The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-03

ing the world. He I *. = y 80 -
had small 0EN0HtS,kHAN |
enough start for such a venture. For
his father was only petty Tartar
chief, ruling mere handful of fami-
/ lies. But the boy had boundless am
bition. was a natural ruler of men,
was held back by no qualms of con-
science-for he seems TO have been
quite conscienceless-and had a nat
ural cruelty of nature that OVERRIDE
all obstacles. These customs and the
i leadership Of his own little tribe were
I the sole backing he had for his mighty
enterprise.
/ The lad was known as Temudjin
/ ("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. He 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 Khan's
daughter.
Trouble soon sprang up between
Temudjin 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 Shaman (prophet
i of wisdom), who, by working on the
4 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 Temudiin and took the
title "Genghis Khan" (meaning
Greatest Chief"). He made a code
of wise laws for his followers and
changed their race name to "Mongop
= ("Brave"O. Then he set out on his
4 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 e3-
petition that he first let loose to the
full 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-men and women alike
with unspeakable tortures.
On a second campaign in China Gen.
ghis Kahn in 1915 captured Peking
and burned it to the ground after
stealing everything that could be car
! ried away. Thence he invaded Persia.
The city Of BokhaFa VS. known as
the center Of science" 1t held won
drous inventions and the Orient's rar-
est treasures of art and literature.
, | Genghis Khan cared no more for such
r things or for the worlds real prog
ress than a mad dog cares for the
r. 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 We're
slain or carried into slavery.
Iran, Astrakhan and Southern Rus.
r STA next fell prey to the merciless
q Khan. Practically all of China was
. enslaved. So were COrea and the
:. countries northwest of India.
The Turks were driven out of their
= Asian Businesses and chased across in
O to Europe. Ut was then that the
Turks first settled in Eastern Europe
where later they were to wreak havoc
u on Christian nations.)
Wider and wider spread the con
y quests of Genghis Khan. At the cap
b ture of Herat alone he is said to have
massacred 1,60O,0 600 people. No NOR
tai power could check his advance
The prophecy seemed about to come
true. The more so when he won th<
mighty kingdom of Tangut by annihi
lating an army 10000 strong in a fierce
battle waged on the ice of a frozeI
lake.
Genghis Khan was now master o
all the territory from the China Sea Il
the River Dnieper. He set forth Oh
a fresh tour Of slaughter in the sum
mer of 1927. But astronomers toll
him that the stars at that time spell
disaster for him. So the superstition
Khan turned back in haste, to wal
until the planets should promise hin
| better luck. On the way homewar
| he fell i'll and died.
| Even in death his crueltles did no
| cease. The armed escort Of his fur
| eral procession slaughtered every on
whom they met along the route to tn
ei place Of burial, and nearly a thousan
beautiful girls were slain, as q sacr
fee, on the tomb.
Thus persisted Genghis Khan-geI
ius, born ruler and-wholesaIe blacl