^Turktah pattern, by which they pledge
themselves to free their country abso
lutely from Italian domination.
Whsrs Diplomacy Falla.
By GRACE E. H A L L
To meet (his menace of rejuvenated.
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| modernized Islam, European diplomacy
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has so far proved Impotent to Indent
I
A |K
M
T "\ 0 VOU think of me sometimes,
any new method of defense. It Is fol-
r*rv«s. S -c»» » ex»»'»
you who went
; lowing Its antiquated policy of seeking ■S'OC o * * '* HCvM Ck*0 VOLO A
Ou an alien path ere our love grew
;
to divide the Moslem world by sub-
» ^
/VO V ew S S lt T.4 S v f L f u t v
cold?
T im * .
OK
( temmean intrigues. England, after
Out in the spaces where you have won
I stag ug the deposed sultan's flight
To the heights thai you dreamed of,
from Constantinople to Malta, has
have you done
| sent him on a British warship to
Such deeds as have made you more
Mecca, where It appears that ths refu
content
gee
has been received with all the
Than you were in our love of old?
1 honors due to the true caliph by Hus-
\ seln. king of the Uedjaz and guardian
Do you think o f me sometimes, where
| of the Holy Places of Islam.
you uro.
Both Hussein and the emir of NedJ,
And wish you had held to the other
I the ruler of the Wahabi*, are reclpl-
way ?
j ents of large "subsidies'* from the Brit
Those high-flung trails— are they all
ish treasury, which accounts for the
you crave?
\\ hen the bridge across the Mississippi river at Hastings, Minn., was built ready hospitality they hnve afforded
Do they yield the sweetness our young It was found there was not space for the usual long approach. So the engineers
to the discredited, half-witted ex-
love gave?
designed a spiral approach, as shown In the photograph.
caltph. It remains to he seen, how
You fastened your wagon to a star—
ever, how long they will be able to
Does it brighten your every day?
conceal from their Ignorant subjects
the fact that all the rest of the Mos
Oh! I warm my heart by that youth
lem world has recognized and pledged
time lire
allegiance to the new caliph, Abdul
When the breath of the years grows
Meiljld, In Constantinople, elected by
ch ill;
the national assembly of Turkey.
And always I wonder i f you recall
Most Eastern experts with whom I
That white-hot flame, when the shad
have spoken are of the opinion that
ows fall—
when the truth dawns upon the Arabs
Do the heights suffice for your soul's
of NedJ aud the Hodjas, as It already
desire?
New Turk Leaders Realize That constituted by the grand national as has upon the Senussls, this nstute
Do they warm like our first love's
sembly at Angora are not Innovations scheme of setting up a rival caliph
thrill?
Modern Economic Existence
at all, hut merely a restoration of the will come to naught and the whole of
primitive doctrine of Islam, which, like Arabia will once more look toward
Makes Changes Necessary.
Do you think o f me sometimes, dear,
other religions, has suffered In the Constantinople for spiritual, and Inevi
out, there,
Constantinople.— Five times a day, course of time through the Interpreta tably also political, guidance.
Where the trails lead high and you
While the Turkish lenders hnve di
above the modern tumult of the Grande tions of zealous theologians.
.
longed to go?
Thus the first important measure vested the caliphate of Its temporal
Hue de Pera, Constantinople's most
I could not forget If I tried! I keep
. . . rises
_____ , laken by the Angora reformers, the power, they are muklng every effort
Europeunlzed thoroughfare, there
My faith with you ever, awake, asleep;
In monotonous recitative a shrill, far auction of the Caliph by the repre to enhance Its popular prestige ns an
W h e n E v e b r o u g h t wo* to all mank in d.
