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1" Personal Sido of Abdul Hamid IL,
Who Started a Counter Revolt
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En Turkey!
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Turk Party. -
By JAMES A. EDGER.TON.
TOHB opinion is now universal thai
the recent reactionary uprising
. in Turkey was instigated, bj j
the sultan. The move was in
keeping with the character of one
whom Gladstone denounced as "the
great . assassin." Abdul Hamid went
on the throne over thirty years ago,
and his entire reign has been a series
of secret and open assassinations, mas
sacres and other atrocities inspired, it
is believed, by the monarch himself.
It is within the truth to say that he
has the most unsavory reputation of
any ruler on earth, not excepting the
unspeakable Leopold of Belgium. In
Christian nations the feeling against
him may have been heightened by the
fact that he is the visiuie head of Is
lam, but most of it is due to his per
sonal character. That his hand was
in the Armenian massacres and . the
Bulgarian atrocities is as certain as
that it is to be seen in the present re
volt against the constitution and the
progressive element. The son of a
minor wife who had renounced her re
ligion to enter the harem, regarded by
his father with aversion, reared' as-a
spy, with little education and wifv- an
order of ability exhibited most i
cunning, coming to the throne unuer
taint of fraud against his elder broth
er, suep'.nons. erne I. crafty, alraid or
One of th3 World's Most Cruel
Monarchs, a Crafty Intriguer
and a Degenerate of the
Higher Order, -
framing as a prize exhibit of uncon
scious humor. But do not blame the
Turkish newspaper. It probably had
to print the stuff. -
It appears now, however, that a
change has come over the spirit of the
Moslem dream. This truly "good"
ruler that had both the sun and moon
stalled and the Milky way doing
obeisance is being hustled out of his
royal job with scant ceremony. The
qualities which gained for him the
names of "the unspeakable Turk" and
"the great assassin" have proved too
much even for his own subjects. "
.Off With Eis Head. -
The Young Turk movement which
caused the revolution of last July and
put into active operation the defunct
constitution was not. only in the inter
est of progress, but was essentially an
effort to end the abuses of Abdul Ha
mid's reign'. Since the Young Turks
had the. army with them, the sultan,"
with his usual cunning, made a virtue
of necessity and apparently bowed to
the popular will. There was a large
party among the Young Turks in fa
vor then of depriving the aged in
triguer of- his throne, if not of. his
head, but more conservative counsels
prevailed. A great feast ' was pre
pared, at which Abdul Hamid ate with
his parliament, the leadar of the Young
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the piano with a moderate degree of tal
ent. Popular airs aTe his favorites.
lie is exceedingly " ambitious and loves
power. .
He drinks coffee at short intervals all .
day Ions. '
He, has a deep seated fear of death and
dreads illness.
Ke is superstitious and believes in for
tune tellers and magicians.
He has acquired mastery over his pas
sion and leads a well ordered daily life. "
He always carries a revolver with hln
and is in constant fear of an assassin's
attack. His meals are prepared in a little kitch
en barred like a cell and closed by an
iron door.
He loves the drama and attends fre
quent performances at the private theater
in the palace.
Likes Dime Novels.
He is fond of "penny dreadful" litera
ture and has all the latest trash of the
book world translated for his benefit and
read aloud to him.
He has' issued standing orders that the
palace be lighted brilliantly all night long,
and his orchestra plays every evening un
til a very late hour.
He never rides in a closed carriage, for
fear that he may not be able to jump out
quickly enough in case of accident. His
favorite vehicle is an open victoria.
He makes it a point to invite foreign
actors and singers to appear before him
and often shows great liberality toward
them after a performance, giving them
rich jewelry and diamonds.
He is exceedingly nervous, and at times
when a state crisis U impending he haa
been known to remain awake forty-eight
hours at a stretch plotting and planning
to meet the situation. -
He seldom reads anything except nov
els and is a poor speller. '
He is simple in his dress and shows a
marked preference for dark colors.
He distrusts every one of the persons
with whom he comes in daily contact.
He is avaricious, and all his financial
accounts are itemized to the last cent.
He believes firmly in the microbe the
ory of disease and takes every precau
tion to avoid cantagion.
He has the keenest dislike for all state
ceremonies and avoids them as far as hi3
position will admit.
He is very careful about his person,
bathes daily -and washes his face and
hands at frequent intervals.
He is a crack shot with a pistol and has
been seen to write his name on a wall .
twenty-five paces away with bullets.
He requires that all state documents
and papers intended for his perusal shall
first pass through a careful process of
disinfection. ...
His courtesy toward visitors of aualitv
is always marked.- He listens to the con
versation with the closest attention and
politeness.
He has an excellent knowledge of cheniT
istry, which he acquired in order to be-
able to make tests of food and drink in
which he may suspect poison.
tie is a hard worker and keeps a corns
of secretaries busy all day writing out tis
orders to his ministers of state and sub
ordinate officials in all parts of Europe.
tie eats alone and surrounds himself
with cats and dogs, to which he occasion
ally throws pieces of the food before him
in order to assure himself that it is not
poisoned. - - -
Face Like Wrinkled Parchment.
In the American Magazine of last
November Nicholas C. Adossides, for
some years an attache of the Turkish
foreign office and the son of Adossides -
Pasha, a former minister of the empire
und envoy extraordinary, thus describes"
the sultan's personal appearance:
His face is wrinkled parchment, as if a
thousand anxieties and suspicions had
left their impress ; there. His features.
besides cruelty and cunning; denote intel-r
ligence and cowardice. The eyes of alm
ond shape, by far the most interesting
detail of his person, are dark and pierc
ing, aged with eternal suspicion. They ,
denote high intellect, extraordinary Intel
ligence, subtle refinement and pitiless
cruelty.
