The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05

NNE By one the dark secrets of the Orient havo
been revealed 30 the prying curiosity of the
\ intrepid advcnturcrs of the Occident. Slowly
4 but none the less surely ruthless white explorers
R forced their way into the many sacred places Of
&tern cns and learned the mysteries of their holy
|p Today the cuigmas ofs the east have almost all
"a solved. Since Sven Hediu pushed into the noun
d fasnesses Of Central Tibet his way to the
@busly guarded city OF Lhasss there is only OF
Ia mystery centers left TO tempt the investigating
nc of the west
The recent declaration of between Italy and
key has brought il before the notice of the public.
d eyes of the world have been turned upon Tripoli
d Its eastern province Of Cyrenaica, that unknown
% where flourshed the tabled Gardens Of The Hes
Fdes, Public curiosity has been aroused from time
tme by vague of threatened holy war
ple have asked whence this derla ration of relig
war world cmanatc and would declare it.
sns9cr is The sacred city of Diarabub and the holy
Of the Scnussi.
f9r years these have been 10 coujure with.
threats and darker deeds have often been coupled
senussi and the capital of Dlarabub White mon
that their influence is great. The Senussi exist
9ugbout the east from Alglers TO India, and the
douarters Of the order are at Djarabub in the dcs-
nnterland Of Tripo But no one knows Senuss
he secs him and no has much set
I res upon the minarcts and towers of the capital,
+S have tried and failed They have either turned
ana gwen up their search at the dire warning OF
senuSsi outposts, they have pushed on aud have
Q been heard from since
ne Know little enough about the order, and this
has been learned from Arab spies in tho pay OF
tieueb and British governments who have pushed
'ne desert at the risk Of their lives aud gained the
'pence of some member OF the sect who thought
me- Too. was OF the confratcrnity. Many OF
spics have been sent out, but few of them hayo
In alp Ihpi
nas been discovered before they reached safety
'ne SWING Of Il Senuss scimitar has silenccd them.
epofts OF those few who performed their mis-
successfully arc vague enough, There many
aud principles of the order which DO Seuussi
ioe high priest is allowed to repeat, and lac high
the personfication of secrecy.
~ oRDER founded about century ago by
emekh Mabomet e3S Scnuss an Algerian Arab
ilneal descendant Of the Prophet Mabomet Ho
fuca IN Aecca for time and advocated The
es reform of the Mohammedan religion. lie Was
oriven out by the jealousy OF his felew preach
'nu went TO Alexandra. where he founded zawIa
Nastety TO educate priests in the belief that Islam
"snue'ed fsr from that it was in the day Of the
'' aud should be restored. But tho khedivc
Smpatby with his movement and drove him out.
''nc Mahomet-e Seuussi wandered off into the
/" the lhbyan desert, where there law
80 Aa~aI at Jcbed e Akhdar TO the southeast ol
aport of Bangha2i
~ ~ nc preached his doctrine Of reformation with
70 " OBJECT. Wandering tribes of Benouins list.
-" ana carried tho news to the larger towns,
80 oa ihelr way from the heart Of the Soudan
80 rested Tor night at the 1awai aud told all
ID, ~ oI Tue strange descendant Of the prophet, who
- ['ea IN the desert tu reform all true believers.
not Iamc and influence increased he a~lcd
Nss 70 his doctrine He made his organization
au established penalty of death for any who
S,eai Its mystericss. All who joined the order
IA, 10 swear eternal enmlty to the Christian
ar. ana agree to be ready when the cdict
~ Aieht Tor the Of Islam and drive tho
Ian Irom northern Africa
fonrs nad Just succeeded in getting the sect
eu when he taken sick and feared that
IN svhg TO die. So he called the people together
"a, ~ .ncm tnat Allah going TO say which OF
a .su 0uia succeed him. He sent his two boys up
nd =, "ee and ordered them to jump TO tho
'Xhnd ~ younger son jumped Immediately and
khed -, giound unhurt, the older refused and
kcnIo !. Gown the trunk he had goue up. The
1sornrs.u Vcrancc Of tho younger from death aud
No., Oh the cider left doubt in the hands
- 80 VINO was Allah's choice aud when the old
Y I'm S uied his second son. Mahomct, succeed
y, my mere boz, but his power over the
u 1eaths s'soMte His father had told them
enat Mahomet was the Mabdi whose