The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
SIDELIGHTS OF WASHINGTON
OFFICIAL AND OTHERWISE.

present revolution in Turkey. if the word
OF those who have lived long in the
East and have studied the political prob
{ lens Of Turkey can be believed. II is
I true that the Turkish women are kept
] locked away from the world. tsat they
I are supposed TO be entirely ignorant OF
I outside affairs. and that when they take
/ lheir outings. closely and heavily veiled-
| they hardly catch a glimpse Of what is
going on around them. ana Yet there are
1 many prisoners in the harens who are
| asIute politicians In the last twenty
years there has been q revolution in
turkey. Of which no one talks. but which
mas been going as steadily and success
| fully on as the one Of to-day. which has
astonished the world. and which threat
ems 20 lose the Padishah his throne
II Is two decades. perhaps. since the
rlch young Turks began TO travel 70 see
the world. and SO to realize that all was
not WeA in their country On their re
turn home they carried strange. and ac-
Z CURED tastes Turkish drugs and sweet
meats were discarded for French dishes
and ehanlpagnes5 but. more than all. they
missed the beautiful. witty piQua-t
women they had seen in Paris and else
where They demanded that their wives
should be like French women. though
they stil chung 10 the traditions Of The
harem- While they had them instructed
IN arts and letters taught various Jan
guages, and dressed by French dress
makers, they refused stir their wives and
daughters the liberty enjoyed by women
IN Europe They opened the eyes Of the
dolls they had played with who learned
philosophy as well as poetry ard music.
VINO read Schopenhauer. Kant. Carlyle.
Emerson, Spencer, and Naudau in the
originals; who read and understood-un-
derstood so well that the old life was
impossible 10 them. And so the overfed
drUgged. sweetmeat loving odaliscue
passed and in their stead there grew
up a crowd Of eager. intelligent young
women. whose cOntentment had been
taken away from them whose Old gods
were abandoned for new ones. but Who
were Cebarred from putting into prac-
rlce what they had learned. They sat in
the harems and found work for their
active brains They had become imbucd I
with the idea of freedom. Of personal Z
liberty from the philosophers they had /
read. and their foreign governnesses and 1
companions. secretly sympathizing with I
their forl0rn condition urged them On 10 ]
action
Commenced to Plot.
With that feminine subtIety that the
Oriental woman understands 50 well they
low al first the secrets Of their 4
hearts. but their efforts were backed by /
keen logic. knowledge. and common sense. /
The scuffers and unbelievers were first
brought 10 listen. then 10 think. and nnaI-
y 10 accept So slowly as 10 be almost
mpeTceptible- a Ereat change came about
seemingly. the harems were the same as
nHe-~- IA. lr-a
plots were carried on Mothers sacrificed 4
themselves that their daughters might
escape the slavery 20 which they were
born and brothers helped their sisters
10 escape 10 free countries where they
made secret propaganda for the less for
-ulare others The young Turks them
selves turned from the sensuaIity OF I.
larsm life and married foreigners. and
the sultan seeing. realizing. hating. fear
CE. could Go nothing
HaI OF the story OF the present revolt
don, OF the causes that led up 70 il. viii
never be told, but the Turkish women are
partly al the bottom Of IL Under a new
-uier and a constitution. for which they
laVe so nobly fought. they may be grant
d the rights they hope for
Apropos OF Turkey and Islamisr1- Hon
Iinsou smith, after a recent visit TO the
'adlshah's capital, came into the Century
= D.
lounced that what he liked about Turkey
vas MahommedaniSul. and what he liked
bout Mahommeianism was its unity
NOW the Christian religion is divided
nto countless sects.' he said. while the
hurch Of Islam Is a unit"
Reynolds HIT Transferred.
Reynolds Hit. who has recently bea7
transferred from the American Embassy
EG-H-a N :
after capital where he served for sew ]
raj years with Mr. Tower as second sec {
etary- his promotion 10 the post OF ]
irst secretary and his removal 10 Rome Z
occurred some three years ago. His re- J
Urn 20 Berlin is in the nature Of an Z
'ther promotion His next appointment 9
VII be as minister 10 one OF the less i'm
'crtant countries. and so he will climb Z
ne diplomatic ladder until he has earn ]
d an enthusiastically Mr. Hit Is q son =
Z the late Hon Robert R Hit. and 2
oon after taking his degree at Yale. he ?
vas appointed In The diplomatic corps. II
'eing his intention 10 make the study and ,
racttce OF diplomacy his life work Mr. :
iltt IS man Of wealth. Of education :
1lture, which attributes are essential ;
D attain success in the foreign service.
John Garrett who has been acting as ,
econo secretary at Berlin and been pro
1oJed 10 the post in Rome left vacant
= Mr. HITS transfer. is one Of the most :
ronlslng young men in diplomatic cir
les, and If he fellows out his intention
Z remaining in the service. he will r1n-l
oubtedly make an enduring reputation
or himself Mr. Garrett is a grandson
Z that John Garrett under whose cana
lie management the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad VAS converted into the great
ystem Of to-day, and who made the
'ealth which his family is now enjoy
lg. Mr.. CARROTS father was 7 FFa--I
ison Garrett, the handsome and popular
econd son Of John Garrett, who met a !
ragic and untimely death soma twentvi
ears ago. when his yacht coIlided with 2
srger vessel OF the coast OF. New Eng
and
Beauty of ISchI.
Ischl. where King Edward recently -fs-
ed Emperor Joseph, Of Austria, is one
the most beautifully situated resorts in
urope. and yet but little known to the
rdinary traveller, despite the fact that II
the sumner home Of the royal family
Austria This lovely spot is in The
nestled in between tow
ing mountains and girt about by spar
ling lakes. which lie in and out among
le mountains like a great chain OF Jewels
lrelessIy thrown down. some dozen
lies away IS the little village Of St
-olfgang. built upon a lake Of the samel
anne, at the foot Of the great Scharberg
le Of the most difficult mountains to-
imb In that vicinity To St Wclfgangt
.e Emperor makes q pilgrimage tz-o ~