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Show THE CITIZEN 18 7 HE TURKS IS CHAINS. (Continued from page 7.) tion of Christian scholars and one of these, in due course, became the pope of Rome. We may imagine that these scholars were allured by those sciences in which the university excelled t and history tells us that the Saracens were practically the originators of the science of chemistry. The Moslem scholars of Spain taught medicine and mathematics, chemistry, philosophy and the fine arts. Arabian scholars translated Hindu books and thus imparted the esoteric wisdom of the East to the West. In the reign of A1 Kakeem,, extensive irrigation systems were constructed in Granada, V and Aragon. The Moslems also built asylums and hospitals for the poor in a number of cities. Nor did the Moslems lag behind the Christians in the development of industries during certain centuries. Shipbuilding, horticulture, glass, iron and copper utensils, tanyards, brocade, candied fruits, silver mines, cotton manufactures, woolen carpets, hand-wovewoolen cloths, linen manufacture and linen paper, mines of lapsis-lazulsilks and inlaid metal work are some of the industries of Islamic Spain which arouse the admiration of historians. The Moslem universities of Seville, Cordova and Barcelona, say ProfesHindu sor T. L. Vaswani, a present-da- y historical writer, taught science and philosophy in that free, liberal spi'.it for lack of which Europe burnt Bruno and persecuted Galileo. Moslem kings operated free libraries, established observatories and endowed laboratories Moslem for chemical experiments. singers introduced a new note of chivalry and romance into the life and literature of Europe; and Moslem philosn i, ophers translated, interpreted and corrected the systems and speculations of great thinkers. We are justified in concluding, therefore, that a fairly high state of civilization, if not the highest, is compatible with Islamism, and that if the Turks, in the 800 years of their domination, never achieved a civilization it was due to those barbaric Tartar characteristics which were too deeply implanted in their natures to be eradicated. self-perpetuati- accordance Avith law and an Arjl order of the board of directors made on t 5th dav of lluv, 1920, so manv shares of each parcel of such stock a may bp necessary will be s'dd at i'iii-iraue'nn at the office of the company, 219 Doolv Block, Salt Lake City. iTfili. ii'i the 21st dav of June, 1920, at -Yhick n. m. of said day, to pay the diiiMuent usssnient thereon, together with tb costs of advertising and expenses of sale. II. II. GREEN, Secretary. , v Christian civilization, especially the British empire, faces a new crisis in the East. Although the Turks, as the rulers of other races, have been eliminated they still exercise a dominant power among the Moslems of Asia and Africa. This is something to be wondered at, for they were usurpers of a power which originally reposed in the For generations Arabic Caliphate. they bowed to that power, but eventually they arrogated to themselves supremacy in religious as in civil matters and the sultan of Turkey became the Caliph, or head of the Islamic religion. Today we find the Moslems of the East still looking to the sultan as the head of the church and threatening to destroy British dominion in Asia unless the ancient powers of the sultan, V as sovereign and caliph, are preserved. Eighty million Mohammedans live in India, which is in a state of rebellion against the British empire. They are joinings hands with the Turks and with the Russian Bolshevik! to wipe out, if possible, British control in the East. In this we discern the reason that British influence was used to keep the sultan on his throne in Constantinople and to preserve to him a small section of the Thracian peninsula and a much larger domain in Asia. What the British did, however, from cautious considerations of policy, was not sufficient "to placate the Moslems of India. We probably must ascribe this as much to the general unrest as to a setniment of fealty toward the head of the Islamic religion. It is strange that races, intrinsically more progressive than the Turks, should not seize the opportunity to wrest from him a power which his ancestors usurped. The situation, however, is complicated by the political struggle, by the efforts of the British d to secure their supremacy in Moslem lands such as Mesopotamia and Persia and by the counter efforts of the people to maintain their independence; also by the rebellion in India which makes the Moslem cause its own because it hopes thereby to senticoalesce all possible ment in its favor and to its ultimate new-foun- anti-Britis- h benefit. On neither side is there that pure idealism which tends toward peace and progress and the general cause of civilization and humanity. Into this seething cauldron America is asked to project itself as the champion of idealism. While the embattled powers, seeking control of Asia, eschew idealism, the United State.? is expected to set up, as it were, a shrine of Chriastianity and humanity in Armenia. It is to be fonred that idealism could not survive in the poisoned atmosphere and that reither the true followers of the prophet nor the followers of the cross would turn worshiping eyes at dawn or at dusk toward this new Mecca. It is to be feared that, on the contrary, idealism would be submerged and that the struggle for power would continue without much regard for the real interests ci civilization and humanity. EXPERIENCED. Sweeping his long hair back with an impressive gesture, the visitor faced the proprietor of tne film studio, according to a current story. VI would ilke to secure a place in your moving picture company, he said. You are an actor? asked the film man. Yes. Had any experience acting without autliences? A flicker of sadness shone in the Acting visitors eyes as lie replied: without audiences is what brought m here. Jones took an extended v.acation? With or without pay? He took about fifteen years pay with him. |