The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-04
SULTAN OF TURKEY How He Murdered an Innocent Girl of His Harem by
 Shooting Her.
HIS VERY MANY DECEITS
Loves to Have Detailed Accounts of Assasslnatons and All Kinds of
 Varied Executions,

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 Tn the American Magazine there ap- pears remarkable article on tho sul- tan of Turkey 1t is a record of per sonal observations and of private knowledge, It gives the reader such q picture of the cruel and absolute rule Of the sultan as has never before ap- peared, When one has read this arti- Gle one can understand why the young Turks (the lberals) have risen up in their might and demanded reforms,
 Nicholas c. Adossides the author of the article, was for some years m attache of the Turkish Foreign Ofl'ca He present his own Impressions of tho Sultan, his government, the palace officials and the political system of the Ottoman Empire He Is the youngest son of the latest AdossIdes Pasha, Greek of Byaanttum, who for forty-six years was a high official under four Sultans, being successively governor of Crete prince of samos, minister of interior, imperial commissioner of Roumania, and envoy extraordinary to the Dalmation provinces, Adossides Pasha, because of his liberal views, be- came person non grata with Abdul Hamld, and he and his family were subjected to espionage for several years. On his return from the Island of Sa- mos, his last position. he fell in dis grace with his autocratiC and unscrup- ulous master Ills son, the author of this article, was at the time of his con- nection with the foreign office forced to flee because of his liberal tendencies In Paris and in London he has appear ed both on the platform and In the press as a champion of Turkish free dem The article was written Just be- fore the recent enforced proclamation hy the sultan of the restoration of the constitution.
 Following is one of the numerous interesting passages:
 "The sultan is full of disslmulated obstinacy, and only yields to force, with the secret intention of getting back later what he is compelled tenn porarily to abandon, He is never at 6 loss for expedients, is ieep calcu- lator. and knows admirably how to es- cape dangers by stratagems that are always new. He Is skilful layer of traps, and capable of all kinds of ah- jectness toward his enemies when he fears them and of the greatest sever ity when he has them in his power and his vengeance Is the heavier for having been patiently nourlshed in se- cret.
 Not only Is the life of man who is troublesome to him of little account but spilled blood seems to calm and soothe his shattered nerves, always stretched to the snapping point. Al night, before going to sleep, one of his chamberlains told my brother. he has some one read to him, His favoritt books are those giving detailed ac- counts of assassnatlons and execu- tlons The stories of crimes excite hin and prevent him sleeping but as soon aS his reader reaches passage where punishment falls upon the criminal the sultan Immediately becomes calm and falls asleep
 "Another instance which Illustrate, ythe fear and suspicion, as well as the extreme cruelty Of the man, for his eelf-protection. was narrated to me sev. eral years ago by an aide-de-camp o the sultan, on duty in the palace at the time of the occurrence His maies. ty,' sai1 my informant had recently added to his harem q Circasslan odalis que about sixteen years of age and o remarkable beauty Among the hun dreds of women of the palace this glr soon became the favorite and priv ilegee, and in her his majesty seemed to place the greatest confidence, st that she could enter his room unan nounced and at her pleasure. One eve ming she entered as usual, and, hndlnt his majesty asleep, she examined th various bric-a-hra scattered here an there, her attention being particuiarl attracted by q ieweed pistol which wa lying on a table At this point the suI tan, suddenly opening his eyes, aske with apparent calm: What are you do ing?'
 !" Nothing, your majesty, replied th girl
 /" But you are looking at something the sultan insisted
 I" Yes. slre--it Is so rretty-this'
 And what do you call that object
 " "A pistol answered the favorlte
 |" And what Is pistol used for?'
 " "To kill, sire, replied the Circassie in a low and trembling voice,
 " TO kill?' said the despot ITO klll he repeated, Let me see, and picklr up another pistol which he had on h person he fired three times, fatally 1T turing the innocent girl.
 "The officer who told ne this stor was on duty in the corridors as ht body, covered with rug, was siIentl carried through the doors"