Aud sometimes I call, and It Is a voice. “Come to prayer,” It chants, | sentatives of the people after the Important factor In the revival of Is
Old Adam called her woeman.
prayer—
JOHN B1AKE
deposition
of
the
ex-sultan,
is
entirely
W h e n she w o o e d w it h l o v e so kind
lam. With Oriental pomp, unseen
“ Come to prayer, come to prayer! I j
Do you hear my voice on the warm
H e then prono unc ed her w oo-m an.
bear witness that there Is no God hut j In accordance with the democratic con since Abdul Hamid's time, the new
Hut n o w w i t h f o l l y and w it h pride
night air
God! I bear witness that Mahomet is ception of the Caliphate us held by caliph goes to pray every Friday lu a
T h e i r hus band's poc k ets t r i m m i n g
Ever, when soft winds blow?
the prophet of God ! Come to salva- | Mahomet and his Immediate s uc- different mosque, driving In an open
AT CItOSS HOADS
T h e w o m e n ar e so f u ll o f w h im s
(C o p y r ig h t , b y Dodd, M ea d A Co.)
cessors.
It
has,
therefore,
T h a t men prono unce th em wt mm en .
Co millet ely carrlnge with four horses and out
tlon ! God Is grent!"
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ROSS roads are dangerous places.
The voice Is all hut drowned In the fBlled t0 awaken that storm of protest riders, preceiled by his bodyguard In
SEA MOSS AND ITS USES
In the Great war allied and Ger-
clanging of electric curs, the tooting so eagerly anticipated by the ex sul splendid uniforms and followed by h
of automobile horns ; the crowds that tan's European protectors Hnd has brilliant suite, keeping In the public J man soldiers alike shunned ull [mints
EA moss or carrageen Is not well
press along the narrow sidewalks— been . ccepted and recognized as a eye as much us possible In order to re- where roads crossed. When a motor
enough known to any but our New
Armenians, Greeks. Jews. Russians, legal act by the Moslems of all lands. vlve the religious fanaticism of the truck or au ambulance or an atnbu-
Similarly, the bun against taking In multltude. The decrepit ex-sultan, | lance wagon neared such a [mint, the England friends, whv have used and
Western soldiers nnd civilians of all
nations— heed It not; nnd yon may terest for loans, which has pnrnl.vzed hidden among his women In the un driver put on full speed and rushed enjoyed It for years. The whitish sea
pass the place a hundred times with Turkish business activity In the past, approachable palace of Dolxua-Bagt- past In the direction he had decided to weed which has the pleasant tang of
By F. A. iy ALKER
salt water may be gathered freely on
out even noticing the minaret of the appear- to he haaed on an erroneous che, was a tragic-comic figure, held up follow.
There was no hesitating and waver the coast or may he purchased at
little old mosque, dwarfed and hidden Interpretation of the Koran, which In to ridicule by Turks of ull classes.
The new caliph, a highly educated, ing, hacking and filling. This was be- stores In various places. A pound
between tall new houses, whence the reality only prohibits usury. It is cer-
DISCONTENT
tain that this Interdiction will he elim aristocratic prince In the prime of life, causo It was Just about as dangerous goes a long wny ns a substitute for
muezzin sends forth Ids exhortation.
Between this voice with Its spiritual inated by the reform committee, and and of austere morals, thoroughly in to stand ut a cross roads In the combat gelatin, sago nnd rennet.
P p H E R E are those who are contln-
Of course in Its preparation It should
there are ulready today three purely accordance with his elevated religious zone us it Is to stand on a railroad
ually complaining about some mys message and the unheeding multitude Turkish bunks operating in Constanti dignity, Is rapidly becoming a really track. I f you stood long enough ut he carefully wnslied In several waters,
bent on the bus ness and pleasures of
terious power which Is holding them
popular spiritual leader. It Is not Im the cross roads a shell would hit you. until every Individual piece Is clean.
modern life lies all the depth of the nople.
hack. They begin to grumble ut the i
possible that his sent may soon be If you stood long enough on u railroad Tie the moss In a piece of cheese-
\
\
hen
the
Turks
of
ull
classes
realize
apparently unbridgeable abyss that di
breakfast table and keep airing their
transferred from Constantinople to tracks a train would hit you.
