The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
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o. tie iuyiUaptNty - tpuStantinoTle will
b" maintained under their spy"r-igniv
En' fh"r" Nill -Ntst only on" dissatisfied
great Power Bur th" manner ia Which
that nsW Government Na~ s.t Ip III" -ud
do shifts IN situation Whirh prer-d.d IN
su,h ray.d slrc'.ssion the final oustlng ~
the sultan and abolition - ;ine hAllCW~d
institutions and methods Whirh she whole
rcd "a prld ahhorre,l - not readily 20
BE- understood from 'he fragnentary ac-
counts Of isolated periods pTucuTabl" nv
the press while events wrrr in progress
Accordingly such "A story Of this great
historical crisis "a - furnished Nv Mr.
FRAScIs MCCUII-,GH IA his volume en-
titled The Fail o. Abdul HdrHid 1Mrthu"n
a Coz will b. welcomed by the public.
which will appreciate the exceptional
CIR. % the author Trained Ivy long
experience ~ correspondent IN war
and peace 20 quick observation and an
siowed with a style which prevents even
unavoidable facts and statistics from be-
ing dry In their setting forth. he pene
trstes the motives ~ the oddly unstable
end complicated vet rr~olute Turks and
presents matters in admirable balance
While he occasionally draws attention TO
some ludicrols Inconsistency or absurd
fly. he evidently does not permit himself
90 So the amusing side Of these extremely
SERIOUS mano.uvres. "a the reader under
his guidance cannot help doing: and this
d fortunate. for AZ every turn you are in |
voluntarily reminded ~ comic opera.
Parts of the hook the author tells u.s. !
have appeared. in outline az least. in news |
papers and reviews in England. ireland. |
America India. China and Japan. He !
records tho result 81 his own observa- |
tsons in Turkey in iSns and 1910. but
acknowledge valuable aid from the /
-
volumes hy Or. Farkas and Adalbert. !
Count Sternharg Mr.. &. r Buxton. and
the Notes dune NoyageIse. His En-
cellency Nahmud Shafket Pasha. whose /
portrait forms the frontispiece. the hero !
ofthe capture u Con-ta ntinople. furnishes !
a preface He saws that although the .
reforms confided to him deal with war .
ne hopes that the civilized world will not .
feel any apprehension as 70 the serious and
peaceful character NJ the change which .
the Turks have made in Turkey The :
Europe Of today wants peace and det~sts /
war: but IL unfortunately war should I
break out in Furop. h" believes that IL .
will 10 kindl~d hv n spark from the Fast.
Now there will ~ no spark from tho Fast
n Turkey becomes powerful. With a
strong Turkey Il will 10 possible 10 keep
.peacs even in the Balkans. whereas a weak
Turkey will constitute n perpetual menace
20 the pace of the world II is in order
lto DESTROY that menace that he with his
able collaboratorS. - now working on the
reform ~ tho Ottoman army. and he hopes
for the mora support ofthc civilized world
in the completion Of this task. After this
courteous warning to whomsoever IL may
concern To- keep hands oh and give the
Turks a chance 90 learn the method %
a constitutional monarchy Mr.
McCullaGh begins his narrative