The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-09-05

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had small GEH0t1l5 hf7Aa
enough start for such venture. For
his father was only petty Tartar
chief, ruling mere handful Of fami-
lies. But the boy had houndless am
bition. was q natural ruler Of men,
was held back by no qualms Of con-
science-for he seems TO have been
quite conscienceless-and had nat
ural cruelty of nature that OVERRIDE
all obstacles. These customs and the
leadership Of his own little tribe We're
the sole backing he had for his mighty
enterprise.
The lad was known as Teaudjln
('the Wise"). He was thirteen when
his father died. He found himself at
the head Of rebellious clan that
wanted to depose Him for an older
wiser chief Temudjin thrashed his
foes, then thrashed and annexed
neighboring tribes. lie soon was rul-
er of a strong federation. A still
stronger collection of tribes opposed
him. He made friends with the Great
Khan Of The Keraite Tartars, by
whose aid he beat his own enemies.
He then married the Great Khans
daughter.
Trouble soon spTang UP between
Temudjln and his father-in-law. The
Young man defeated and slew the
Great Khan, who had been his bene-
factor, and then made himself master
of the whole region, His next step
was to hunt up a Shaman (prophet
of wisdom), who. by working on the
Tartars' superstitions, made them re-
gard Temudiin as a sort of god, The
Shaman also prophesied that Temud-
jim would conquer the entire world.
The Tartar chief now abandoned his
early name of Temudjin and took the
title "Genghis Khan" (meaning
Greatest ChiefO. He made a code
Of wise laws fer his followers and
changed their race name to "Mongol"
("BraveO. Then he set out on his
task of world conquest.
First annexing all Tartary, he
marched on China, crossed the Chi
nese Wall and advanced into the heart
of the country. 1t was during this eY-
petition that he first let loose to the
fall his love Of barbarous cruelty and
won the dread nickname "The
Scourge of the East" He plundered
and utterly destroyed ninety,six cities,
besides a countless number OF towns
and villages. The Inhabitants were
put to death--nlen and women alike
with unspeakable torture5.
On a second campaign in China Gen.
gt~j Kahn in 1915 captured Picking
and burned it to the ground after
stealing everything that could be car,
ried away, Thence he invaded Persia.
The city OF Bokhara was known as
the center Of science" It held won
drous inventions and the Orient's rar.
est treasures of art and literature.
Genghis Khan cared no more for such
things or for the worlds real prog.
ress than a mad dog cares for the
rose hedge he breaks through. Box.
hara, with its wondrous objects of art
and learning, was destroyed. The en-,
tire country was devastated, and with
the fall of its cities their priceless
treasures of Oriental science went up
in smoke. Millions of people were
slain or carried into slavery.
Iran, Astrakhan and Southern Rus.
STA next fell prey to the merclless
Khan, Practically all Of China was
eEslayed. So were Corea and the
countries northwest of India.
The Turks were driven out Of their
Asian Businesses and chased across In.
TO Europe. CT was then that the
Turks hrst settled in Eastern Europe,
where later they were to wreak havoc
en- Christian nations.)
Wider and wider spread the con.
quests OF Ganghis Khan. At the cap
turo Of Herat alone he is said to have
massacred 100000 people. No NOR
tal power could check his advance.
The prophecy seemed about to come
true. The more so when he won thc
mighty kingdom of Tangut by annihi.
lating an army 10000 strong in a fierce
battle waged on the ice of frozen
lake.
Genghis Khan was now master Of
all the territory from the China Sea to
the River Dnieper. He set forth on
a fresh tour Of slaughter In the sum
nler OF 1927. But astronomers told
him that the stars at that time spelt
disaster for him. So the superstitious
Khan turned back in haste, to wait
until the planets should promise him
/ better luck. On the way homeward
he fell i'll and died.
Even in death his cruelties did not
cease. The armed escort of his fun.
eral procession slaughtered every one
whom they met along the route to the
place Of burial, and nearly thousand
beautiful girls were slain, as sacri-
fee, on the tomb. .,
Thus persisted Genghis Khan---gen-
ius, born RULER and--.wholesale black
1 guard.
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