| Show THE SUL SULTANS TANS CAMPAIGN AIGN t tp CHRISTIANITY t IV i HB iIO Sick Man of ot Europe hue has an tin anI e I 1 I I Ideas Ideal lie He lm hR has pondered red long ni II U upon the growth of Christian Christianity 9 II fly ity It and the tho manliest manifest decline of oe k Mohammedanism of ot which twitch l he as nH caliph or m commander n 1 ll i of at the faithful Is head and front anti ho has hall nt nl last fort come com to the thu conclusion r ri that In III order to regain lost prestige and position he must adopt Christian math meth mathI methods ads o for tor lie spread pread of ot hi hIs hh bullet belief i e f In an a n I DInt cleat times time It wren wan wa the custom cu torn for Cor the them ai m MUl to spread their religion at atthe atthe 1 the point of ot the sword mil nud millions died tIled i V because of ot their belief bellef that to kill the tho or dogs docs of at Christians was n nI nr r I s sure passport to 10 paradise But times have changed 1 Instead of at being the I recognized d head of at a n powerful sect fleet or orI I nation Abdul II 11 of ot Turkey the thea I a successor sucres ur of ot Mohammed d can reckon f only a II total of ot fl of ot Ills his faith in lu inH H all parts Darta of ot th tilt world While tho the do f f m t ww rv B V n r SULTAN F TURKEY r EY Christians ChrIstiana number all told tol He Ile and his are In a minority by h I some sOllie and even een tho the lethargic Turk lurk sees aces the tho necessity for tor bestirring himself It If he would not be bo left lett behind in the race for Cor religious supremacy lIe He has consequently proclaimed a movement for tor the revival of at Mohammedanism and has announced a II forth corning coming pilgrimage of ot vast proportions from tram every point of oC the tho compass toward Constantinople Instead of at persuading the Infidels to surrender lurrender their beliefs by b means of at fire and antI sword as was las anciently the custom of his predecessors and anti ns Mohammed Is by h many man liI believed vet to have command commanded cd ed Abdul A t 1 El l hopes I Ia to bring around a 0 changed condition of at affairs by moans means of at missionaries who are 1110 to bo ho sent ev everywhere c r vl e fur Cur or the purpose I 1 of at making r converts to the Koran I There Is also to tu tobo bo 10 hI a 0 triple alliance between n Turkey cy Persia and Afghanistan for tor common dom do 10 tense against g I at tho m o encroachments of ot the Christina Christian towers powers III In other words lords Abdul has hns seen the handwriting on the wall This usurper of or Christian privileges this of the holiest shrines of Chris Chrls v THE HE RAABA KAA A AT FiT THE Tint TIM t DI PILGRIMAGE I realizing that he ho and his an nn ancestors cc have hitherto held hellI their own 01 only through the tolerance of at the tho pow powers powers JOW JOWers ers seeks to make a stand against u in inevitable inv evitable fate late It U Is not many years since ho he all but Lut proclaimed the raisins raising of ot the prophets green Han flag lIa and initiated a n holy hol war but Jut today he sees Bees the fu futility futility futility of at this and will proceed to strengthen Ids hla hi defenses by nn an appeal to his subjects su under the guise of ot n a 1 reli rell religious religious glows propaganda Tho total population of oC the Ottoman empire Is only ani of ot which not more than half halt are tho the remaining of at the tho faith residing lag ing outside the tho sublime portos domin dominions ions As t s ruler user over an a n absolute monarchy mon man monarchy archy lIchy as ns to the spiritual caliphate since 1517 and the recognized head henl not nut only on I of oC his hl own n subjects but of ot the entire world v Abdul Us dal d has hns great reat power pOlor provided he con can wield It Its itIs As Is s to the tho disposition I of at the I he MI o huo to rid tho the world t both of Chris Christian tian Ilan powers and ami Christian Individuals there thore Is li not there never noor line hRs been the slightest sl doubt lint Hut even though tho the grand mufti tho limo Sheik ul the MECCA OFA supreme director of at Mohammedan spir spiritual affairs should Join JollI with the sultan sul sultan sultan tan to excite the time religious fanaticism of at atthe the entire world of at follow tallow followers ers It would be he of at no avail The Tho Otto Ottoman Ottoman man government and tho the fragmentary remains of ot rule In different parts of at the world exist today only by sufferance of ot the Christian nations who allow them to continue continuo In order or er to preserve pre preserve serve sere an un equipoise In International af ne affairs tails lairs That Thu t the Turks will eventually be swept out of at Europe I and anI the time Holy HolyLand holyLand Land and that the sacred shines they have hart so flO long Ions polluted by their presence will bo be Jo released to those who revere them must not be doubted Hut But there Is to a 0 menace even In stirring up the Turk who has squatted so long In his and misery miser that he ho dispenses I plagues and pestilence whenever when over he shakes his garments garment Nearly Dearly 1270 years havo have passed Fussed I since the first Out he giro to Mecca the tho year the tho great prophet I ol I het died Since that event millions of ot have performed tho the m pious pilgrimage to the prophets tomb which Is enjoined upon all nil true be believers Jo lievers amid r moreover er thousands per perhaps hUlls haps millions have perished of ot plagues and famines Ines Incident to these