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Show TURKS SECRETLY RESENT FASTING CONSTANTINOPLE. July 51. Moslems Mos-lems have Just been observing Ramadan, Rama-dan, a month of trials to all classes, especially to laboring men. who are supposed to go without food, drink and tobacco from sunup to sundown Turkish restaurants are watehyd care fully b Mohammedan policemen, arbo are instructed .o arrest customers and owners alike if any of the followers Of Allah violate the laws of the KOTSIL Consequently Christian restaurants, and especially those which have pri vate rooms, become very popualr with Mohammedans during the 28 days which are supposed to be given over to fasting and prayer. Bic guns are fired In t'onstantlnopl to Indicate sundown and the rush of Turks to coffee bCUSSS and restaurants approaches a riot In Statnboul and oth ;er Turkish sections of Constantinople Recently evening target praei(re nf the British fleet has frequent!. confused many times Intentionally ; with the food gun and Moslems have broken their fast ahead of time. Hot weather has made Ramadan es pecially trying, as the followers of the great prohpln t are not even . upposed to drink water during daylight hours. Fasting mak' H ;bc Turks so Irritnble jand Impatient that It la extremely difficult dif-ficult to transact business with them. ! Ramadan Is a less trying period to Turkish men anil women who are unemployed, un-employed, as they merely sleep throuch the day j.nd turn niKht Into a time of feasting Throughout Rama dan all the minarets of Constantinople are ablaze arlth electricity. The Turk Ish streets are crowded at night, band.t play everywhere and firecrackers are I discharged wherever the allied military mili-tary of fleers do not prevent |