The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21
The Hero In War Is Tinrid In Love
- oNSTANTINOPLE, December 90
Especial -Raouf Hussein Bey
y captain of the glorious Handle

~ oNsTANTINoPI-E, December ~
(Special)-Raouf Hussein Bey'
captain of the glorious 'Hamidie,'
is advertising for someone who will take
off his shoulders the burden of being a
hero A years experience has proved that
being hero is tiresome. Raouf can toll
crate his popularity, the display of his
photographs, the flicker of his moving
picture face, and his prospects of becoming
admiral and marine minister But
against this stands the fact that when
YOU become a hero in Turkey influential
people insist on marrying you to a prin-
cess. Raouf resents this. Though TURK
he is more European than Europe itself;
and he much prefers the European system
under which pretty girls who want to
marry heroes send along their photo
graphs. In Turkey they do not get their
photographs taken. The Sultan merely
commands the hero to marry princess OF
the ancient mighty and terrible house or
Othman, without even knowing what she s
like.
Capt Raouf Hussein Is dark-eyed,
thick-nosed, handsome, well set up Turk
of 40. He served in the British navy
speaks perfect English, has tasted whisky
and soda, and in every other respect Is a
civilized man. 1t was Raouf who went to
Germany to buy the battleships "WeiRsen-
burg and 'Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm, "
which, renamed "Messudie" and "Barba-
rosa Haireddin." did Turkey such signal
disservive in the war. Raouf is brave. He
chafed fiercely against the marine minis
ter for not letting him go out and fight the
Greek midgets: and when he did get out
he did some damage and spread as much
panic as did Cervera While his where
abouts were unknown. So Raouf became
a, hero; and hero he remains.
But heroes must have imperial wives.
Just as Enver Bey was rewarded for his
heroism with a princess of the house of
Gilman (whom, despite reports, he has
not yet goD, Raouf must be rewarded.
That is the house of Gilman system. The
princesses cannot intermarry with chris
ton dynasties: and as there are no Mos
lem dynasties worth mentioning, they
must marry at home. They are given to
viziers, soldiers and sailors. When the
hero himself is too old, his son is re-
warded with a princess Abdul Hamid
honored Noureddin, son of Ghazi Osman,
the hero of Plevna, by commanding him
to marry his daughter Princess Zekie
Sultana: and he gave his second daugh-
ter. Nayime, to Kemmaleddin, Osman' s
other son. Saline Sultana, daughter OF
Sultan Abdul Aziz, was presented TO
Achmet Pasha, son of the hero. Field
Marshal Ismal; and her sister, Nazime
Sultana. was given to Khalid Pasha, son
of Field Marshall Dervish Pasha. There
are scores of other eligible princesses with
odorous, melodious names that suggest the
Bulpul and the Rose, Ayiches, Chadies,
Relies. Khadijies, Fehimes, Djemilies,
Senihas, Fatimas, Medhes In addition
there are scores of less legitimate prin-
cesses, Ayiches, Chades, Relies, etc, who
are children of second wives and of lovely
cdolisques. They live at Stambul. at Pera,
at Scutari, on the Bosphorus and at leafy
Broussa; and they are all waiting for
amorous heroes to come along.
That Raouf must marry a princess OF