Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
TURKISH PRINCE
POPULAR IN PARIS
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~ is Europe which starts IT All TO get
a protcctorate or something when the
cry OF Indignation Gocs up know
/, all Ny grandfather Was the Cover
nor Of province where .nassucrcs
broke out. TWO tribes started 10 cut
each other up. and 5000 were killed.
sly grandfather tried to stop them. with
the result that he WAS found hanged 10
. tree with twenty stab and gunshot
wounds on his body lie was almost
dead. but SLOWLY revived. He was
eighty-two then. and lived for thirteen
Years afterwards. lie knew the
massacre Was coming and who was be-
hind 4, but he could do nothing. They
we're 100 powerful for him"
Rut what about Abdul Hamidr' I
, asked -, 80 "'r-v 1850 80
THiNks ABDUL IIAMID
GREATEST MD BEST MAN
Abdul Ham!d lie was :he greatest
ana best man that ever ruled an en-
rire For years he kept the Turkish
empire together. alone against nj III.
hipiomatis,s OF the world, who
we're constantly presenting ulti,natums.
backed by millions OF bsyoncts And
remember that the Turkish empire is
populated 10y uuurrcl,nG races"
''Rut everybody knows his cruelty"
Cruelty. said the prince with an
expression ot unreasonable coute,npt
oh. %cs-th. Rcd Sultan and all that,
insults arc always chcap-you can get
them for nothing IN big punches from
politicians and fish women But did
any OF these rootcrs know Abdul
IIamidH Did you know him yourself?
shook my head
We'll | know him. have been in
his service ami lived under his roof
until the day when he was dcposed. and
7 have never known n gentIer or moro
kind hearted man. beloved of all who
knew him On the day when he sur
rendered he gathered us ;s6s in a big
hall and said: Children, we are sur-
rounded. Two hundred guns are aimed
against us. Resistance is useless II
is Ailah's Will He said good-bv' to
us all and then, Go away in peace; I
shall wait here alone His word af-
fected me like n command. and
started 10 leave, but ! was stopped hv
my own father, who said Are YOU 60
ing to desert him" You who have lived
under his roof for years. Stay here
! remained. The body guard. $50 Al
banians. were in the palace. and xhe
Sultan said to them. You must sur
render. No fight is possible I want
no blood shed You cannot change the
will of Allah
The guards answered. The Sultan
may do as he pleased he may even
surrender. but VIC have sworn never to
surrender, and we are not going to-
They were all killed When the
revolutionists came the Sultan received
9slem and said, ! surrender but ono
IS hing wish to say For thirty years
have kept the empire together
Two you five-nay. ten-years to de-
Eitroy IT."
| But why has Enver Pasha thrown
Turkey into this war, where i, had
nothing to gain and everything to lose"
! asked.
"Enver Pasha is n great man. His
campaign against the Italians In Ibya
without resources and cut off from 1ur
key was magnificent feat. In this
war he had no choice but TO throw
Turkey into 1t on the side OF GERMANY
and Austria, for everybody knew that
IT the entente were victorious the par
tition OF Turkey must follow. even had
il remained neutral Enver pasb. hos
done his duty as n Turk, | must admit
though he is my enemy. ,But now -.
only hoping that France NAV soon c,nI
,ure .Constanttnoplc. There IL an old
friendship between the French and no
people Of the Orient. They understand
US better than any one. am lonp;ug
for Yildiz Kiosk, tho streets or Stan,
boul and the dreamy peace of wondar.
full sunsets"
cNnI AMINO n0o, ~, 49,