The Daily News. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. PROGRESS IN TURKEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 4 August 1910, Page 4

The Daily News. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. PROGRESS IN TURKEY.

[The referenced tli'e cables t lii-ot&Vr da, of the reminds ,<-°urse of. :tion h^not:beettaltog*th e t staoofe; wt ■Yiew J/ ;.tha s t,, : ,ftll,4hihg B ,considered Tur. i^^e^,h^ l gi Y en,« 1 eMini S ter« ,W .accent teSpbfeiWlity; .^.o : s.sible f , r Du^ ; the,fir st :. l few.. m on'ths after,- % ; .revolution' the ><**&■•<& 7 the T&Al&WW'®* W-Abdul P m s.W .W checked,,and his-elabor-ate/system! di, espionage.' Md b'een aWU»hkJvy -.these" Pittances' it at y elation" of : th ft wass,of people liy''some d/s4tJoi"^t-;; The liberty of travelling' wHhout of .sfte,,tywns.,.aj risein. pricedincreased the ,ofr living. ;:TW ]arge , ;rmmbelj of S^ 1 sßvernmeht fomented discontent, at a time when I the fevolusm: seemed 1 to'have accomplished little; I *$ ! of :feon.; I ( P a %, in j mmryv 107m mt, their -encompassing !■ .of .the .capital ! and i expulsion bFAfcdul j produced a" srW ; inoW:#eet' i on the nation at large,, and removed diai .^f 1 ?^ l : a^o^ ! the,.y f ,ungr.Turfe>E*en ! <tfce. Weakness <of the- Gbverammt innbt ; $ e^ f ?!: #}Bty '# .Armenians burst out did nofcapem 4o lower the <presi tige; of the.constitutional! party; although Sir 'Edwin Pears is.of .opinion 'thaV°a $ & <$P?# u #fr ; was lost ihe Government failed to punish the tea! offenders., "Well-wkhers-to constiiutional government 1 iriTurkey wbujd have rejoiced if;th'e ; Ministers,^.aqted! more firmly, and thus proclaimed, to the world/ especially the Moslem part of it,'their abhorrence of what had i>ee«t done:>> M : jter the suppre'ssion'of;the reactionary, ;martial,ia W , but.the main- results \av* ,l»ett beneficial. The iremoval bf 6b. inbXious ind itravelling in the country without local! ipassports, which had -previously! T, e W frequently bnce ;teraal. trade..; ftue,. W»e. .'number* of 'beggars, ,W«ves„ cut-throats and, unde-' Arables congregated in but a vagabondage of a drastic firid removed, .the*?, and, caused lip, inconvenience! to, respectable, people;; T^he;streets.of, the capital were Mug dered much safer than before, ft miisr be admitted that the Ministry were not so wise in their attitude" towards the pr, -'fyim been without trial. Sir' Edwin Pears considersiihis'ibne of 'the mostjerious fa'Ml of the '' ft,Wa9,said to, be a mark of the rule of Abdul gftnud pat, because:- of» Mi lack, of personal courage; -he reposed Bd-confidence in'the persons, whb. suripunde^; hiin nor! Sn, bis Officers of State. His'rule, thus •assumed the character of the. most rigid autocracy and. absolutism. He desired to settle jingle-handed: tlie most trivial matters; . as well as the weightiest political 1 questions of the hour, and,'by attempting to control the details of the administration pf his still extensive dominions he paturaliy deprived the chief organs of goyern ; ment of all initiative and.executive authority. The consequences :of such centralisation were felt'-in every branch "of the administration.' Confusion and disorder assumed'gigantic proportions; fin ancial embarrassment greatly increased; the army were left unpaid for months together; the fleet, bottled up in the Golden Horn, went utterly to wreck and ruin. It is easy to see that the absolute and suspicious policy' of the deposed Sultan deprived the country of men bl capacity, trained to exercise, the ■.functions of government. Turkey is non reaping the result of his policy. The present Ministry are representative oi the country, but generally speaking they are afraid of responsibility and somewhat lacking in good intentions, and art' really doing valuable work, but -they advance -toe slowly. The common cry is that they [are doing nothing, that is not justified, rbut that they ought to do morel. The [ country badly needs roads, and railways. If the mftn in Asia Minor could, see; a .railway which would give,biro.wprk or transport his farm produce to the.ariar tet, he would believe in the advantage o:

