The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-25

sun. but the necessity Of combating
pro-C3ermau influence in Constantine
ple may drive the Allies to thia very
thing.
Depend on Germans.
The Young Turks hung their fate on
the German alliance. The Old Turks
would rally all the antt-German ele-
ments in the empire around ABDUL:
who in his diary. translated by AL
Babi Bey, has this to say OF the Teu'
tonic Influence: ....-
my friend, the German emperor.
culogizes tho progress achieved by our
officers who are learned In German
ways. fear the emperor is greatly
mistaken.
brilliant, no doubt, are the testi'
monials, these young gentlemen re-
ceive at the hands OF their partners,
the Prussian officers. But happen to
know that when the bouquets are
handed around yonder one eye ID
closed. maybe even both. For the
presence Of these 'pachas' sons In Prus-
sian academies Is most flsttering to
the pride of our German friends.
"The old qualities Of the Osmanlis.
simplicity and aale-denial are but too
often lost sight Of by our youths In
Germany. What they do learn-and
we'll, tools immortality. drinking. etc.
Returning as inflated windbags. they
look down haughtily on their COM
rades. on tina old tried generals. and
hold our customs up to ridicule.
BOSNIAN Pacha never learned Prus-
sian drill. but he was fine general
all the same"
Taken to eaionica.
After his last orgy In Yildiz Kiosk.
his labyrinthine palace at Constantine
pie, Abdul and few selected wives In
1909 were shipped to 6alonica. where
they were immured luxuriously In the
Allatini palace and carefully guarded.
Then came the Balkan wars. Abdul
was brought back to Constantinople
for safety and allowed a certain
amount Of liberty.
When Turkey was drawn into the
war and the British. French and Rus
sian ambassadors left the Turkish cap.
ital. hia treatment underwent q very
marked change.
The indictments said on every hand
that Turkey would never have been
made Germany's catspaw II Abdul had
remained on the throne.
Realizing tho danger from the old
tyrant. Enver Pasha and other Young
Turk leaders are said to have had Alb
dull seized some time ago at night and
conveyed under strong guard across
the Straits into Asia Minor. He was
taken to some remote district.
with the present distractions, It
would be EASY for q small group of his
friends to fall upon his guard and free
him.
Nooalns His atrenath.
While Abdul was q prisoner at Sa'
lonica there were rumors that he was
In his dOtage. But those who saw and
talked with him when he came back
to the scene OF his former glories.
found his mind was as lively as when
his wits beat the nest In European
diplomacy. while his imperial manner
remained unimpaired by misfortune.
Abdul 10 now ~ years old. He az
cendsd the throne In 1875 at the age
OF 30 and Immediately abolished the
constitution. For thirty-three years he
was q despot. At the inception of his
reign he had to fight the Russians
His armies put up stubborn resist
enca and when the time for signing
terms Of peace came he gained con-
cessions considered little short of mar.
velous.
Abdul got bis bad name abroad prin.
cipally from the Macedonian and Ar.
menian massacres which occurred un-
der his regime. The victims of these
atrocities numbered about 100000.