The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-12
HANDS EXILE LIFE
Ex-Sultan of Turkey the
Prey of Melancholy.
REMAINS ENIGMATIC as EVER
seldom sleeps and often BUSHES
Around His Chamber in the Palace
Prison ia saIOniki as il Pursued
by PhantOms-StiII Thinks He
ReiEns ut ConstantinOPIe.

Constantinople, June n.-During his
thirty-years' reign as the omnipotent
master OF 25,OoO,eoO Of men, Abdul Hamid,
ex-suitaa Of Turkey, was a riddle, pre-
picking and impenetrable to the whole
world Now. in the days of his exile
in Saloniki, his attitude and character
remain unaltered-enigmatic as ever
At one moment he is raised to the
heights of bliss because the fear of as
sassination is no longer ever present; at
the next he is cast into the depths of de-
spair with the recollection that his
autocraey and absoluusm have vanished
from him
Mr.. Francis McCulIagh, the war cor
respondent. who was present in Constan-
tinople through the revolution. has writ
ten clever analytical study of Abdul
Hands overthrow, and the events which
led up to it. There is an interesting,
though gloomy. picture Of the neurotic
- exile's HE in his palace-prison, the villa
Allatini he cannot accustOm himself tO
the fact that he has ceased to reign, and
from. time to time gives incoherent or
ders, asking for things which it is i'm
possible to get for him.
Never Refreshing Slumber.
Always the prey Of the demon of
melancholy, his moodiness has increased
hundredfold since he has lost the horde
of musicians, jugglers, and moosahibs, or
amusement-men, whose duty it was at
Yfldiz Kiosk to charm away terrifying
decisions Sometimes. after having sat
in,
he strikes the table with his fist, and
cries, "Maledication, Maledicationl"
He does not know the meaning OF re-
freshing slumber. Whenever he is
obliged 10 close his eyes through sheer
exhaustion, he is fully dressed. and his
eeuch is long chair. Suddenly he VIII
start up and rush round and round his
chamber as If pursued by phantoms.
Often he spends the livelOng night be-
fore an open window. gazing in the d.
reetion Of Constanunople Thirty men,
bers of his harem are sharing his exile
with him. These he gets to tell his
fortune by cards, buI before the opera
ton is finished he jumps TO his feet and
inpatieutly sweeps the cards away. cry
ing, "Futlfty! Fuuhtyi'
SEINE Amazing Discoveries.
Afters Abdul Hands removal from
Yildiz Kiosk, some amazing discoveries
were made in the palace There were
rooms fun Of clocks-timepieces elabor-
ately enameled or inlaid with mother-of-
pearl, side by side with many eleven
penny alarm clocks OF German origin
in almost every room there were patent
medicines and cupboards stocked with
hair restorers,. complexion restorers and
quack remedies guaranteed TO retuvenate
the most senile. Gold and silver, as wen
as gems of fabulous worth. were found
in secret hiding-plaees, or lying loosely
in open drawers and upon sofas Under
a heap Of rags was found the beautiful
seal. set in brilliants. Of the former Sui
tan. Abdul Aziz, and alongside il was
another seal worth sixpence.
The Young Turk leaders who made
these discoveries one day heard many
voices proceeding from a locked up
apartment. and their astOnishment was
transformed into alarm when they dis
tinguished the words. "Padishahim tchok
Yasha' ("L0ng live the Sultan). The
cry came, not from reactionaries, but
from hundreds of hungry Gagged parrots
which had been taught this phrase Alb
dull Famid was excessively fond Of par
rots. That is al that can be said OF
him for good.