Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16

ne nad recognized In time tnat ~ W.
FOR Germany question almost vital to
maintain Turkey strong IL had been well
for his country.
What a pity that Bismarck would not
have Us In the triple alliance! Formerly
1t was possible. The emperor should have
had quietly the audacity to annex us TO
the trfpice
I'm place of dispensing the superiuities
or her forces over the entire world and
acquiring colonies OF which nothing was
TO be gained. Germany should have dir
rected her action toward the Persian
gulf Germany certainly would have
profited and we also.''
Hamid repeats the story of his gardener
at fildiz. who compared the Balkans To
certain trees In their relations To the
oak, which was Turkey. The apple tree
was Roumania: the plum tree was Servia
the pine tree was Greece: the pear tree
was Bulgaria: Turkey was the oak. who
lost many branches-a good thing for
the trunk. according TO Hamid. for the
dead branches were a danger TO the
health of the oak.
Mouktar Pasha, his imperial commits
sioner In Egypt. sent him a report from
Egypt concerning what the English had
done there. 1.-The moral welfare OF the
country" he wrote. has effected, IL IL
said. a great extension. The intellectual
elevation OF the people progresses day
by day"
when in Spain the inquisition pros
pered. who was IL burnt the Jews or ex-
PEELED them? Then we
Refuge of extended aid to them and
o-l received them The cres-
VPPAeSseu' cent i'm all times has Of
fered sure refuge to
those who were banished from their
country for religious or politicaf>~auses.
But who in the occident KNOWS our his
tory? Who. indeed. would give himself
the trouble to learn it?
What. for example. does the grand
old man Gladstone know Of oriental
questions? When he says that my gov
eminent does not rely upon laws. but vio-
lence | say that it Is gross insult
eft is the same with the Armenian
horrors as with the Bulgarian atrocities.
Is IL not proved since long time that
the English journals published under
that head scandalous lies?"
And Hamid adds: "Mouktar is a fool. He
is poisoned by English poison; how can
he praise the English, who only act
through egotism. which is limited by the
desire to exhaust the Nile valley, which
they would convert into veritaoie Eng
lish frontier.
mo: western civilization for the Turk
is a mortal poison, which they offer with
hypocritical smiles The Turk welcomed
the strangers with hospitality, and this
is their gratitude. They crush Us anu
work for our ruin.
1.-The crusade against Turkey has never
entirely ceased Gladstone, that old IN
famed babbler, has put ON the Shippers OF
Pope Plus ii, and nevertheless the otto
man kingdom, so hated by Christians has
ever been In the middle ages when afro
cious religious war reigned. the asylum
1.-THE powers do not wish us TO be mas
tiers in our own house, and they come 70
US with their propositions and their ca
pitulations, etc. Any thing which might De
good in any other part of the world, even
il it were Monaco, the Christian powers
are very far from giving II TO US. The
crusade against Turkey continues always
in secret"
Hamid laments that Turkeys relations
with France are not what they should
be. 1t is evident that the French are un-
happy over the visit of the German en-
peror to him. The good relations or
France with Turkey date from the time
Christian nations Of Europe Were un-
worthy of his aid in their war against
the chivalric Osmanlis.
Hamid confesses that 1t was French
officers who reformed the Turkish army.
and especially the artil-
Turks and lery, and they were
rl grateful. The war in the
E1eAcn' Crimea created a certain
fraternity of arms between the nations.
The army, the schools and the language
was French. The first railroads were
built by the French.
In the matter of the quays IL was his
fault to destroy the ancient privileges OF
the French. Alas! he exclaims since
some time We pass from one conflict to
another. We had trouble over the post
offices. then the international sanitary
council, then the public debt. etc.
Hamid Gn 1909 expresses his lack OF
confidence in Prince Ferdinand OF Bull
garia. If he dared only to proclaim him
self king! In that case the troops OF
Adrianople would march upon Sonia.
Russia would look twice before inter-
vening. Austria would commit a grave
fault il she should sustain Bulgaria in
her ambitions to become a great power.
Referring to the suggestion by Russian
journals dn 1909 of an alliance of the
Balkan peoples: Servia, Bulgaria. Rou-
mania and Greece-all together with the
Christians of Macedonia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, forming population OF 49,
O00,000 men, Hamid declares that division
and mutual defiance condemned the Bal
kan states to a.total impotency. 1T was
true" he added. lone domination in Er-
rope is founded on the discord of the
Balkanic peoples.
Abdul Hamid comes back to the Eng
fish. The English are more to be feared
than any other nation. No promise IS
sacred to them. And Hamid recalls the
promise in turn of Admiral Seymour.
Lord Dufferin and Gen Wolseley that
they they would get out of Egypt. Hamid
throws rock at .Abbas Hilmi khediye
who, in the hands of the English. has
become a giaour upon whom they would
confer the khalifat.
Russia would push panslavism to the
Bosphorus. Bulgaria being the docile
agent of Russia. Only Greece and Helle-
nism could serve as a rampant for the
Turks. Thanks to Allah. the Bulgarians
and Greeks hate each other as fire and
water.
Abdul Hamid. no doubt, was quite COR
rect in his judgment of men and things,
but Dr. Danef and Premier Veni-
Zelos can give him some interesting side
lights on the new relations of Bulgaria
and Greece.
Hamid pleads plausibly, but the shall
lowness of his pleas becomes apparent
when one recalls that the cruel and soul
less sultan caused the great and good
Midhat Pasha, the best of Turks. and
true patriot, to be strangled to death in
prison. The account of the horrid deed.
which is characteristic of the tger-like
man. has been published by Midhat's son,
Ali Hayder Bey. in a book entitled THE
Life of Midhat Pasha.'
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.