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

Iltl lIfS'lUfll'S vi StsIilbtlt btIbtt
tho good II a people in his esteem,
II. I. DWIGHT does frankly. in on
stdHtinopic old and N'W ,Scribncrs).
regret the changing of the face III the
ancient town. Yet he counts it
among the most enlarging expert
cnces" of his life to ave been in
Constantinople III 1905 watching n peo-
pie lat one of those rare moments
when IL really lives" In hat crisis.
Mr.. Dwight thinks. a race accounted
one uf butchers gave proof ;rium-
plant of natural goodness and peace
ablencss." Certainly. with the whole
machinery "f government disorgan-
izel. that revolution was an Innocent
Aifair in contrast to the s~auSuinary
scenes ri similar turning points Of
European history.
In 1853, when tho Turks ~ IT,.
constautinup,c had been constantine
pie nearly 1000 Years; and ~ SldccN
Whitman says. II " : the hearth Of
d|uplicitN. ~ every form uf intrigue.
long before the Turks were even heard
Of" of all the races that have ruled
the city sine Bl zantIum began he calls
the Turks tac most homes; and Mr..
Dwight also is frankly Turcophilr.
How the trail OF history winds: When
the city uf Constantine was threat
cUcd 10y the Huns in the fourth CEN
fury IL was saved by a host of Sara
Gems uninunc from Asia. Three
hundred and nifty years later those
warriors of the desert fought the
northern hordes at the other II of
sI. AI.ntrf - 4, .aN ..ra tltltnN NINGs
From her geographic, position Con-
stantinoplc could not be the heir Of
Rome. The inheritance Of the West
eru Empir" was Ia belong to the Ger
manic race" Bu in the Eastern En-
pir" thanks to her strategic situa-
ton, Constnntinuple. the daughter of
aged Rome. win" bore Oh her brow
from her very birth the wrinkles NJ
her mother, alone remained standing
like AN Isolated rock. For ten cen
turtles she braNcd Nicior.uusly the as
Saults Of the NuSsu,inaGs in the south
and of The" Slavic and Turanian tribes
in the north
Mr.. Whitman lnscuiolsly audlyzcs
TIA" Turkish character into Two dis
i.uct strains one TIrdu!Iu. tlc Goa
I IA'' ~ ~ NAaA '''' '''''
Gh,ugiz Khan: the Other Arabic. The
two We're tNpic,l.y in conflict when
the Suitln S.lim |. caused the 'N-
termination ~ 1000 Shi.tc, and pro-
posed To convert 10y force or cNtIrI.ttc
tn, Christian population Of his dnmiu-
ions. AGAINST thu opposition of the
ArIn clcmcui ion the person Of N"
Sheikh a. t>lam," SdladiU. In this
view, h~lrmuulH"d the antagonist elc-
mcuts. ana since then the Turk,
haN" recognized the duality, accepting
ca.mly, sober aui industrious as they
are themselves the seventies Of their
rulers. Whether ur not these writer.
succeed IN convincing their readers OF
the genu.ncn.SS Of those admirable
traits which after close observation
they prufc : To- believe fundamental In
the racial character of the uuspcak-
able Turk" une has but to review
Turkish history to realize that. being
now in transition. the TURKS VIII 60
far. Whoever ,au tell just how
closely the revolution, the Balkan wars
and the present war. with its promise
OF emergrncc Of a remodelled Europe
ana Asia, are interviewer in logical Sc
bNNHN - "a ~ "'''' Nv H'3N'lN w
the world in the last live year. ana Ia
predict its future.
Mir. Dwight exhibits N fine comb
nation precisely those qualities which
should 90 into tn" making OF such d
book. TIorc Is in his chapters moth
iug of the guido boob. lie knows the
old city thoroughly ana likes It, p"upl,
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ana coffee houses. their fcaSiS an,
daily work, ana his timely pr!ntc,
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