The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08

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the narrow waters of the famous
Golden Horn. The people are even
-
Galata and StAmbou'. and the world
famous Galata Bridge has hut a frac-
ton of its former traffic. No one
crosses except for the direst necessity,
and soldiers guard both entrances, AZ
Well as patrol It's length.
A few small sailing boats still ply
about the sea of Marmora, but it is
impossible To- hire "A caique. ard any
way there are :" many prohibited
spots that it would be foolhardy To
risk the chance of being shot by
sentries. All the villas on the Bos-
porus are closed, and Thcrapia, where
the diplomats had Their summer
homes, L. isolated. \ few r"maiu.rg
Ambassadors are in their Pcra lous, :.
The Turks hay" always lived IN
Stamhoui. GaIata has been the r"-
sort Of the shipping men and the
l.cvantinos, while Pera has been
tae foreign quarter. The same
Division holds good to-day, except that
Stamboul is almost entirely given
over to the military. The arsenal is
located there. and AT Scragllo Point
the soldiers embark and the wounded
are landed
The losses Of the Turks have been
friChtful ard the ]perCentag" Of deaths
is very high because OF tn" lack OF
medical men and proper hospital facil-
tiles, The hospitals long since proved
too small for the thousands Of
wounded and they have been taken
into the mosques. Al. of the mosques
are now closed 10 other than the
Faithful. Strangers are not wanted
in any part of Stamboul. I pcered
into the vast eNpdnse Of ST. Sophia
and. before the guard roughly hustled
me away. | caught sight Of men lying
al, over the marble floor.
There must be 10000 wounded In
the great mosque, for ] understand
the galleries as well as the main floor
are being used. These men apparentll
had no beds or CouChes of any KIND
and | saw nothing of doctors, The
only people in attendance were mul
labs and Muezzins. Gangrene Is verS
common and typhus was showing It.
self in various parts of STEAMBOAT. az
well as in the hospitals.
The whole Turkish situation ha:
been skilfully handled 10y the Germans
and they have employed the religious
fervor Of the people to good purpose
They let il be known that Mohammed
anism would grow and flourish II Tur
key were freed from all European in
nuence other than German and they
suggested TIE vast opportunities 10
alliance with the followers in lnd!i
and throughout the East. Thus wer'
the mullahs melted TO preach a mol!
war and FINALLY the Shcik nj Islam de
clared a holy wa, Had II not heel
for this declaration, the rank and MI
OF the people would not have so eager
~ taken to arms.
The holy war IL "A very real thln
TO the Turk. The common sold"
/. thinks he is hgh'.ng a battle f.r IN
faith and hence his t OF death
removed. And "A change can be note
In their attitude toward Christian
!, generally. Tie life OF the Armenian
ls worse than ever and the patriarch
of The Greek church who live in Con
stantinop,e report many insults. !
would not take much 20 start an oil
, time Christian massacre and no Chris
tian is safe to-day in all Turkey. Tn
/. Jews are treat,s with far greater re
spect than are the Christians,
The Young Turks are captivate'
with the idea Of world power and tn
, common p.upl" with the Holy wa
. idea. The Old Turks have neither q
q these dclu ions and they are qIi"tl
. working against the dominant ele
mcnts. II tho people once awaken
, the idea hat they have been foolo
I the streets viii run with blood. TIL
. German officers who brought out thei
10 wives in tho beginning have sent thoi
= back to Germany because of h pos
y sihility Of II popular explosion,
4 There is practically no business
: any Kind IA constantinopla and foo
A is both scarce and high in price,
= walked through the haZaars and tonn
d less than half the stalls in use, tn
@ rug bazaar. which was the outlet I,
d the rug supply of the Caucasus,
deserted. The metal bazaars haN