IN THE NEAR EAST.
Itumouiit lmvo iiMchod us fiom Consf:n'tinopU\ tliiough p.'l-iiiiw whom wo lu\o fimml w<-Jl iuionnwl, th.it the situation there m growing vimv .ii<iinui. ft is rt-ilod (lint, the S\i!(jtn h' mitleiing fioin diM-HSt, of the kidiicvH. nnd h hi> ill ih-it it limy bo nercssaiy to lisk nsciio.w oporation. Shduld Ahilul-lliimid, with his i«.ttraordiiKiry diplomatic ability, xucriitiib to disfiwc, the whole situation would In! changed in the N<-,tr K;^t ; and incidcntM might nrho which would enable Ihe 'JVsir lr> mnko pparo with ilapan at onoo. upon the sound pica that his h'rsl duty in external alfjuis wa.s t.» pK)le<( the ivversioimry chum of his people to CoiiMflnttnoplo. II is so dillicull to believe any news fiom Yildi/ thai wo rcpoit tliefi* rumouix with all reH.-rw; but we would strongly advi.se our rnader« to watch telograin.s from Cousltintiunplo as jdtentivelv an they aie watching thoso from St. PfU'mhurg and Tokio. It should iilmi lie not eel that (lie in.sitnrrtioii in ilio Vcnien g.iitus gnmnd, and disturbs the Sultan, who know* that if he lost tho guardianship of Mecca, hi.-» <-!niin to fho Kalipluite would, in the eyes of .Mussulmans, be gravely impaired.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 9
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IN THE NEAR EAST.
Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 9
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