POSTAGE ABROAD 1 4D. Of all the strange results of the
upheaval in Turkey, none is more gratifying and welcome than the altered relations of Turks and Armenians. The Society of Friends of Armenia (whose headquarters is at 47 Victoria Street, West- minster, S.W.) in their latest circular bear willing testimony, on the strength of their correspondents at Constantinople and in the provinces, to the moderation, the good sense, and the humanity of the Young Turks. From Constantinople comes news of the abolition of the censorship on mails and newspapers, the release of political prisoners, and the removal of other obstacles in the path of personal liberty. An Armenian doctor, writing on the proclamation of the Con- stitution, says :—" Travelling will be free. We can go wherever we want. We can have any books, any papers. We can enjoy the life of a human being. We are Ottomans, and can live like Ottomans." The news from the provinces is even more remarkable, public demonstrations and processions at which Turks and Armenians fraternised, congratulating one another on the inauguration of the new regime, having been, held at Marash and Harpoot, the scene of some of the worst Armenian massacres in the "nineties."
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