The Thames Star. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1911. EDITORIAL.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10351, 26 April 1911, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1911. EDITORIAL.

TURKEY OF TO-DAY. MARKED PROGRESS. In the course of a> lengthy interesting article on tho marked progress thtofc Turkey has made Mr Buxton, Ml., maikea several abatements thai ctxplaui in a great measure some cables that have rectently boon pub- | Hshefct in our aoiuinns. FiVredom of 1 travel hais 'Keen immensely enlarged, railway revenue, has increased, and aonnnercia has madie rapid strides. Freedom of s-peeiah has 'become a reality, and the religious feuds, which until recently kept the country in a perpetual ferment, soenn to bo gradually diytng (nit. The alnny has 1 been reorganised in a manner 'which docs ciredit to the foresight of 'Minkturx, and foreign relations all round have* improved. EK'eii in tho diffiuult problem of unravelling tho tangled skein of Turkish ihmnee, Mir Buxtou i.s s-at- - islied -that tho Government has been wonderfully suodessful. Duavid 1 Bey. the Finance Minister, is iv uv.m of unusual energy and ability, and last xear, for thd fust time in her" history, tho country was presented with a genuine budget. Though the tcacheorsT are nob highly efficient, education is "'fling' ahead, and GOO Turkish towns are now reported to possess schools maintained by the Committee- ■ f Union and Progress, which, l.y -the way, allows no now bi J;iiich to he formed unless it is prepared to maintain a school. Though much has. been done the path ahond is Ir.vet with tremendous difficulties and <1;:':l'-^< "Failing sonfci influence whit h vi!l keep Turkish policy upon line*. <■■? conciliatii n at home a-ud abroad, the continuancei of Turkey itsdf is in- ■ -i - tain, fri" she miu-t in that cr.s- maintain a* gwat army, whilo a .great army if efficiently nuum.uiKi. wdl inevitably drag liW info bankruptcy: and at tho same tiim\ sut< must repress pi'ogressivo Ou-iHiian dements; , yet thdw very elements are necessary f to her if tho "wealth of the country is to be deyeloned sufficiently to make a civilised State."