultan are every
where in Turkey. You might say that
the population is in two parts, those who
are spies, and those who are not, and
as soon as three or four suspected people
are seen talking together, instantly they
are reported, and when night comes,
likely as not, they disappear forever.
'"The imperial palace the Yildiz TEiosh
is guarded all the time by from 10000
to 10000 soldiers, and it would be next to
impossible to get a hundred people to-
gether to make an attack.
mo, there is no plot to kill the sultan.
He will die quickly without being assas-
sinated. He is i'll with a nameless dis
ease that will kill him soon.
"Then they will attempt to raise some
one else, perhaps the sultan's younger
brother, Rechad Effendi, to the throne.
Then will be the time to place Murad
there.
"a popular rising in Turkey is almost
impossible. All the people hate the pres
ent sultan, who is depressing them and
y
rad the real sultan, who is imprisoned
for his martyrdom.
1.-THE sultan is an early riser. He gets
up winter and summer between 4;3O and
a. M, and, covering himself with an
entari-a long, flowing silken robe-pro-
ceeds in black leather slippers to his
bathroom. A few additions in cold water
suffice him and after exercising a little
he passes into his study, where he drinks
of Il In, I,ir
presence. He then lights the first of the
innumerable cigarettes which he will
smoke without interruption until he goes
to bed, and all of which he has made be-
fore him, for fear of poison.
He devotes the early part of the day to
official work, and later on, during mo-
ments of leisure, proceeds to the harem.
where he takes a glass of raki, while
melodious voice sings a slow oriental
romance TO him. More often however, he
shuts himself up in his workshop, where
he busies himself with clock-making.
ceramics, painting and even chemical
analysis, for, cautious monarch that he
is he has taken care to render himself
competent to examine any foods or bev-
erages that may be under suspicion. He
was an excellent carpenter in his youth,
and now that he is fifty-nine years Of age
very frail body and growing daily more
y
exercises and outdoor amusements.
He is seldom out of doors, and when
ever he goes about the palace gardens,
either in his carriage or in his automo-
bile, is hedged on every side with guards.
1T is the same when he goes to the
Mosque on Fridays. 1t IS only across a
court Of the Yildiz Kiosk, but even then
the approaches from every side are closed
by files of soldiers Strangers used to be
a.;
formality, but since the murder of King
Humbert every visitor must be provided
with a pass signed by one Of the am
bassadors.
Sometimes the sultan disappears abso-
lutely and no one knows where he is
having taken up his dwelling in one Of the
secret rooms in the palace of which he
alone knows the location.
There are, of course, a few persons
whom he trusts absolutely and is justi-
fed in doing so; for they have abetted
him in so many villanies that, should
any other take his place. they would
lose their positions promptly and most
likely their heads as WELL for they are
hated almost as vehemently as the sui
tan himself.
But all these people are enemies Of
each other, and the sultan takes care
that they are So continually pitting one
OF them dSdlHSl the OlHST- OOIncllIIleSs
however, in a sudden fit of fear. he will
send even these trusted servants away
from him and recall them when he feels
more secure"
Abdul Hamid always eats alone, TAX
ing his meals in private. He disregards
the Prophets injunction, and Is not
averse to a glass Of brandy or cham
payne. The sultan suffers much from
stomach troubles. He is moderate. how
ever, in both eating and driking out of
respect for his rapidly failing health.
His cook Is one Of the few old servants
he trusts, but all his dishes are sealed
with papers and wax, and he has not
only slave who tastes each dish, but
cats and a hound as well, to which he
losses portions Of each Wand before par
taking himself
Abdul Hamid goes to bed late and sleeps
little, and is ever in fear of nightmare.
Darkness terrifies him so that he has his
palace illuminated till dawn. An attend
ant reads him to sleep choosing by royal
order only the lightest of blood-and-t hun-
der literature.