The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-24
Says That lhc sul,st OF Turkey Mur.
dcrcd a Girl IN His Harcm.

ocrod Girl ~ lHis harcm.
In the November American Maes
zinc there appears remarkable article /
,on the Sultan of Turkey Il is ajrccord /
of personal observations and oltbrivalc !
knowledge II gives the rcade tisuch Z
picture ot the trucl and absolute rule Il
1r the Sultan as has never before ap' (
pcarcd When one has read iths ar /
ticle one can understand Why thr (
young Turks tfhc lberllsl hayr riscn
mp in their might and demanded re-
forms M
Nicholas e. Adossidcs, tlleiauihos
Of the article, was for some years ~
attachc of the Turkish Foreign Oilice. !
lie presents his own impression OF the
sultan, his government the palace OIL I
cials and the political system OF the
Ottoman Empire lie Is the youngest
son of the late Adossidcs Pasha. a
Greek OF Byzantium. who for fOrty-slN
years was n high official under -four
Sultans, being successively GovernUr
OF Crete, Prince of Samos, Minister OF
Interior Imperial commissioner Of
Roumania. and Envoy Extraordinary TO
the Dalmatian Provinces. Adossides
Pasha. because of his liberal views. be-
came persona non grata with Abdul
subjected TO espionage for several
years. On his return from the Island
of Samos. his last position, he fell in
disgrace with his autocratic and un-
crupulous master His son, the author
of this article was at the time OF his
connection with the Foreign Office
forced 10 flee because OF his liberal
tendencies In Paris and in London he
has appeared both on the platform and
In the press as champion of Turkish
freedom The article was written just
before the recent enforced proclama-
don by the Sultan of the restoration
of the constitution.
Following is one OF the numerous in
teresting passages;
'"The Sultan is full of dissimulated
obstinacy. and only yields 10 force
with the secret intention of getting
back later what he IS compelled TEN
porarily to abandon He Is never at
a loss for expedients Is a deep calcuia-
tor. and knows admirably how to es-
cape dangers by stratagcms that are
always new. He is a skilful layer OF
trans and capable OF all kinds OF alb
iectness toward his enemies when he
1 fears them and of the greatest seVerl-
ty when he has them in his power.
and his vengence is the heavier Tor
having been patiently nourished IN
secret
mot only is the life Of a man who
is troublesome 70 him OF little account,
| but spilled blood seems to calm ana
sooth his shattered nerves, always
stretched to the snapping point. ~
| night. before going to sleep one OF ms
| chambcrlains told my brother. he has
some one read to him. His favoritc
| books are those giving detailed az
| counts of assassinaiions ana eN'cu
| lions. The stories OF crimes excite
( him and prevent him sleeping. but as
| soon as his reader reaches passage
where punishment falls upon the crim-
| lnal the sultan Immediately becomes
calun and falls asleep
"Auother instance which Illustrates
| the fear aud suspicion, as well as the
extreme cruelty of the man, for hla
| sclfprutectlon. was narrated Io me scy-
eral years ago by an aidc-de-canip OF
tho Sultan. on duty in the palace at The
! lime OF the occurrence. His Majesty
said my Informant had recently add
ed 10 his barem q Circassinn odalisquc
/ about sixteen years OF age aud OF re-
| narkablc beauty Among the hun.
drcds OF Women Of the palace lhis
| girl soon became the favOric and pri.
! yilegicc. and in her his Majesty scent
! ed 10 place the greatest confidence. 50
| that She could enter his room unan'
| nouncod and al her pleasure. One
| evening She entered as usual apd.
| finding his Majesty asleep. she exam.
ined the various bric-a-brac scattered
here and hcre her attention being
particularly attracted by ieweied
pistol which was lying ON table. AT
this point the Sultan. suddenly opening
| his eyes, asked with apparent calm:
What are you doing"
"'Nothng your Majesty, replied
the girl
But you are looking at something
the Sultan insisted.
Yes. sir--it Is SO pretty-this.
And what do you call that object
"A pistol answered the favorite.
And what Is a pistol used for
To kill. sire replied the Cireas'
sian in low and trembling voice.
ITO kll?' said the despot. TO XII!
he repeated. Let me see and rict-
ing up another pistol which he had on
his person he fred three times. fatally
iniuring the Innocent girl.
"The officer who told me this story
was on duty In the corridors az her
body, covered with rug. was silently
carried through the doors.
Millions Of 5iros in a Flock.