Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23

the streets.
Kiamil Pasha i'm an interview with NJ.
Jean Rodes. the correspondent OF the
Temps. the same who dis
kiam1ls tinguished himself by his
u;.u. recent correspondence about
Portuguese affairs. said:
Il am sure that peace and order will
be maintained due to the aid of European
nations. Until now We were abandoned
because our conduct was not correct We
thus lost the support of nations which
should have taken an interest In us. We
hope to acquire that of France and Eng
land and Austria. We have that OF Ger
many, which has not been very useful to
US up to this time!"
The Depeche d'Orient contains an in
teresting passage from the speech from
the throne of Abdul Hamid on the 10Th
March, 1877 at the opening OF the pass
ing parliament of that time. Abdul Hamid
said:
You know that the development OF the
grandeur and the force of nations as of
peoples is built upon justice. Ny object
being to persevere in the path of main
tanning and defending our rights and our
independence, in no case Will L deviate
therefrom in any Interior acts. Time Will
prove to all the loyalty and the purity of
my intentions.
The Young Turks will maintain that
Abdul Hamid has not only deviated from
the path he proposed to follow. but time
has proven him false to all his pledges TO
his people, and for this they d!strust him
now i'm the most vital moment of his
reign.
1t has been said that Turkey has twice
before attempted to establish constltu-
tional government. in 1855 and In 1876
the first on July %. 1908. revolution
which. was essentially military. When
Napoleon was informed of the brusGue
elevation Of Mohammed II to the throne
he was alarmed and said: THAT violent
affair on the Bosphorus may complfcate
our matters with Russia
The first effect of the present revolution
In Turkey has been to adjourn indefinitely
the program of reforms in Macedonia pro-
posed by England and Russia.
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The re-esta blishment of the constitution
of 1876 as concession to the Young Turk
party has produced a COM
V1layets. parative calm in all the villa
ou;.+ vets. The Bulgarian, Serv-
ian and Greek bands have
signiied their intention of cooperating
with the revolutionary movement, and
almost Immediately it was reported that
bands agsregating a total of 700 members
had surrendered their arms and frater-
nized with their former rivals.
Gen. Izzet Fuad Pasha, formerly Turk
ish minister to Madrid. who was recalled
pretended promotion. but who was
| marked for assassination, has written to
the editor Of the Figaro:
"Hodjas, priests and dervisbes pellmell
with Turks. Albanians. Greeks. and Ar
menians meet and embrace. They kiss
each other, shake hands. All are united
in the presence of a revolution as
much hoped for by one as by the other"
Nor is this universal joy confined to
men; the fair sex also have a most i'm
portant part. Attention o women of Bos-
ton and Denver. that you may know that
your freedom Of speech and vote is not
greater, nay, not SO great. as that Of the
gloriously beautiful women of Salonika.
Young Turk party on the place de la
Iiberte" at Salonika. a young Turkish
| woman. by name Emine Semie Hanum,
delivered impromptu the following i'm
passioned ADDRESS to her sex:
Learn the happy news. Liberty, who
has been gagged since more than thirty
years. who laid in gaols in the person Of
those who had dared speak out, has been
saved. snatched from the dungeon by the
holy Ottoman League of Union and Prog
ress. This stroke permits US finally to
raise our head and look each other in the
face.
"It is said in the Koran that we should
seek to learn and instruct ourselves from
the cradle to the grave. Turkish women
who put in practice this sacred verse COM
prehend today all the magic Of the word
liberty which they should cherish tender
ly. Without abandoning the sacred viz
tues which should be all those that Islam
| recommends to be observed by the COM
panions of men, We join our joy to that
of the people and place our hearts In uni
son.
I'VE have" continued the speaker. IAN
| imperious duty to accomplish in this SOL
emn moment First from the very bottom
of our hearts we should felicitate the mem
bers of the Ottoman committee Of union
and progress. Let us cry with our whole
SOUL Long live the committee! Second,
we curse the memory of the spies who
followed the valiant liberators of our ter
ritory, Unable to thank all these, we per-
sonify them in their most respect able
and admirable member, Maniassi Zadi
Refik Bey. whose hand we shake with re-
spectful effusion. Let us all cry, Long
live Refik Bey! Long live the committed!
Long live liberty!"
A telegram from Smyrna reports that
touching military manifestation took
place before the house of
Midhat's the widow of Midhat
~ Pasha, where 100 officers
solemnly swore to die if
necessary to defend the constitution,
which was due to Midhat.
The State Department is advised of a
monster mass-meeting and torchlight pro-
| cession which took place i'm Smyrna July
30 TO celebrate the new regime. There
were 10000 people in line Of all races
| and religions, and absolute order was
maintained
Mr. Jean Rodes, in writing of the scenes
in the streets Of Constantinople, says: "A
remarkable thing about this effervescence,
and which constitutes the best proof that
the Ottomans are worthy of their indie
pendence. is that this population has not
committed a single act of regrettable ex-
cess which its long suffering might have
explained. Their gentleness and. let las
say the word. their righteousness. are
i extremely touching"
There are some dark clouds which may
| trouble the political situation. NJ. Rodes
| aIludes to the Ottomans belonging to the
| official class who have rallied to the liber-
| Tunfounoun. There are other new ones
| springipg up like mushrooms in the night.
| the Ikdamet, the Seba and the Tamin.
The Persians and the Egyptians have
| responded promptly, as we had no doubt
| they would, to the message from Constan-
tinople. A delegation from Egypt is en-
route to London to confer with English
| liberals i'm order that England. adhering
| to the demands for an Egyptian constitu-
| ton and parliament, may finally nix a
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