Show DniQANDAQE UNDER THE TURK Circassian the Qreateit Offender In Asia Minor Regarding the brigands of Asia Minor tho London Times says The great majority of the brigands are Circassian Immigrants from the Caucasus Cau-casus and travelers are generally stifo from attack If they are under tho pro tection of a member of the brother hood The original Turkish ns well as the Christian population of Anatolia Ana-tolia Is remarkably peaceable on the wholo and tho lawless element IB almost al-most entirely composed of inuha Jlras or Mussulman refugees from lands which were once part of the Ottoman empire but have now fallen under Christian rule The Circas sians arc the greatest sinners nnd seem to mako their living mainly by brigandage and tobacco smuggling Some of them get engaged ns village guards or escorts to travelers and a few even enter the gendarmerie but only It would appear when they are tired of a more adventurous life As gendarmes they arc said to bo very efficient although they are of course a llttlo Inclined to look the other way when any of their oM friends are out on business |