Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-20
pools dry up, and there is no fresh water


pools dry up. and there is no fresh water
at all.
When the people of Constantinople OBJ
jected to the confinement of dogs in pens
some sagacious official suggested thai
they be sent to this island. and almost
every night for several months q boafload
of four-footed exiles has been landed
there. Bread is carried to them. which IL
but Of late the starving animals have beer
killing and eating each other, and, being
entirely without fresh water, they have
become mad from thirst and hunger,
The condition Of the island Is too hor.
ribie to describe. From 1900 to 2O.OO(
animals have been landed there since
April. Most of them are dead. The shore
Is covered with their putrid and mutilated
bodies. The odor is offensive to the pas
sengers of vessels three miles distant
When the wind is in that direction !,
reaches the Princes Island. where sew
eral thousand people from the city go fol
the summer. Several people have beer
poisoned by fish caught in that vicinity
and a plague Of flies has settled down
upon the island which are likely to be
blown across the water to the neighborine
villages, carrying with them the poison
from the putrid animals.
Likely to Spread Disease.
Hundreds of dogs have tried to swim
to the main land, but have been drowned
before reaching a landing. The current
Of the Sea of Marmora is strong, so that
the bodies are carried into the Mediter-
ranean and are likely to spread disease
In that direction Nobody except the
sanitary officials know exactly what the
conditions on the island are. but imagi-
nation cannot exaggerate the horrors
that exist there. boat is supposed to &C
down every night carrying conscripts tC
be added to the thousands already there
and 1t is supposed to take sufficient food
to supply the entire colony. but the
stencil and the danger of infection are sc
great that no one will approach the place
voluntarily. and II the common people
should find out what has happened to
trouble.
So far as an ordinary observation goes
the number of dogs in the streets of the
city has not diminished. They are just
as numerous and just as noisy as ever,
but this particular nuisance is not con-
fined to Constantinopie. Every other
Turkish city, particularly Damacus and
Jerusalem, is plagued in the same way.
and the same breed of dog seems to exist
everywhere.
Annoying Newsboys.
nopIe. provoked by the new regime, are
newsboys, who push through crowds and
shove people off the sidewalk shriekine
the names of the papers they are selling
and the head lines that occupy q large
portion of the outside pages. They are
almost as numerous as the dogs, young
and old, crippled and stalwart, and are
often violent in their movements as well
as their moderation. l am told thar
there are fifty daily papers In CONSTANT
nople, representing every phase of politi-
cal sentiment and expressing the
opinion of every political leader who can
command the price. They are publish
ed in several different languages-Turk-
ism, Greek. Armenian, French, German
and Hebrew and combinations OF French-
German, French-Turkish, French-Greek
and French English.
There are comic papers. trade papers.
illustrated weeklies and monthlies ana
every possible periodical that you can
imagine.
A tidal wave of literature. has brol N
loose since 1.-The freedom Of the press
was recognized under the new regime.
But most of these papers and periodicals
have short lives. They appear and as
appear without attracting much atten-
ton. and although freedom aS is guar ha.
been abolished, the government sup
nresses a paper without hesitation when
ever it gets too boisterous Outside pub
lications are also prohibited from circu-
lation when they are pronounced sedi-
tious Just now the circulation OF Gre
clan papers in Turkey has been forbid
den because of the strained relations be-
tween the two countries
Rise of Many Clubs.
Another novelty is clubs. They. too.
were prohibited under the old regime.
Abdul Hand never permitted his SUBJ
tects to assemble for any purpose without
the presence Of the police, but since that
prohibition has been removed hundreds
of clubs have been organized-social. lit
erary, scientific and to promote culture in
other lines, as we'll as political clubs.
Until two years ago people met at the
coffee houses anu discussed the topics Of
the LAY with the greatest caution. Now
secret and in public and there is a club
room on almost every corner.
Labor is becoming thoroughly organ
lied Strikes and boycotts are now fash
ionable For months. all Austrian mer-
ohandise was boycotted. and now no.
body dare buy or use anything that Is
made in Greece. Grecian steamers get no
freight and some of them have been pre-
vented from landing passengers, all be-
cause of the controversy between the two
Crete.
Fees and tips of every kind have been
increased. Porters have been numbered
and are under official discipline. Street
hacks and carriages have also been num-
bered: they have been allotted fixed
stands and their charges are now regu-
lated by tariff.
Reforming the Police.
The spies that were watching every
body-and 1t IL said there we're at least
1900 in the employ of the old govern
ment-have been dismissed and the police
have been provided with new uniforms
and new regulations. And, what is more
important, their pay has been increased.
Formerly Constantinople policemen were
dependent upon blackmail and tips. be-
cause they seldom received any pay from
the city. Now they are paid promptly
every month and are strictly forbidden.
under the haaYieat nenaltiea. Ia accent