Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

suffered many centuries under his unjust
creed. The faults Of the Turkish soldier
are those of "a religion which has every
where until this day taught the subsection
or extermination of men who would not
conform to it's tenets, and his virtues like
wise are those of the creed of Mohammed.
Until this time the Turkish soldier has
been willing to suffer anything, to die in
the cause OF the prophet, at the
of the sultan, his calf. 1T is the will OF
Allah was sufficient to max him stand
In the forefront OF battle, as bIave a nan
as the world has ever known. With the
rev order of things the character Of this
soldier must necessarily undergo material
change, and It is a question what the re-
suit will be.
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At any rate he will be no longer the blood
thirsty fanatic which he is now. A shaking
Of his blind belief by officers and reform
ers, young Turks az they are called, who
from western teachings have come to be
sceptics, is as likely to destroy the race as
to revive II.
nave seen Turkish soldiers under many
circumstances and while / cannot admire
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attitude toward mortals not Of their grand
fraternity, / cannot fail to like certain
individuals with whom I have Travelled.
sometimes against my will.
On one occasion, like every other corre-
spondent. / had a spy attached to me fer
awhile. He was a most gentlemsnly young
man, who would rather have had some
other occupation. OF course he knew that
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wanted to know anything about my move
ments he would ask me and l told him
everything could except the names Of
men l interviewed, whom he might have
denounced. In travelling I used him often
as guide and interpreter, and while with
him / always got the best that the poorest
towns and villages afforded.
When a stranger penetrates this country
beyond the few railways soldiers always
hin to protect him from
brigands and ~highwaymen. Under the old
regime the object of attaching an escort
to a foreigner was also 10 spy upon him and
TO prevent him from conversing with revo-
lutlonary Christians who would tell the
tale OF government extortions and outrages.
TreacherOus Killings.
Under these circumstances 1t was always
peculiarly interesting to trave with a
Turkish escort, who while generally faith
full TO a degree, have once or twice been
known to shoot their charge. At the little
town OF Mitrovitza. where 1 went once to
investigate the killing OF a Russian consul,
prudence kept me almost constantly con-
fined to the consulate, where I was a guest.
for we could go out only with q guard,
who walked behind us; and this guard
lending to US an official air, caused every
sentry we passed to salute us, and it was
by one OF these ~sentries guarding the con-
sul's house that he had been shot.
The killing had taken place in a curious
manner, and is worth retelling. The AL
banians had declared when the consulate
was established that they would have no
Russian In their country. But the consul
came with a guard of several coSsack
servants and an escort of Turks who did
not relish their task; and the Albanians
let him stay for several months. But when
he began reporting their raids upon un-
armed Christian villages and bringing pres
sure to bear . have them stopped, there
was serious trouble,
One night at a cafe a fanatical dervish
after working his hearers up TO a frenzied
pitch. finished a long TRADE by exelaiming:
And is there not a single Mohammedan
who will rid us Of this giaour?"
II will" said a piping little voice.
you! oh, no. you will not" said the
dervish with mock contempt intended to
provoke the fellow.
Il will" he repeated.
He was a soldier, a slim. sickly fellow
with a sad visags. I saw him tried later
at Uskub
Consul shot by sentry.
The next morning the consul, attired in
Russian uniform, followed by a cossack,
two heavily armed kavasss~ and a troop
Of Turkish soldiers, officers and officials.
wen out to inspect the fortificattons ABOUT