cloth or put Into a small bag, drop It
vides Islam as hallowed by the tradi that It Is no longer Incompatible with
discontent until night, when their
The cross roads of life are Just as into the milk and cook for a half hour,
tions of centuries from Western civili their religion to engage In hanking Angora, whither the “ sucred relics”
mood changes and they don their best
of the seraglio dangerous us were the cross roads in or until the sen moss Is well softened,
zation. Five times s day the Moslem business they will be better able to and other treasures
clothes and hurry awuy for their cus
R dbovs the mos s, add such flavoring
Is commanded to Interrupt his dally compete with their Greek and Armeni have ulreudy been secretly ISPOVidt j y innders and France.
tomary frolic.
When you coins to a parting of the ns desired with sugar to sweeten. A
work to say his prayers and perform an neighbors, nnd the chief source of and If so, measures will prohubly be
These are the individuals who pile
tuken to have his election by the Turk ways, make up your mind quickly good flnvor Is orange, almond or cara-
the prescribed ablutions that precede racial strife In Turkey will be grad
upon the hacks o f humanity Its heavi
ish national assembly ratified by « whlch Is the right way to go, und go.
mel, w hile honey is also good ; a
ually
removed.
them, losing In the process, at a mod
est burdens of unhappiness. They are
Sooner or later you will come to a plain untlnvored Idanc mange served
erate estimate, five out o f the ten
Another less vital but equally sig special congress of delegates from all
always out of step, lagging behind,
situation where yon can save yourself with maple sirup Is especially dell-
hours of the normnl working day.
nificant transformation has been ef Moslem countries.
contentious gruff-voiced and lll-liur
Islam a Political System.
____
____ J H by f ___
_ from your clous. A ___
— ___
___ . . __
a lot of |
trouble
departing
bit of
salt, . _____
a few chopped
fected as regards the Moslem Interdic
Teachings of Priest.
mored.
Islam Is not merely a religion, but usual rule of truthfulness aud telling almonds with almond extract makes a
In the mosque the priest will teach tion of representing the human face or
They would like to sit In the high
duinty dessert.
him that It Is a mortal sin to lend figure, which was Inspired by Ma also a political system. All modern a lie.
place», give orders, read the law of
That Is a cross roads.
—
money at Interest. In olher words to homet's dread of Idolatry, hut Is abso Investigators of Eastern unrest agree
deportment to subordinates, but they
If you linger ut It, wondering which
Peach Pudding,
engage In any kind of hanking busi lutely out of date now. Even Turks that Moslems are better fitted to em
lack the spirit to make themselves
A(W onp.th|n, of a ctI,)fu, o f BPa
ness, and that all the future events of o f the lowest classes no longer evince brace and put Into practice the pro way to turn, vacillating between the
capable, so they keep scuffling along
his life, whether fortunate or unfor any dislike of being photographed, and i cepts of democracy than other Orient two courses, the chances are greater moss to one quart of milk and cook
their gloomy way and acquiring bear
of detuo-
tunate, are preordained by God. thus the national assembly has stamped als, because the principles
, . .
„ i
that ) ,M1 wW ,l,ke **• W W m * n U " for half sn hoar In a double holler,
ish dispositions.
_ . or
„# tt,P
u(.
. peaches
.
. . he
,
..
stifling whatever spirit of enterprise R* approval on their tolerance by de- cratlc government are contained In the roan
m« we.
i f rn »h
ere to
It Involves too much work, too many
he may possess.
creelng the erection of an equestrlun Koran.
Your
first
Impulse
will
be
to
take
the
j
wo
or
[jirpw
crushed
peach
kernels
deprivations of things which they con
It would be difficult Indeed to find, course of truth. You will know It Is j(> (|1P milk or three peach leaves.
