THE SALONIKA CONGRESS.
YOUNG TURKS AND THEIR PROGRAMME
(From our Correspondent in the Balkan Peninsula).
(excerpt)
Sooner or later the complete Ottomaniza-
tion of all the Turkish subjects must be effected,
but it was becoming clear that this could
never be achieved by persuasion, and recourse
must be had to force of arms. Moslem domina-
tion was inevitable, and respect must be
preserved for Moslem institutions and tradi-
tions - the most humane in the world. Other
nationalities must be refused the right of
organization, for decentralization and autonomy
were treachery to the Turkish Empire ; these
nationalities were a negligible quantity ; they
might retain their religion, but not their
languages ; the diffusion of the Turkish
language was one of the principle means of
assuring Moslem predominance and assimilating
other elements.
The Salonika Congress. 1911, October 3. The Times (London), p. 3. Retrieved November 16, 2020, from
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1911-10-03/3/10.htm
