The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-30
THIRTY-FIFTH RULER OF
HOUSE or OTHMAN
Pen Pictures Of Present Ruler
and DspOsed One Show
Hope For Nation

MenemMeu htacNhu NheNVls ~
Mehemed ". ss ne viii call himself,
the new sultan Of Turkey % two
years younger than his brother, kb
dull Hamid. tho deposed ruler, he
being now 64 years Of age.
lseschad ETendl la the thlfty.llfth
ruler. 10 male descent, OF The house
of Osmann. the founder Of the empire
and The twenly.nlnth since The cap
iure Of Conslantlnople by the Turks
in 1853. With no experience "a gov.
ernlng. be has been practically all
prisoner for twenty-five years IN the
Yildlz Kiosk. and is hardly known
to the world II Il said that he ls
weak ana probably will do anything
demanded OF him by the young Turk
leaders
What New Leader Is Like
A person IN London we'll acquainted
/ with him gives the following pen nur
/ trait OF the new sultan:
He Il tall and well proporlioned,
| but Inclined to sloop Ills features
are regular but he has q hooked nose
most like that Of Abdul Hamld, His
eyes are blue and his hair and beard
arol light red His manners are very
gracious and easy, and he IL exceed
lngly generous and kind. He Is not
at all fanatical. but is sincerely re-.
llglous. He plays anusually we'll on
the piano and in 4 great admirer OF
classical music.
Like the deposed sultan. The new
i.... ssF L. u.
man and he sketches we'll, lie has
two wlveB and several children. three
Df whom are boys. IFS wlyea are
both highly educated and are the
daughters of distinguished paahas.
They dress at home IN the French
fashion
Lecrs zeal Experience
After the revolution of july. 1903,
De received a measure OF freedom and
was sometimes seen driving about
The streets Of cuHslHntlnuple In a
closed carriage. II is said that no
has been something Of & student and
Is we'll educated IN Turkish literature,
bot has had no practical experience
In government on diplomacy ile
eb ibs no foreign language
nuflng bis luna Imprisonment he
IWss eiways closely watched hf the
guards and spies and as a result OF
bis confined life he iH very weak ply.
sically lie has four children. the
Princes Zla,Eddlne Eiiendl, born In
1877. Nedlim Eddlne Efiendl bofa in
1885, EumerHllmi Eifendl horn on
Feb i8. 1889. and the Princess Rena,
born In 1887,
"Reschad has held an honorary lltlo
OF general In the Turkish army. but
has never been N any way connect.
cd With practical affairs
Next IN succession ia Nnssef IN.
zedne Niieudi a son Di thH Sultan
Adul AzlG who was dethroned on
May. 30 1876 Ysissei was born IN
C0uBtaniinope u Oct 3. 1857 and la
stronger and m0re able man than
Heschad, having bad the advantage
0f & French education and some pFac'
tlcal experience In affairs"
Abdul Ever neapot.
Abdul tiamId II. The depOgea aul.
tan. has ruled since Aug. 3l. 1876.
A despot by the law Of the Ottoman
empire Until he granted constliu.
llon 10 the country last autumn, and
virtually one since, he has been cred
ltod ay -fudeais modern Eufopsi
politics with cruelty Industry and So
gaclty beyond any other European
ruler Of his time. He IL now III hii
slxtyHeventh year. having been born
Sept. ~. 1879.
Ascending the throne on the evl
Of nunsia's attempt 10 push forwart
her empire 10 Conaiantinople. he was
Involved In war With that nal0i
Ia 1877 Turkish arms met with DIS
aster IN that struggle aud bY tbs
treaty IL Berlin the sultan WAS com
PEELED 10 abandon rule ever d grea
prrl Of bis realm IN Europe and part
of bis Asiallc domain.
The failure Df Turkey to protec
Christians against murder by Turks
Ostenslbly At least. brought on thl
war: aud the firther failure 10 glars
against massacrca. notably In Armen
"a, made the Christian world h0tl
Indignant against Abdul iIamld. II
dlgnatlcn. however. was Of little ayal
cuftily the sultan played one ieal0u
nation aealnst another, and until N
revolt of Bulgaria last year the treat,
Of Berlin remained IN unimpalred el
feet.
Brother Held Prisoner
Abdul IEaBsid vas accused Of ha'
ing deposed his brother. Murad Y
! Mhen he ascended the throne. tn
deposition was OF the ground Of Nj
f4d'a insanity Il IL certain that A
dul Hamld has kept 10 luxurious bl
rigid confinement bis brother. NJ
hemmed Reachad EiIendl. Just elevs
ga 10 the gnr0ne. sse II accused
having followed the same policy WI
other members of bis family and .
Contlnued "a pa8e "a