Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-20

aIicsand toets, is but Hindoo in a foreign
dfest Will carcely an exception ting Ole
mas when ppealed to 70 decide whether o,
not INDIA vas dar al HARLAN enemy!
4 counry-ppnOunced fetyas. in the negs
tive, N option confirmed latcly by the as
sembE OF Aeccan doctors, who disposed Of
the subject nee for all. At the same time
it is Pintei out that the Arabs who mi
gratedto Afiea' and set up the rival cali
plate > Span were not subject To- the same
extranSus Influences as those under the
calPhat OF lagdad, havingmiIsd but little
with th,naives. and having preserved to
the presnt lay their Arab customs; trsdi-
tons an getealogies. ''The same elements
Of Arab tdisious fansticism," said the wri-
ter III t. Times, combined with Arab
clan feehg, exist there rs in the Hejes or
Yemen, md should
| somebwerfuI Moslern Saint and Chief
land lere are many snch in Morocco;
THnIs nd Algiers-preach the extermina-
| ton ofbe Kafirs, il wolfaA be useless 10
hope lat any such moderate ceunseis
would reyail as those which averted q SIM
| liar dagger in India. 1t might not be
strictlys Pan Islamic' move, to quote the
current lrgpn OF the day, butt would be
q univenl Arab movement which would
give riseo mex pressible horrors Of war and
blOodShei in western Africa itself, and it
would aract sufficient sympathy in other
Mohamiedan countries to provca serious
dansero the general peace"
The unftsling of the green lag" is
form fiquently used, probably because the
flag in uestion
Is N0fareen and Cannot be Unfurled.
1t weld be refreshing indeed, to find
any tw@uthorities quite agreed upon the
subject / this banner. Mohammed's ear
Hest statiaro was the white turban, which
he captued from Boreide, and he adopted
subsequeltlythe black curtain which hung
before the dor of his wife, Ayesha,
which passed to Omer, the Abbassides.
Selim l., and finally TO Amurath Ill, who
took it to Europe. This "black eagle"
which is inscribed with the words, "Nasrum
min Allah 1.-The Help of God, was in
stituted, dibn, in contradistinction to the
great whit banner of the koreishites.
Another acpunt insists that the sandiak-i-
sheriff is a geen flag, brought down from
heaven tothe prophet by the Angel
Gabriel, AMI is kept in fair Governing OF
green taffet inclosed in a case OF green
cloth, in tn mosqueof Ayoub at CONSTANT.
nople. A bird authority recites that it is
carefully prserved in the seraglio in case
built into tie wall. "The Standard We
read sis twsve feet high. and the golden
ornament, aclosed hand which surmounts
it, hold a coy of the Koran written by the
calipb, Osmn III. In times OF peace 1T is
guarded in he hall of the Noble Festment,
Where Ar, Preserved the Prophets
DrSs and Other Relics.
Still anoher authority declares that it
"is an innocent piece of rotten and faded
silk, which Ised to be covered with sacred
writings. am which once was green in
color. The .nly legiblc word remaining on
il was Alen-world-whi appears in
secluded fol- near the staff. The flag is
never unfured-nor, indeed, can it be from
rottenness-aut is kept rolled on its staff
and coyeredgith a green satin cover, the
whole paCkd away in gold or gilded
box" Whel the holy standard is brought
out il is CARED in its green cover through
the streets Of Constantinopl e., and after the
city walls hive been passed it is lin the
field" 1t istheD slowed away in the gild-
ed box once more. and this Is carried with
the army much as the Jews used to take
the ark of tie covenant to the wars. When
it is in the field ever Moslem is in duty
BoundtO Follow In Its Train.
The usual PROCLAMATION is: This is the
prophets banner; this is the standard OF
the Caliphat. 1t is planted before you and
unfurled over your heads, o true believers,
to announce to you that your religion is
hat your caliphate is in peril,
and that your lives your wives, your chill:
dren and your possessions are in danger OF
becoming prey to cruel enemies. Any
Moslem, therefore, who refuses to take up
arms and follow this holy flag is an intidel
to death" When the flag was
brought out in 1868, according TO Baron
Tolt, the Christians had no difficulty in
renting windows and house tops from which
to view the ceremony, but when the proc
lamation was made: Let no infidel dare to
prefane with his presence the holy stand
ard OF the prophet, and let every. Mussel-
man, if he sees ali unbelieyer, instantly
make it known their hosts pushed them
over the roofs or drove them out of the
houses, to be butchered by the soldiers and
mob. The scene was different, when few
paraded through the streets of CONSTANT
NOBLE, which bore in white upon a crimson
ground the cross and the crescent.