The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27
DANIEL AND THE TURK.
Lieut.. TOtten Claims That the DAYS
of MOslem Rule Are Numbered.


of MOsIem Rule Are Numbered.
From the New York Tribune
People continue to wonder what dispose
ton of the Greco-Turkish question the
powers will make, but, according to Lieut..
c. A. L. Totten, the book of Daniel tells
just exactly what will be the outcome of
the present difficulty. The lieutenant is
always picturesque in his calculations of
biblical prophecy. but he has never been
more so than in this matter. After ex-
pressing his surprise at the blindness of
the pulpit and the press, he proceeds to
show that Canea was blockaded by the
powers ,260 years after the Mohammedans
captured Jerusalem. Now, multiply 1880
by and you get 2,520 years. This brings
us back to 6S B. c., which was the year
when Babylon rose as the Head of Gold
Does the reader ask what is the signif-
canoe of all this? He is easily answered.
The prophet Daniel declares that the ne
riod of the Gentiles was to be seven
times of $50 years each, or 252O years al
together, So, evidently, something must
happen this year. Indeed, the Greeks are
firmly convinced that something has al
ready happened.
But the lieutenant goes into further mar
icuiars. On April II and IS the first great
battle between the Turks and Greeks took
place. Was this date accidental? Certain
~ not April is was the Jewish Passover
ana the Christian Easter. This discovery
is doubtless important, but we are sorry
that its significance was not explained bv
Mr. rotten. What especially does bat
tie on Easter day indicate? Does Daniel
throw any light on the question? These are
matters IN regard to which the public IL
seems to us, ought to be enlightened. But
the lieutenant is clear enough when he
comes to his main conclusion. II believe"
ne says, that the time of the Turk is
craving to close. Jerusalem shall be
trodden under foot until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled. The Turk will have
peen IN the city l260 years this year. The
exact circumstances of his first year of
occupation are not known. 1t is said the
city Tell IN the spring, but was not occu-
pied until the fall"
Here, then. we are getting down to the
bedrock of fact. The times of the Cen
tiles will end some time this year. il NOT
IN the spring, then in the fall The Turk
lsn empire Will go to pieces, and Jerusa-
lem Will again be occupied by the Jews.
ON these points the lieutenant fs ahso
lutely certain, for he has found them In
the book of Daniel. Therefore, he de-
clares; Il maintain that these be ire
mendous days, and that prophecy is full
hlling to the instant all about us. ana
that the end of the age is nearer now
than ever. and surer than ever, because
begun. This generation shall not pass
away until all be fulfilled We know
this, because we are told when these
things begin to pass the closing drama
OF the Gentle times is on the stage and
VIII be played out to the finish. I am
hrmly convinced that the eastern ques-
ton solved will find Palestine restored to
the Jews under the protectorate Of the
whole Anglo-saxon world, which is Is
rael."
We have no disposition to controvert
TINS view OF the eastern question. 1t may
possibly turn out as the lieutenant says
yet we cannot forget that he is only one
OF long line of men who have variously
interpreted the book OF Daniel and the
Apocalypse. As none OF these interpre-
ters agree with each other, 1t is obvious
that they cannot all be correct Is IL
true. as cynical scoffers say, that no one
knows what these strange books mean2
Or has Lieut.. Totten at last found tho
Key that will unlock their puzzles?