It Is the realisation of the fact that statue o f Mustapha Kemal In Angora,
sider essentlul to their body-comfort,
the precepts of Islam In their present the first monument of Its klud In Tur outside of the United States, a more
. | the right road. Don t stand at the strain an<[ |,„rtiy (1M,| a,|(|
stiffly-
so they loiter along through the best
Go full Sp,.«-d down the [(Pnt(,n Plt({ wh|te, four tablespoonfuls
form have become Irreconcilable with key, though several alreudy exist In democratic regime than that prevail-, cro(M „ , , , [,
yenrs of their life, envious, unruly and
ng !n Angore t ^ y where the depm ronte , ou know is the right one. Next n f commit, a little salt and one fourth
the conditions of modem economic ex Egypt.
wretched.
Hes of the natMnal assembly have re- t,m# you pome to a cross roads with o f „ ,.„pfu| „ f peach Jam. If fresh
istence which has Inspired the leaders
May Heal Old Feuda.
When the awakening comes, ns It
r V * . remicatlon o f the.pe.ee proj- th# , nme
displayed. It will be pP. ches an. osed edd sugar to sweeten
o f new Turkey with the great plnn of
The measures taken by the Nation
eventually does, they find themselves
kppp r|ght on going.
and t,Pnp thp *||re,i poaches In the
religious reform they are at present allst leadera to restore the primitive ect elaborated by the cabin t afte eagler
so enslaved to pernicious habits that
wee
s
o
storn.y
'
*
>
n
e.
m
ir
is
^
|f
yO
U
»elect
the
road
of
truth
center
of a dish, cover with mnrshmal-
engaged In carrying out at Angora.
austerity of Islam, far from creating
they are powerless to break away.
fewpr pU„ Ung com er. , „ w cream or w hipped cream nnd sur-
Islam still represents a tremendous dissensions among the Moslem races, same c rcunw.anc« any Eunq.enn par- y(>u wU| ^
Their customary diversions have lost
political force, and Mustapha Kernnl ara calculated to heal many old feuds.
"1 m ™ ‘- . " J
, „ L „ . »»>•*» > "u " IU on ,h* r,,ad
,U>H- '* ro,ln,, " llh ,he llUn<' mange. There
their lure. Old associates with whom
and his associates are keenly alive to The Introduction of prohibition In Tur house of commons, would have blindly will be much easier to stay on tne nrP uny number of combinations which
they Idled their precious years have
the great future possibilities which lie key, which Is entirely In accordance Indorsed the treaty submitted to It In right road than to get back to It. will prove most delightful, using the
disappeared. There Is nothing ahead
oi>en to Turkey as the strongest Inde with the teaching of the prophet, has a few hours. True democracy has It. Sometimes It Is Impossible to get buck. sea moss us the foundation with milk.
but blankness aud emptiness.
pendent Mohammedan power. They made u deep Impression on the Waha diplomatic drawbacks, hut It seems un
The same thing will be true of every
Study and hooks are a bore. Any
know perfectly well that the extraordi bis nnd Senussls, the two great puri fair to accuse the Turks of Oriental road parting which you encounter. To
thing that calls for thought or fixed
procrastination
because
the
national
nary successes they achieved In their tanical and warlike Arab nations, who
linger there will be dangerous. To
attention o f the mind cannot be en
nsserably of Turkey happens to tie act
meditate
never
aF "ln,t
al,:es at Mudnnla ¡until
now hated and despised
the Turks ing very much like the American sen wabble back anil forth between the
dured. They never ui t m u i r - , i i r v t - r
» T n i t a a n n a t r a m nn? A
1
..
