The sun., 1910-01-31

Of the mAseacres stood high In state oiices.
The Turks stand In need OF their assistance.
not only because OF the energy they can
inject into the constructive work now
| forward but as a counterpoise to the two
other trading elements OF the population.
the Greeks and the Jews Adroit use has
been made OF the differences existing among
the Armenians themselves. The Commit
tee IsshnaktZontion has ranged itself
very frankly on the side OF the Young
| Turks and seems willing to forget the time
when both suffered martyrdom for a like
cause. Not so the Hunchakists. who
represent the Armenian revolutionary
movement and bave even boycotted the
newspapers OF their brother Armenian
| Tashnaktzontion. All Armenians would
be well advised TO throw In their lot unre-
servedly with the new Turkey. II they do
not they run the risk Of falling into the
! NAV OF the Russian bear. who already
holds 4 number OF them in his grip and
against whose continued aggression the
delegates at a recent Armenian congress
| protested so loudly.
| As II all the foregoing we're not sufficient
| to try the strength OF the new Powers, there
remains an inner conflict still more trying
and difficult than the question OF the sub
ject natlonalities: more difficult because
| it is a Mohammedan question purely. but
|
burrows in the Moslem world, The antag-
onism between Turk and Arab is Of long
| standing; II Is the an nta gonism OF two totally
dissmilar races within the bosom OF the
same church. The Turk csRhot forget
that by his prowess he has raised himself
to dominant position in the world of
Islam; the Arab ahat II was he that engen-
dered the faith in which a stranger blood
is all powerful. that Islam as State and
Church Is an Arab creation. and that the
Caliphate of right belongs to the Arab
family OF Koraish. Arabia, Syria and Meso-
potamia speak practically one and the
same language, Arabic. The Turk is looked
upon as an absentee landlord, and tho
attempt to push the Turkish language in
the schools to a dominant position Is met
with open as well as passive resistance.
The conflict has broken out in Parliament
itself and armed uprisings have occupied
the attention of the Government in vari-
Gus parts OF greater Arabia. In Meso-
} potamia the Sheik of Barsan was quelled
only by the most energetic action OF the
Wall at Mosul, Mehmed Fail Pssha. The
: Hemarends have been giving trouble in
the districts between Mosul and BaEdad.
) In the Yemen rebellion has iourished for
r so long time as to have become endemic.
About fifteen battalions are there now in
. order to reduce the two great chiefs Sald
Idrs and the Imam Yahya. Indeed. the
Eeneralissimo went 40 far as TO foTeshadow
the granting Of autonomy to these chiefs
; on the plea that the Yemen is not really a
part Of the empire bur only a sort OF colonial
: possession, Arabia, however, contains the
l two most holy cities. Mecca and Medina.
and the possession OF these cities In a
symbol OF Mohammedan rulership. Izzet
Pasha. the famous chamberlain OF Abdul
Hamid is a Syrian Arab with all the shrewd-
ness and capa bilities OF his race. Il will be
: | ehaF H.. ,a1 81 La
amount Of i'll gotten gain and that he is now
in Egypt. undoubtedly fomenting trouble
; through his many lines OF influence and his
great wealth.
The Jews form an insigr ihcant part OF
the popUla aton of the Ottoman Empire
except in such cities as SalOnicd md Jeru-
salem, but thsv have been arnong the most
! ardent constitutionalists, and many OF them
look forward to a concentration in PaIes-
tine. where as Turkish subjects they may
be able to develop their own language
customs and religion. This movement
toward Palestine is followed most ca gerly
by very many OF their brethren in Europe
and America and the empire can only gain
by an active and industrious il ewish poTula-
|. tiOn In the Holy land.
With all these difficulties staring it in the
face how Is the new Turkey TO remain su-
preme and TO hold the various parts to-
getherI lt seems to me that two policies
As regards the peoples in European Turkey
peace can be obtained only by rapproche-
ment between the Ottoman Government
and the various States that are openly or
secretly pushing forward the prOpa ganda
there. in other words, a Balkan fedora tiOn
or understanding In which Turkey shall be
{ the predominant partner IA absolutely
necessary: That such federation is in
, process OF making is very evident. Seryia
. and Montenegro may be said already TO
have pooled their interests. Bulgaria and
: Servia are on the eve OF a complete reconcile
. Russia in the background would be an in
tolerabe menace to the Ottomans. and were
Austria 10 become triple empire tSlav,
Magyar. German) in place ot a dual empire
7 Austria and Russia would soon agree upon
a partition OF European Turkey. II Turkey
will take the place OF Russia she will gain the
smaller Slav States as friends and not allow
I them to he turned into enemies. Greece
A alliance. by admitting her Turkey would
settle the Cretan question and give a final
death blow to the m6odIc idea.
The internal difficulties could he solved
< by reversion to scheme which hnfortu-
:. | natelv has at present been driven into the
background by Turkish chauVinism, that
;. Sebaheddin, a nephew Of the Sultan. was
q the unwearied prOponent OF this idea, and
"A at one time II seemed ready TO break its
a way through. Unfortunately at the time
of the counter revolution he was accused
T II am assured wrongly sol OF being impli-
Y Gated in the react ion. and has had volun-
. arily to return to his former place Of exile
a Perhaps the time has not yet come wnen
; but to many outside and sympathetic OBJ
= servers II seems to be the only political
l. system that promises stability In Turkey,
| and the only means by which the national
: as pirations Of the various races can be
e satisfied, and the only waySin which Turkish
: rule can be made accepta bic to all OF them.
" JERUSALEM. January is.