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state Of terror to do anything. He cried
like a child for hours at q time. For.
merly, yes. He has not only had killed,
but killed with his own hand many q
woman, as well al man. He was q great
criminal: but cowardly. very cowardly.
No; Yfldfz will see no more blood. And
can assure you that no blood flowed there,
no murder was committed in the palace,
since l arrived from Saloniki.
At the present moment Chevket Pasha
is busy reorganizing the garrisons In
Constantinople. rot only has he hanged
the ringleaders of the mutiny; but he has
found out which were led astray through
ignorance and is sending them to the "a
Army Corps. They will be all fight
there" he assures. My men are too
sound constitutionalists to let them re-
main reactionaries. Besides, we have In
teligent and well-trained officers, who
will turn this material to good account.
At first the whole lot, numbering about
four thousand, will be set to make mill
tary roads, which are badly wanted. They
will also be well drilled in military ex-
ercises. Those whom / think disa0ected
will be dispersed in small groups through
out the provinces. In Constantinopie I
shall keep four battalions, which will
be quite as much as we shall want.
Some of the under officers will be
employed on the state railways.
You see. where 1t is anyway possible,
shall keep them out Of prison. II IL
much better to hang ringleaders and let
the crowd off lightly, that you can
make it work for the community instead
of being an idle, unproductive expense to
the nation"
The private fortune OF the ex-sultan
will probably never be known. But on
the morning after his fight twelve MIL
lions CT Turkish pounds were found Sc
creted in the park. which will henceforth
be opened to the public. The harem has
been dispersed. Some of its inmates have
become the property of Abdul Hamid's
son-in-law; others have run none know
where. The older women. it is said, will
be sold as slaves, and, probably fetch be-
tween 81 to IS apiece. There Is a project
afoot for getting the young Turks to pro-
vide for them in some way, but 1t is
doubtful whether this will be feasible. as
they number about 70O all told
Being of opinion that all memory OF the
tyrant should be wiped out as soon as
possible, Chevket Pasha has ordered all
the buildings bearing Abdul Hands
name to be renamed. He Is also deter
mined to wage war against gunsmiths In
the capital and in Saloniki. Pistols and
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down 'em and see their upholsterings."
you've got an awful mind for jibin'
and goin' about without no previous
warnin'." said the House Detective.
"Wot's started you off on that tack"
i've been reading the papers, said
the Hotel Clerk. Vacation has come
and many of our most prominent edu-
Gators have crawled out of their re-
spective cracks in the campus sidewalk
to relieve their systems of great surging
thoughts that have been accommodating
there until these worthy gentlemen were
sizzing like soda water fountains.
commencement offers the opportunity
they seem to crave Before them stretch
es an assembiage whose name, the
poet says, is Legion-Papa and Mamma
Legion, and Uncle Mike Legion and
Cousin Hannah J. Legion from over at
Lehigh, and the twins and Master Her.
man Legion aged nine, and sometimes
little baby Clara Louise Legion, in arms,
and UP on the platform Howard Strother-
more Legion, valedictorian of the class
of 1909. with his chest full of oratory and
a great rush of proud flesh to the head
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revolvers are sold in these towns At such
low prices that every youth can buy
them. They are mostly of cheap German
make. Before quitting Constantinopie the
pasha means to see that half these shops
are shut, while the other half will be 50
hedged in by restrictions that il will not
be worth anybody's while to risk selling
arms without being sure the purchaser
has a license.
The pasha wants no office in the new
government, though one or two have
been offered him. Il will finish my work
here and go back to Macedonia" he said
in answer to an inquiry as TO his plans
for the future. THAT will be enough to
last me for some years. think that 10
the weak spot and wants firm hand. I
only ask Allah to give me the strength to
do the work there. No; belong to no
party. Neither does my army. All We
are to do is to obey the orders OF our re-
ligious chiefs and see that the constitu-
tion and the cheriat (sacred laws) are
obeyed. People think that the cheriat 10
opposed to the constitution. This is not
true. The cheriat is favorable to It and
my life's duty is to see that 1t II 70.
spected."
