THE CENSOR IN TURKEY.
According to a -writer in the Stampa, of Turin, the Sultan of Turkey insists that every ruler or political personage should ,die a natural death. Other manners of death are not "recognised" officially by Nischan Effendi, the censor. When King Humbert was assassinated at Monza, the Turkish' newspapers auuounc< ' cd 1 this- sad event in 'the following foini < "King Humbert left the hall amidst tht 'frantic cheers of the people. The Kiug, much aifected, bowed several times, and to all appearance was immediately dead.' When the late Shah of Persia, was assassinated the Turkish papers said : — "In the, afternoon the Shah drove to his summer place, and there complained of illness, His corpse was sent to Teheran." One paper, however, excelled all tha others in "simplifying" the piece of news by publishing "this absurdity: — "The Shah felt a little ill, but finally his corpse returned to the palace." This phrase was too much even, for the Turks, who have retained it to this day as one of their proverbs. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 119, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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173THE' CENSOR IN TURKEY. Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 119, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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