Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-19
BREEZY GOSSIP FROM THE
"5~% 80 EUROPEAN CAPITALS
Staff Correspondent of the Associated

Financial Relms Of the "OId Coun-
ndent Of the Associated Press.
handle the ever.increasing traffic be-
tween the north and south of London,
bill was presented to parliament
asking the necessary permission.
The city's proposal provided that
new bridge should be constructed and
that the streets behind St. Paul's
should be widened to allow of the free
passage Of traffic. 1t was simply q
business mans proposition. The ar
chitects and artists, and others who
pretend to a knowledge of art, arose
and declared that if the scheme was
carried out as suggested by the city
a great opportunity of identifying
London would be lost.
They proposed that the bridge
should be so built that it would ap-
proach opposite the south transcept
giving a new vista of the dome. Every.
body thought that this would be an
Improvement, but as it would cost
$10,000,OO0 more and the corporation
did not have the ten million to spare,
they opposed it. With the powerful
support of A. J. Balfour, member for
the city, the corporation bill was
passed as originally arranged.
JERUSALEM, Aug. Word is
received here that Captain Montague
Parker expects to resume the work
of excavating for sacred relics in the
Valley of Sloan in August. Mean.
time a decision as to whether the
captains contract with the Turkish
government can be technically con.
strued to justify his operations at the
Mosque of Omar is awaited with in
terest
1t will be recalled that after much
excavating had been done and some
relics. it is claimed, recovered, the
work was interrupted by charges that
the explorers had violated the holy
Mosque of Omar, obtaining access to
it for the purposes of excavating by
bribing its guardians. Popular feeling
was SO intense against the foreigners
that after they had withdrawn, the
government ordered the arrest of the
guardians of the Mosque and pursued
an investigation into the Circumstance
es of it's alleged dissertation.
Now the contract between parker
representing an Anglo-American syndi
cate, and the Turkish government has
come to light. Its perusal leaves one
In doubt as to whether the explorers
can be shown to have exceeded their
rights, but on the other hand it fur
nishes unmistakable evidence that
the captain was sanguine of discover
ing rare treasures and that he financ-
ed the affair literally. 1t also devel-
ops that the Turkish government was
a partner to the transaction and was
to share in the spoils.
The contract contains twelve arti-
cles. some of which are worth repro
ducing. 1t was signed on October &c,
1908, by Captain Parker and Zia1
Pasha, the then minister of finance
acting for the Turkish government.
Article l provides that Parker is to
furnish all the necessary funds and
operate in the name and under the
auspices of the Turkish government.
Article five has to do with the extern.
sion of the contract in the matter of
time by mutual consent. In article
eleven Parker releases thegovernment
of any damages growing out of the
possible failure of the enterprise. Ar
ticle twelve provides that in case of
a difference of opinion or misunder-
standing between the two parties the
question shall be submitted for de.
cision to committee of four men
appointed equally by the British and
Turkish governments and In the event
of deadlock, the deciding vote shall
be instructed to fifth man named
by the Turkish minister of Justice.
The other articles summarized, are
as follows:
Article 2. The Turkish government
to furnish whatever land
or property the captain may select
and determine uponas the sight where
in to excavate, by adopting every
feasible method of procuring and
the same to the captain,
by right Of purchase in the
case of the property belonging to pri-
vate individuals or by issuing a grant
of land in case of the property belong
ing to the crown.
Article 3-Captain Parker is hereby
bound to refrain from commencing
his operations anywhere in the vicin-
ity of Jerusalem until the transference
or grant of given piece of land is
legally and properly executed and
a wall erected about thesame.
BY the terms of this article the cap
tain is furthermore given the priyil-
eye of excavating one full year from
the date of his commencing the oper-
atoms, after the lapse of which period
the work of excavation must be dis
unless the government
should grant a further lease of the
land and renew the privilege of ex-
on condition that the captain
petition the government for the same.
in which case Captain Parker agrees
to return the land to the government
and forego his claim on all and sun
dry such implements, tools, machin-
cry or material whatsoever utilized
and made use of in the course of ex-
cavation, in favor of the government, II