Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-18

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Monastir, afford splendid ground for
cattle raising and for agriculture. Her
people, hardy race, have made good
use of them. Mutually they rebel
against the ever-increasing burden Of
taxes imposed upon them by the Con-
stantine Turk. While the descendant
Of the ancient Tartar lolls at ease In
his favorite cafe, drinking his mar
cotic and putting lazily upon his
narghiles, with long, flexible tubes,
twisted like serpents' coils, or inhaling
fragrance from the chibouks Of earth
enware with cherrywood stems, the
Macedonian, part Greek, part Hebrew,
part, in fact, of almost every race, tolls
in the eastern sun to keep himself and
family from want. Naturally his spir-
it in time rebels. Then revolution and
freedom from the hated dominion
arises in his breast Secret bands are
formed. and revolution Is but a Sc
quence. These minor revolutions
have taught the Macedonian the value
of organization and the revolution OF
today is being operated on an organi-
zed scale.
Greatest Dread Moslem Revolt.
But there is still more potent factor
behind the revolutionary spirit Of the
Macedonian. While the sultan fears a
revolution of the Christian element Of
his people; what he breads far worse Is
a revolt among those Of his own creed,
the Moslems. 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 per-
mits the overflow passions Of her ma
tive peasantry to cool off by OCCASION
ally permitting a slaughter Of ews, 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 wallis or governors, and the gov
ernors cheat the christian dogs" So
the corruption extends throughout the
entire ramifications of the government.
This practice leads to the frequent
wiping out Of a Macedonian village.
The fighting men are killed or put to
flight, the women dishonored, or car
ried off, if Of sufficient beauty, to be
sold as adornments Of the harems Of
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dashed out against the doors sills Of
their homes. When sufficiently large
slaughter occurs to be known as a
massacre the powers protest to the
sultan, who orders an investigation.
The governor of the vilayet reports
that the assassins are unknown and
the sultan makes promises Of reforms,
and the affair Is repeated at the next
opportune moment
How RevoIts Arc Fostered.
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 revenge. So revolutions
are fostered against the Tartar.
1t Is an old saw that the Turk Is
mild in nature WIN not cutting off
heads. The Tartar is sleeping in him.
Accustomed to a life Of Incidence and
ease, silent. sphynx-like, imperturbable
when fully aroused he Is the bar
barian of the ancient days. Then 1t Is
that his fanaticism, born of the teach
ings Of Mohammed, crops out. Death
is not only not feared, but courted. To
kill Christian dog" Is glory. The life
of every infidel adds to his own lustre
In the Moslem heaven.
Thus it Is that the Turk has won his
sobriquet "unspeakable." His cruel
ties are unequalled the world around.
Ferocity is the only word approaching
a description Of his temper. Fires of
hatred and passion, untamed for ages,
but merely held In check, are ever
ready to glow to white heat. Such Is
the contestant the patient, peace-loving
Armenian. the ambitious Bulgarian.
the warlike Macedonian has to COM
bat. In this respect the Turks position
relative to his neighbors upon earth
might be stated. The Turk tolerates
the Armenian. despises the Jew, hates
the Greek and distrusts the European.
All of the Christian faith he regards as
enemies fit only for annihilation.
Unborn Racial Hatred.
On the other hand it should be said
for the Turk that his enemies, except
ing those residing outside his realm,
are. when aroused. fully as blood
thirsty There can be no denying that
atrocities fully as bad as any ever per-.
petrated by the most savage Kurd
have been committed by the Bulga-
rians, or to use the more general term,
Macedonians. The motive, however, is
entirely different. In the case Of the
Turk it 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 manned
or killed outright. 1t Is but natural
therefore, that men thus wronged take
revenge on their enemies in a manner
equally cruel.
Women Merely Plaything.
OF the social life between men and
women as ii Is known In America and