Copyright In the United States and Great Brtaisl
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SOLDIERS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Brigade

punished the offenders who did 1t for
joke. He is interchangeable Not only does
he personally visit the pickets every
night. but he goes into the hospital regu-
larly and talks to his wounded soldiers
When the commander of the squadron,
Mr.. Spathani. was killed by the rebels, he
sent two officers to the widow with his
condolences. and assured her that he
would see she had a pension. BY having
time for all these small things he has
made himself as popular to peaceful peo-
pie as obnoxious to rebels and reaction
aries. Though he has great objection
to be interviewed and refuses to answer
any questions about himself. he is gen.
orally nice to journalists and gives them
any general information they want. When
people said Abdul Hamid's last act at
Yildiz was to kill favorste slave. a
French journalist went to ask him If 1t
were true. The pasha burst out laugh
ing. What cock-and-bull story is that?"
he exclaimed. You journalists will be-
leve anything. SO long as you get some
thing to put in your papers. / can assure
you that neither on the night of his
arrest nor during the days Immediately
preceding it did Abdul Hamid kill either
man or woman. He was in too ab5ect
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him they appealed for help. The cry was
answered better than anybody outside
Turkey expected. Not only had Chevket got
his men in readiness-their arms were
bought with his own fortune, which he
has quite sacrificed to the cause-but his
Macedonia had learned to fear. Panitza.
a notorious Comitadji. and Sandalski.
another of the same kidney, marched up
to Saloniki with 1900 men Of their
bands. Volunteers poured In from all
parts of Macedonia and begged to be al
lowed to march to Stamboul under Chew
kets orders. Had he taken them all he
would have had no less than 100000 men
Turks. Greeks, Bulgars and Jews-under
his standard AS 1t was he started with
upward Of $4,000 men, all sworn to die
rather than let the constitution be re-
voked and all eager to dethrone the man
who had played them false.
It was only after Chevket's imperial
prisoner was on his way to Saloniki
that the pasha told the Young Turks
what he had done. Then he sent message
down to the chamber of deputies saying
ex-suItan to Saloniki." Those present
were too astonished to speak when they
heard it. One suggested putting 1t to the
vote. What is the use of voting about
an accomplished Idct asked anOtneT Inc
rest agreed with him, and thy passed a
vote Of thanks on Chevket's message.
He is a man of few words. but when he
does speak it is to the point. Some Young
Turks asked him to delay the occupation
of Constantinople for a day or two. Il
occupy 1t on Saturday or not at all" was
the answer. They found out the reason
afterward. For Saturday the reaction
aries. determined to make a final effort,
had employed 500 Kurds to sack :he
shops and bazaars and bomb the inhab
itants, massacring all Europeans without
mercy. When the first shots were fired,
as If by magic all the embassies, public
buildings and hotels were surrounded b?
strong pickets commanded by officers who
spoke French. This did much to calm
the foreign element in the town. And it
Is to Chevket Pasha's credit that his
army did not kill one civilian; that not
one shop was touched, not one woman
molested. Such an Occupation would
be out of question in Russia and proba-
bly,, too, in France.
But the pasha let even the foreigners in
Constantinople feel his power. The day
after he took the town he issued a procla-
nation saying that he had arranged the
attack at night so that the whole work
should be finished by the morning. by
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Strong Man of Turkey Ever Alert Behind the Sutans Throne

this" he said. mot one OF you have been
touched. But you are to go back to your
work on Monday morning and open your
shops and offices as II nothing had hap
pened. or shall punish you. Only work
can bring the city back to its normal
state.'' Needless to say, his orders were
obeyed, not only because the people are
afraid of him, but because they knew
him. too. Some of his orders seemed
rather cruel: but they always turned out
to be just. Ladies began to send the
soldiers, wounded or well. presents of
it. What a shamev exclaimed the
ladies Of the foreign colony. Then it
came out that spies had been giving the
men poisoned cigarettes which had caused
one or two deaths and made a regiment
so i'll that not one man was fit for duty
during couple of days.