a Constitution; There arc-.numbers of projects before -the Government for of public utility that would give 6mp^yment, l t)ut '"tlie Minsters fear the 1 responsibility of, sanctioning these. We are 'assured that the.Ohamber of'(Deputies' has worked' well, surprisingly so,! considering the 1 absolute } ' t ®,- fienifbers in'. '{^rl'jlji.nientary' govern-' .niei^t,. The .leading members, have sluny'n their, independence, : .of;,tae, Committee, of llJnion•.n-n!•.iProsfcesa^■. j Many;: .members! i-puitl.slr statements' : (ii th'eir : pbtfeyf-ahd. it, is' a distinictly' hopeful all I .prp%? the basis pf ; liberty and : ,equa%,.,irrespective:;,gf rftce j;! ■glon".or standing 'between- 'Mosleitis" aW Chris-' ,'tiaW- is maintained'.'! The pfebpTe'wjitch! ;&gerly the i r : e^prfe\pf'' , /the, Chamber; pf ] these hayel a,^eat'edueationai-value for;them. IThe' Government have 'not 'been Very 11 sufcecss-j M^sb;' far "Sn'-their: ( rriaTiagferii en t .^f ; titej these numbei:, abdijt; ami at jfirst'enthusiastically supported'- the- reforming! 'party.:. In, their new-ibdrn zeal-fdf edu"catioh',' < the : 'Albanians ! ha A been ; lhdiiqed; 'to adopt th'^ v ( &ilii' alphabpi instead, of, jt'hie", Turkish,', jwfeejy, objected:; tq,,jth}s.. Albaniai is; a; .backward cauntry,,"and'.'it;, ;i's ; probable! that-if■ the;GoVeriime , ht aMoVed' choose; 4;heif '''tijtrn and' ' al£b<fodj something 'fy pf. .furnishing .i;|ienir-withi,,rpa^s,i ! ans ;yailways-, theyi would'tegadn .their"goodwill and active 1 -co'-operaiaonv ' Muefr has been done to) 'glace' DptS'tMsiViny'' and* navy, on a te£footing.. jFpre'ign pacersl'.faave';jgr,eat-l ,}# a^e4- ! t«, ;V iniprp^; l tihe la.my,-;-aJ!idj ■^miialß.:Gaml»leaßiißl ; -wililjams and.other; British naval oncers 4ave the' - navy! For'' tHe ; -Brit' tiiije. y\. 'history <^ris'tjan/sp|diers' ; have freeii.ad-; mitted to the army, and their has been, all .tha.t.poujd be desired;.,'(Thejimprovement of; file arinyi'imd "tidvf has: (necessarily involved '''considerable [expense; at tne>very 'time.vheh' reproductive pub-! works are jsadly, needed.,, Qne.pf'jthej .niojst important- refprmßiieffecte:d;.--in-vthei .Turkish; Empiir-e-ihasi'been l the'great l *im-l prov'ement "of i the* police ■'system., ' The] intervention; or the' Powers in' Mace-; resulted jn, the establishment of, a police, sy^em,, before the. (revolution' that! ,was. aa inestimable gain in that i district.! Itl provided!'security loir life and'prlo-j peV^ : ;'lMe^ tt'wiirKed"atf weft. tijrtj :to. ; otjjer parts: of' the,' ■Empire.,' Schopls;;for !the';. training' of! gendarmes,: were' • OpeMetl 'in'' Smyrna '. a ! iidj Beyrdut'oii a 1 Similar,plai'36tha|;'pp6ned! at ; SWonsca : j 'in-, T_h_p_' taught "by European _ oncers,; audi. com-' mand respect, irom .all .sections of the! population. Social reforms are also mak-i ing progress, in the direc-j tion of the education of Turkish Women.! We are-toM"thaH!l^~B : are"the sensej to realispjhat tjbsr> great. wa,n ; t is educa-1 tiori. It was interesting to read in a| recent (jajbj&i jihajfc-^?the; xecenit*. celebra-: tions of the anniversary of the Consti-! tutioit ,'iiiii.Coinsttantinpple ''(numerous; Turkish women were provided with spejcial to, Wnds view; the llluijiipatjpnp.'' , After, that, ■; can;.;itibaidoubted that'iTurkey is ad■vancingt1 :' :! ; iV '.■"'•.' " u '- : -'