Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Turkey Takes a Step Forward, [ARTICLE]

Turkey Takes a Step Forward,

The Sultan of Turkey has made a vigorous break through the trammels of national tradition and has given the order that Turkey shall take a place in the march of civilization. He has granted concessions for the construction of long railways which will open up his territory to the eastythe north and the south, ail having their termini at Constantinople. • One road is to run to Damascus, and another, the Tigris and Euphrates Kailway, to the Persian Gulf.