"WITH CARE."
BOX ■ OF EXPLOSIVES'- IN" .TURKISH ■ . By.Toleftrapli-Prees Association-GoDyrijiht .'.■■• > •:, ;:(Reo.: ; February. pirn.)■■'.•' '■'■■ ■' ; -: ■'■■■'■ ! ■"..';■■■.'."■ London,'. , February 9/v -The: -'Daily; Tekgrapb.'', reports,; that Wo,'porters, 'carrying' a .case . with.'exces-, sivei' care;', entered: the Paiacer where- the Turkish. .Chamber'■: of Deputies is:.■.-".tem-porarily/sitting. ■■•■;::'.-■:', ,: -: ! \v'! ;;; ■■■'■■ '■•:' '. _ The, police; :bbcpmirig-suspicious,';opened. the:case.V If. was.found",to -contain nitroglycerine,;: vitriol,:: and dynamite. >- : ■-.' ':■ - : : FORCES; OP.:REACTION, iN V TURKEY. ."The Ottoman Empire;" 'observes ..a contemporary'.writer;."is still, in a critical condition/i .Opinions .vary as ■ to whether the Young Turks will succeed ultimately .in reorganising their country on a: more .modern . basis, ■ or"! whether,. a repetition, in another form; of the. counter... revolution; of: last April may not expose: Turkey .to the,dangers ".which, any' further' weakening of 'her internal structure must inevitably involve. It may be predicted with confidence" that the present structure Of. the r ottomah' State will not be definitive, and .that Turkish institutions will tend: increasingly-to adjust themselves:to the spirit". of Islam— a spirit th'at.does not.-make. for. liberty, , equality, and- fraternity'■": between all oreeds and races. . . V ; : ■::: ■;.>.■'■ ' '-.: "The: question is .whether in the Ottoman Empire of ,to r day the, Turkish element is. sufficiently numerous ' and sufficiently vigorous to create .some form of moderate theocratical ! absolutism,,', supported by;, Turkish. military ,' supremacy over the. 'nonrTurkish elements of. the Empire.. If .this question .can be ■■ answered in. the "affirmative, the: Young Turkish revolution of July, .1908, and" the vic- : tory over the- counter-revolution of April, ,1909,: will. deserve to rank among' the most -auspicious ■ dates \in Turkish history;, but if the Turks lack the necessary virtus' and. vigour, the revolution may prove , to have been a forerunner of final collapse." , : .''.'■ • '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5
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