Distracted and Torn Turkey
By Editor
Distracted and Torn Turkey.—Since our note on page eleven was in the page, the Sultan's coup has proved a boomerang. It barely struck ere it rebounded with telling force. Fanatical Moslems took courage in the meantime to rise against the Christians in Adana, the town has been partly burned, and hundreds of Christians, mostly Armenians, are reported slain. Tarsus is also reported partially burned by Moslems. But the Sultan miscalculated the strength of the love of liberty his subjects had tasted. Practically the whole army is in revolt against him; 20,000 troops, it is said, loyal to the Young Turks, are marching on Constantinople. France, Great Britain, and Italy are sending war-ships to the scene. Two American missionaries are reported killed at Adana, but the report is unconfirmed. All races and political parties seem yet to hold together against the Sultan, and in this lies hope of early peace and quietude; but the slightest thing may bring universal strife in Turkey, then interference of the powers, and then, no one knows what. It is wise to wait. God yet rules in the kingdoms of men.