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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 150, 22 December 1914, Page 9

I himself. Among the men was a young j fellow — a friend of my son'a — who was dead beat and fell ill. The officers, instead of showing compassion, set to beating the fallen soldiers to force them to march further. Out? friend felt bo sorry for the fallen men, and managed, by interceding, to get a horse for his companion, and at Adrianaple a room for them to sleep in. Those that t fell ill -"-cholera or typhoid— oh arrivihg at a town, were all put in a room together, with na care, contagion spread rapidly. Many died or fainted, bat no time was taken to find out if they were really dead or unconscious. All were rapidly burned. When Nazif Bey, our friend, got news money was accepted from Turks, he wired his parents to send cash and buy him 6ut, which they did, but before the money arrived he and , the troops were ordered on to Rumania. Can y6u imagine his state of mind? However, two hours after a Wife came. " Retnaiti Whei'e you are." The old lihcle arrived With the hloney, and ouf friend hurried back to Us calling ' Saved ! Saved ! ' We found him almost a skeleton and even half stupid, and to hear the horrors he saw. and endured made me ill for days. And no war as yet! Out" Minister of War— a young Wan df thirby-nine-^is not liked, and several ( attempts have been made on his life, hie aide being killed. He is a parvenu, and belongs to the lowest order of Turks. He and Niazi Bey (who was fehot some time ago) Wei*e honbured as the saVei's of Con'spli. and the Sultan, to reward Enyer Bey, the Minister, promised him his daughter to wife. But the Princess persisted in refusing him until lately. However, Enver Bey was given the post of 1 military attache m | Bgflin, then when Mahomoud> Cheyket was killed, the Young Turk Party made Euver— to their great sorrow ! — a Pasha and Minister bf War. The Princess, now he was of such high rank, was persuaded to mai'fy him, and now is passionately in lovo with her husband. He wjli surely go, for he is much disliked, and has vulgar and overbearing manners. Stiicd the last attempt on hig life, he rides in his motor with a cat preceding and on& fbll&wing. Life is very sad all around— so hiahy of our friends and relations on tho battlefields of Europe. We arts quite alone. For distraction, I have taken to reading my old. old books. Ouf mails have boen fetopped. f have no neighbours left. In formef years the American College was near. Now that it is removed there ie no olio to come and visit you, or have tea and chat, or borrow books oi* papers from, Dull enough, is it not? There is nothing to see but recruits, tho poor peasantb, pacing daily, and it makes rtiy heart ache. For three days we had no bread, and then one of the Princes Rudell sent us some. A few days ago a young Turkish girl, highly educated, called bo see me. 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