Nobody fears Chevket like the lower
clergy. On his way to Constantinople he
learned that the inhabitants of monas-
terry in a small place called Gunmeldjiana
the Young Turks. When they got to the
station he told the master to stop the
train for an hour and walked up to the
monastery. Calling all the hodjas to-
gether. he said: Il hear there are a lot
of bad heads among you. 1 have no
time. at this moment. to look for them.
because | must go to Constantinople.
But on my return l will stop here. and If
agitating against the constitution 1 shall
have them all hung up on the trees out
there, on the road side Then he
saluted and returned to the train. But
his speech made such an impression at
the monastery that they have ceased to
agitate against Young Turks. The fact
that many people have been hanged in
the Constantinople streets will probably
serve to keep them quiet.
Though absolutely relentless where
'hafies" (spies) are concerned, he gives
the peaceably inclined every chance
Thus. instead Of instituting perquisitions,
he invited all cafe owners who had arms
left by the mutneers to give them up
at the nearest garrison in return for
receipt. In a week or two commission
will visit the cafes and private houses.
Those who can show a receipt will be
left alone He ordered inquiries to be
made as to who caused a panic on the
Constantinople stock exchange by send
ing letters to members, signed "Revolu-
tonary committee" and telling them they
were to be blown up on Saturday, and
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the Raw Tiger.
Here the other week he vent over to
Philadelphia or somewhere and made .
speech. He got up and fixed his tie and
said ahem a couple Of times the same
as all regular speakers. and reached one
grabbed himself firmly by the strap On
his vest to keep from soaring too far. this
being intended merely for short fight
and not one of those two-hour. blue
he said that the colleges Of this country
would either have to adapt themselves to
new conditions or else go out OF bust
ness altogether.
IT guess he was right at that. It seems
to me there's lot of improvements that
ought to be grated into our larger uni
versities right away. Some OF them I'd
regard as being almost as necessary as
the slide trombone in a colored brass
band, and that's the most necessary
thing there Is. For example, now 1t
seems to me there ought to be chairs in
elementary and advanced insobriety
created. How very few Of our colegians
there are who know the art Of getting lit
up properly while celebrating a foot ball
victory or some other great scholastic
triumph? What chance have they, with
their raw, crude methods Of fighting hack
drivers and kicking policemen's shins and
punching sickly walters with large fam
lilies. Of ever qualifying for a notice in
future editions of Whose Stew In Amer
lea? I'm ashamed to confess 1t to you.
Larry. but the great majority Of our
native undergrads ought only to be al
lowed to get corned on amateur night.
Do you see any seniors at large who
would impress you as even knowing the
rudiments Of the science. such as how to
enter and leave a barroom properly. how
to eat free lunch standing. how to avoid
tripping over the cuspidor or allowing
the feet to become entangled in the brass
rail? You do strike a man sometimes
who impresses you as being the man who
wrote the words and music of getting
bunned. But the person who looks like
the original author of the great work is
rarely or never collegian. He's more
apt to be an actor. There's great
chance for reform there.
"And surely something ought to be done
to raise the standard of hazing-a field
that is ripe in possibilities. yet one where
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It at the head OF the best army Turkey
has seen in our day, to punish those
who dared plot for the renewal of the
old regime. 1t was he who sent the
ultiniatum to Abdul Hamid. who, when
Constantinople was panic-stricken by the
mutinous soldiers, surrounded Yildiz
Kiosk so silently and swiftly that the
sultan. who wars always afraid Of being
left alone. found himself without a sim
gle servant. quaking tyrant in the
midst of a harem. 1t was Chevket Pasha
who took him prisoner and sent him to
Saloniki. 1t was by his orders that those
Who plotted with the tvrant We're hanged
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been stolen from the cafe chantant. This
is yours-I know it by the monogram in
the corner. Passing table last night. l
slipped it in my pocket. When the waiter
came down and took away your newspa-
per I knew you were there and had run
away. Take the case and go under arrest
for a fortnight. You ought to have been
at your post last night"
Though very severe with those under
him. both officers and men adore him.