___
<©. 1923, W estern N ew sp ap er U nion.) * *
and Lausanne were not due to feat of
two routes will mean that you are
reach out for the great, glorious Meals their little army In Anatolia, however as "had Mohammedans." The »nit- ate.
liable
to
he
engulfed
In
a
disastrous
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luxury legislation of Angora cannot
which have been hovering around them
In Scutari, on the Asiatic shore of
excellently led and organized It might full likewise to appeal strongly to
chain
of
circumstances
before
you
have
lpe e e e e e e e e e e e s e e e e s e e e e e e
all their life, begging recognition and
he. but to the far greater menace ex these puritans o f the desert, who do the Bosporus opposite Constantinople, made your move. It Is Just like the
acceptance.
erted by the solidarity of the Moslem not even stnoke or drink coffee and there Is a celebrated “ tekke" or mon soldier who stands at the cross roads
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
I f you would not be among these
world against the colonial Interests of among whom even the wearing of silk astery of howling dervishes, which In until a shell searches him out nnd Its
hapless souls when the shadows be England and France.
pre-war days used to attract large
and of gold or silver ornaments Is for crowds of foreign tourists. Tourists explosion destroys Mm.
“ PICNIC”
gin to lengthen, seek while you are
The British dared not risk war with bidden.
The armies shelled all cross roads
T'k UltlNO the early years of
yet In the flower o f youth to improve
don't go there any more now, because
Turkey because o f the effect on India
the pust century it wua cus
A great step toward the reconcilia they fear their presence may awuken at frequent Intervals because they
yourself. Make the start today.
and Egypt, on the Afghans and Arabs. tion of Arabs and Turka. whose en
tomary for those who were In
You cannot hope to achieve and at
the fanaticism of Its devotees— nn en knew that somebody was likely to he
This dread of the European colonial mity has so far been the cornerstone
vited to an outdoor entertain
tain except by hard work, long solitary
tlrely groundless apprehension, for the there, either because of congested
ment to bring their own refresh
hours of study and constructive re powers, and particularly of Britain, 0f European dlplotnaey In the Near dervishes, being really ecstatically sin traffic or because of Indecision as to
has dominated and will for « long time East, has thus been taken by the An
ments. A list of what was con
flections.
cere seekers after the divine spirit, which w ay to go.
to come continue to dominate the en- I gora government, and ere long Its con
Chief among your enemies nre yotir
sidered necessary would be made
At the top there Is boundless room
are the roost tolerant o f all Moslems.
tire sit ns tlon In the Near East, and 1 sequences may become alarmingly ap-
out and passed around among
for the faithful. The air Is large and
Not long ago the writer was a spec own weaknesses and habits. They will
the Turkish leaders naturally wish to pa rent.
the guests, and each person
free and Inspiring. The world Is call
tator at their weird service. By the deliberately attack you while you are
exploit It to the utmost by Infusing
would agree to furnish a certain
The pan-Islamlc movement. Inau constant and ever Increasingly violent at the parting of the ways.
ing for creative thinkers, offering them
fresh blood Into the veins of Islam and gurate*] by the astute Abdul Hamid,
Do not loiter there.
portion o f the repast, the name
repetition of the name of God the der
her richest treasures and highest hon
welding the Moslem world as closely j has found e new center la Angora,
<$) by John Bl«k# )
of each article being then
vishes bad worked themselves up a*
ors. Heed the call while youth flushes
as possible together under Turkey s ! and It Is being now conducted by
crossed, or nicked, off the list.
usual to the highest pitch of religious
your cheek. Press forward, keep going
leadership. The reform they contem young, ambitious men with modern
Volcano Coe* on Strike.
For this reason, this form of
and help yourself.
exaltation, when a nationalist officer
plate
has
therefore
a
threefold
aim:
I
For the first time In history, per
ideas, who have all the daring courage In full uniform, who was standing be
(#. 1*11. by McClure Xortpiper Syn ttests )
what the French refer to as fete
To bring Islam Into harmony with Inspired by their conviction tbut their
rhnnipetre became known as a
side me. suddenly rushed Into their haps, men are eager for a volcano to
modern economic civilization, to In country has emerged victorious out of
“ plck-and-nlck,” referring to the
midst with a wild “ Allah-hoo-ooo" and belch forth flame and gas. The vol
tensify Its spiritual Influence by re a ten years' struggle.
selection or picking of the vari
Joined In their exercises, outyelllng the cano In question Is one of the largest
storing It to Its original purity and to i The great sheik of the Senussls.
ous articles and the crossing
loudest, until he col I u peed on the floor In the Hawaiian islands. The m*-n who
consolidate Its political prestige and whose power Is a serious menace to
them off upon the card, and,
with the rest, foaming at the mouth. In want to see It In action are scientists.
power.
