The Holt County sentinel., 1906-01-26
SULTAN'S GOVERNMENT.
swayed by a Religion That Is Warp
ing and Forbids Any
Progress.

At COnStantinOple We made our first
acquaintance with the Turk. usually
called the unspeakaDle." He is slow.
procrastinating. and as governmen;
disinciined TO move. and all this IS
perfectly natural. says the Chicago
Advance His religion fOrbidS prog
ress. 1t does not recognize the rights
of man as man upon which all prog
ress rests Besides. il is fataliStic:
and things can happen in Gods way
regardless of hurry or railways or
modern facilities. Still more. every
Turkish official is surrounded by spies
eager to earn their pay by reporting
wrons sdoing and any new departure is
easily represented as criminal
Ii took us over an hour to set
through the custom house. This was
partl? due Ia exceptional circum-
stan 'es. 4 few weeks ago. when
Bomb was thrown at the sultan. one al
The accused was found 10 be an Ar
menian just from Ann rlca. Soon after
after another American Armenian
stabbed IA merchant III the city for
refusing money tor r,,..iHii"nH'>
fdnd The result was lhLi A'%"rlra..
were feared rs men ot dynamite. and
our haSSa%c WAS searched io the bot
,om. Two OF three hooks were hand
rd over iu II SpCviaI censor Ia r"Nd.
Even my wli2's inrunal WAS carefully
.rar thrnu2h. ana her rummcd in pie
urrS al William Tell aud Augustus.
with Cup,ds holdin" him hN the lee.
we're =, ,rrrI, scanned. rhr Turks are
s!..tiI ut Euok& ~ we'll aS oi l"mls,
or al i S,a$c they Il" ia" same work.
VI, trln II one book IN mechanics
rric,nrd because /, Spukr al something
maEin% ",n revolutions IN II minui",
RAD at "A chemistry rnt-oul because III.
q. IN IL WAS REGARDED aS "ilomio II.
| IL uo good.
,wlcdgc and liberty 80 together
and the sultan Is ihr uradly toe ni l3
rriy. lie has absorbed in himself IN"
pow ni the rIhiurl Ills ministers
are anl, his clerks and messengers.
All ucw laws are his dccrr"S. 81 II
| is no wonder that ii ,akcs two or three
years for business Ia reach d"'i-
| sion H., lives In a palace surrounded
| Ia, ,,l utI,tr1~ with
| with;a the grounds. Tie refuses to ="
| into old STEAMBOAT. even once year
| for Worship. as his predecessors did.
| He has a guard about him by night
which is paid $3.50 In gold every morn
| ing II H. said the only men in the
| empire who are promptly and fully
paid are the officials near the throne
| i'm he capitol Since the last bomb
| thro N:nc the sultan lS being walled
up more than before. and the public
! will gee him no more going TO his
mosque on Fridays. How long Tur-
| key can stand is a question; fall IL
| must some time. for ,t is an impossible
system i'm the twcntiih century. |
have been told that Macedonia is ripe
for separation. and 'ha, within ten
| wears il is expected io become part OF
Bulgaria. Austria and Greece. accord
| ing TO the people in different sectors
of it. \ ruler that will not allow a
| telephone in his dOminiOns. nor ctNe
for iefe.rams: who has in his capital
| English. French. German and Aus
trian post offices. because people DO
not trust the government Offices: whose
mother was an Armenian. and yet
who murders Armenians till he has
made all that survive his deadly foes;
who cannot allow guns to be fired an
noun2ing fires till a telegram Is sent
TO The rolice to explain what the shots
signify: who has his brother heir TO
the throne. kept prisoner in pai-
ace reside his own. and who lives in
terror and suspicion. opposing. like
a Moslem pope. all new light and life.
| and breeding corruption and veEa!isy
| in all about him-surh a ruler seems
!