Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-01-30

They have not yet cultivated a sen.
torture still exist there, delightful In
their simplicity. In Samarkand 1t has
been the custom to throw criminals
from a high tower in the center oil
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
deep pit In the city full OF loath.
some vermin and victim thrown to
them is gradually eaten up.
In Teheran a few years ago there
were some men who succeeded in ef.
fecting a corner in wheat-orientals
who had admirably caught the finan.
cling spirit of the twentieth century.
AS the price of wheat went up II
naturally caused suffering among the
poor 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 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 TWEEN
tieth century financiering
Abdul Hands 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 the
Turks. Some of the Turks even shell
tered their Armenian neighbors. The
responsibility rests upon the shout.
ders of Abdul Hamid and his advisers
This cruel tyrant had many ways OF
torturing young Turks suspected OF
liberalism. Boiling eggs were placed
under their armpits, a torture which
soon drives its victim insane The
skin would be f1ayed 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 fine young
man of progressive ideas found his
bed upon the bottom of the Bosporus.
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 1t is true. The solution OF
the problem rests with the psycholo.
gists. AS 1t is said. scratch Russian
and you will find 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 kindest
heart-when his daughter is 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,
If they come within reach of our fe-
rocity. may feel its bite.
So 1t Is with the Turk. In ordinary
life he is kind and effable, dignifiedly
courteous. He Is kind to his children.
kind to animals, kind to strangers.
He seldom loses his temper, but when
he does lose 1t. beware. He does not
encourage street fighting, but II he