Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

The revolt in the Yemen Just now Is
Of . far more serious nature than that
which five years ago de-
Serious fed with a certain
n.>,. amount OF success the
AsesVAs' Turkish government I'M
der Abdul Hamid. The revolt indeed ex-
tends to all Arabia and 1t is reported as
gaining In Syria and Mesopotamia. The
mould Yahia and Cheikh Said Idriss pos
sess already 10000 or 10000 combatants
equipped with modern rifles which the
contraband guards OF the Turkish gov
eminent have not been able to Intercept.
The Ikdam OF Constant!nople learns that
the supplementary reserves Of the second.
third and fourth army corps have been
called in because OF the critical situation
in Yemen and an additional expeditionary
corps IS being established. A dispatch
from SaloniN reports an attack by the
Arabs between Eppa and Hodeida. in
which the Arabs took many prisoners,
inflicting a loss OF fifty killed upon the
Turks, but leaving 900 dead and wound
ed on the field.
1t must be assumed I'm the absence Of
any direct intelligence that the Arab at
reserve columns OF Turks. which have
been sent from Hodeida to the relief OF
Sanaa. the capital OF Yemen, which pre-
vious dispatches reported as invested by
the troops Of the insurgent leaders.
The famine contains a dispatch which
declares that tho garrison at Sanaa. al
though invested, is furnished with eight
months stores. The government had los,
no time, but embarked thirty-one bat
talions OF infantry and eight batteries
Of artillery.
The London Times Of February pub
fishes an Official communication from the
ministry OF the interior concerning the
rnmor. in which 1t is confessed tha
Mohammed Said Essen Ali ell Idrisk O
Assyr and Mahmou Yahia are agar
stirring up the Arabs. The former hat
proclaimed his independence and appoint
ed governors and cheikhs in the place o.
the Turkish functionaires. who had fed I,
the coast or to Ibha, the capital ant
military headquarters OF the Sandjak o.
Assn. The Djehad, or holy war. ha:
been proclaimed.
It Is further stated in Constantinoplt
that Ismail Haiku Bey Badan Zade
deputy from Bagdad, ir
State of the Turkish chamber de.
al clared that, notw'ith-
nAdicAy' standing the denial Of
official journals. anarchy prevails alons
the Tigre and the Euphrates. and thai
from boys ten years Of age to men OF
seventy the people are carrying guns
Just what for the note is not permitted
by the censor to say. but We may readily
imagine that it BODIES evil, and at least
indicates disorder.
It is Justice to the Young Turk govern
ment to say that 1t Is more SHINE.
against than SHINING. The intentions 81
that government. in contrad1stlnct,on I,
good. but in common with other govern
ments, even occidental. they defer unit
the morrow that which they should d'
today. Thus the oriental is oftentime:
charged with malevolence when on TIT
contrary his intentions are the very pest
But his sin is that OF omission Ane
are we not informed by the familiar
quotation that 1.-The road to the Inferno
is paved with good Intentions!
Since the new regime at CONSTANT
nople the policy In the Yemen has Leaned
to pacification and concession: More
than a year ago the minister OF the In
terror said:
Mehmed V may be for a moment place.
in check. but his authority Will b;
benevolent and just"
Now the sin Of omission, OF which thu
Young Turks are guilty, is confessed II
the journal La TurQu1e, winch TeIeTS q
the plan proposed to the chamber oS
Hussim Hilmi Pacha. who was ther
grand vizer. Hilmi Pacha had passed
seven wears Of his official life as gov.
ernor Of the Yemen, and thus possessed
q thorough knowledge Of the country ano
Of a people whose commercial capacity
and energy he admired. Hilmi Pacha
had proposed in 1909 the following
which is cited because it must ultimately
form the basis of the reconciliation o.
Arabia with the porte. 1t proposed:
First, the division Of the Yemen into
two provinces-the Djebel. or mountain
districts: the Tehama. or coastal plain.
Second, the appointment OF Imam Iahis
as the vail or sultan OF the Djebel dis
trict. with power to appoint civil and
military functionaries, and to retain and
expend such a proportion OF the loca
revenue as might be necessary for the
administration of his province.
Third. the withdrawal of the greater
part OF the garrison from Sanaa, which
would become the center of the imam
province.
The chamber discussed the project and
objected that the natural subdivisions OF
the vilayet were these:
Project The Djebel. the Tehama
r.:,., and the Assyr. Subsequent
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