The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12

the old spirit Of tho race has been demon
strated at Adana- Fanaucism is not to
be swept away so easily as was the psli-
ucal party OF Abdul HaInido
The Turks, those In power, have set
themselves a tremendous task. II they
accomplish their undertaking they will
have done what no other race adher!ng to
the tenets OF Islam has achieved before
them. An English friend OF mine. the
son OF Crlmean veteran and therefore
an ardent supporter OF the Turks. asked
me recently If did not think they would
attain In thirty years the state OF civiltza-
ton which the Bulgarians had reached in
the same length OF time since their liberia
ton. My friend argued that the Turks
start with an organized government, with
political standing. and some of them.
with enlightenment such as the Bulgar-
ian peasants did not possess when they
were set free.
That is all very true. But tho heritage
OF government is one OF corrupt govern
ment. The heritage of education is.
among, the majority, the hindering one
only OF the Koran and its addenda. The
political standing is one fraught with
many dangehs.
Lazy by Nature.
BY nature the Turk is lazy. the Jap
anese Is dAigent; the Turk despises trade.
the japanese is a keen competitor; the
Turk is conccited in ignorance, the Jap
dncso wise In seeking knowledge Young
Turks frequently boast that they are
like the Japanese" But To be of the
east and 10 aspire to such achievements
as the japanese have attained is one
thing-to change the centuries-old soul
OF n nation Is another.
The Young Turks, nevertheless. are
following the Japanese precedent in sew
eral effective matters. In the matter OF
pride and are taking Into the army, navy
treasury, customs house and other
branches OF the government. Europeans.
who-though nominally. In Difference to
m I'M, a ,IRN hlp
only advisers-posseSs In reality q meas
ure OF authority. At any rate the new re-
gime accepts. and acts now upon, the
suggestions oil their paid foreign ad-
Visers.
Compulsory Service in Army.
y law for compulsory service IN the
army has passed the Ottoman parliament
as result Of the feeling among Turkish
officers that 1t has been unfair TO make
the MOslem serve, and only 10 exact
military tax from Christian Sub)ccts-a
regulation which prevailed under the old
government When tho European spoke
10 Turkish officer In the old days. of
the abuses OF his government and the
suffering Of non Moslcm races under It.,
the reply was gencral-if the European
was in the officers coniidcnce-that Mos
lens suffered more. and conscript!on OF
Moslcms for service In remote corners
OF the empire from which many OF them
never returned. was pointed out as an In
stance. Tho opinion prevailed among
educated men In the army that Eu-
ropean countries cared nothing for the
SuIrrings of the Turk under Abdul
Hamid, their sympathy being only with
the Christians, rs "A result OF their In
tolerance OF Islam. The fact that this
belief holds stilI inspires the Turks TO
create again an army and a fleet suffi-
cient 10 defend the country against any
aggression,
II Is interesting TO see how tho various
subject races accept this new army meas
ure. The ArmenInnS make no protest
the wiser men among them even welcome
II. The reason OF their attitude Is that
they. living In Asia Minor. can perceive
no attalnabe future for themselves apart
from the Ottoman empire except possi-
bly, one with Russia which they would
not prefer. They determine, therefore, IL
81 is feasible. TO become Ottomans if
spirit as well as In interest. And by as
sociatjon with the AIohammcdans in
every way open To them. they seek to
HIT the Mohemmedans To "A fellow feel
ing. christian" feeling, toward them