hegiras 6 r au So far tar is us possible these pilgrimages have been Interdicted by the French and English In Algiers and Egypt and only recently allowed under rigid re restrictions rev Shiploads of at pilgrims have been centering toward tho the Mecca of ot their desires and the sight is b not an ma I PILGRIMS AT PRAYER PRA s sON I ON I SHIPBOARD s I i J Flirt pl a al ajr y l I r t I jr I II IJ Ie J e a I r ns r rr I r I Ill i iI Id V 1 I rr 1 i I tl JY i rr r M n I 1 I Pt q t i IQ I t I I e ea ei y i iH I II r t tr a t f I 1 I r a A DUI HAMID II I unusual on of ot whole rows of oC the faithful prostrate upon deck with their faces toward the tho tomb of Mo IIo Mohammed I hammed If tt this tide should be Je turned toward Constantinople the su superior parlor facilities for tor travel to which city would enormously Increase the number of oC pilgrims no ome can estimate tho the terrible results All I the powers of oC Eu Europe Europe rope rapt would be Je compelled to combine against the sultan and antI his adherents for tor mutual protection and nUl that much de dc desired desired sired consummation the expulsion of ot the Sick Man Inn train from Europe might thus be Le brought blought about But nut assuming that the missionaries to bo be sent forth by Abdul were elo to commence proselytizing they will probably attempt to convince their pro converts of at similarities be between betaken taken tween the Christian and tho the Mohammedan Mohammedan Mohammedan religions Tho Thu central Idea Is monotheism and the only sin in la the Koran Is that of ot poly polytheism 1101 theism thell na There Thera Is no I n u God m but Jut God Gad The existence exl tence of the world Infers Inters a 0 creator and anti this creator Is God eternal om em omnipotent omnipotent omniscient In essence a spir spirit it There Thero Is nothing repugnant to ci el cither timer thor Jew or Christian Christian In that creed creel but while white the avows There Is no Clod but God he ho adda odd and Mo Mohammed hammed hamm Is his The Norma Koran ranks ranis first of ot tho the sacred books and aft after after er time the t Koran I comes conies the tho Bible of ot the Christians Taking Inking the tho Hebrew conceptions as us his models Mohammed evolved his conies confes slur lIon of at faith to suit himself Adam Allam Is the thu first of ot the prophets Christ stands superior to all the tho others except Mo Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed hammed tho the last and most eminent of ot them all alit These are era the tho rocks rocles upon which Chris ChrisMan Christian Christian tian Man and Mohammedan will split for In Inthe tho the lathers hitters ritual there thero are lire no Insuperable able objections The external observances ances auces ore are five In number purification prayer ablution some of ot the Arabs wash themselves them che with sand when wa water waler water ter ler Is scarce fasting tad 1 tha the pilgrim pilgrimage age Prayers must be bo made with time the face toward tho the I or the visible representation of at Mecca five times lines In every 24 21 hours Just before sunrise at noon In the time afternoon at evening and during durin the night Prayer In fact Is Incumbent on every male or female over the age of 17 The Mohammedan moral immoral code Is ex ox on paper Inculcating all nil tho the so BO called Christian virtues and the aro are notable for tor their pa patience tience honesty hOnest temperance submissIveness and charity But Du t they are also notorious as supporters and de defenders defenders fenders of at slavery and polygamy and for tor forthe forthe the propagation of ot their faith by means of at force torce In their treatment of ot woman w onan alone alono the Turks Turk are arc away back tack In the dark ages Their creed Is full tull of ot In Inconsistencies Incon Inconsistencies consistencies con h and their rendering of ot It ItIs ItIs itis Is almost as various as ns the races that have ho accepted Its teachings In short theirs is h a religion of at blood arid and fatal fatalIsm fatalIsm Ism a hidebound theocracy dominates their lives They have contributed little littleto to tho the worlds advancement In the time past thousand years They have hava produced no great men who have moved moed the world since Mohammed himself they have given the world no Inventions no works of ot art even their architecture beautiful as It Is having been Jeen derived from rain the peoples they conquered In the past time the Turk waa wan termed the scourge of God sent to punish tho the Christians on account of ot their theIr sins As fighters they Were superb even cen now their soldiers will fight tight well If It ably led lcd lint Jut they lack moral force they are per permeated mewled mentel with no great Ideas they ore are centuries behind the times Now It Is art ari axiom In history that no great grea t reformer or or reform movement has emanated from trait an Individual who was not superior for Cor the tho time being to his contemporaries This may be proved by going back Jack to Mohammed himself who became conspicuous because of at the dense Ignorance of his fellow tellow country countrymen countr men And It would be Le nn an Insult to twentieth century y Intelligence and progress progress progress ress to accept nn on effete polygamous sybarite like Abdul Hamid ns as the leader of oC n a great grent reform movement which shall move the world It Is much more probable probable able that his projected propaganda will prove a 11 mighty boomerang and recoil with disastrous effect Upon him and his people |