Last winter 1T was rumored In Saloniki
that some Bulgars from a village where
he had put down brigandage with firm
hand had threatened to take his life. A
soldier was deputed from one of his regi-
ments to ask him If it were true. 1T is"
answered the pasha. The messenger
asked half days leave for himself and
marched to the village in question. armed
to the teeth, and visited each house. 1--WE
hear you are going to kill our pasha was
the message they left. "If you do we
promise to murder five thousand Bulgars;
and 1t may be that we will murder. fifty
thousand We of the Saloniki regiment
have spoken it." Then they return ed to
barracks and from that day no more was
heard OF threats to murder their COM
mander.
But this was after his return from
Yildiz. From the moment he was In
command of the troops there the sultan
determined TO get him out. knowing that
a counter revolution would be Impossible
so long as that vigilant eye and sharp
ear were there So dissension was sowD
between the chamber of deputies and the
committee of union and progress. These
two bodies fell prey to palace intrigue.
and. much against its will, the committee
OF union and progress had to see the
Saloniki regiments sent back to Mace
donia, with Chevket Pasha, as COM
mandant of the Sd Corps, at their head.
At the tirne he protested vehemently
against this second exile. and foretold
trouble. 1.-The palace is surrounded by
enemies of the constitution he said to
the grand rizier "You send us away in
disgrace. but you will be sending for US
soon, and then we shall come In full
strength" Three months later, as all
the world now knows, Chevket Pasha's
words came true.
When the sultan's troops, melted by
spies dressed up as hodjas-the lowest
grade of Nohammedan priests-and
bought over with the sultan's money.
mutined and turned on their educated Of
ficers the first man the Young Turks
thought of was Chevket Pasha, and to
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a children
to
Balloona nsions started immediat and
a
him he
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"WITH HIS CHEST FULL OF oRAToRY."


on II a
Of
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from
the
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THE Story of the Man
! Who Dethroned Abdul
Hamid of Turkey Saved
Foreigners From Massacre in
Many Battles-Aided in Re-
storing the Popular Govern
ment Late Sultan Feared
Chevket Pasha, and With
Good Reason-A General of
Few Words and Decisive
Deeds.
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- NJ A AN-nOJ even
the new sultan-is
of greater impor-
tance in Turkey to-
day than Chevket
Pasha. the general
issimo of the Young
Turks forces, the
Governor of Ma ce-
donia. who. BAN
ished twice by the
late sultan from
the capital. entered
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By Irwin S. Cobb.

he open st dSoH ioi
open-face college
professors appears
10 have set IN
rlier than usual,
said the Hotel
Clerk OF the st.
Reckless. Some
of them are very
wide open indeed.
You can look right
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loss OF life he said. in the course of an
interview, because you must make the
reactionary party fear you. and the only
way to do that is to show them how
many more people you can kill than they,
OF course. you can act with humanity
and kill a minimum of people" So when
he heard in the autumn that his army
was not wanted he smiled and kept his
men hard at work. When the constitu-
ton was established the Young Turks
sent for him to be commander of the
Yildiz Kiosk garrison. Had he remained
there 1t is more than likely that the
"mutiny" Of this spring would never have
taken place. He had a way of finding
out spies which struck terror in the heart
of the palace functionaries.
He kept his men in good order. too. See
ing that the officers. instead of attending
to their work. spent most OF their time in
cafes and places OF amusement In Pera.
he began to drop into these places and
send the offenders back to barracks. One
evening. accompanied by an adJutant, he
entered a kind of cafe chantant In the
European quarter A young officer, who
happened to be sitting by the door and
who had already been reprimanded by the
pasha for frequenting the place, saw him
before he entered and. jumping up from
the table where he was in the middle of
an excellent supper, rushed on to the first
floor and hid himself in one of the boxes.
The pasha walked in and. passing the
empty table, sat down in far corner.
whence ne tnOuSHI le Couiu tDStINe all
newcomers. Meanwhile, the young officer.
who had managed from his hiding place
to send a message to the proprietor OF
the cafe bribed him TO lend him a Euro
pean hat. a coat and a pair of trousers.
Changing into these things in the back Of
the box. he sent the waiter down for his
cigarette case and newspaper that he
had left IN his hurry. The newspaper was
there but the cigarette case had gone.
