Show A east X r it is reported in cable from europe that considerable alarm exists in turkish military circles over the gathering of pil grims at the orthodox greek morl as teries of mount athos the number of such pilgrims is put at find As the monastic com whose have fit least proven their ability to defend ves number over it I 1 wonder abit the sultans advisers should the gathering with dread find doubt oj its chAracter to f the name clouat athos oros or Aloun taiti will carr y with it no special significance to all interested in the greek catholia Cath olio church or knowing more than the auriance indications of the remigia re ligiA politics of russia the paragraph sent by cable will open a world bt conjecture athos is a place where for man 7 centuries past no women and lor that matter no female creature of any sort has been y pe r bitted to live it is believed b ita devotees that since its birst mccu pation by religious about the fifth century of the carig tian era no women has ever it there traditions of some daring klaut acs ics who disguised die guised in male at tire havo ventured on peninsula are floating about thal region but the greek catholics be none stich have everre turned to tell the tale athos Is a high steep range literally covered by monas lie communities and nothing else but the results of the industry they exercise ex erciso and the buildings ja which reside cheaver age which in that lovely selbi tropical climac makes of it As to temper a delightful delight fal residence these cut are supposed to be enormously rich one thing 6 known to scholars and that is that their library treasures in i scripts etc are almost beyond price historically they must be of vast pr P tanto little or nothing is really known of thein fernl adain admin i arti on of these communities n ot much of their external power though that must be of great aiudi import nee affecting through priestly agencies the whole bod y ai greek catholics who counting the russians are second in old V orld in numbers etc only to their roman brethren there are other of these greek catholic communities whom turkey has for generations past carefully protected the monastic nitice are of course recruited from the outside world ad of late teara the p a I 1 portion of the new h nal v e been russian since tile inauguration of a pan propaganda the distinct has been made to control all byzantine centers and the 0 ros gean leabu been by no means if there is any foundation for the fears of the turkish government the peninsula of athos uld be indeed a danger it could be defended from land to any extent and only on being shelled from the sea could there be effectual subjugation it is reported that e 9 a ries in connection with this remark able community of these present monks at least are of russian birth inthe enormous gatha of pilgrims are of the same r ang ck most certainly there is x in the ottoman po adonica al onica boa a restless population of mostly creeks and jews the former v ripe for revolution many scalps st paid globe Evi dendo of the approach of I 1 ring is found in the stir among te red men the sioux indiana on the devils lake reservation immediately north of new rock ford dak stay in but mind dugouts during the winter scarcely ever venturing out to any distance among this tribe is aup dude indian who comes to town frequently and nearly elways wears kid gloves and a white tat ile is a son if old ironheart the leada i chief and who was leader in tt terrible massacre of twenty five years ago the old chief bus received some education and preaches to the tribe sundays in summer the entire population take their alees and go and arec t them near the lodge of the 0 I 1 isa chem and religious serviced ez are t alou times du ring the day P they all go home after even ing services the old leader at many a scalp talks in regretful terms oi the minnesota massacre but AD allusion to the scalp locks ban 9 gnp in his but causes the eyes that arf nov dimmed by time to a way that speaks volubly of tbt interest the old warrior took in the battles with the pale faces years ago |