Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-28
ABD-UL-HANiID.

Abd-ul-Hamid used to carry load
OF titles He was lord Of lords, dom
inant sovereign in Arabia, Persia, and
Greece, invincible and always Wctori-
Gus. distributor OF crowns 10 the great
princes OF the earth. sovereign master
Of the two seas and OF adjacent coun-
tries. protector OF tho sacred and august
cities Of Mecca and Medina. and Of
endless other countries, kingdoms, en-
plres isles, and peoples, shadow Of
God. refuge Of the world, slayer u in
ndels. but IN spite Of an he is now a
helpless prisoner. "in the hands OF his
friends" Thus vanishes the glory Of
the world. II 81 like "the grass OF the
field. which today is and tomorrow Is
cast into the oven"
There is not another monarch who
has defied the world as impudently
as Abdul Hamid. He has been threat
ened. bunied. dunned, with very little
result comparatively speaking. Naval
demonstrations have always ELECTED
promises. but these have rarely been
Kept EN'u uAAiHiaNhitiH HhA no NNAA'A
10 him. And. notwithstanding his Ut
ter contempt Of the world and his neg
lect to keep treaties. he has been suf-
fered 70 go on robhing and numbering
his subjects in the broad daylight. Add
Ill Hamid has a heavy account 10 settle.
and 50 has Europe.
Students Of Turkish conditions do not
doubt the triumphant future OF the
principles OF freedom They hold that
despotism Is no more part OF the Mo-
hammedan religion than OF Christian
ity. They claim that the religion OF
the Arab prophet IS the most democrat
ic OF any. both I'm its origin and its
fundamental principles They realize
that there is a vast work before the
reformers They realize that the ques-
ton is Of bringing Turkey out Of con-
ditions as opposed 10 liberty as was
the old feudal system OF western Eu-
rope, but they know that what has
been done in the west can be- done In
the east. Tho Orentals are just as
capable OF enjoying the blessings OF
liberty as are the Oocidentals as has
been proved IN Egypt Am cannot be
done In one day. but the work is rap
idly progressing
A correspondent of the Pail Mall
Magazine. Greek formerly an attacho
OF the Turkish foreign office. a few
years ago gave his Impressions OF the
now dethroned despot Time be said.
hss --prked great changes in his ape
p-aronce, and IL is only with difficulty
mat one can recognize in him tho
Prince Hamid represented IN the por-
trait taken of him az tho time he
mounted the throne. We quote.
His Jaws have grown broader. give
Ing 90 bis face "a Coarscness ID ana not
have before. the check bones. formerly
unfouceable protude prominently on
holnw checks which have been covered
for more than twenty years bv "a short
bead, not quite grag and which he
himself dyes various shades of brown
ana broWuish rod with "a mixture OF
tofce and gmlnut, the recipe f1r which
Was gwen him hy "a sheIk
"Hls forehead hulRes out slightly. and
be- concolls his badness under tho
enormous Tea which nD has made fash-
lonuhlo in Turkey and the form. sze
ana color oi which make the emaciated
paleness 0t Dis face seem oven more
Hcklv
'lils nose has become moro hooked.
A stronger moualache. also dyed. which
bis delicate and thin hand often carcss-
eH win mechanical gesture now cons
Goals almost entirely tho upper upwhloh
a. thin and hard The lower lip has
become sim thicker and has accontu-
hted "a somewhat sensual pNpresaI0n.
Tine line on determination which c0m-
pietes tne character of this mouth. 80
intefe Ting for the physl0gnomlat ia
Also deeper and more apparent
The hattenod temples. with che Wide
~ separated orbits. have become mono
hollow, and in tle depths 0f tho Owes.
now hai hidden under tho droouInr
eYehoa and heavy lashcs. seems III b.
e,uoulaeflng the tacilatIng dame of no
he eyes arc tho most dIacoucertlnr
ei, on ha complex phyH1gnomy Re-
h.4nne usually uneasy melancholy al
..nef Times they viii stafe for Iona
'''iio INTO vacancy as though absorbed