The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . ationbecause they thought it was progress; that fastforeigners had introduced bad habits into the country,including whisky and brandy drinking, and manyyoung Turks had followed their example. Thesaloons and beer gardens, he said, were intended for,and were generally patronized by, the foreign popula-tion—the French, Germans, Italians, Austrians, Hun-garians and others—and several liquor stores had beenestablished to supply them. Many young Moslems have become intemperate,he exclaimed, and it can only be attributed to thebad e
The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . ationbecause they thought it was progress; that fastforeigners had introduced bad habits into the country,including whisky and brandy drinking, and manyyoung Turks had followed their example. Thesaloons and beer gardens, he said, were intended for,and were generally patronized by, the foreign popula-tion—the French, Germans, Italians, Austrians, Hun-garians and others—and several liquor stores had beenestablished to supply them. Many young Moslems have become intemperate,he exclaimed, and it can only be attributed to thebad example of Christians. The pashas and otherpublic men think it is necessary to serve wine at theirhouses because it is served to them when they visitthe homes of foreigners, and thus the habit is beingintroduced. The Sultan drinks nothing but water andcoffee, although at formal dinners he offers wine tohis guests. I met a friend the other day, continued my inform-ant, who offered me a glass of wine. I declined,saying that my religion forbade the use of wine. So. A (,HAZi-A FANATIC THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT 49 does mine, replied the pasha, but God is merciful andI shall be forgiven. One great trouble in Turkey is the disloyalty of theupper classes. The lower classes are fanatical in theirdevotion to the Sultan and the Mohammedan it is the office and not the man they adore. Theycare very little who occupies the throne and will givetheir lives cheerfully to support and defend him. TheTurkish soldiers are great fighters, if well led, and areabsolutely destitute of fear because they are taughtfrom infancy that he who dies in defense of the churchor the Sultan goes straight to paradise, which issufficient incentive for them. At the same time thewords loyalty and patriotism do not appear inthe Turkish language, and those emotions are almostentirely unknown to the pashas and other persons ofhigh rank who are always striving to excel each otherand secure the favo
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