Show jt r I n i it f AND ORI OBIEN t rift T i in view of the frequent comp complin li castans caftans caf tans oblate years in tho tile orient it may not be undesirable to cast a I at diat pa part odthe world orient calls to mind many conceptions region of ab abundance un dance contemplative life passive obedience arbitrary but alao also the origin of civilization and the birth ro J place of religious b though not as the sect sectarians arians believe the baith place of the human race L the orient has an expansive and ft limited een sensor sei the former comprises all asia with the exception also eop egypt pt and the baly kan peninsula the latter cm akan t gif braces races the coun countries tri ofa of present r c befit tur I key with greece and the if ati 06 latter aidi ilja that we shall ld deal for a fe few w over the orient is vaulted a 11 beautiful sky whose deep blue no gloud loud let dims for months only the mountain regions of the balkan ean taurus caucasus lebanon allro 00 uj u j jai I and the e r regions e gl i u ji b beyond ey ond the tigris ai form exceptions at long intervals is abw ram falls s beaven october I ati and may U hen the waters wate rs of the upper ali H 11 uce kp pour ayour down the earth gathers i what it needs in the course of the lod loil i ftp owai ye year a r eo fonts i ula uncommonly commonly strong productivity the caves cave sand and caverns are filled the alaci laciers ers and snow bais stae be dg in ii i fi armen ian and anatol anatolian aart i p plateaux 1646 a au ui is ex expand pana the rivers flood floo d th I mi AT I land a a n rd W and d promote with their ing mud the productivity where mete there is a lack of water there is i i i desert deaerts where nature hus kindly rp r ovidea or where man has extract T led and aril distributed osom I f U a of mother I bardi earth the wea wealth ith b of aqueous us ruid fluid there ture is s a abundance un dance I for or forty centuries neither wi soil I nor clima ie lo 10 it have av I e cha changed aged T the lie ix A ff along Euphrates the pi op andoci add I T gril ar astill still in today to day I in in tho sand of liere still agns gns grows the luxuriant as is covered wi with ith fields of f gra gram in alj t its olives sesame sesame frat figs io f bitnes Nit nes A jr angora i is not equaled M e d by aa any region of earth in salubrity of climate wildly romantic land landscape scaM richness and I i X c of I i our pen could never exhaust an I enumeration of the thi w wealth and abundance of tho the orient bif natural products pr A poets poeta imagination IV would fali fall v vastly short of praising r g A thew the grapes krapps of the vM armora the strawberries of the the dates and bananas banana of syria nor the I coal co ai sulphur asphaltum marble ff i iner ineer anoline La olinc oline and other innumerable and priceless productions of the mineral king kingdom doin all I of which is only waiting for a bold a av ota ot diore I a energetic t moro inore industrious race athe abr isa spoiled ileA child of nature he ile lacks energy lie likes of r terrt legs s on the li ii y JH it f t va his back v anor h on on the I greensward or to lean oil oty the shady W sy indulging in meditation I r and reverie smoking his barghi leh or sipping his coffee the future he je aveto to the care cafe of allah his k v ik need eede are fw according tomos lem faith tho the husband is only y re W UV qui I abis spouse s po u with salt and bread and light and the husband must murit content himself with I toiE WS A r benjoya rp lie I tills the tile so 11 b because docs does not bring for K maturo I ca Ns pa at once but lie docs it leisurely ni new eav iny inventions atio s do not ex excite cite him tho the yoke t the plow the tireless tirele ss wheel t the lie duct hut but the log cabin all as it was 1000 years ago maybe better then th the oriental likes fairy fairi tales anecdote anecdotes and i stor stories ies pro prod verbs are his favorite in the flower I language n A urge he i i is s ath at home science science not perplex his licad lea why should it with the turk the koran ia is the ideal of wisdom the tile limit of lore lie ile who knows the koran can cau rise to be a it kadi kali A linaus or pasha vizier ilir or vali to learn the koran lie learns to read this he lie can do in every village mosque whitin writing is a gred greater ter luxury urn ninety i ty characters are A ore adi difficult culf than our twenty six G ar cli tire b tu turk alc labors under the disadvantage kofl of writing rr itile from tho the right to left and building the vowels the significance ja of characters ir changing