The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20
Crisis in Government in That
Country Move for Better
ment of Conditions.
THERE WILL NO DOUBT
BE MANY SETBACkS
Young Turks VIII Lose Prestige
if They Outrage Patriotic
MOSlem Sentiment.
BY D. v. FRANCIS.

Things. IL should DC no surprise u
thousht(ul people that the progress should
be slow and at times seemingly haltine
and uncertain, for though the overthrow
OF the former sultan was thorough anc
complete, never hclcSS no great move
ment is likely 10 progress 10 satlsfac-
tory completion without many sethaCKS
or the troubles of The young Turks al
the present time I note the following
interes Ing sketch In n recent periodical;
iThe Turkish government has many
difficult problems before II and It's pres
ent situation is anything but enc9urasing
The new grand vizjer. Haiku Pasba, 5
the seventh who has held that position
IN the last eighteen monJhs-that is,
since the first rising OF The Young Turks.
In international affairs the CretIn Qurs-
ton requires most careful handing. with
Greece In a state OF chaos under tho con
troll of an irresponsible military league
and with the prospects of intervention on
the part OF the great powers. The Young
Turks are bound To lose prestige if they
outrage patriotic Moslem sentiment by
making concessions even to superior forcc.
In M9cedonil there is renewed racial I'm
rest. Moreover it has as yet been found
impossible 10 come TO terms with the
Christian population OF the empire in re
gard 10 the long-standinc privileges. of
churches and schools. The Armcnians.
who are among the most progressive Gle
mentS in the empire, arc not coliahorat-
ing with the Young Turks because they
feel that the authors Of masSacrcS at
Adana have not been adequately punish
ed. The financial situation also is very
far from encouraging. Large sums of
money are needed for tho commercial de-
necvcssity, but the Young Turks arc
reluctant to grant 10 any power any x;nd
Of economic monopoly. H!lmi Fasha un-
doubtedly lost his position chiefly be-
cause he was willing to grant To an Eng
lish company a monopoly Of navigation
on the Tigris and Euphrates. Another
sore point is the question Of Ottoman rail-
ways. The powers are at loggerhcaGs
over the question of control. aud in the
meantime the poor peasants Of the en-
pire arc being cruelty mulcted Tor the
railways already built 10 secure the guar
antced revenue which must be paid TO
foreign stockholders. In an unostcnta-
Gous way German financial influence is
slowly becoming paramount. Commercial
travellers of German firms arc 10 be seen
everywhere throughout the Ottoman do
minions and the financial leadership OF
Germany seems likely 10 make ihar coun-
try an important factor in deciding the
future OF Turkish rule In Asia rs we'll
In Europe"
John d. Rockefeller never forgets his
affection for the city Of Cleveland, where
so much OF his life has been spent, The
latest evidence of partially for the city
Of his youth has been shown IN a dona-
ton of 100000 toward the fund which is
Young Mems Christian association ncme.
It seems that some tine age committee
Of business men was organized TO pro
cure half million dollars TO he expended
finest buildings owned anywhere bv the
Y, NJ. c. A. When rhis comEIttce ap-
preached Mr.. Rockefeller. he at once
promised to contribute one-fifth OF the
sum required. provided the balance of
s4o0,00O was subscribed In the city OF
Cleveland itself, In some sections of fhc
country that would have been "A GuictuS
20 the movement, but the Cleveland men
took IL in entirely different fashion. At
great banquet which was held To do
honor 10 the handsome subscription of MIR
sarlyf fE,l s..la tl,f,aH
shown that II was felt that before the
week was out more than The balance re-
quired would be in hand. One unique
feature of tho arrangements made TO give
zest to the procuring OF subscriptions
or was il possible as preventative TO
an over amount being subscrlbed?-is an
enormous clock which has been erected
in the center of the public square. and
upon one of its dials is recorded moment
by moment the exact amount that has
been subscribed. With so much ingenuity
the satisfactory result OF the enterprise.
Skyscrapers in London.
Some people think OF London as be
are brought TO recognize that that is d
mistaken notion. When I was last In
London the number Of buildings being
torn down to make way for loftier and
more modern structures impressed me as
being In excess OF anything ] had ever
seen In this country. Just fancy the
DelHS WlucncQ drd pi3cCU on
either hand by modern skyscrarcrs. which
II not quite as lefty as those with which
New Workers are so well acquainted, nov
crtheless have their upper stories con-
London foGs?) quite as often as any OF
the towering office buildings that grace
Manhattan island. However the most
recent thing that has attracted my at
tentioD is the fact that. while Fjrglsh-
men boast of their quiet day OF rest and
the chance stranger who find. himself in
the great metropolis of the world on a
Sunday morning may come near starving
10 death while he looks for an open res
tauTant or eating place. nevertheless the
modern craving for news has called into
being the most unique arrangement that
think has ever been called forth by the
genius OF man. Since February J. per-
sons having mail sent from the country
on Saturday or arriving from abroad ran
nave their letters opened in tho London
postoffice and the contents telephoned at
charge or cents for every thirty words
The sender OF the letter must address
II to the central telephone office, Lon
don. and mark the envelope with "A broad
line from top TO bottom in addition 10
enclosing enough postage stamps TO cover
the number of words TO he teierhoned.
Evidently our brother John has had
different experience with telephone opera
tors from ourselves. | can i,st fancy
having central opeu my letters aud
own impression of what that contents
ought to be. The only thing .hat saved
many a wel-neaning telephone girl from
an untimely end. under the present state
OF affairs In this country is the fact thai
desperate thoughts on the part OF a lcny
suffering public at one end OF Il Telephone
wire cannot always find instant oXprcs-
sion in desperate deeds al tho other end
Why our well favored English brother
will not rest content with the glorious
privilege of being able 10 telegraph twelve
words for twelve cents. with one cent for
each additional word. at any time on any
day or on any night. is surely a mystery
but fancy that II he doesn't gain any
thinG else from the new arrangement lie
will certainly gain deal In tBc matter
OF experience.
ST. Paul's chapel on Broadway. between
Fulton and Vesey streets was at one
time an uptown church. and occupied by
congregation Of New Torls's most fash
ionable folk. AZ the present time there Is
little evidence of fashionable residences
In the immediate vicinity of tho church
although great number OF people SIN
have their homes in that hisniy con-
gestsd business quarter OF the preat cjty
The people who attend the midday serv-
ices through the year and who literally
throng the church for the IL o'clock de-
Votions during Lent. hail from all quar-
tors OF tile New York suburbs and many
OF them are still among tho class which
We often hear spoken Of as The we'll To do.
Recently the vicar of the chapel. which
yoU will ~ course remember belongs tu
Trinity parish. made some very pertinent