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Show TFi 1110 unrest that hs long existed rP ft U,"""K Hio I'.tdouln triben In those f J ri'Kioim of pal. stlno oant or Ih" Jor-1 Jor-1 dan, and further south alont? tho S- " s. "t"' f tho now Mecca railroad. f l '"l" "I'cti revolt against tho I j Turklhli authorities, and already ': n:" l"'cn marked by to rlous vlo 'ST Ji '''nee find blood.slu d. Tho Turkish yrSv ,ra,rls"11 ut Kcrak, a town with a population of several thousand, ly-(fpSy ly-(fpSy '"K 0,1 "planda of Moat) a few 2 tt'ilcH east of the south end of tho Dead sea, was overcome ami put to word by tho hordi s of licdoultiH which liavo In-fowled In-fowled It like locusts. Tho military Kowrinr wan noun the kIu'ii. The many (in ek -church and iJitln ChrlsllariH or Kerak have lied to Hammond. A part of American tourl.siH, lnclinlinK somo ladies, la-dies, were stopping tin re etirouto for the roi k-liown k-liown if y of l'etra when tho outbreak occurred, and were olil ed to ahandon their trip. They uccci (led In Kelt Int; out of tho town wl'h the help of some fi -loudly l!i doulns who attempti ! to guard them In nn effort to reach Hebron, but they were robbed of owrythliiB t'ut the animals tiny rode, liy other Iji iluuins. ami at lant succeeded In reach-IliR reach-IliR the shilter of Hebron. No Chris. ians havo licen killed, as t ho eiimily of the 1'.. doulns Is aKainht the pivi rnineiit. Tho 1!( duiiliiH have also torn up Hie Mecca railway rail-way for loni; FtretelicH between .eh and Kat ranch, ra-nch, a dislalico or about loo kilometers. The tele-graph tele-graph wins havo been cut outside or Kerak, and station iiui'MeiH and their assistant!! have been kllhd. The I'.edoulnn now' hold the r k'oi traversed trav-ersed by the railway, crtatini; a most herious altu- I I.-. vW. 'V-' II "l" II I I "-4 t. 'V 'v ' ' r ' ' I I I l't '"."rv ' A. """"I-' ' , II KS- - ; V'h' d -T w?5S ) : , T 1 1 x' -- nr i, ,r . . 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Much excitement was caused In Jerusalem by the discovery that Kerak was In flames, ns could ho plainly Boon from elevated places In and about the city, nifferent rumors are current, one of which Is that Kerak Is being destroyed by the Turkltih troops because of the discovery that tho chiefs of tho town were secretly In league with the Uedoulns. Mcdaba, where tho famous mosaic map of tho fourth century of the sacred places In Palestine was unearthed some years ago, has Just been occupied oc-cupied by several Turkish regiments, and Is believed be-lieved to be safe from attack. It Is slated that tho French consulate here has Just received a teleg-ain from Its P.imascus agent that Haml Pasha, who has recently succeeded In suppressing tho Druse rebellion In the Iloran, has hastened with his troops to the scene of the ;o-donln ;o-donln trouble. Further reports state that bo Is dealing with tho Ih doulns with great severity. The large l'e!:u;n population of Palestine and the region through which the Mecca railway extends ex-tends Is divided Into many tribes. If there existed unity of aim and action among them, their opposition oppo-sition to tho Turkish government would be most formld:bb For these tribes are often at war nnioiiff themselves and there Is no spirit of or-e; or-e; 'fixation or cohesion among them. Put even as It Is they have ) resented a serious problem to the government. It Is only within a few yenrs that the tribes on the cast of tho Jordan, opposite Jerusalem, the Adwun and tho I'enl Sukher, have hem broeght onrier a sort of loose control, and that Ker: l! has been oeetipled by n garrison, and likewise the ll. lioulns In tho south, around Peer slit ba, where a government center was established only recently. At the laitor place a seralyo has been built, and alio a n.osipio to please the I'.edoulnn. A small town has sprung up which Is the newest town of Palestine and Is distinguished by being t'ie first to have water works as well as being the site of the peer s! cba of Abraham's time. The name mentis "Seven Wells," all of which havo been located. lo-cated. It Is from one of these the water Is pumped for the use of tho town. An tib'Ttlve attemj t was made about three years go t.i plant another it nter further south et.d so extend tho Jurlrdlctlon of the government. The Pasha, of Jerusalem, with bis retinue of civil and in!'!tnry omelals, at that time gathered the lie-di'r.ins lie-di'r.ins of Ihe region, ti rid gave them pri st nts and, with great romp, read a mes.' go from the Sultan. As part of the ci roicohlos many of the Itodouln boys were brought together to receive presents of clothing, etc., mid to be circumcised. Put a report re-port was started that this woiihMnark them for being taken as soldli rs later, and' they (ltd from the proj ( sed rite. These new government s'atlons. ami the attempts at-tempts of the official to Ingratiate themselves with the I'.edouins hitherto not subject to the government, gov-ernment, were In pursuance of a policy adopted by the ConH'anUiiople authorities about 'I years since looking to breaking up the old nomndie and Independent Inde-pendent life oi:d habits of these sons of Ishmael. The plan was to get tin- Itodouln youth Into a special government school for them nt Constant!-in Constant!-in i lo, to riiti'i-r titles and give pr-'sonts lo the chiefs, to grni!u:i"y i uli lorw ard among the tribes the lino which marked tho limit of the authorl'y of the government, and finally to disarm and enroll them with n view to mi liary service and lax-levy lug. However but little has b"eri accomplished ulorg these lines. The building of the Mecca railway, which was hoped would forward tho government policy, has. Instead. led to complications and conflict. The road l as had to bo constrnMy pntroled by mounted triors, for the liedoulns have been all along greatly oppos-d to It, especial y b.-caus It (b prlvej the-n of the very considerable business they had In hir-Ir hir-Ir s their camels to curry pl'grlms and their bag gage to and from Mecca. For a time the payment of "hush money," or annual allowances to the sheikhs of some of the tribes by tho government, kept them quiet. Put recently lil.z.l Pasha, formerly n.l'l'ary governor of Jerusa'em, now in chi.rg'! of the post nt Medina, has attempted to bold a stronger hand over the unruly ttiles, and ho din-ontinut (I the payment of the "allowances." This bd the Pedoulns to attack the railway stn tiors, tear up thu track, etc. This was In the far Bou'h. The troubles nt Karak were prccipltati d by an attempt of the government to enroll the liedoulns nnd dinarni them. This applied not only to the Nomadic tribes but to the (owns people and villagers vil-lagers many of whom are Christians. An lie liient Illustrative of how thlH o eraten occurred tho o'her day nt Ks Halt, on the other side of tho Jordan. A member of a wealthy Christian family of the town wrs In the f.e'ds wl h some of his men. As usual and i,ecssary In this parts, he wa.-t armed. A To-1 : h officer with a few soldiers attempted to disarm him and lake his rllle, resulting In his tihootirg Snd kil'Ing the ofl'cer, and In he and his inn being at once shot by the soldiers. His brother broth-er was apprehended and taken to Damascus. It seems premature to attempt to disarm the people of lh(o towns ind vllages thiit nro exposed ex-posed to the attacks of the !iodoilii, and In set k-Irg k-Irg to do so tho government Is lacing a difficulty with which It will be hard to cope. It is thought the government will be able to put down the present uprising without much do-lny. do-lny. It Is n out unlikely that the disturbances will extend far beyond their present area. |