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Show ADRIANOPLE IS A WAR CITY. Few Places So Important In Military History Of Mixed Population. From tho New York Sun. Adrlanople, which is the center of tho great struggle of the Balkan war, has had a part in military history such as has been allotted to few cities of its size and Importance in the world Its wholo hstory from tbe time of its foundation, through Its rebuilding by Hadrian and tte conquests con-quests by Goth, Ottoman and Slav has been a story of captures, rcprlgals and bloody engagements beneath its walls and of bloodshed and fire within Its own gateB Moreover, it has been so closely connected with conquests and defeats of the Ottoman Otto-man arms that its commercial and finaucial success has depended upon the rise and fall of the star and crescent. It has a population estimated by latest reports at about eighty-three thousand Tho Turks are In numbers num-bers scarcelv more than half the remainder re-mainder of the population being Greoks, Bulgars, Armenians and Jews. Tho strife between these different nationalltcs in Adrlanople- has always al-ways been Intense apd Is responsible for much of the disordor and bloodshed blood-shed that is constantly reported from there Adrianoplo Is dark after nightfall Tho Christian Is supposed to go home at sunset and to remain there. If ho has a light In his house aftor 10 o'clock a Turkish officer findh out the reason for it, even If he has to batter down the door in the process If a Turk goes out on the street at night he must always carry a lantern, and if ho is out after 10 o'clock he must have a special permit stating tho purpose. oo |