Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-24
Place Where Foreign ENJOYS Live
As Upon a Veritable
Volcano.
ARE CONSTANTLY ApPREHENSIVE
This is Expressed in the Elaborate
Protection of Their Official
Residences.

Special Correspondence.
Constantinople, oct l0.-The recent
landing of marines to protect the Con-
stantnople embassies of the European
powers emphasizes the state of con-
slant apprehension in which diplomats
stationed in the Turkish capital live
Twice before this gunboats have been
called upon to land men to insure the
safety of the foreign ENJOYS, the first
time during the massacre Of Greeks at
Phanar, Old ConstantInople, and again
during the Armenian massacres IN Con-
stantInople itself. But it is not only
when such crises as these arrive that
fear invades the palaces of the ann
bassadors There is a vital undercur-
rent of distrust which balls, receptions,
formal and informal entertainments,
cannot drive IRON the thoughts of the
ENJOYS and their stalfs, At any mo-
ment another Pekin tragedy may occur.
This Is the feeling which has existed
for years IN diplomatic circles ana
which expresses itself In the elaborate
precautions with which each embassy
is surrounded Every one OF them Is
protected by u high stone wall and n
heavy iron fence, while on either side
of the massive entrance gates stands
| an armed guard Inside the embassy
each legation has its own military force
| of Montenegrins or Bulgarans, armed
| to the teeth. and at times of especial
| unrest like the present strong de-
| tachment of Turkish regulars is posted
before the different diplomatic resi-
| dences.
Besides this. most Of the powers keep
gunboats within easy call, The United
| states, having no permanent residence
| TO protect, has hitherto dispensed with
| n regularly attached war ship, relying
on the military guard and the cable.
| Just now, however. the United States
has larger naval force In Turkish
waters than has any other power.
II Ia said that IN his earlier years
Abdul Hamid was student OF the life
of Napoleon, that he dreamed dreams
and saw visions, none of which was
ever realized. But one OF the emper-
or's notices remains with him, divide
and YOU win conquer" so when the
ambassadors come TO see him the sui
tan receives them with unVarying po-
likeness, tells them unendng oriental
lies and finally does about as he
pleases.
Nearly all the European ambassadors
| IN Turkey nave tnell permanent resi-
denoes along the Grande Rue de Pera,
IN the European quarter OF CONSTANT
nople, on the northeast side OF the Gold
en- Horn.
The social life Of the diplomatic cir
Gle In Constantinople Is not essentially
| different from that OF the ambassn-
| dorial colony OF other capitals except
that the foreigners have TO depend
more upon one another for their enter
| talnment
The peculiar life OF the Yildiz palace.
| due TO the sultan's morbid fears, pre-
/ cudes any elaborate court festivities.
| The time was when the concerts, han
quets aud theatrical performances giv-
on by the sultan were conspicuous fea-
lures OF the social season, but these
entertainments have been almost en-
tirely abandoned. Among themselves
the ambassadors maintain the forms OF
social intercourse 10 which they have
been accustomed at other posts, The
cosmopolitan character Of the foreign
element here, outside Of the diplomatic
circle, as well as the proyerbial urban.