The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-07
THE TRUSTS AND TAXATION.

To the Editor of The Globe:
II is In the line of the Republican party
TO play the Christian hypocrite, throw
stones on the Turk and dust in the eyes
of the people to cover with this Christian
zeal their exploits of the same kind in the
Philippines. The Democrats should give
toric facts
As soon as the faith of peace and broth
erly love turned to a state religion it was
everywhere saddled with the divine right
OF the ruler. Consequently, if any ruler
adopted the creed of any Christian sect,
he forced his subjects with the utmost
brutality to accept the same creed. And
If he drove by force his Christian neigh
bors out of his possessions the same pro-
cess began again with the newly organized
subjects. The safest place of refuge for
prosecuted christians was Turkey, be-
cause In the possessions of the sultan
christians and Jews had religious freedom
from Christ till now. The Christians and
Jews fled from the brutality of the Roman
emperorS to Arabia, and the GneSes Of
the Netherlands fed to the sultan against
the persecution of Philip of Spain. The
creed OF one God was brought from Arabia
to Palestine, and was kept alive by the
constant intercourse of these two coun-
tries. Mohamet found that creed in ex-
lstence, he acknowledged Moses, Christ,
as great prophets, he formed his creed on
the Mosaic faith and declared indulgence
for both, Jews and Christians. Therefore
we find the Christian churches fully estab-
1Shed in the Ottoman empire.
If the sultan had acted the same as the
Christian rulers, that is, converted his
Christian subjects by force to his faith,
there would be no Christians in Turkey.
and the tsar could not claim by his divine
right to be the protector Of part of the
Christians there.
Those constant uprisings of the brutal
mountain tribes there, more for plumber
than for religious freedom, are insti-
gated by the Russian government. Are
not these the same people who captured
and held for ransom not long ago a female
American missionary?
After the wholesale butchery of 5000 900
peaceable and intelligent Moors by Philip
L. 1nquisition, and after the thirty
years religious war, which made of Ger
many wilderness, religious zeaIotism
Might goes before right. The three great
powers without right or reason simply
divided the Polish kingdom, and all the
uprisings of the Polish people for their
Independence were punished brutally by
the sword. The emperor of Austria
hanged in Arad twelve captured Hun
garian officers On the gallows. That was
one sided brutality. Here in Turkey the
brutality is two-sided. The sultan does
what every other ruler would do in a
revolutionary uprising, to-wit: The cap
italists in Europe and elsewhere collect
money to enable their people to emigrate
to Palestine or America against the brutal
treatment they receive from the people of
Christian rulers, which proves that the
Turk is not as black as he is painted.
Our strenuous president. has evidently
longing to mix up in every affair on Gods
earth. Against that we Democrats have
to uphold Turkey and everywhere the
principle that no ruler has right to rule
people without their consent 1t is my
opinion that the majority of the inhabi-
emperor as ruler. Otto MARI.
Delano Mimi, Oct. S. 1908.