The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20

| VI tdNcS itHpOstu upon them Dy tHe CoH" stantine Turk. While the descendant of
 the ancient Tartar Ioils at east in his fa- vorite cafe. drinking his narcotic and l pufing lazily upon his narghiies. with long, flexible tubes twisted like serpents' coils. or inhaling fragrance with cherry wood stems, the Macedonian, part Greek, part Hebrew, part, in fact, of almost ev- | cry race. tolls in the Eastern sun to keep himself aand family from want. Natur- l ally his spirit in time rebels. Then revo- lution and freedom from the hated do- minion arises in his breast. Secret bands
 are formed and revolution is but se- | quence. These minor revolutions have
 taught the Macedonian the value of or
 ganization and the revolution of today is | being operated on an organized scale Greatest Dread Moslem Revolt.
 But there Is still a amore potent factor
 behind the revolutionary spirit of the I Macedonian. While the Sultan fears a revolution of the Christian element of his people, what he dreads far worse Is a revolt among those of his own creed, the Moslem. Should the latter occur his power would be instantly gone and his own life would be the forfeit. In much the same way that Russia permits the overflow passions of her native peas antry to cool off by occasionally permit ting a slaughter of Jews. so the Sultan to keep his wild and savage soldiery and disciples of Allah in check allows them to prey unhindered upon the Christians.
 The Sultan cheats the government by his autocratic and high-handed use of power and wealth, his officials cheat the valis or Governors, and the Governors cheat the Christian dogs" So the cor ruption extends througnout the entire ramifications of the government. This practice leads to the frequent wiping out of Macedonian village. The fighting men are killed or put to flight. the wom- en dishonored. or carried off, if of sufh- cient beauty, to be sold as adornments of the harems of wealthy Pashas. children's brains are dashed out against the door sills of their homes. When a sufficiently large slaughter occurs to be known as a massacre the Powers protest to the Sui- tan, who orders an investigation. The Governor of the vilayet reports that the assassins are unknown and the Sultan makes promises of reforms, and the af- fair is repeated at the next opportune moment. -.
 How Revolts are Fostered. -,s
 Such savagery as this makes fighting demons of men formerly living placid and peaceful lives. Families and homes gone, there is nothing else thought of but re- venge. So revolutions are fostered against the Tartar.
 It Is an old saw that the Turk Is mild fin nature when not cutting off heads. The Tartar is sleeping in him. Accus- toned to a life of incidence and ease, si- lent, sphynx-like, imperturbabie-when fully aroused. he is the barbarian of the ancient days. Then 1t is that his fanati- eism. born of the teachings of Moham- med. crops 'out. Death is not only not feared. but courted. To kill ''GhristiaM hOfrf' fa rv50 ha Nfa >f fnd al adds to his own luster in the Moslem heaven.
 Thus it Is that the Turk has won his sObriquet 'unspeakable." His cruelties are uneQualled the world around. Feroci- ty is the only word approaching a de- scription of his temper. Fires of hatred and passion. untamed for ages. but mere- ly held In check, are ever ready to glow to white heat. Such is the contestant the patient, peace-loying Armenian. the ann bilious Bulgarian, the warlike MRcedon- Ian has to combat. In, this respect the Turks position relative to his sleishborsS upon earth might be stated. The Turk tofi crates the Armenian. despises the Jew. hates the Greek and distrusts the Euro pean. All of the Christian faith he regards as enemies fit only for annhilation.
 Unborn Racial Hatred.
 
 the Turk that his enemies, excepting those residing outside his real.l. are, when aroused, fully as bloodthirsRy. There can be no denying that atrocities fully as bad as any ever perpetrated by the most sav- age Kurd have been committed by the BuIgarians, or to use the more general term. Macedonian. The motive, how Of the Turk 1t is inborn racial hatred; In that of the Macedonian It is revenge for cruelties already suffered. Many among the revolutionists now in the field have seen their homes suddenly burned. wives and daughters violated before their very eyes, their children brutally slain and to end the tragedy have helplessly witnessed the fairest of their women driven away captive to be sold into the bondage of the harem forever and those remaining maimed or killed outright. It is but natur- al, therefore, that men thus wronged take revenge on their enemies in a manner equally cruel.
 Women Merely a Plaything. Of the social life between men and wo- men as it is known in America and in European countries the Turk knows or feels comparatively nothing. This is due entirely to the harem and its vile infu- ence. Polygamy with its debasing effects has so depraved the Turkish mind that little Is left of the softer ideals. Ills Vile or wives are little more to him than baubles created solely to satisfy his sen sual cravings. Woman in his eyes is made solely for his pleasure. not compan- ionship. Held down as she is, but with few exceptions, the inmate of the Turkish harem is little more than mere child, vhoce sole aim in life IS to win tho smile of her master. Love is excluded, literl- ture is the privilege of the few, science mere atom; politics is reduced to question of names. business occupies but a small part of the day. The Turk looks on while changes are ordered and are taking place about him; takes from the European what may be useful to himself, accepts innovations whose material ad- vantage he recognizes as immediate; hears without winking the lessons of clv- ilization that are given him, allows him self to he improved, embelished and made to wear a mask; but within he is immu- tably, invncibly the same Only the shell is changed the kernel remains unbroken. Sultan and subjects, one and all, are alike The only difference Is in degree of state. The poor man has but one wife by necessity; the Sultan a thousand by his wealth.
 Army Reflex of Corruption.
 Quite naturally the army 1t but the re- flex of these unciviliZed, corrupt condi- tions The soldiers, accustomed to being cheated out of their pay do not hesitate to steal and pillage. To the victor belongs the spells, both in warfare and in poll tics. Were it not for the Turkish soldiers bravery. his fanaticism fin battle. his de- light in carnage, the entire army could be easily overwhelmed As it is, however, 1t is a fighting force of no mean power. Disrinlina Is 1pcidedlV A lacking quantity