The Van Buren press., 1911-11-18
WILLIAM T. ELLIS,

empire
e.. WILLIAM T. ELLIS,
turkey IN Asla-Americar
uu.Hg over the ruins OF
..au is the striking symp
.0. ] have 10 report from this
I ancient. across the river
... capital Of world dominion
The height OF AssyrIas power
u.wdoNes of progress may be
. a. along the Tigris river, as
..ooy of the not distant day when
..s now somnolent region, once the
gent1r of the world, will have been
awakened to the modern civilization
which is the most powerful Of all the
conQuerors that have swept over the
earth
The very day ! arrived here % Chi.
cago reapers came also, TO augment
the pioneer six already here The
city seems quite aroused over agri,
cultural machinery and was en-
treated TO urge American manufac-
turers to send catalogues, If not
statesmen, as well as a goodly supply
OF duplicate parts; for your oriental
is rather hard on machinery, and he
has no faculty" in improvising
makeshfts or repairs after an acct
dent And he is a long way from
base. These Chicago reapers came
from NpU Narly 70
shipped to Port Said; thence up the
Persian gulf and the Tgris river to
Bagdad, and then on the backs of
camels for the twelve-day journey to
this place, Soon the hum of Ameri-
can machinery will be heard over
the palaces and temples and streets
of old Nineveh, which is now all farm
land. Even Jonah could not have
prophesied this.
An Ice Machine and "AIIsh."
The morning after my kelek or
raft, tied up above the bridge OF
boats which links Mosul with the ru-
ms Of Nineveh and Nebi Yunls
prophet Jonah" the name of a tomb,
a mosque and village amid the ru-
!ns) was visited by an American
from Providence, r. l., who saw the
American flag flying above my tent
Since the new regime he has re
turned to this, his old home bringing
various Improvements for this un.
touched section OF the Orient.
The most marvellous, in the eves ~
the natives, is an ice-making machine, |
which is surely needed, since sum |
mer temperature Of 10 degrees is
common In MosuL The ignorant and |
fanatical Moslems look askance at this
Interference with the ways OF Allah.
According 70 their reasoning, If Allah
had wanted It to be cool ne would
have made It so. "In'sh Allah"-"It
is Gods willis the phrase that
paralyzes progress and destroys an
Americans temper as the natives thus
lay all their laziness, lying and general
cussedness on the Lord.
"Insh Allah" stood seriously In the
way Of this ice machine, but even It
had TO stand aside when an American
say clear profits of $40 a ton in plain
sight Next an American soda water |
fountain will follow the ice machine, |
for Ottomans are very fond of drinks, |
and the Prophet forbids alcohol-al. |
though the use Of intoxicants Is on the |
increase among Moslems In summer |
the weathier classes in Mosul pay |
three cents pound for snow, brought !
from the mountains, packed in straw,
Where Muslin" Gets Its Name.
Aside from being generally consid.
cred the most inaccessible Of all the
cities IN the Turkish empire, and
apart from It's long and romantic his
tory, Mosul's chief link with popular
interest is the fact that from It's name
Is derived the word muslin, that ar
ticle having originated here. Like
most Turkish cities, its glory lies
chiefly I'm the past II has no manu-.
facurcs at present, although Il ox'
ports largely Of wool, hides and gall
nuts, for tanning II was interesting
20 learn that much OF the wool Of the
fattailed sheep which ! have been
watching day after day along the river
II consigned 10 a Philadelphia firm.
The hides, also ind their way IN large
quantities to America,
The fanatcism Of tho city is IA
NOUS. although It was pleasant sur
prise lo find natives speaking crate
fully of the memory OF Dr Williams
father 0l Ur Tucolt Williams Of Phil
nHuIphla. who lived here many years
..0 before this mission station Of
Oh. American board was abandoned,
H. mOu Noa.oms horoobouis have
..u o.urIoy for Christians Thoy
. .hHHn made both heaven and
... 0 both must De filed, and that
Nh. mHam for Christians" An.
.... ..m uroyorb has It, Fire must
.... ..... and hoI must have Chris
.#.a thH prevailing sentiment
.. moro Intelligent citizens confess
... .mrIIr.s of the theological prob.
.... which tho admission Involves,
nh. christian nations have been great
.. ....ud hy Allah. and n bchooycs
H....g f0 learn modern ways from
mpm Tu.rn arc only from gIS 70 u
am.n Europeans or Americans pass
mM uo. u % whole ycur 80 II seems
ruugp Jo md such q general oWok
.nlur among public men TO tho Nd.
yauurca of pwonJloth century olylll2o.
ton Thure are no native born Amer
leans here. and only the one returned
,p,iyfppt. whom have mentioned Bot