Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03
THE MISSIONARY FIELDS
y.sn.Hie. 81 the rcopi, Of A.ia Minor
Various Kinds Of Opposition

Varisu. mad. Of Opposition.
Aintab. Syria. May 2, 1899.
70 ,hs Editors
r.sr months ago my letter to tho
.s.arf closed IN the midst u uiN-
hrisi complicated Turkish mntrimon-
sI d.ti with % promise 20 ten you how
ended Wen. Il ended tho next day
na r5usIng failure and the parties of
BIN piHa are stlii singing to the party
% ihs opposite part. you're not the on
iy rtt's on the beach"
So mp ln detail from Aicppo 60 Ain
OBJ ua1'd be- OF little interest To your
irs and only the more important
features OF the route will BE- given.
MN Moppo 10 Kills there h. Hplcn-
90 ariago road, but after you leave
o. hitor city travelling ~ done mostly
t- ha bnciu of horses, cnmclH or dom
fn a carriage road has been under
f.fiuction Tor twenty ycnrH but r. not
rap.tod. The tran We travelled n nu
rrksl un q strcnk OF tho waaatch
rsnnlnn between Alta ana Park city.
Intensive olive groves ana vineyards iic
tnr the hllluidra and on the more Lowell
reu VI country. Bandits infcrt this
rrln and occasionally make raid on
D. unprotected traveller and relieve
On 10 most % hla personal effects. An
aHfIgitiun 60 the government VIII
Furnish u soldier Tor Foreigners, but "
ddne tho soldier looks Tor his reward
% come from more liberal hands thnn
tf own government. Germany mas
utlr u convenient Tor tho travelling
tabIc hy the Issue OF some little handy
itna..bnaka In an the important Ian.
llFUa. ANA the tourist In Turkey has
I'd useu forgotten. but my German
4lfElah AID proved OF but little use na
Boz custom officers seized that Win
taHy 400 my other books. as soon 49, /
landed 10 the syrian port, ana although
h.y promised 20 deliver them up Ia
flI iIyH. lt was iuHt two months boz
iav : received Thorn again.
Necessity n the mother % invention,
url HHUu learned n liHt ~ words which
Constitute and convoy the main ideas OF
journey lu this part nf the wuflO. fuf
thr le1rlt 10 an who desire 60 have any
fHl.ng with the Turkish FuNyrnmgnl
On ihH future ] herewith submit u liHl
Uf words aH travelling vocabulary for
Ha country. n viii not take "a great
While i1 commit the whole uf Thorn t0
nHmHIy and even n you never Cumr
hfr o. noe them. you will uud ln thuu
~ encyclopedia of Turkish customs.
Without respect Go alphabetical order
uni With "a studied heHitnucy Hn Go thcil
Prominence IN the NE uf the people
pflmlaruuualy select The words na fol-
lows There nrO only two IN All
llWuHh means slow. hakhHhlah
urluH Eift OF course the longer yuul
tny In Turkey the greater VIII Do th,
uFgllllnco uf this verbal list Hpuh'
NJ ODE officers HtlEinH books, some Nrtl
tuuuEr stories are told hero which ~
lqtiut.H with what suspicion q book u
allowed 20 enter the domains Of thi
sultan. one minister IN couHtuntinopl'
iIIl Wr that his hymn book was reject
81 because tho censor found In u TIM
le'urewnt command, Hold the fort
tlf ] um coming
A chemist landed 20 the story goes
a. n1a VI these ports and a strict exam
nation " his trunk packed library wa
90 once begun, Volume after Nulum
special text book on chemlatrl
was opened, ana the eye of IN
unl0lrnHd, yet loyal, censor cauEh
lhli scientific sign Tor waite
ls ", This was moro than hl
brain could dcciphcr ana council %
aIl hIH wise associates was immedihtcl'
called for the purpose OF unravoliuE th'
Daniel 0f OLD. was found who could In
igfrut the hleroFlyphica 90 their on
90" utisfncuou The council accepted
iha Interpretation OF ne %. na an Inn
n.HW Hllng at the sultan, f0r they sai'
D meant "iiamid the second IN noth
irr
u1 ono occasion I saw the censor cX
aiming the dictionary and before N
book could bee stamped with accept
Hsa. d A Ia had Ia D.
covered with ink; no careful are the
IN helr inspection OF literature, IN
hfihDr one sets away into tho inter
l4r ~ syria ana Asia Minor, the NOR
closely a. foreigner watched by ~
officials In the inland cities. lut "a
Auhlmmcdnns have treated as, 80 fal
with much respect and kindness when
ever We haze had any business dchlihH
with them, Tho only opposition "
morn with ~ usually traccnhle 10, q
eQWca directly from those Who pose @
Christians.
uuHng tho past four weeks We hay
Teen brought face 10 face with a nrl
un NJ opposition, Many NJ the "NoWH
rc1iar will remember scyon 4. Sfk'
Who Tor year ur 30 was a student q
lhe J.. u. q. college az the expense
lhn church, enjoyed the hospitality
Elder r.. H. Hintsc'H family WhenoNi
expressions from q host Of others bot
Do salt Lake CiUs Halliday, ana ~
Pine. That young mans homo u
th.H clty from which I am NOW VIII
lnF lie went 90 Utah 90 study ti
ENGLISH language ana 10 become hcti'
aoguulntoi with the principles of ~
church. both be and his father hei
being memborH, tie had been in 80
Lake city but frw days whom Y
wrote a letter 10 his folks stating thi
me 'Mormons' worv "a Tot NJ dup'a, nH
money chnsora and were eyil-mindl
and liccntinus In their social habit
etc. few days later the same ma
wrote another letter denying the form