Show Why Turks Are Confident Amid the many menacing perils perUs that threaten his thorny throne the new sultan of Turkey can earl find consolation for all nil Moslem disasters by contemplating contemplating plating the tho Stone In the mosque of St. St Sophia This Is a slab of translucent marble brought from frem Persia which has hns been fixed to the western side of the tho gallery It emits rn rays s 's of dazzling brilliancy during periods periods periods pe pe- of T rl Ish Prosperity or of religious religious religious re re- re- re triumphs for Islam but becomes becomes becomes be be- comes black and opaque however cloudless s the sl skies les whenever some calamity is about to befall the Ottoman Ottoman Otto Otto- man empire or the faith It has not hitherto been darkened during the present present present pres pres- ent war war- though the sultans sultan's armies have so frequently been defeated and the power of ot Islam seemed to suffer eclipse Thus the mystic stone ever shining proves to believing Moslems I that however fate fote may frown the real victory remains with them 1 |