The sun., 1908-09-14

lioation In book form that what had been
For the next Two Weeks public meetings
discuss ses asS he % new liberty Nov he @ pS6S S
city took turns Il, INVITING other districts to
would invite q Christian section. ,and
Christian section. would invite n, , Moslem
bright moonlight during those everitigs 80
q tl,st put Of door meetings were vel t'lnmi.
One Of the meetings that n,.entf,t wsSs
fSiTy tEEic.l one u S Mss q TVI1 tb. IN re-
ysrd % frons ef ths t9sr Greek e SharR Ut ne 0
mile ka% and h%if afra from Rom home PeoaSsf % iee
saaG.d %s' tsst ulsffSHo%' fao
our new trolley and they arg Just strinsinSS
e. ssousS Ssei sSsna ths a.sa ' ana :
oafes ns 'ss seemed med saSdued and wish 40 air oi
Ssy for he snd hef foron BSs ns
when turned into the street that led to the
place Of meetlPs ] found yhh.Te the city
nsa sfns from &. fShSSss es q s mssna as s Sund
people people "a a asist. @ orderly gresession q s6op.
and fss esden al sho ie
ing their appreciation Of the new -Hlreeyoh-
1iberty,. Carriages passed us In two
sssay fnd sas % the
inss had already been going for over
ratsa Mss md fhSs hs :tes ssS Sa sYy Ssep
s we're Gu. venasrs sSs Of y CAKES and sweets. while
from near by lighted paper Pse9bbs eSat 9b wsrS wfnS
YOU'D 'dGi drift = chem over the heads Of The
q q ss sss s.s~S s.ssl aas sz g. my G
eddies I was gradually waited through
iRsss.nss WI. held really ma %srgssa' oensS
We we're packed as tightly as 2 crowd at at
the entrance to one OF The big football
games at home; the evening was not enough
Portable; but there. was no uneeemly push
,bs best Of mutual so0d 5s,ddsth th.le bs. s
pockets. no drunkenness, In this meeting
Ter the arst time one tendency 70 ,ds9rder SGdsr
or 90 young fellows In various parts Of the
to let OF their reyolvers into the air. They
0.s wsfe .ronaD promptly hissed down oy the crowd
There was a speakers stand erected
at one side Of the courtyaId and before i
oeis % ne essH earliest % eemers M could have got
seats. should estimate the crowd that
was standing at about hftsen thousand:
could hear what the speakers were saying.
the the sppreciation sss of the other fonr-hfths.
meetin % rs % at i%S home - where although but few
can hear tho speaksr all can feel and share
the enthusiasm, What was lacking In this
nstriote dei Tas hsH sDms In s Which all could have
joined to vent their feelings.
The speskars were oficers. Moslem
was limited to Ave minutes. 40 that they
we're not tiresome All the speakers wore
badges Of red and white ribbon with the
P1oss; Pposr.ssa a. ahieS is the name now assumed
party. These badges are sold in the streets,
a f tri-colored % "s coefsde from the French
pevolution. Some Of the Syrian Instructors
from the college were to speak that night.
satisfied sat with iS hs Wing sesn the crowd. and
meeting was jnst gettine into full swing.
dsa sse h hi sars SssP bses as Ssd ss' dS SsS
t set so OF full nf a thing and not .slop over.
shaSid hate ee to sfbst be the % thief eauaht PICK
ing pockets at one Of those meettnEs In
Consta ntinople several men nave oeen
roughly handled and at least one iynched
fraternizins cf the Mosiems with the Chris
cns sc~n 1ss sn :ss sf is s 'a
{ christian priest and Moslem sheikh have
met on the street they have publicly en-
ship between the two religions they repre-
sent. Over one shop verse from the
Koran was s, placed side BY sids WIN h,s verse
sure The other was THE fear Of God is
the BEGINNING OF wisdom, and below bnth
was the fayyorite motto Liberty, equality
These many years the Moslemss have have Re;
served for themselves a special FORM ~
psssed freely the Mosiem safutation to the
Christians as well: "Es salasm aiikgm "a
Uhwy.-, rPeace be unto You. brother0..
genuine patriotism. Pictures OF the sultan
have been displayed In shop windows.
Youns men whose foreign predilections
sumed the tarboosh IN token Of their pride
time OF the year when the sun matss the
somc w sss tod tSs shsT
ns.t year: for while Arabic is the lansuases
in Constantinople Il is necessary to know
OF the changes In constsntinopie the.
napers have been full. You have read OF
the escape Of Izyet pasha to ltHiy, Inc
An odd fact that has developed here e the
printing OF comic post cards that cartoon
various despised members Of the old palace
CLIQUE. The present Grand Vizier, hiamel
Pasha, used to be in Beirut at one time;
was great friend OF the British Consul
General here: and is personally known TO
the ENGLISH community as man q iptes,
ritv. who has genuinely at heart the best
interests Of his country. Our latest reports
tell Of the decision to appoint English and
french advisers to the various heads OF
Government departments. This poye Is
welcomed as further sign Of rood fsith ,1 on
genuine desire for the best and absence OF
self-aggrandizement.
II cannot be that the millennium has actu-
ally arrived, Some reaction ts to be sx,
pected. But the liberty that has dangled
before the eyes Of this people In these d1ys
can never 20 back to where we were before;
Such marvels have happened in,the past
that we cannot say what the future may
bring. This much stands out Two things
have occurred that q month ago were ao-
snrdly impossible; that hoslems and the
the hearts Of the subjects Of his Majesty
the Sultan burning patriotism has sprung
up where q day before was only contemptu-
Gus hatred for the. Ottoman Empire.
great county has been etyen to large
populs tion; VIII the people rise TO the task
and % shoy themsslyes truly sreatl WI a,ts,y thsy
that lie before thems VIII the army insist
try W into avn wary vary win VII the leaders con.
tlnue 10 seek the public welfare rather than
their own agsrandizementi Win the people