The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-01

of Emperor Paleologus' daughters, and
pretty soon Paleoloeus died. Before
Bayezid could take out administrator
papers on his father-in-law's estate
Manuel, son of Paleologus. climbed the
regal eminence and grabbed the scepter
This so enraged Bayezid he declared wal
and laid siege TO constantinople. He
| was nearly dead to live In a big town.
But Bayezid,s attention was drawn
from Constantinople by the appearance
in his Asiatic dominions of the might,
! Tamerlane a tremendous heather IRON
away up North. who had brought q
mighty army into the South and WA
shaking the plum trees at terrific rate
Bayezid raised the siege at Constants
nople and hurried into Asia with tn,
flower OF his armies. He had 1oo 90
men and Tamerlane 100000. They me,
4 at Angora, where the goats come from
and the battle lasted thirty-six hours
| Tamerlane won and Bayezid was taker
| prisoner In a few days he died of a
broken heart and extreme lassitude
leaving a kindergarten full of youne
sons. Tamerlane ravaged his, way tc
| the Bosphorus, but was not ready then
to make European tour. SO he wen,
back into the old country looking fol-
any stragglers who might have escaped
killing.
Soon the sons OF the deceased Bayezid
began fighting each other for the throne
at Adrianople. Mohammed was the name
| of the winner. He annihilated the 9TH
ers and got the crown. Mohammed was
a worthy scion of his line TamerIane
died and Mohammed won back all his
Asiatic provinces and united them firm
ly. also holding his European posses
sions in good order. He was an able
ruler and under him the duel empire was
soundly welded together. He was sue
ceeded in due course by his son Murad
III. and Murad inherited war and worry.
But he was game. and as the years
passed he met and walloped about all
the Kings Princes. and pretenders who
challenged his authority. It was war,
war. and more war all the time. II is a
wonder where all the soldiers came from,
but II should be remembered that there
was no race suicide in those days and
while the men were away fighting year
after year. their wives were at home
raising children.
Murad died at Adrianople in 1851 after
whipping evrything that crossed his
path. His son, Mohsmmed II. came on,
and found everything shipshape, except
FOR few petty chiefs In distant parts
whom he was forced to trim up. While
feeling fresh and in championship form
he laid siege to Constantinople. the long
cherished aim OF Mohammedan enter
prise Constantine Paleologus was on
the throne at Constantinople and he was
good sort. but his country was physi-
cally and morally. rotten. Its defenses
were negligible, its credit puny. and its
morals the worst in Christendom. which is
putting IL pretty low down. All Europe
looked on the impending catastrophe with
sorrow and alarm. but being torn by dis
sensions and bigotry and bitterness was
unable to lend help to the Christian EN-
peror. The siege was prosecuted with
vigor and experiences, and on May g.
1853, after a general assault. Mohammed
led his exulting army into the heart of
the old capital Constantine died fighting
for his throne and inheritance and the
whole Christian world, when II heard of
the calamity. was plunged into gloom.
Mohammed rode his white horse into the
beautiful church OF St Sophia, and then
dedicated the magnificent edifice TO his
own religion. He changed II from a
church to a mosque and Il mas remained
a mosque. incidentally. II has been bet
ter attended since than II ever was be-
fore
After a season of rest and refresh
ment, Mohammed ii marched North and
reduced province after province to full
submission. Servia was subjugated. only
Belgrade remaining free The latter ex-
ception was on account OF the military
er named Janos HNnyadi. There is a
mineral water named after him 1t is of
a most fearsome taste and little of 1t
leavens a large lump. II you have ever
drunk a glass of II you know why Janos
Hunyadi was so hard to down. From the
Black Sea to the Adriatic the Turkish
arms were victorious. Venice. then an
independent state, was compelled to yield
sundry possessions, including Scutari-
the same Scutari whose name you may
have noticed in the papers lately. Tire
less in victory. Mohammed II pushed his
conquests to the beautiful blue Danube. |
his only reverse being delivered by the |
King. Matthias Corvinus. son
Of Hunyadi, the mineral water man. |
Along with his European successes Mo-
found time to thrash divers |
Asiatic upstairs. Also he took many
falls out of the numerous princelings and |
who governed islands and |
cities and odd hooks in and along the |
shores of the Aegean and Ionian Seas |
After a long and busy career Mohammed |
II died In 1881. He is accounted a merry |
Did barbarian and no more cruel than the !
nature OF his business necessitated. He |
was a statesman as well as a warrior |
and left the civil frame of the Turkish |
empire SUBSTANTIALLY IN the form II has
since his time. His death was
rot lamented in Europe and nobody sent
my flowers to his funeral He was earth
to-earthed and dusted-to-dust with
great deal Of pomp and ceremony, after
which the people left the cemetery and
returned to their main business OF fight
ng.
A Family Row.
Mohammed II left among his numer-
Jus family assets two big boys, Bayezid
md Jem. They fought each other for
he succession in the Sultanate. and
8ayezid put a crimp in Jem. The latter
led and took refuge with the Knights OF
Rhodes. down South, where he expected
o recuperate and try Bayezid on again
n the fall But Bayezid bribed the knights
Il Rhodes to build fence around Jem
md not let him get out. The knights
leeded the money and they accepted the
assignment right joyfully, with the re-
ult that poor Jem didn't get chance
or thirteen long years to go even to a
moving picture show. In sheer sorrow
ver his hard Junk Jem died. and Baye-
Bayezid I-relieved from
III uneasiness regarding his brothers
laims. resigned himself to a simple life
4 piety and husbandhood. He was not
. warrior and he let his Ministers run
he country. They got Into trouble right
nd left and occasionally Bayezid would
ave to leave his happy home and his
a r,ipos and 90 to battle He lost some