The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04
SULTAN, IN EXILE,
LEADS P|TIAbLE LIFE
Prev to Terrible Delusions Abdul
Harnid Spends Weary Days
and Sleepless Nights.
PURSUED BY
Never Undresses, and His Only
Couch is a Long
Chair.
PURSUED BY PHANTOMS

LONDON. June L..
During his thirty years reign az the
o~mnipotent master Of 100000 OF men.
Abdul Hamid, ex-suitan of Turkey. was a
riddle, p~crpiexing and impenetrable, to the
whole world. Now. in h days of his
exile In Salonika, his attitude and charac-
Ter remain unaitered-enig,natse- as ever
Al one moment he Is raised to the heighss
of bliss because the g OF assassina-
ton lis no longer cver-present; at the next.
he is cast into the depths of despair. with
the recollection that his autocraey ano
ahsolutisn have vanished from him.
Francis Mceuiiagh,- the war corres
spondent. who was present In Constanu-
NOBLE through the revolution, has written
q clever analytical study of Abdul ham
Ids overthrow and the events which led
I'D to It. There is an arresting' thousn
gloomy. picture OF the neurotio exiies Ire
In his palace-prison the villa Aliantni'
He cannot accustom himself TO the iact
that he has ceased to reign, ana from
time to time gives incoherent orders. ASK
ing for things which 1t IL Impossible "
get for him.
Terrifying DeiuSlons-
Always the prey OF the demon OF meia'-
choly. his moodiness has Increased q nun.
drsdfoid since he has lost inc norde oh
musicians, tugglers, ana m~ossanlps. v.
am ,,sement men, whose duty 1t was at
Yildiz Kiosk to charm away terrifying de-
lusions. Sometimes, after having sa1 toF
hours wrapped In gloomy ne
strikes the table with Ills first, ana cries
''Naledictioui Malediction!'
He does not know the meaning OF ~
freshing slunfber. Whenever ne Is oonse"
to close his eyes through sheer eAh"aS-
ton, he is fully dressed. and ms eoaeI.
is a long chair. Suddenly he Will start up
and rush round and round MS chafhper
as IL pursued by phantoins' oitsh nv
spends the livelong aight before an open
,sndow gazing in the direction OF Con
stantinople. Thirty members Of his harem
are sharing his exile with him, These ne
pats 10 tell his fortune by cards, but De
fore the operation is finished he jumps 10
his feet and impatiently sweeps the caros
away. crying "Futnity. Futility"'
Some Amazing Discoveries
After Abdul Hands removal from fN-
dz Kiosk. some amazing discoveries were
roae In the palace. There were rooms
fuiI OF elocks--timepieces deliberately
enameled or tnlaid with mother~of-peari'
side BY side with one and eleven penny
alarm clocks of German Origin. In almost
every room there were patent medicines,
and cupboards were Allied with hair re-
~storers. complexion restorers and anaek
remedies guaranteed to re~juvenate the
most se7aile. Gold and silver, as well as
gems of fabulous worth, were found In
secret hiding places. or lying loosely In
open drawers and upon sofas. Under a
heap OF rags was found the beautiful seal,
set In hrtiitants, of the former sultan,
Abdul Aziz, and alongside 1t was an
other seal worth s;xpeace.
The Young Turk leaders who made
these discoveries one day heard many
voices proceeding from q lockea-up apart
and their establishment was trans
formed into alarm when they distinguish
ed the words, "Padishahim tchok Yashat
C"Long ike the suitan'). The cry Nsne,
not from reactionsries. bat from hundreds
of hungry Gagged parrots which had been
taught this phrase. Abdul Hamid was ex-
cessively fond OF parrots. That Is all that
can be said OF him for good.