The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21

Lich. an hour from Antioch. one of thu m, Kemmal-bey. was cashier of the Ottoman Bank. He was the eld- est of a group including Ncchetleffen- di Djemll-effcndi, and several others whose names forget In order to join us, Nechet-effendi was forced 10 take several precautions, for his fath- e.' was cad, first judge of the city, and he would not have allowed his son to be on friendly terms with "Frank"-a twofold lnndel, Nechet was self-confessed poet. He spoke of love as of toothache, with the sighs and walls of the finest Oriental poesy. Diemil-bey was more myster- ious less loyal and sometimes I sus- pected him of preferring my whlskey to my dazzling tales of the French Revolution.
 well remember the fervor with which Kemmal-bey yielding to his emotions after 1 had been reading aloud from Micheler, conhded to mo his political dreams One of hls friends, alf-bey--son of a celebrated pasha and anciently faithful friend of Mdhat-pasha-had enrolled him among the Young Turks. He had taught Nechet and Djemil his theories of reform. But in this town of An tioch he had to be very prudent. to act only with absolute surety and only after having tested his convert. Be- sices, such were the ordinary tactics of the party, If you put In a lot of surar, you guard yourself against bad coffee. This attitude Is characteristic. The southern Anarchists arc srandilo- quert, tho Young Turks silent Tho N.h!lists deliberately risk their lives: tn Young Turks bow down in obse- quious salutation before the bloated furctionary. No birds of passag ars they. Rather call them moles, advancing invisibly but surely
 One day Kemmel-bey came to me with big news. His friend Raif-bey wa under suspicion" He had left Alep In hot haste. on the morrow he was to pass through Antioch on his way to Bayrout, where passports for Europe are obtained His com ing afforded an occasion for an un- usual rencontre, and his friends want ed to show him the progress their propaganda had made. In all the country, travelling revolutionist Is a chleftain on a tour of inspections he reviews the recruits. In order to arouse no suspicion, Kemmal-bey got uo a "kief,' Q country party, in his garden. He invited me, having al- reody invited Nechet, Djemil, and Ycussouf-aa.
 But Kemmal-bey discerned that an- other drink would be more convincing than another argument. He was right. The captain shook Raif-beys hand energetically. You are our savior" he exclaimed, "but what do you want me to do?" Raf-pey replied T can't tell you in the presence of foreigner. :" He laid his forefnger upon the cap tain's brow, AS the angel Gabriel does when he designates the elect. Nechet- effendl made sign to me not to ob- ject He judged that the oppoftllne moment had come for him to recits his satlrical ode:
 "The nation boasts that progress 1t
 has made.
 What progress? search Of progress,
 none you'll find.
 Erstwhile, bright glory decked the
 Turkish brow;
 Today, all glory gone, there's naught
 but shame,
 Our magistrates do but deform our
 laws,
 Our judges gather countless flowers of
 gold
 Entombed Is learning; fools essay to
 rule.
 In all our land, alas, there breathes
 no sage!
 If madly we pursue this dismal path. What power, what grace, can save us
 ere we fall?
 Yet soon may heaven wreak vengeance
 upon knaves.
 And bind upon their necks a shameful
 yoke!
 An, well may patriots dcplore our
 woes,
 And mourn our agonles with bloody
 tears,
 Accursed be he who causes our dis
 tress-
 Accursed, and damned in direet, deep
 est he'll"
 Youssouf-aa shuddered at this con- cluding strophe For moment Me- chetefendl feared he had gone a bit too far. He paused. as if to reassnre hls hearers and to assure himself that he had not been run through by the red -hot iron of the law. Kemmel-bey opportunely seized the cognac bottle and made sign to the singers. But he lad not told them what song he wanted The two Jewesses hesitatpd Agair. there was moment of rarhor painful silence. Then the captain brds. quely arose. In splendid voice he in toned the popular ditty:
 Returning from Scutari.
 l found a, handkerchief
 All the guests tcned in the ehorua with gusto. Then, tn top off the ''Kief," Youssouf- Ia drea his reynivr. and fired i've shots into the fig t,res, thus giving most hilarious proof of