New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-25

IN ANSWER TO MOHAMMED WEBB.

SOME BITS OF HISTORY RECALLED TO REFuTE
HIS RECENT STATEMENTS
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir Concerning the long dissertation OF MI Mo-
manned Russell Webb in your issue OF this morning
in defence OF the Sultan OF Turkey and his infamous
Government. It may be OF interest TO some OF your
readers to know that the only credentials Mr.. WepD
has TO sustain his position is the fac; that ne was
once an American presumably Of Christian prthl
and is a convert TO Mahometansm. mat may
well account for the peculiar method OF thnhihs
that he follows, which is contrary to the accepted
rules OF Western civilization.
Mr.. Webb would have your readers believe that
the Koran does not teach PROSECUTING by the sword
! saw Mr.. Webb in the Parliament OF Religions
where he was Kissed by thousands OF American
women when he tried to defend the curse OF po-
lygamy. There also he tried to prove that the
Koran rot responsible for the butcheries that
the followers OF Mahomet have committed Tor all
these centuries The next morning the Rev george
T. Post professor in the Syrian Protestant College
of Beyrout. an Arabic scholar ard man OF nigh
scientific attachments besides stood upon the plat
form Of the Parliament holding in his hand copy
OF the Koran. and in response TO Mr.. Weoos state
ments on the previous day, read passage AFTER pas
whelmlng testimony OF the correctness OF the state
msnt by all who know what Mahomet taught ana
OF Islam to say the unbelievers and not to spare
them, and that in accordance with that Internal uoc
of the Turkish empire for five hundred years even
after the bloody wars Of conquest were terminated
DR.. Posts address and questions are printed III Iu
in DIR. Barrowss Parliament Book. ~,
versily Medical College Of NewYork, himself an
Arabic scholar who knows the Arab ana islam
better than Mr. webb ever nope 70 know. states
in eruGite article in the September number OF
"Harper's Magazine" that Mahomct was not a re-
lgious enthusiast. but highwayman and an as
sassn who simply set out TO raid the nations IL
the name or GOO" and according to T. y. Freeman
the historian. the Turkish Government IL nOthlnS
But Mr.. Webb is evidently a true Mahome; an
and therefore cannot accept Christian testimony
lie therefore insults the intelligence Of the readers
OF The Tribune by speaking OF the Bulgarian atlocl
public by our journals. when the conscience of the
who'll civilized world shocked even as now, by
those iendsh .Eiluities OF the Turk or the Balkans
AMI the swift vengeance OF God drove MIN out by
the hand OF indignant ChristendOm.
One service Mr.. Webbs Insult VIII have done 10
the % Armenia is calling the attention OF the
public this fact. that lying 10 a Christian and
externally -eterating .asehoods 10 him Is no sin, but
virtue. for a Mahometan, and matter OF gornl-
cation, that II brings contempt upon the Christian
whom he may succeed in Gupinf. u Sir Henry
Ldyard who reported to his Government. with a
burst OF Indignation that the Sultan had lied 10 him
Hence 1: is that the official reports come daily to
the legations o! the Turkish Government from the
Porte. Offering the most shameless Insults 70 the In
teligence OF the whole Christian world, taking II for
granted that they fools and idiots ThO read
those reports In England and In the United States
that there is no one there who knows any history
and that all necessary wipe away from the
mind OF Christian nations the memory OF such he'll
ish entertainments OF Islam the pandemonums
OF lust and blood az Scio and Batak and Sassoun.
and their corolaries in every city where the
Sultan rules. is polite bow and bold and shame
less denial. HERANT NJ K1RETCHJlAN.
Network. Dec. a. 1885.