The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

luIhCy udu ubt uOIt duy sOOu Ill u
hundred years. that at Is solely be-
cause Of the evil you have done that
you enjoy any renown in the world
He might have made accusation Of a
career ~ fire, slaughter, pillage and
destruction; OF injustice, ~laziness and
falsehood in the common life: of lack
Of enterprise or desire for modernity:
Of general rottenness. He might have
said: go back to your tents in Asia,
ing something in another six hundred
years." But even IL his Turkish had
been adequate he would not have
spoken so.
The Turk is incompetent. from the
Western point of view. Mr.. Dwight
regards him with "a liberal DISPOSE
ton, thus explained:
There Is something about him ! can.
not help llking-a simplicity. a manliness,
a dignity. I like his fondness fo- water,
and flowers and green meadows and
spreading trees. I like his love Of chill.
drcn ! like his perfect manners I like
his sohriety. ] like his patience. I like
the way he faces death. one Of the
things ! Ike most about him Is what has
been perhaps most his undoing. his lack
uf any commercial instinct. | Ike. too
what no one has much noticed, the artistic
side Of him. $50 when war ceases
when murders take place no more IN
happier lands. when the last riot /.
qucll"d and the las. negro lynch.d. It viii
Ice tim" 30 discuss Wheth.~ tho TURK Is
Dy nature more or less bloody than other
men. Pierre Lott may be a,
unsafe "a guido az Mr.. maidstone. foi
blind praise Is no more intelligent thar
blind condemnation. Neither leads on
any nearer 20 understanding the strange
'ase Of the Turk.
This Is argumentum ad hominem
a "tu uuouue." \ deeper striking con
sideratlnn is this: Is there some.
timing in Islam which automatically
arrests the Development Of those VIII,
profess it," The author IL at pains
tu derry the tiiys.s. an attention thai
To- many will seem somewhat SUPERB
rugatorN. MuimmnIedlnisin H. ADM.
rable To- tn" open minded citizen of IN,
: world for "a nobility in its stern mniin'
theism.' It's democracy and its hygiene
principles. II ~ a religion built fol
IA primitive people and will be mos
difficult jr mud"rnlZe II for nrthin,
else because 1t takes 50 much time I,
Il" a good Nohammedin. The essen
tial weakness If ii as IA bit IF ma
chin"ry To- he incorporated in modern
life Is IT, fatil!Sm. its iiscounting o
the puwc. II the human will. Tn
man who believes that empires ris'
or fall because Of tn" will OF God "ha'
no chance against the man, however
..Ss a philosopher. who believes ,lia
his destiny lies in his own hand
What would, say. two generations O
universal education" do for Turkey
And 10y that the author means M
more than the ;hree RS. enough his
tory and geography to know tina
Turkey j. neither the largest nor tn
most auCien; empire in the world. an,
some Fundamental scientific notions.
The common people" among tn
Turks are surprisingly illit.ratc an,
hold fantastic views of the world an
their place in H..
Turkeys troubles are N great par
due To- this ignorance; in part TO TN
nature OF the empire which the Turf
conquered:
- - Nhf fAl N'H '""' 'H - $3.50 t.t"
"a remote and practically empty land h
might have developed his own civilization
@ II he ht,i occupied a country iNhthiie
hv a single rae" lac would have stood
better chanoc. or H. again. ho had ar
prtrod uu IA" scene a @" ccuturirs %csri,oi
h"forc Europe had had time 20 CO. - "a
ahead II him. and before The spread @
learning and an mere sing ease Of com
muntcat'oos made IL increasingly dihicui
for one race 90 absorb another. he Nigh
have suoce".eI Ia .s.!mllaiinE tho d.ner
.n' peoples who came under his sway
Why 'rr cuigG"ro-. did not cNtsrm!n,t
~ forrlhly convert tho Conquered chris
ti,us has AWAY. been - question with me
T. may have been a real humanity on n
part Of III, carly S%u';ln-. or
may have been = polite Difference 20 uc,
European naighhors In any case ur
convinced thIt g. was. from The Turks
point % Ni.N. q mis:ak" For ;hc TIrl
has never been able 10 complete his con
quest.
In Mr.. Dwight's view the whol
matter narrows down to the fact tina
the Turk is still paying the price o
the invader He created "A form q
government which at its best de
pended on the Spoi,s of war and which
could Not last. 50 long us his from
tiers Mere advancing the Turk Wa
able To hold his terr tories ~ hand
lie long held IA place in the world h.
his strength in comparison W.T.
smaller empires ur as "a buffer IN th
rivalrics Of greater ones "But u
stripped OF his most distant and mos
ungoNcrnahl" provinces. c~rlightcL"
10y humiliation as t. the real quilit.
of his greatness. he may. let " hop,
put aside Illusion and prctcncc an,
give himself 10 IN" humber problem
ot common lifr.' II he does that, TN
author concludes. and docs it sin
ceres. che may lind IN tho end thl
lie has unwittin-ly reached u great
ness h"Nonl that Won for him Icy tn
J~lniaSdrios of Old
Wussinu Sketches.
TIE remark ,hl" difference hctwcc
Russian literature aud our own il tia