The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-01
BY ANGELO SPRECK.

York, and he proclaimed al the top of
his voice: Hear, oh, unbelievers, to
the voice of Mustapha ben Yusuf. l
hereby challenge your biggest and
bravest warriors TO a test of strength.
He among you who can wrestle with
me and throw me to the floor once in
thrice shall have from me 10000 pias-
tres"
And the natives came forth in
great numbers their biggest and fat
test and strongest men, and one after
another Mustapha ben Yusuf threw
them, and no number of them together
could throw Mustapha ben Yusuf. And
he became a great man among them,
they paid each a piasre to enter a big
house to see Mustapha ben Yusuf per-
form his feats of strength, and in
great awe and admiration they named
him, in their tongue, the Terrible
Turk
'Mashallah! Mashallah!' exclaimed
every man, grinning broadly. A true
son of Islam! Praise to Allah, his sons
are worthy of their names!
4 Made a Hit Among the Turks.
Il had made decided hit and rees-
tablished myself in the general conf
dence. The guards especially were in
good humor, and more information re-
garding the barbarians of Yeni Dunya
was desired. Since they had so freely
bestowed their favor on Mustapha
ben Yusuf, there was a general feeling
of tolerant good will towards them.
is it true asked the sergeant of
the guard, as 1 have heard, that ev-
cry four years there is revolution
among those people in which their Sui
tan is overthrown and new one raised
in his place? Truly, they must be fond
of fighting. those gihours.'
1t is true that every four years a
general revolution, as you. might call
1t, inflames the whole country, and
more frequently in the vilayets, when
the pashas are overthrow. Then the
people in the cities form in great ar
mics and march about the streets,
shouting down their opponents. On
the great day, when the final test of
strength between the two armies is
| made, there is much noise and excite
| ment, but when the victory has been
| fully decided, the defeated return to
their homes, bearing no ill will toward
| those who have beaten them
by the beard of Allah! exclaimed
a soldier, then there must be fierce
| fighting and many dead. l would like
to see such a fight. May foreigners
| take part in it?'
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There is fighting, but they do not
kill each other None of the opposing
factions carries a gun or even knife.
| They fight only with words. Then they
count their numbers on each side, and
whichever has the greatest number is
| declared victorious, and its chief is
made Sultan over ALL
Il saw at once that had complete
| ly blasted the good impression l had
made in favor of my adopted country
men. A chorus of CALCULATIONS of dis
gust broke off my explanations.
Are they a race of women?" cried
the bashi-bazouk. Have they no COM
| mittayats Qnsurgents) among them
who give blow for blow? You said they
had a large army-Does. not the Sui
| tan in power defend himself against
being overthrown with this army?'
Yes, but this army is sworn to
| uphold the majority
This made matters worse had
| only succeeded in lowering apprecia-
ton of Americans to zero in that as
! sembly. After a contemptuous silence
the Albanian spoke:
| Our Women without Wells.
What can you expect from a peo-
pie whose women walk about the
streets with uncovered faces. I am
| told that the wife needs not obey her
| lord there, and not only that, she may
cast him off if he does not please her
and take another
II had to admit this, which brought
the barbarians of Yeni Dunya into
further disrepute. 1 determined tc
make another effort in their favor
so I said:
| But in parts of Yeni Dunya the