Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11

Human suffering means little 10 theHi
They lave not yet cultivated a sen
sitiven4ss to it. Numerous forms or
torture still exist there, delightful In
their simplicity. In Samarxand II mas
been the custom to throw criminals
from high tower In the center CT
the city. Another form OF execution
was that of dragging them over
roughly paved streets behind swift
horses. Still more interesting a death
awaited political offenders. There Is
a deep pit In the city full OF loath'
some Yermin and victim thrown 10
them is gradually eaten up.
In Teheran a few years ago there
we're some men who succeeded In Ell
fecting a corner in wheat-orientals
who had admirably caught the flnan'
cling spirit OF the twentieth century
As the price Of wheat went up II
naturally caused suffering among the
Door. Not being able to view the'sub'
ject in a scientific way, they laid the
blame Of their suffering upon these
three financiers, and Selling hold OF
their persons, crucified them upside
down In the public square. This Is
said to be a very painful death. as all
the blood descends into the head,
bringing enormous pressure upon the
brain. Thus do the Persians rebel
against the enlightenment OF twen-
tieth century flnanciering.
Abdul EIanid's Atrocities.
The same barbarous treatment was
accorded to the Armenians by Abdul
Hamid. Whole villages were cut to
uieces-men. women and children!
rho wounded were piled on brush
wood soaked in kerosene and burned
alive. Women were cut open before
their husbands eyes. While the
Turks we're responsible for these
massacres, they did not actively par
ticipate in them. The bloody work
was done by the Kurds. tribe much
r,ore savage and uncivilized than tie
Turks. Some Of the Turks even shell
tered their Armenian nelghbors. The
responsibility rests upon the shout
ders Of Abdul Hamid and his advisers.
This cruel tyrant had many ways oil
torturing young Turks suspected oil
liberalism. Boiling eggs were placed
under their armpits, torture which
soon drives its victim insane. The
skin would be fiayed from the back OF
another. mustard. poultices next the
raw flesh and the skin sewed up
again. Some were burned to death
with kerosene Many a fine young
man Of progressive ideas found his
bed upon the bottom of the Bosporus.
These are only a few Of the deeds
of horror that could be told. And In
the face of them. how can 1t be be-
lieved that the Turk is kind and gen.
tie? Yet II is true. The solution OF
the problem rests with the psycholo-
gists. As It is said. scratch a Russian
and you will find a Tartar. so 1t Is
true that beneath the gentle man.
ners and kind heart Of every Turk lie
volcanic possibilities Of religious
fanatIcism and Of cold.blooded cruelty.
He has not yet got control Of the
brute in him. though he Is progress
ing.
Beneath the culture and civilized
exterior Of every one of us lie sub
merged depths of ferocity and blood
Misunderstanding for outlet. The
southern gentleman with the most
charming manners and the kinaest
feart-when his daughter lie violated
by a negro, may set with his own
hands the flames to the pile Of wood
which Is to burn alive the offender
Our passions are like dogs in leash.
Those who come to us by the front
gate receive our kind hospitality
those who come by forbidden paths.
II they come within reach Of our fe-
rocity. may feel its bite.
So It Is With the Turk. In ordinary
life he Is kind and effable, dignlhedly
courteous. He IL kind to his children.
kind to animals. kind to- strangerA
He seldom loses his temper. but when
he does lose It, beware. He does not
encourage street flghtipg. but II be
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