Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-30
ORIENTAL METHODS.
A Turkish Liberal stransIed and His
Head Sent to Abdul. Han,id.

A Turkish Liberal stransled and His
Head Sent to Abdul.Hamid.
In recent number of the Ameri-
can Magazine, N. c. Adossides wrote.
from personal observations and pri-
vate knowledge, a remarkable charac-
ter sketch Of the sultan Of Turkey.
Among other things he told a story Of
how the sultan is known to have taken
human life with his own hands. The
article was called in question by
Pittsburg critic. Here Is a part Of
Mr.. Adossides's answer:
'I ask you before going further, II
you know the sultan personally. If
you answer yes, then I shall hasten to
reply that If his majesty has enchant-
ed and delighted you with his cum
ming, charming manner, you are not
the only dupe Of Abdul-Hamid, as
hundreds of people that I could emu
merate to you have been in the same
manner deceived by this tricky, genial,
Asiatic despot. The sultan's cruel and
criminal policy is nothing new to the
world. I shall even call 1t history
of the past which has been stigma
tized by all fair people Of humane
feelings that love justice and free
dom.
IT should rather advise you to read
the Blue Books of the British foreign
office published in 1905, 1906 and
1907, and also become familiar with
the speeches by the great old Mr..
Gladstone; in the house Of commons
as prime minister of Great Britain he
had the courage to call Abdul-Hamid
the greatest assassin Of all assassins'
Can you deny to me. sir, the Ar
menian massacres, or are you aware
that $50, 900 people have been annihi-
lated by Abdul-Hamid and his odious,
criminal camarilla? II you do not
deny the Armenian massacres, how
then, can you defend Abdul-Hamid.
and be astonished for my saying that
he has killed this young Circassan
odalisque for trifling incident which
I have described in this article Of
mine and which was narrated to me
at one Of the European courts, who
was on duty in the lobbies Of the pal
ace the night Of the occurrence.
Besides, sir. you must not forget
that not only the Armenians have suf-
fered by this tyranny Of political and
racial suffocation. The Mohamme-
dams also, the Turks themselves, have
endured untold agonies Of which the
world knows little; but the time Is
coming when these things will become
public for the benefit Of all.
II advise you to read the memoirs
Of the g.eat Liberal Prime Minister
Midhat Pasha, the father Of the Otto
man constitution, personal friend OF
my late father, with whom he had
worked a great many years, and let
ters Of whom are today in my possess
sion I advise you to read this book,
because I want you to read the story
told by his son as how his father, Mid
hat Pasha, was strangled and his head
sent to Abdul-Hamid, in order that he
would be certain that this great, lib
eral man, an obstacle to himself, had
disappeared.
Before closing must add that you
are one Of the very, very few defend
ers of Abdul-Hamid left on the sur
face of the earth. His greatest ras-
Gals, who have stolen and robbed him
for thirty years, hate him. We have
suffered too much in order not to be
irritated at the idea that Abdul-Han-
i'd could be defended"