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tians of all denominations for his
prosecutions of the Armenians.
Still we are compelled to pay him
the same courtesy as other sover-
eigns with whom the United
States is at peace.
NOW WE HAVE PASSED
THROUGH CHRISTIAN EU-
ROPE, AND WE HAVE
FOUND THAT IN SPITE OF
CHANGE OF HABITS, TEN
P E r A M ENT AND Ian
GUAGE, THEIR CAPITALS
GROW TO BE THEIR LARG-
EST CITIES. We shall soon see
whether this rule still prevails
among different race of people
altogether. The Turk is unique
among nationalities. His dress.
habits, religion and social customs
set him apart even from his CO.
religionists of the east. When we
look at Turkey what do we find?
Why, that Constantinople, its cap
ital, is by far the largest and most
important city, not of Turkey, but
OF the Levant. This CITY was
founded by Constantine the Great
upon the ruins of Byzantium, a
city of the ancients. 1t was the
capital of the eastern Empire, as
Rome was of the west, when that
Imperial power was divided. 1t
was captured by the Turks in I453
and became the capital of the
Turkish Empire, and it at once
became a greatly city. HAD IT
NOT BEEN MADE THE SEAT
OF GOVERNMENT 1T
WOULD HAVE EXISTED AS
A MERE FORTRESS. Going
further among the wandering no
MAIDS of Asia we find that the
CAPITAL OF PERSIA, TEHE-
Ran, 70 miles from the Caspian
Sea, has a population of 10000.
Persia has ports on three seas
the Caspian Sea, the Persian and
Arabian Gulfs-yet NONE OF
THESE SEAPORTS ARE AS
POPULOUS or as wealthy as
the capital. MECCA. the CAPT.
TAI CITY of Arabia, the birth.
place of Mahomet, is a days Jour
ney from the Red Sea, yet its
population is THREE TINES
THAT OF ANY OF ITS SEA |
PORTS, although one of these. |
Bussorah, is the principal port for |
the commerce of the Persian Gulf. H
Turning to India, Japan and
those other nations whose re-
hgions are made up OF Hindooisln, |
Buddhism or fetish worship, we |
ind similar precedents. The cap /
itals become the largest and most /
important cities. Take CHINA. H
with SHANGHAI and HONG III
KONG as its principal seaports, III
but with the focus of our mental III
telescope elongated we can see N
PEKIN, THE CAPITAL, with a III
population estimated by Professor III
Legge and confirmed by DR.. Viii III
Hams of the United States Lega- III
ton at 100000 inhabitants, III
LARGER than China's SEA- HI
PORTS, SH AN GHAI and III
HONG KONG added To- III
GETHER. "Shut the door," III
shouts California.
THUS THE RULE THAT HI
THE CAPITAL CITY GROWS HI
TO BE THE LARGEST AND HI
MOST IMPORTANT CITY OF NJ
A NATION HOLDS GOOD HI
EVEN THE ALMOND HI
EYED MONGOLIAN AS HI
AS WITH HIS MORE HI
ENLIGHTENED CHRISTIAN iii
MI
Thus it is bound to be with the Hi
Western Hemisphere as it is II||
with the Eastern, and Washing Hi
ton will keep pace with the HI
growth of the country. (Great
applause from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Oceans.) Hi
lit is a mere matter of HI
time, but lit will come
sooner or alter, that HI
Washington, the capital MI
of the youngest, proud MI
est and most powerful TII
nation ON earth, will be III
the most populous, MI
and finest city iii
ON the American conti= NIL
ri e mt, if mot of the iii
Hi
The immense crowd goes wild HI
and takes Uncle Sam" on their III
shoulders and places him with Hill
one foot on the White House and Hi
the other on the dome of the Cap III
tol, then rush to cut out the III
coupon in the corner. I'LL
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