Show 0 I The Money of I The kingdom of ot heinz and of ot commonly known as for tor short is a World war creation out of ot that vast territory we know generally as Arabia In this kingdom is contained all that is sacred to the faithful of ot Islam Llam Its capital Mecca It now Seems popular to spell it Mekka is s sacred cred as the birthplace of the prophet and is practically a forbidden forbidden forbidden for for- bidden city to aliens Medina Mohammed's place of ot refuge when his native city turned against him is scarcely less revered To worship at these shrines shrines to to kiss the hallowed given by Gabriel to Abraham and by him Implanted implanted unplanted im Im- un- un planted at Mecca come thousands and thousands of ot faithful pilgrims pilgrims-a a quarter of at a million of ot them in some years They come from all over over the Mohammedan Mohammedan Mohammedan world and they stay anywhere from two to eight months They bring their own money with them them the the money of ot the countries from which they come money come money of ot Java Jaya Sumatra Syria Egypt Turkey Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key and a host of other Asian countries It matters not that English gold is the standard currency of ot the country and that all government payments pay pay- ments customs ments-customs customs quarantine charges passport telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph and other dues must dues must be made in pounds sterling ster ster- ling the real money of ot is the heterogeneous ng aggregation gatlon of ot moneys brought by this miscellaneous collection of ot people who come com to worship and to spend Copyright Press ress Publishing CoT |