Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-14

ufon Turkey ii viii be Il mighty
f59tor in maintaining prestige aud IN
lebeh1eficc. Unfortunately fef MS
Ian. ,lisinteerating Influences are At
serk IN every hand. Tie pressure of
western Thought and science, the cur
T. ats Of the new christianity coming
tfafp tmeriea and the Jealousy Of their
own aarties may prove frrtsisfiihe
e.eS. fhc sci known Is the ffektasth
Il. rvighee- ihafe !; secret society thah
4 sect have set themselves 20 the
hast - FaIofinii9 Islam. They arc Tho
f4a.cst 4tnts is their cause and have
4effe,c.l issrsa4.u,tan and ION martyr
dom. haze been told that thor
thinking is bantheistic in its tendency
but practically they stand Tor ni Tor
sifaple and rumble type of religion
one OF the Young Turks. in touch win
ali thai is going on, spoke without Re-
serve IN regard to the lack OF uhits
among The Mohammedans. He said;
Tt is all boast. There IS no sdeh
.hine as a great united Moslem world
We are split up into many factions
At the same time one is tremen-
dously impressed by the grip this tafh
has upoii its followers. 1t seems te
be religion in its most tenacious form
II is entrenched strong and deep In
lie life of the people. | visited Bro
usa, the ancient capital. where the
orst six suftans are entembed,
stronghold today of conservative re
dictionary Mohammedanism. We could
count sixty mosques from the vim
lows Of the girls school. One hun
bred thousand Mohammedans in
CITY OF one hundred and twenty thou
sand. and ninety-five per cent. oil
them go regularly to the mosque Tor
PRAYER That is the sort of thing
that makes you stop and think. Con-.
vei1inS the world doesn't look so easy
over here as it does in laymans
convention. Think of the faithfulness
cf the faithful, when they cannot at
tend public worship of their pumping
down anywhere-on the decks of shlps,
in railrcad cars, in market places. ana
going through their holy gymnastics.
There IS a strange power in this reii-
gian.
One of the most interesting expert
onces was visiting Parliament. upon
the invitation Of Or. RIA Tewfik hey,
the leader OF the opposition, whom
met at a reception. He asked me
10 come and hear his speech reply
irr to The statement OF thu grand Vi
'zier upon the policy Of The govern
ment. His speech did not come OIL
that day. but | had a good chance
10 studt the deputies and To hear
discussion ON public finances. An oi'
hodia mounted the fostrttin, htie
pulpit under the speakers desk, an"
held forth must eloduently IN iaNor
of economy. I'VE must cut our g.
eminent according IN orr CLOTH |
said. | fould lave embraced tit't
man on the spot he reminded me 80
Of the prudential committee ai NV
board. A friend Of mine asked
member Of the House, young urn
what he thought OF his felioW-'lep-
uties sEshek," he replied 'uoh
9teysD looked them over win ms
remark in mind IT was a Strii'Se
and motley assembly. itIliy one
fhifa Wore the white tnrhan or tiie
fer, botokening religious leaderFitii-
These were mainly from the proNih-
ces V'here few Turks beside the ecu
siastics can read and write lh.ie
was n group Of dark skinner ARM
ans. revealed by the gold eihlHoih'fS
on their fezes. A few wore the green
stnrban of the descendants of Moham
med. Some of the faces, as near ~
| could make them ont through thelf
shaggy boards, were hard ana mar
row-lttle beady eyes deep set. laE-
otry was written on their foreheads.
and J feared for the Christians
any OF them came into power, The
bulk az the House, however seemed
made up of fairly intelligent men
who knew what they We're about
OFF at one side in the back rows soon
detected a very different looking set
--clean-c cut and handsome, wearing
European dress. These, / was told,