La Junta tribune., 1911-04-08
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10 the mouth OF the Bosphorus. 10
the shores OF Constan,inople A
straight line 5000 miles east OF
New York City brings one through
the southern border OF this city OF
l.i25.ooo people. little less than
onehalf Turks. one-tourth Greeks.
and the rest mixture o. Armenians.
Jews, etc. A city built OH point
between two seas, and two gr at
counui.s, the Black Sea pouring its
waters into its hartor. with a loca.
ton for security. commercial oppor-
tunity and political importance hard.
ly surpassed The weather here is
very changeable- very sudden in
changes from snow to tropical. and
really dangerous TO health. IL is
written about Constantinopie. The
eye OF the world. the ornament OF
nations. the fairies, sight on earth"
agree with all but the last, and
should say: The queerest sight. and
Consiantinople has been and is most
cosmopolitan. and the native speaking
or reading less than four lAnguas yes
is no student at all Al adyertis-
ing cards. posters. etc. are printed
In four to six langua ses During
the middle century she was the great
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empire city The first city to be
come Christian. but now far from
being 50, -Four hundred and eighty
one mosques replac. many Christian
churches. with sancta Sophia. their
largest, nrst built for a Christian
church by Constantine and Justinian,
and now used a. mosque. where
the Turks pray to the east. their
great Mecca. The great dome rises
200 feet. and the base is nearly
square. giving sense Of dignity
and spaciousness unsurpassed. and
built at cost OF about s5i 900 600.
One almost seems selfish not to be
able TO describe great and beautiful
things he sees. but they are too great
too much coloring and grandeur 10
show in writing. and only pictures or
presence can suffice
Besides the mt sques other points
OF interest are the Hippodromc.
where the old speeches. games and
races were held The Imperial Mu-
scum contains statuary. appealing to
me even more than that seen at
Athens. and al large saroophagi
Of great Interest The treasury con
tains jewels, and thousands of relics
OF spoil and lootins. so vast that
no price can be put on the small
est portion. have spoken Of the
treasures of Spain. but they are
only a drop IN the bucket as com
pared with these
Political conditions are somewhat
better than ten year, ago. yet stlll
nothing TO b. proud OF The Young
Turkish Party" so called, Is improy-
Ing things a great deal There has
been change In dress. and In the
streets, Up to a very short time
ago thsy did not believe In repair
ing anything. the streets were never
cleaned. thousands OF dogs ran Wild.
and their belief today tthe MohAm.
mcdausi l. not 10 kin dog. giving
Us the reason why thousands Of dogs
were put on an island to siarye TO
death. Instead OF killins them. Red
tape and officiallsm are carried to
most unreasonable and offensive de
gree, Foreigners In Turkey are
under constant suspicion. yet Amer.
leans are treated with special con.
sideration. Their, seems To b. more
soldiers than peaceful citizens. ana
the whole atmosphere seems saturai-
ID with the odor Of trouble. besides
the hundreds OF other and real odors.
For fear OF uprising the Sultan has
not allowed teicphonss There In
little CT no improyem, In the line
of electricity Ito ruling has held her
back
The Mohammedan roli sion Is the
prevailing one. as the AL mosqu
show. and II Il common 10 So. tho
mu, EHin walk around the tower or
minaret OF the mosque. and hear him
call TO prayer He practically sings