However. too afraid of the pasha to go
down and make fuss. he slipped out. had
his uniform sent to a European friend 8
near by. drove there in a cab, changed
and hurried back to his quarters at Yildiz
Kiosk, congratulating himself on getting
so lightly out Of what might be a very
nasty scrape. for the pasha had warned
him with fortnight's imprisonment II he
missed his duty again.
Next morning. however, the pasha sent
for him. you have lost something bey,"
were the seniors words. The youth
thought Of the cigarette case and answer
ed. as quietly as he could. Nothing.
pasha, that l know Of The pasha
brought out the cigarette case. which had
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The Hotel Clerk on Loquacious College Presidents

really nothing strangely original has been
done since the members of an Ohio secret
society tied q candidate to the tracks
three years ago and let a freight train
hit him. We plainly feel the need also
of proper course OF college instruction
in breeding bulldogs. and one in yells,
glees and loud outcries. and one in get
ting acquainted with chorus girls. and
one in turning the trousers farther up at
the bottom. and surely one for showing
better methods OF carrying the briarwood
pipe in the face. Many seniors now leave
of the pipe altogether while asleep at
night. whereas it ought to be worn con-
stantly. to acquire the right bouquet and
give the lower jaw that strong loll er
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The general who made the Turkish revolution
possible.
on the Galata bridge. warning to all
who henceforth shall dare to work
against the constitution.
And this man is still on the right side
of forty His thin, spare figure speaks
OF unbounded energy He has a dark
face, bright eyes and an inscrutabA
smile which is nearly always on his lips.
His eyes see everything and he is every
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month of June. First off, some foreign
thought molder on the other side. with o
forehead running all the way up to the
ventilator in his hat, emerged from a hole
in the wainscoting. all a-quiver with the
quaint idea that we'd be healthier, hap
pier race if ID turn cannibal and eat
one another. Considered In some lights
the idea is not unattractive Larry. Eat
ing some people I know would only be
in the nature Of abating a nuisance, and
I think maybe I'd take this nonresident
gents kindly suggestions for a suitable
summer diet, and eat few of them only
for one thing. / know they wouldn't
agree with me. They never have. That's
one of the reasons I'd been tempted to
bite into them long before this foreign
savant even suggested such a thing.
"Well, hardly had our most prominent
meat-eaters picked out persons they'd
begin on as soon as the new menu had
been generally adopted, except in the
vegetarian restaurants, when our atten-
tion was distracted by Prof. David Starr
Jordan Of California You've heard Vt
Jordan's Stormy Banks, haven't you?
WELL this is the man that made em
famous Prof. Jordan stood up on his
Stormy Banks. before a graduating class
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students at some of the smaller and more
old-fashioned colleges still persist IN
wearing garments that are almost human
They even buy those which are labeled
'nobhy.' an obsolete term now entirely
supplanted in the best college towns by
the newer and classier word 'snappy'
This should not be permitted longer. But
most Of all. Larry, I think we need a
system of education that will discourage
the upstart sons OF the poor from work
ing their way through college and maybe
taking degrees away from the heirs to
millions of dollars splendid sappy young
men who own their own automobiles and
tutors. Let us keep the lower classes In
their proper places, by all meAnA"
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the whole blamed Legion family. in fact,
accompanied by friends, we'll wishers.
alma mattresses, members Of the faculty
and the board Of regents; and then it is
that the president Of the university cuts
loose and does something foolish.
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coNsTANT1NoPLE. June II. 1909
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Special Correspondence Of Tho Star.
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where. The officers on his staff are often
tired to death, but Chevket Pasha, with
his calm. dry face. walks about and gives
orders at o'clock in the morning with
all the alacrity OF man who has just
risen after a good nights rest.
'Chevket Pasha has time for every
thing and never sleeps said prom
inent Turk the other day. He must
have some magic spell. l would like to
find 1t out
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When the revolution broke out last au-
tumn Chevket had the Macedonian army
ready to march on Constantinople and
enforce the constitution with the sword.
He Is no believer in bloodless revolutions.
You cannot have a revolution without