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Show ARMY OFFICERS GIVE SM A SCARE Number Left Out of Gift Enterprise Enter-prise at the Feast of "Iftar." j . 'i 'NiyrANTI NOPLK, Nov y There are indfpatlons that, should there be further fur-ther triljubio with the powers, It must be difficult , ff the Sultan to get strong backing. oven among that section of the arms s'nt ione-rl at Constantinople. The Sultan, inuring tin- Balram festival. Is In the habit of having the crews of his warships war-ships an. h,. members of the reglmenbS Stationed ;lt the capital to an evening ni'al iii the palace afier the days of fasting fast-ing rii'is meal is called irtar." and during le tn,, Bultan distributes gift-; of money t.o various officers of the army and navy ami other officials, varying according ac-cording jo rank, but generally equivalent to a month's pay Had to Cut Expenses. This yar the Sultan, however, wished to cut ilown the amount i generally so given oU to tho navy to 150.C"0. An Admiral Ad-miral wa9 charged with the making of this cut but he was Informed that he must dq so without causing dissatisfaction. dissatisfac-tion. Th,,. Admiral accomplished M task bj leaving out a large number of officers who hiti,.. t,, 1U, received gifts of money and by reducing the amounts paid to others. Officers Left Out. it should be remembered that the majority ma-jority c.f the officers her.- do not receive r.ior- than six fir eight months pay In a ear 'hen the distribution following the f. a St took pl.ic- the officers. Whose n.im-s wt re nut n the Admiral's list, did not re-celva re-celva gifts, and many others received Icbs than the amounts alloted to them. On tho : Uht ... November 'JZ. three thousand of-flcera of-flcera wont In a body to tho palace, forced an enti-jinco and demanded the usual gits. Paid Some Too Much. Th.- Suitun was thoroughly alarmed and Immediately sent down a large amount of money, with which the officers were huiricd.ly paid. In th- ensuing confusion iiijnv officer! were paid two and threo times the amount they expected. The ciowd then dispersed in an orderly mun- ner |