| Show M boli turkish peasants more to be te pitied than armenians Armen ians says Sabah eddine claims that ons which have torn the country for many years have been organ zed by agents of powers for the r own ends paris prince Sabah eddine a pep nephew hew of the sultan of turkey q and chief of the young turk party has ad dressed a letter on the subject of the regeneration of turkey to senator pierre berthelot who recently pealed to president roosevelt in be half of the armenians the letter complains that the revolutions which have torn the country for many years have been organized by the official agents of certain powers for their own ends and points out that while much sympathy has been given the arme anians the turkish peasants are more to be pitied the agac jhb prince says are all forced to serve in the army and the women are left to raise enough to pay the exorbitant taxes intelligent and educated turks who are trying to gain reforms are ar bit arrested tortured banished and even murdered by irregular tn tri banals this persecution however has only strengthened the movement the reforms imposed by europe on turkey the prince says have aacen fuated the troubles the interests 01 the armenians and turl s are identa cal the kurds being but not turks ravage both armenians and turl s indiscriminately it would be a great gain he says if the kurds who are the finest race could be at cached to the soil as their ferocity is the d result of their present so cial condition the great and imperative reform prince Sabah eddine continues is ad decentralization in the empire which would permit the in dust rious inhabitants to exercise et of control over the management of the local affairs and take the nee essary measures to maintain perma nent order and peace if europe and america decided to intervene the letter says in sion they must in justice intervene in favor af all the victims of the pres ent regime besides which turkey be ing the great link between eastern and we western tern civilizations by reform ing and bringing her into I 1 ne tie with modern ideas it would efface the an of the two civilizations |
