The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-29

the stand which they have taken in |
declining to acquiesCe in the attempt
of the ottoman government to abrO-
gate the AFFILIATIONS, and the mes
sage cabled by the State Department
on Wednesday last to Ambassador
Morgenthau for communication to the
Sublime Porte leaves nothing to be
desired in the way OF energetic pro-
test.
Neither the United States nor any
other foreign power the civilization OF
whose people is based on Christianity
can dream of permitting those OF its
citizens who have interests in Tur-
key or who for n reason or another
are called upon to reside permanently
or temporarily in the dOminions of
the Sultan to be subject to the juriS-
diction of courts whose administration
Of justice is based entirely on the
teachings of the Koran. The methods
OF Moslem justice are so entirely Orr
entail both in their conception and
In the execution, and Moslem ideas
Of the punishment of what is con-
sidered in the light of crime are SO al
together appalling that any foreign
government which abandoned Its sub
lects in Moslem countries to the ten
der mercieS Of the native authorities
would be unworthy of its trust.
Before proceeding to discuss and
explain the c~apitulations it may be
asked what the Sublime Porte has to
offer to this country in the way Of a
return for the surrender OF the yalu-
hble treaty rights enjoyed under its
provisions by the United States. Tur-
key, which has on two or three OCca-
sions approached the government at
Washington On the subject without
going to the length Of it's recent mes
sage, has intimGted hat concessions
I'm the matter would be followed by
adV1nf1QGg to American financial
commercial and manufacturing in
terestS In Turkey. But the Sultan is
known to have held out similar in
ducements and with the same object
In view to the other great powers
and this being the case it has been
asked at Washington where the ad-
vantage OF the United States over
the other nations would come in.
May Levy Heavy Taxes.
Moreover, committed as is the Porte
TO the expenditure Of immense sums
of money upon it's army n its navy,
overwhelmed as it is with native and
foreign debt, suffering as it does from
the most acute forms OF financial dis
tress, 1t naturally follows that it will
be driven in the near future to i'm
pose far heavier duties on American
and other foreign interests in Tur-
key than those which now exist, since
native sources or revenue are cir
tually ny the present alto
Rethed intolerable burden Of taxation.
Indeed, new imports on foreign in
tereSts are about all that is left from
which the Ottoman treasury can hope
to derive any additional income.
The Sublime Porte has, therefore
nothing of any real value to offer tC
the United States government in re.
turn for h latter's relinquishmen,
of the rights and prerosatives which
it has always enjoyed by virtue o.
those treaties known as the capitula
tons. Even if Turkey hay anything
In the way OF a consideration to offel
the United States would do we'll t,
think twice before making any con
ceSSions.
For the present government q
STEAMBOAT is not established on any to,
firm a basis. It seems to be aItogethe
at the mercy OF such irresponsible,
and vanity crazed adventures as En-
yer Pasha, now Minister Of War an,
virtual dictator, his hands stained
with he blood OF gallant old Main
PaSha, who was murdered in the mos
cOwardIy manner There is no qua
rantee that some popular movemen
may not at any moment overthrow tn
regime now In power, Iepudiate al
its arrangements, do away with tn
Constitution, such as it is, and restor
the ~autocracy of the Padishah in a.
it's medieval and barbarous despc
tism.
Origin Of Capitulations.
Contrary to VIA so many beliey
the capitulations bestoWing ex-terri
torial rights upon foreigners in TUT
Z key were not eXorted from the latte
by force, nor against her will. The
origin is "a very interesting one an
is to be found in the profound cor
tempt of the Moslem fer the unb.
lever.
Islam cannot conoaiva ,oixe
State. 1t takes account only of
State containing none but Moslem
and its ideal is that the whole worl
81. will in the end form such a State. ]
practice, Moslems try to shut the
eyes to the existence of non-Moslen
among them. ~ non-Mosle
should ave the same status as a NJ
Stem Is something u~nthinkable to IL
true believer. His attitude tOWa1
the non-Moslem is ono of eXtran