Charlevoix county herald., 1912-01-20

Human suffering means little 10 tneHl |
They have not yet cultivated sen.
sitiveness to it. Numerous forms oi
torture still exist there. delightful In
their simplicity. In Samarkand II mas
been the custom to throw criminals
from a high tower in the center Oh
the city. Another form OF execution
was that of dragging them over
roughly paved streets behind swift
horses. Still more interesting death
awaited political offenders. There is
a deep pit In the city full of loath'
some vermin and a victim thrown 10
them is gradually eaten up.
In Teheran a few years ago there
were some men who succeeded IN ell
fecting a corner in wheat-orientals
who had admirably caught the hnan'
cling spirit of the twentieth century.
AS the price of wheat went up IL
naturally caused suffering among the
DOOR Not being able to view the sub
iect in a scientific way. they laid ths
blame OF their suffering upon these
three financiers, ard seizing 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 financiering.
Abdul Hamid's Atrocities.
The same barbarous treatment was
accorded to the Armenians by Abdul
Hamid Whole villages were cut to
pieces-men. women and children.
The wounded were piled on brush
wood soaked in kerosene and burned
alive. Women were cut open before
their husbands eyes. While the
Turks were responsible for these
massacres. they did not actively par
ticipate in them. The bloody work
was done by the Kurds tribe much
more savage and uncivilized than tLe
Turks. Some of the Turks even shell
tered their Armenian neighbors. The
responsibility rests upon the shoul
ders of Abdul Hamid and his advisers
This cruel tyrant had many ways o
torturing young Turks suspected o.
liberalism Boiling eggs were placed
under their armpits, torture whicf
soon drives its victim insane. The
skin would be fiayed from the back o.
another. mustard poultices next tho
raw flesh and the skin sewed III
again. Some were burned to deati
with kerosene. Many fine yount
man OF progressive ideas found hi!
bed upon the bottom OF the Bosporus
These are only q few OF the deed!
of horror that could be told. And II
the face of them. how can II be be
Iieved that the Turk is kind and gen
tlep Yet IL Is true. The solution o
the problem rests with the psycholo
eists. AS il is said. scratch a Russian
and YOU will find Tartar. so II Il
true that beneath the gentle man
ners and kind heart OF every Turk III
volcanic possibilities OF religiou
fanaticism and of cold-blooded cruelty
He has not yet got control OF th'
brute in him, though he Is progress
| ing.
: Beneath the culture and civilized
, exterior OF every one of us lie sur
merged depths OF ferocity and blood
. Misunderstanding for outlet. Th
, southern gentleman with the mos
, charming manners and the hndes
. heart-when his daughter is violate
; by a negro, may set with his ow
hands the flames to the pile OF WOO
which is to burn alive the offende'
Our passions are like dogs In least
Those who come to us by the from
gate receive our kind hospitality
. those who come by forbidden path
, II they come within reach OF our q
r rocity. may feel its bite.
0 So II ia with the Turk. In ordinar
4 life he is kind and effable. dignifled
Y courteous He Is kind to his childre
: kind to animals. kind to stranger
e He seldom loses his temper. but VIII,
q he does lose II. beware. He does n
encourage street lighting. but II !
!. bears resentment he may kill.