The thin upper lip and the thick, sen
sual lower Indicate a combination of pas
sion, irascibility and selfishness. His nose
is aquiline and lends to the face the ap
pearance of a bird of prey. The chin,
though hidden by a beard, is weak and
indecisive.
Yet there is a charm about the man,
especially in his voice, which even?
those who hate him most are forced to
confess. Summing up, Mr. Adossides
pronounces him a degenerate of the-
higher -order. .He is descended from a.
ABDUL HAMID 11., THE IAU'EIUAL PALACE AND AHMED RIZA,
PARLIAMENTARY LEADER OF THE YOUNG TURKS.
the dark, execrated by mankind in
general and feared and hated by ,the
best people in ; his own empire, Abdul
Hamid presents a most sinister figure.
That is -the naked and ugly truth of
the Turkish situation. Contrast that
unpleasant picture with the fulsome
fiction required by court etiquette.
The following description of the sul
tan from a recent Turkish newspaper
shows what toadyism may do at its
worst:
. Hitting Up the Sun and Moon.
"The finest pearl of the age and the
esteemed center of the universe, at
whose portals stand the camels of jus
tice and mercy and to whom the eyes
of the kings and people in the west
have been drawn, the rulers there
finding an example of political prow
ess and the classes a model of mercy
and kindness; our lord and master, the
sultan of the two shores and the high
liing of the two seas; the crown of the
ages and the pride of all countries, the
greatest of all caliphs; the shadow of
God on earth; the successor of the
apostle of the Lord of the universe;
the victorious conqueror (Al-Ghazi);
Sultan Abdul Hamid Khan.
' "May God protect his kingdom and
place his glory above the sun and the
moon, and may the- Lord supply all
the world with, the goodness - which
proceeds from his holy majesty's good
intentions:" - " ' " 1
I it not delicious"? Could toady tom
my rot go further? It is npt exactly
an example of "from the sublime to
the ridiculous,!' but rather of the .sub
lime that is the ridieulous, '. It seems
to go on the -principle that official ad
ulation should be in reverse proportion
to the blackness of the. subject; that
praise should be given not where most
deserved, but where ? mosts needed.
That touch about "good intentions"
is especially fine. It "is one more proof
of the adage '.that the infernal regions
are "paved with good intentions." The
entire hifalutin . panegyric deserves
Turks, Ahmed Riza, sitting at his left
hand. Everybody was .affable, and all
was lovely as a marriage bell. It was
a solemn mummery, but perhaps de
ceived nobody. At any rate, it de
ceived nobody long, for scarcely had
the sultan wiped the crumbs from his
mouth the first occasion in history, by
the way, that any sultan ever ate with
his subjects than he was up to his old
tricks. He began intriguing and schem
ing to overthrow the constitution and
the new regime and to that end bribed
officers and soldiers right and left. The
result of all this government by spies.
bribery and undertround methods was
the recent abortive counter revolution
Then the Young Turks were sorry they
had not cut off the head of "the old
man" in the first place and swore
stoutly by the beard of the prophet
that there would be no more temporiz
ing.
The real crux of the July revolution
of the counter revolution and of the
counter-counter revolution, then, was
the sultan. What manner of man is
he? The following facts, though some
what disjointed, will furnish a key to
his character, or, rather, lack of it:
Abdul Hamid In a Nutshell.
He was born on Sept. 22, 1S42.
He is an inveterate cigarette smoker.
His foster brother reads him to sleep at
night.
He is a good -carpenter and takes pride
in displaying his skill.
He has five recognized sons, with the
eldest of whom. Prince- Selim, he is on
bad terms. i
. He employs a jester and sometimes In-'
dulges in the most ridiculous horseplay
at the fool's instigation. .
He has a smattering of medical science,
and whenever he t'eels indisposed fee
writes out his own prescriptions.
He is of a consumptive tendency.
He has four brothers and three sisters.
He has been on the throne of Turkey
since 186. ;
He amuses himself with clock making
and at times pamts pictures.
-He -is an early riser,' getting up winter
and summer at 5 o'clock in the morning.
He seldom goes outside the limits of his
own palace, and his exercise consists of
i short walks in the royal park.
He Is something of a musician, playing
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MOHAMMED RE CHAD EFFENDI, HEIR AP
I PARENT TO THE THRONE.
long line of tainted stock, with both
father and mother suffering from tu
berculosis, and, belongs, says the writ
er, "to an enfeebled dynasty that is
afflicted with every kind of disease,
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actual insanity' -
When Abdul ascended the throne he "
had twi wives and has taken one each
year since, making something over for
ty in all. There are a large number of
other women in the harem, who, in
Turkish parlance, are slaves.
There are wild tales to the effect
that some sunshiny morning Russia
intends to step down to Constantinople
nnd tuck Turkey under her arm.
Whatever may be the truth as to
Russia's intentions and as to her im
plied connection with the Turkish rev
olution, there is one very inspiring fact
connected with the situation, a fact
that relates both to Turkey and Rus-.
sla. . . -
The spirit of democracy and liberty,
having swept over western Europe, is
marching east. It is this which is cre
ating turmoil in the land of the czar,
and it is this that animates the Young
Turk movement leading to the over
throw of "the great assassin" Abdul"
Hamid.