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Show In Constantinople AT this writing Abdul Hamld, late sultan of Turkey, has been deposed by the unanimous vote of parliament, and his half brother, Me-hemod Me-hemod Reshad Effendi elected in his stead. It if said the ex-sultan is a prlsonei, but Turkish methods are direct, and if his life is spared it will " doubtless be through a belief that clemency will be the best way to reconcile the old bigoted Moslems, in and out of the army. The young Turks have performed superb work during the past week. It looked as though constitutional government was for a time at least overthrown. The old sultan had usurped his old powers, and a strong army backed him. In the meantime terrible massacres had been perpetrated in outside out-side districts, enough, to spread consternation and chaos through the empire. But young Turkey, Tur-key, -with its portion of the army took Constantinople Constan-tinople with consummate skill by assault, and at the same time warded off anything like a panic In the city. By the assault tho old sultan was made prisoner and has been dethroned and a new government has been established. Of course the final outcome cannot now be anticipated; but the present signs are good for the establishment of a strong free and progressive progres-sive government. Of course there is a world of cruelty, bigotry and savagery to contend with; the whole country Is semi-barbarous; the crimes of a thousand years are casting their weight upon anything like advancement, but some resolute and capable souls are at the helm, and judging by what they haATe accomplished during the past ten days there are strong reasons for hope. We suspect there is no power there to avenge the awful massacres recently perpetrated, but if tho center can be held up to enlightenment, the example will spread backward toward the borders Our idea is that the "Great Powers" which year after year permit those atrocities should be held as accessories until they interpose and make any future repetition of them impossible. The permanent cure will bo the establishment of free government in Turkey and the stretching of some railroads into the Interior. A railroad as a guard for a frontier is more effective than an army, for the railroad opens a way through which men can earn a living and that is by far the best way to subdue a stormy nature. Give a man something to hope for, a way to provide a himself a home for his "young barbarians," and to feed and clothe them, and you tame the wild beast in his nature. |