The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-28
RALEIGH n. c., TUESDAY, AUGl ST IS 1906.


whole lump.
Abba Enendi nou / political a-gs-
oner at Aka. ia Palestine Is this
mead ~ The reform movement. it
Wa born il Persia and is carrying
On the WORK u which hl~ father 4tsI
grandfather devoted their lives IL.
dlscards force as Il rn.an, or fr..t..t-
eating truth. ana while se does uaf
command monogamy has set the ex-
ample by having but one Wife While
Abbas FtFendis father preached NOR
al suaSlon. mis- followers we're charged
with revolutionary designs and the
family was exiled After remaining
time al ConStantinople under TIN,
surveillance Of the sultan. the reform
leaders were removed - Aka. a sea
port not far from Haifa Here sur
rouned by q few followers, the son
noIds such communication Us ht can
with the rest of the church in Persia.
his doctrines having AS Vel taken bat
little root among the Turks and Arabs.
II IS believed in Akka thar ~ receives
financial aid from a number of Weai-
thy Americans Who have become in
tereSted in his work
We called upon Abbas Enendi as We
were leaving Palestine ana found
him an earnest old man With q care
worn but kindly face His hai- and
beard are grey. and he speaks With al
animation when his fayorite topic IS
under discussion His doctrines are
something ike those Of TolStui. but
he does not carry the doctrine of
dn-resistence 50 far as does the
Russian philosopher. How much he
may be able to Do in the way of
eliminating the Objectionable features
Of Mohammedanism no one can say,
but it IS a hopeful sign tnat there is
among the followers Of Mohamet an
effort to raise the plane Of discus
sion from brute force TO an appeal
10 intelligence.
The government of the Sultan is
the worst on earth 1t is more des-
potic than the Russian government
ever was. ana adds corruption TO des
potism. The cZar has convoked
douma, the doWager empress Of
China has sent her commissioners
abroad with Il view to establishing
constitution ana even the khediVe of
Egypt has q council, but the Sultan
still rules by his arbitrary viii, tax
ing life or granting favor according
to his pleasure. He lives in con
stant fear Of assassination, and Yet he
his own happiness as we'll rs justice
does not seem TO have learned that
to the people demands that the gov
eminent shall rest upon the Will Of
the governed.
While in the sultan's realm we
learned something of the cruelty
practiced by his officials-let us hope
without his knowledge, for While he
is responsible for the conduct Of his
appontees he may not knew all the
evil done in his name. Not long ago
q young student was arrested ana
imprisoned because q paper was
found in his house which contained
GladstoneS statement that the sultan
was an aSSa SSin. 1t was only a scrap
of paper and had been given him be
cause the other side contained
an advertisement for a hair resturer,
and he in taking the paper TO his
house did not know of the offensN"
quotation. Another young man was
kept in prison until he died because
q book was found in his possession
containing a picture OF the sultan
under which some one, unknown to
him. had written the wording.
third man was arrested because in
ordering an engine. he sent tele-
gram containing the words: seventy
revolutions" In his original order he
neglected to state the number of rev
Olutions, and sent the telegram in an
SWer to an inquiry. y fourth man was
imprisoned because he received a tel
egram inquiring about a burglary,
authorities mistaking the word bur
gIary' for the word Bulgaria" where
the authorities were expecting an up
rising. These instances-and We
heard of many more-are given sim
ply to show that the citizen Of Turkey
is in constant danger of imprlson-
ment however innocent he may be Of
any intention to violate the law.
But it is in the realm of the censor
that most amusing cases have occur
red. The officials are destroying
great many books just now in Iul key,
and are very careful about the intro
duction of new ones. Recently the
Wife Of q justice Of the peace, fflSnt-
ened by the contiscation OF DOCKS IN
the houses of her neighbors, thought
to avoid all possible danger by burn
ing her husbands library. but her
hone was vain, for her husband was
arrested as a dangerous character on
the ground that he must nave nae
. library. AS he was holding u Judi-
ciaI position, the fact that he no long
er had books was sulllc!eht Siooii'
for suspicion.
Religious publications are SUD
iected TO very strict censorship. sun
day school lessons have been cut out
because they quoted from the O!d eS-
lament in regard to the kllllhg ~
kings and the word 'ChriSUan IS OIL
ten added before sinners in order 90
make the text include MohamlneGafS >
\ sunday school lesson about JoaSh
the boy king. was objected 10 because
the authorities did not think Il proper
to suggest that boy could be king. III"
given rise to jokes that go little faF-
ther. For instance, they say that dy-
namos are not allowed in Turkey y =
cause the name sounds IKE dynamic
and that chemistries have been eXclud-
ed because the formula for water
H(2)O. is suspected OF meaning
"Hamud II. is a cypher-'
I have had a little experience VIII
censor myself. At Beyrout. one OF
the Turkish ports. a copy OF the NJ ~.
| and q copy OF the life OF Abbas E1fen-
di We're taken from me by the censor
/ had no objection TO his holding Jhen.
! during nv stay in the country. but
| when he Informed me that they Woula
| have to be SAINT tc ConStantnople
| demurred and with the aid Of our rep
| resentatiye. Consul General Bergnoiz
not only secured tie books. but Sc
| cured q promise that the slS1t 81
| American citizens TO carry booA>
! would not in the future be lnterlereo
| with at that port.
In conclusion. | desire 10 add thar
we ought to have an am baSSador IN
stead of 4 minister at Constantlnople