The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
TONIGHT IS NEW YEARS
 EVE FOR WORLDS 24O, ,0O0.OO0 MOHANINIEDANS

''Good morning. infidel giaous, dog of an unbeliever,' was the greeting extended by Abdul HadJi to the re- porter who visited his rug store to inquire into his plans for the cele- bration of the Moslem New Y ears Eve tonight. It was rumored that Abdul proposed to initiate the glad new year of 1888 by declaring. jehad or holy war, but the rug-deaIer promptly disclaimed any such inten- ton. Swearing by the sacred whis- kers of the Prophet, with his face turned toward the east in the general direction of Mecca, he asserted that the Christians of this community are safe. The reporter. heaving a sigh of relief, pursued the investigation as to the prospects Of general holy war among the 24o, ,O00, 600 of the worlds Mos1ems who comprise about sone-seventh of the population of the globe Abdul is a Hadji, who has made the pious pilgrimage to Mecca, and is thus entitled to the veneration of his co-reIi gfonists, and to wear a cap with a button on 1t as the visible symbol of his journey to the great shrine of Mohammedanisrn More over he is man of education, well informed as to the aspirations and de- sires of the Moslems, with the great masses Of whom he keeps in touch by his occasional visits to Asia for the purposes of rep1enishing his stock. It has been alleged that Abdul buys the major portion of his stock at 2 certain factory many thousand miles nearer than Persia, but that is anoth- CT story.
 Allah Is great, as you will yet discover Christian cur,' said Abdul, pleasantly, albeit without that suave poltteness and subserviency which he reserves for wealthy customers. '.But.ss he added. esthe time is not yet ripe for a great jenad- Allah is peeved with his peop1e,,-these are the Hadjiss own words and yet our calamities must come upon us before the great day of reckoning when the Crescent will be victorious all over. the world, and the rivers will run red with Christian blood. But now we are divided, just as Christians are divided, in both religion and politics. The Sultan of the Turks did not wish ed 1t. Neither did the Sheik- ul-Islam the spiritual head of Mohammedan- ism, wish to fight on the side of the Inhde1 Germans and AustT1ans. We
 dosIems have good memories, and we remember our wars of the past. We know that Christians never help us except to advance their own selfish interests. The jehad cannot come out pf such an alliance. In the days of the 5ehad 1t will be the true believer against the whole world of infidels, and we will kill Gernans with as much joy as we slay all other CUTS The participation of MosIenns in this war was caused by a small political clique in Turkey, and you must re-. member that Turkey is but a small part of the Mohamrnedan world. There are about 90, 0,0OO,0 followers of the true faith in the British erra- pire. and about half as many under the nag of France, counting Moroc- co as French. There are 15, 00o, GOO ADosIema in Russia. and 20, ,o0O, GOO un- der the Dutch flag. In the whole 0t- tomRn empire there are but 2O,00O.- 600 Islanftes. We are now divided into seventy different sects, although only the Sunnites are followers of the true faith Of the Prophet z z 1AbduI is g. Sunnitel. Even if the Shiek -ul- Is lam should declare a holy war, mil lions or McsIems would not answer the caIE any more than all Chris tians would answer the call of the Pope Of Rpme.ss
 Such is the opinion of Abdul the Had which is not his real name, since he fears that it's publication might hurt business. Abdul will cell ebrate New Years Day Tomorrow by selling genuine Connecticut Orfen- taI rugs for as much as he can get.