Show marvelous wave of new national life sweeping around th tha 3 earth conglomeration of races and religion in turkey by WILLIAM T ELLIS constantinople turkey awoke with a scream the recent history of the new regime in this country was quite unintelligible to tho the western world the popular shrilling of lib bertyl Jus justice Equal ityl fra tern ityl re sounded throughout civi liza libation tion mullahs mullans and armenian priests green turbaned turban cd descendants of the prophet Prop liet and protestant christians christiana fell on one an others indiscriminately in a dell delli ilum furn of rejoicing it was the intoxication of the winy wine of civilization the ancient long suffering and sadly used ottoman empire was beside itself with joy the transformation of turkey into a cons titu lional government will probably be ranked ns one of the great c events ehlts of the new century the reason for all ahn la Is that the nations nation s sleep had been a nightmare america has never developed a very deep or intelligent interest in turkey consuls have tor for years hammed ed away on the neglected 4 trade tunit les here and aart millenaries mil lenaries have talked of the social and religious con editions oi of afie empire even in the safety it the free west nobody dared say ay that abdul was several degrees worse than the ogles ogies of the fairy tales up to tho the year 1908 tur key acy ats its more benighted than han china now ideas ideal arid and popular rights had more opportunity in the celestial king loin than in this nation which be strides the two continents of europe and asia the cunning resourceful ne nes nea s of the most tyrannous ruler of modern history was nas used to keep out all that makes for enlightenment the dark days of turkey everybody whom one meets on the streets street i of constantinople knows from personal experience the horrors of the old regime nobody was allowed to study title tine maps or read leal history nobody was permitted to trai travel el as as newspapers and books were censored by officials more abelt than intelli gont gent they required that any book which mentioned durkish history should call a defeat a retrograde advance after censoring some bibles one of the multitudinous stories cur rent has it the functionary luerul bously enquired who Is this man paul who is writing to those gala government was by assassination and massaccie mass acie the dagger was as at the bick of ever arson of force or initiative or progressiveness the emaciated and trembling body of that arch coward and tyrant abdul bould have bathed for months in the innocent blood of the half million peo pie whom it Is estimated lie he had put to death nobody knew whose turn would be next covetousness revenge joi jealousy lousy and above all fear conspired to point the assassin s dagger there was a world of significance in the romark remark made to me by an old resident of the empire as we rode up tip the last week all the big palaces N within sight belonged to abdul alamid nobody was allonce to pros per greatly except the tha sultan A national comedy the dark ages have no story etory to equal this one which la Is to this day a f theme of conversation wherever people meet abdul alamid sleeping in one of the multitudinous rooms of that junk shop called palace after he had said he be would sleep in ill others lulled to rest by the cheapest ape of sentimental and aclo dramatic franco enca novels dreaming over plots against hla hirs life practising practicing with a of revolvers more than three thousand were found after he had bad been dethroned dethroner his palace a wonderful house of foar fear MB possessing greater prestige and than the nations foremost ore roost state statesmen the army and civil officials all artal of 4 malign machine for which the poor overburdened people had to payi pay pay Is there anywhere inn in bals tory tin an equal chapter to this tur key knew a reign of terror abdul harold represented a reversion to barbarism and to the basest primitive instincts equipped with untold wealth and the enginery of modern tion the great awaking stich buch was the night from which tarkey awoke with startling suddenness Is it any wonder that this historic city once the capital of rome and of greece and of the christian empire ft a city more truly than jerusalem beautiful for situation and the joy of the whole earth rang with such stich acclamation cla ida mation us aa tho pro proudest of its an dent clent emperors had never heard Il liberty berty long dreamed of R and nd often despaired of ca came me almost overnight to a throne on the where ivo 00 continents and two sas meet 1 what the new regime means with the significant details of the new conditions in turkey I 1 shall deal in subsequent articles here I 1 want cant to the lie broad outline constantinople by wa ifan affat aff CT call the poor man 9 were we reo fo ti th V te where cheret wh eret tit la Is said I 1 9 jot fig nwe to doln or eat eal a I though supposed to be na deiy by government t certain it la is that ok to ikea ea IN blahy k viets tc pw be crame ulvi 4 AM A mpr fewer tip re jov bilt ft et J d tb at 1 jai are ar gon as IV S moa bals Bf lS it ait abe I 1 1 he s tl 00 til toddy i r and all nieu nien who havck hav fiby y i p 1 through abe ha ber evix an strange et range hen tr 4 ity kish an ic and Armen Arien lao lau Cl pJ brej in ti the tie fae af pf 4 th a i 6 1 11 1 1 b by Y they are real tao tilled filled with jhb ahe coloka af t tild world V b j 1 amt of course this means a changed on r der of society baye ye trout fth am the te dark alep ac anyo stand aliat la Is go gologan gol ngon logon in the ibbe press presa la Is one ona rs py by which the wold Js ss moved what abid rapa do 61 the aggi pr Pg r gi WIT U q ah IOB not TO www ina arid and countries ot of the world liaa ah dve came anything hp her pleases imiru ramy rk My bag of books received not a second zt mosque of st sophia constantinople ter one finds it still as of yore the fairest work of man a that anywhere greets the travelers traveler a e ee e above the red roofed houses unmarked by the smokestacks smoke stacks of modern industry rise tho the graceful minarets mina on oil a commanding in position on one of the seven hills of old stamboul st sophia keeps guard now a mosque but the oldest building in existence dedicated to christian mor worship ship and more mag ent than st peters in rome home or st pauls paul s or westminster abbey in london or notre dame in paris or the gaudy don in berlin or historic st stephen a in vienna greeks ar mentana inen lana and roman catholics dream art and prophesy of the day when the cross will once again shine chine above st sophia sopholis 4 great dome and the power of christendom will be supreme on the the constantinople dogs the famous or infamous constan dinople dogs are missing except for an occasional stray at which critics of the new administration point fing era of scorn some thousands of dogs were gathered up by workmen with wooden tongs longs dropped into carts and carries to towboats which bore them to an island in the harbor the sim pie and natural way would have been to kill hill them painlessly and end the matter or accept some one of the commercial offers to clean the city of dogs for the sak sake e of the hides one company agreeing to give the govern a bonus for the privilege but the turk has ideas of mercy toward dumb animals albeit rather quixote glance at the custom house which caused a fellow traveler used to the ways of the old order to tell stories storie of what would have happened tac bears ears ago had a traveler tried tc bring a suitcase suit case full of books inac the custom house there la Is free en trance for twentieth century ideas in ill turkey whereas men used to have bave to whisper under their breath the big v of liberty I 1 Jus justice equality and fraternity I 1 they now cry them aloud and placard them on the highways formerly neither ottoman nor foreigner could travel trave in the interior ot turkey without a special passport now anybody may gc anywhere some marvellous marcellous Marv ellous transformations no were permitted under the old regime today clubs societies and parties flourish spies spiel are but a hideous memory even schools for women are permitted and encouraged turkish officials send their daughters to the schools of mod ern learning maintained by the for eigners in a word and with reservations and exceptions to be noted later modern civilization ha hai come to tur key chere are multitudes who for one reason or another sigh for the re turn of the good old days but theli their power has been hopelessly broken turkey is awake never to sleep again copyright 1911 by joseph n D bo bowles les |