| Show W I E IS SO OBSTINATE Foreign Control in Macedonia Re Regarded Regarded as Blow at His SOy Sov Sovereign Rights AGAINST TEACHINGS OF ISLAM d 11 I r Unto liMO Con Ton of lie Will Yield Nov ov 24 The chief chie of ot the obstinacy shown regarding tha of f Turkey y th demands of ot the tho powers for tor the finan nilan financial dal cial control contti of ot the Macedonian Is h to t b bl be sought for tor In his own OIl peculiar character wid nII n r tL very er prominent IM icI rient of t era n iL suburb on or the north gore bore of ot the tho Golden Horn known ai 11 i ithe the European quarter where the am all reside reile to tho jrr today tacitlY The Informant wn ft a mm man whose long ion resident In and study stud of ot the th Levant him to with author authority ity 1 tr While hIie the Is hI of nn an nihl I ra r nature wild 1111 1 he hI he ht Is greatly Influenced by b hut II si religion The ex exponents x of ot thin religion who sur ur I jound the are densely Ignorant the nt fir r International and they In 10 making tho the believe I that Hint It Is I the law la arni the tho teachings of Islam 1 for him to cido celo except when compelled to do dl doo doto tO o by I b force I While there l Is nn no at tt present of lit the lice giving up 1111 U ot Of territory the etah lIun nt of at foreign control In Mace lace Macedonia uce donia In Ill regarded hero here n aJ u ic blow aim f Fd j at the sovereign and allI andi i Ii 24 considered us equivalent to the yielding up ut of ot land linI particularly when whon I the well rell known tendency of ot the tite pow power iowen en er r to despoil depoll the Turk territorially la b i iken Into consideration Tho embassy believes that the nul ul ultan ultan tan Bees tho ti necessity of ot giving IIII way mid aad that therefore when u n i I how show of ot force torce line hns hn been wad he will vilI an all excuse for tor yielding which will 11 justify him hull In tho tha eyes ees of ot his hili Ills his people Tho rho local beau newspapers sue lire not al at allowed lowed 11 ell to mention a 1 word concerning 1101 nor to convey the slightest Intimation tin the political III puts JUt over Conse Consequently COli all generally speaking lira ar Ignorant us to the situation and the tel Cw who llO hive have concerning con concerning It fire are demisted dl gustell at ut tho the sultans obstinacy inacy American readers should hould understand Hint Turkey l Is years behind b tho the rest lit If f Km I ope that the sultan has hall ulna lute power that his ministers are lire mei mI figureheads l and that all ull power Is I con In the hand ot of the or orIn orin II In those of his hiM Immediate entourage at ut it tho tite palace th the chief eunuch unit and the tho or tr priests his It Is I truer truel to use the sultan lull and of ot tho titu porte poite I when hen to o Turkeys International thin Is 18 the month of ot the a or 01 period of tasting when Er r little work i III done dOlle and 1111 tin Turks me IU e In a IL rather fanatical mood The of ot occurs on all tho These rhese hese conditions will Im have un oIl effect on the tha situation When the tito sultan Is 18 much M on lei 1 be h himself off horn the wot world Id practically to nobody lIe He been quite Ic unapproachable lo for fOI or somo time past t except 1 h by his liU hl and the high religious functionaries who vito wh continually praise raise hint him UIe him hint that the tho king icing can ilo do no wrong wron and alid ho la erues to pee fee his foreign minister The Tho political has Ittis already worked much to business gen gelt mil and has hiLLS Injured tho the Interests nf if r those who are arc trying to obtain slone ion In Turkey the Informant of the As Associated s ocla tc 1 Press en aid Id It Is III well known that up lip to the tha pres present tnt eat time the tile ultan has insisted tell on Ott tho the governors of the Macedonian fending the thu proceeds of ot neatly all ull tines lazes collected by b them to Constantine Constantino l pIe le where whre they are arc mostly absorbed In raying the sultans favorite and ond othera and that the powers have havo agreed 1 that no ito reforms ran can b bt s effected III In Macedonia until a II large lane I or lion tIn of these funds Is reserved In th this s provinces for tor the thu payment of ot the om elate clala there because It Is III well known if that the Macedonian officials are guilty of shameful corruption In order to malta maite tho the emoluments ate arc not con conveyed conveyed Ii up SIt to them through the regular channel channels I 1 can CIUI say that the sultans opposition tion tian Is s 5 duo due to hIt his personal characteristics tics plus the religious conditions exist existing I he ho Is tug ing In Turkey furkey and I believe that likely to yield on sufficient pressure |
