OCR Text |
Show SULTAN IN SORE STRAITS. Situation In Yemen Seems Life and Death Struggle. London. Officials convorsnnt with iho situation In Yemen province re-gard re-gard tho situation there ns being In tho nnturo of n llfo or death struggle for thn sultan of Turkey. Thoy point out that tho wnrllko Arabs of Yemen who havo never dono moro than Impatlcn: ly tolcrnto tho Turkish yoke hnvo now grown tired of paying tnxes thrco or four limes over nnd havo rovoltcd. Should tho rising In Yemen succeed It Is bound to spread north to Ilcjnz and If the sultan's authority Is wiped out In thnt holy land of Mohammedan Ism ho will I080 all claims to tho title, of protector of tho holy places, which Is regarded ns tho main fnctor In holding hold-ing his emplro together. |