Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13


49,, .e,u..en Tunisia and Egypt, on the
ms " ,,,.,,, -, ,.,,,
Mediterranean Se"
Sfax. passing around the Gun OF Haoes
and skirting the Desert OF Libya the
..t of tho WAY orr boat was
eip",0' ,a,,,,,,, ,,,.,c,, sat,s tror,
little l'al'an s'V'''e' ~
Genoa to Tunis and then goes on
around to Tripoh ana pock 10 Naples
via slc''s ""u 49,. .,s - 49,,
Choir W INV na' No' ''.'' "''N
were brought TO the shore BY boatmen
aorce looking as the pirates who
80, ho,a aga,nst orr American
iops"'
sailors luV years Nso-
II was I'm the harbor OF TiipUli that
,-,,,,c sam had his first great naval
oe,ar ,,o co,,,i,,sto,, ., So
engagement at''' '"e '''"oiVil VI nv
war which made him independent OF
Great Britain This town was then At
,,,,,,,o,I strorsboia n te,.,ed i,s
eie"
tribute ON an Tue s,lpS OF tne heu''eI-
ranean' anu l.s Suiulels Hot inIicdusht1
ly captured thristi"us u"u oItnci h,lu
them for ransom or Kept them IN salv-
cry they hau colntnietvu ou.rases up
on our shlpInls uu,illh tHe last uaHS VI
John Audihs Pl'>lut"'S "'lu II WIS u,
lSpl tnat We i"ini'f uV'l'leu N"i nilN
sent Son,Illouo'V y, uu across tle
Atlait'c anu oacr tl'e Ni ,. iiaiiedll ="
PUNISH tnS pIid,.s' i1eo1 , lsC'p-
tufed anu pu'h' ~ H'l,S. lN'i lllS'tt
Hhilaaelph'a IN ,hS n"rool hsre in
teprudrF, iopf, any wv .,eH t"uSht
these semi saSdsoS ,na. ui'nousH .ueN
WisII .ahe luei, 'oli irult Ine iIat,Di,s
or huioPe' oui pNn Hstte aePuolie
across inc Atiau'io must NC ieit eio"c'
TT REL oNGS TO THE SULTAN
This land of Barbary now belongs ia
me sultan o. lurkes' l mas soNer-
nor general aPp ~ ~ uy MN anu ',lere
Is an army Oh io,oVV sole,iels IN tiie PAT
RACKS on the eusc VI we City Whlch
he mas sent TO Keep oruer' inc couh-
Try Is SO iarse lhi. tIc army can ponce
httle more imam hEipoil itselt, anu lhe
result Is thdt every man WHO goes INTO
the desert carries gun WIN MN, ana
mat all tne caravans must nave thelt
armed escorts. Yearly every one VINO
comes IN from the interior mas gun
strapped 10 ms PACK. Turing Jour
hey when ! nave ihaue 10 Que OF the
GASES l met iiiahy men SO armed ana
am tolu that Tue country Is everywhere
unsafe.
Tripoii is for the most part nothing
nut sand. IL is as long as from New
YORK 10 DetIolL, as Wlue as from Phila-
uelPnia 10 puilaio, anu IL contains az
together an area ten times that of the
state of ONO. me only cultivated por-
the Mediterranean sea and the GASES
which are found scattered here and
there through the Desert of Iibya. THE
population is scanty. II numbers alto
gether not more than a million. or
about half as many as there are in
Chicago. ana these are made nm of VITA
Arab tribes. many OF which are AT war
With each other,
TRlPoi-l AND THE SOuDAN.
rho forair, tr.ao 90 ,ho o,, +,
uith The Se'd,, T r,'n e ooui ai 10
- a,rno.i, 49,, gu IL. ~ iiipoi.
i ~ chtay s,e,rt1,, " ,,Iaa aiiu ~
80 - 49, 'l' s'.s pshte io' III caIa
ha,s a an,ar so,,tS., a,,'p o. me- e al.
60, hnra 10 tha III, "a, 80 ,.,
49,, "a -. tus " cehtla'
,rinS sa. an So y ueai VI ivoIy; os-
Trt,ai, -, $500 t snli' aio plousnt 10
M P.,I "a, ". Saers iioii siiosI countries
- - 49, H >. go inoi,,hs anu the
t eaaSai,s , ol.eh ,.'oiuu9 ~ aheir ireight
n,i,Isas so s eS ~ the Ddi pafS areiiis.
Miiions OIL slaves nave oeeh thus car
nc oyer ehe desert ana vast numbers
nase pesn setiI from mere 10 Iunisia
"uu iuiheS, Ahe caravan routes are
iinea WIN poIies OF slaves VINO nave
uleu on me way; and the trade would
eAise now We're IL not That the people
lear mat the Christian powers might
OBJECT
THE CITY OF TRIPOLL.
Tupou. the CITY ,ies tn the rih,,s,
desert an tho adga - ,ha sIna,tn,,'.' -.
can sen n 10 NO, an o,sis as 49,
houses surroundad h,, ,,,,,d u,a,Is s'-h
as I have descrihed IN mo- ,e,..rS srnn,
the sahara hIt a 10 a desart cit,, nf
60. 900 inhahi,ants with eraat N,hiIe
buildings and walls Of stone
Approaohine II from Tho go tho ,ou,,,
looks like a mighty Fertilization II is
buiIt upon a sIonine nnninsmla tbe
houses runninc aro,,nd a haa,,ti,,,, hav
Guarded nv rocky Islands which rise
like sentinels ont of the biue Med,tare
ranean Al one end Of ~ ha,, a.; a
huge fortification cor1m.ndad h,, TIL,
ish soldiers. and At The Other IL The Kae-
bah n gor,iaad oas,Ia no,,a,,,i,s, - ~.
government offices. Between these two
crescent, are white buildings. mixed
here and there with structures of green.
blue and rose mink. which. rising nj,
most straight M from the water. form
a great bow with these forts at the
end. Behind are other buildings of
three and four stories and over them
ali may be seen the tall. lean white
minarets of the mosques with green
caps on their tops. The houses are Of
Arabic architecture and oriental I'm
shape. and when one climbs 10 the roofs
of the highest buildings. as | did today.
he sees that each house Is built about
a little court the walls facing which