with their position positions the armenian works more than does the turk perhaps because tho the yoke of servitude bears down dow n heavier VII upon p him fax lie cringes and ands crawls 1118 bs ws ami and 91 scrapes krapes andio any one who know tile armenian people k a I character cliar acter like loris melikoff Meli I kofT ap jei pear a abote al 61 N qabid I I and one Nig lits the greek is vivacious and fiery pru a en fla rid smart stuart like the bulgarian e has more than once shaka shake en the yoke which at last lareign i help enabled bim to throw off entirely but even eyen then they rema remain iii orientals Orient als I I I the alba albanians are less of orien atals they are a strong I powerful I the n ever entirely ene irely subdued mastera masters of a robust region tho the kurds burds odthe taurus mountains are and descend into the valleys and plains as insolent and dreaded robbers like unto the pariahs the tile gypsies live outside of town limits in the airy tent and the tile crumbling ruins 11 armenians Armen ians and greeks aro are refined merchants more than one of them has feathered his nest after bankruptcy without realizing ade cline in hi ins s social standing or a of his personal honor even in the time of abdul aziz the armenians Armen ians controlled oled the whole financial administration of turkey I the house the rothchild of the levant possesses immense fortune since the russ russo turkish war the greeks have out flanked the armenians Armen ians from these two nations the tile servants in the commercial centers are recruited almost exclusively the greeks aro are notorious for their perfidy but their virtue in the orient is gaug gauged ed by a different standard they alave formidable I competitors in in the jews these leave their filthy quarters I in hi the early morning as busy as ants all day laug iong they hover about the tile markets an and d b bazar a za r and undaunted to co conclude caud with some political politic al I reflect L 11 ali ao lite turk sets set his big foot no more grass will grow says bays the gl gimour i anon if his hii turkish master and indeed liere we have the tile astonishing allu I in f fact c t T the I fan land 11 in honey A an it I where here you A fonlk JI I aptt stretch out your you r hand tac toc cure ur tilo tho and invigorating gifts all and bounties s of oan nature the land where the vine if around aho tree and where v iller a eq on the tile hot soil the tw ripens in in unequaled sweetness the land which furnished nisba imperial I rome rod me the means to unparalleled pomp s splendor it lender and dibs lp atida rM today isa land of beggars s such 11 ita was net not formerly not even under the B byzantine y zan E emperors inper ors however ill they treated their neither under tinder the the arabi arabs or kurds burds the turks this and andhor how when the turks comin coming from the plains conquered asia A minor linor and greece and thracian Th racia and final lyt lyV r stormed ill fated fate d constantinople stantin ople the present stamboul they were a youthful strong fresh people similar to tho the who destroyed the E empire of western rome but they lacked the dos do bestic sense the organizing spirit which alone can create permanent institutions and before all they lacked the faculty of adaptability the turks were and remained mere conquerors without sense for civilization barbir barbarians lans they rushed forward with savage savage rage and contempt of death destroying ravaging and killin killing J they took what fascinated their lust and greed and spurned what palled on their glutted passions F from rom the tigris to buda fro from in the the don to the tagua tagus and and nile the nations languished under rudo rude servitude what the sword gains is lost unless the plow restores it As early as 03 one no century niter the conquest f 14 tambo il with So limans ns death P CA commences the acca decay the tile j janissaries become and I corrupt ciru pL the turks lire tire expelled from froin Ilung aria and ilusca their fleets arc destroyed the indigenous inhabitants abitanta inh of the balkan disturb I I the Mos moslem lern rulers tho the ment becomes more weak and cor rupt bupt the administration mure wretched elied towns and citi csini into the slough of despond roads disappear commerce stagnate tN and agriculture ri is paralyzed i this is tile career of op the tile sick man mabou on the it would that general wol ideas guns gulls at tel el I keber have sounded ills his death knell and that cro ere long the unspeakable turk will bo be silent in the councils of nations of europe u rde lo 10 R ml 11 I |