Italy's colonies In Africa, is the con an autohypnotic trance.
They have traveled a long distance
through the usual contraction,
w e u k .iiL s e e y & u - )
Reforms Cause Anxiety.
stant guest of Mustapha Kemal. upon
the central word v i i dropped
The scene was a revelation o f the from overseas, but the volcano now
It It not surprising that the Euro whom he conferred a sword o f honor Immense aplrltunl force yet dwelling refuses to perforin. The scientists are
and the term shortened to “ pic
pean powers with colonial Interests In after the victory of the Sangarlos, and In Islam, and of the strange thing* we bent on analyzing volcanic gases and
6 ot ?
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nic.”
Africa and Asia are Inclined to view Is now on the borders o f Mosul, using may live to
thla particular volcano has poured
tl.e nationalist lead
Though this word does not ap
this reform of Islam with extreme anx his Influence over the Arabs of Meso era of Turkey succeed In nslng It to fourth Incandescent gases which they
pear to have been used prior to
iety and to attempt to discredit It. potamia to pave the way for a Turkish shape the economic and political des wish to observe, and have taken with
1H02, outdoor entertainments of
Officially Inspired prophets have dark Invasion In case of war. Amhaasn tinies of the East.— New York Herald. them a spectroscope In order that they
this natnre were common during
ly predicted that It must Infallibly sow dors from Teraia and Afghanistan
may study the gases at long range.
the two centuries which pre
In urai ls dissensions among the Mos have been accredited in Angora, and
Obviously It Is not practicable to bot
ceded. Malnwartng, In a letter
Broken
Ankle
Is
Only
lem world— as If this wer^not exactly delegation* repreaertlng the various
tle the hot gases and so study them In
dated November 22, HVH, de
what ..uropeen diplomacy Is most anx nationalist parties of India and Egypt
Result o f Long Fall the laboratory.
scribes a birthday party for the
iously hoping will happen : As a mat have mad* It their headquarters
New Y o rk —Joe Viola fv e yt .re old.
Trine* o f Wale*, at which "every
ter of fact the modernisation of Islam
The ambition of all these Eastern fell flvs stories from the roof of his
And That's That.
man did bring his dish o f meat.”
has hecn%uthorlxed by Mahomet him patriots Is to follow Turkey's example home at 22A Ea«t Ninety seventh street
Henpecke—Oh, life lan’t worth llv-
“ Sir George Young's Invention,”
self. who expressly says In the Koran by setting up “national pacts” of their with no more serlou* results than a ln v
adds the writer, “ was four huge
that the time mey come when It will own and forcing tbelr acceptance upon fractured ankle. Tl.e child lost his bal
brawny pigs, piping hot and har
Flubdub— Cheer np. Nothing la *o
he necessery to modify his precepts In the Europeen powers In the asms man ance while playing on the roof.
He had that !t couldn't be worse. Even
nessed with rope* of sausage*
order to suit altered conditions!
ner as the successful Turks. Already struck four sets <>f clotheslines while you mu-r have something to be thank
all tied In a monstrous hag pud
Furthermore, many of the change* It Is reported that the Arabs of Tripoli falling, hounding from one to the next, ful f«.r,
ding.”
advocated by the refcom committee have adopted a national pert after the and landed on his feet.
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Henpecke— Ye*. I suppose I might
have t,e»n a bigamist.—New Tork Run. lb
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