Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12


Turkey would seek 20 do Great Brit.
ain ali this damage that vas possible.
The Ottoman government had never
furEiycr us tcr the occupation Of
EslI; although Turkeys predomi-
nance VAS recognized. her suEerainty
upheld and an annual tribute of S..
eue.uo0 Mas paid her Tor her shadowy
claims upon the land OF the pyramids.
Eehmot ECCLdi was a COpt. one OF
the same race that foUrished in the
days Of RameseS and pruliierated uu-
der the whip Il WAS not until Eng.
land laid hands upon Egypt that the
harasscd Egyptian knew the meaning
"t liberty and education. Having ac-
Iuired these advantages. he naturally
looked longingly back upon the days
when the Turk scourFeu him aa1
harassed him with taxes \ whole
generation Of educated men had grown
Up. native Egyptians whose hatred
81 their British bene.actors was great
er than their hate ot anything else.
Take one Of the lower races. edu-
cate It, place in its hands all the ad-
Nantages Of modern science, and you
have raised up a power for evil that
you will have great difficulty in subdu-
ing again. The case OF Fehmet Et-
Iendi is an opposite one. He had been
trained at the medical department of
the Constantinople university, which
was created by British enterprise and
for long time subsidized by men and
women eager TO bring the knowledge
OF medical science to the Turkish en-
pire and to promote the development
ot hygiene among the people OF that
cation.
Alter the Balkan war, when the
rImbles Of the coming storm in Eu-
rope began to raise hopes in Con
stantinOpie that the restoration OF
Turkish predominance was approach
ing. Fehmet Efendi received a mis-
zion from the Ottoman government.
had known of him as Z dangerous
man; he had been forbidden to re-
turn TO Egypt, and he was one Of the
suspects" on whom the eyes Of a
aumber OF secret service men were
directed.
Il was quite by chance l learned
tnat he was going to the Island OF
Socotra. a wild. barren. and barbar.
Gus British dependency of the east
coast of Africa. Nominally under
british control. actually Socotra is
Inhabited by a mOnErel race Of Arabs,
who live under their own laws. or
tack OF laws. and are kept in whole
some restrain: cGly by the periodical
visits OF British warships.
My informant was a colleague OF
the professor who had frequently per
formed valuable services for my gov
eminent. He confided to NE that Doc
tor Fehmet's mission was for the pur'
pose Of making certain experiments
which, if successful, were TO be re
peated in Great Britain or India; and
that these experiments were TO be
OF a startling character.
| telegraphed at once in cipher &c
the foreign Office IN London, and
within a few hours, received instruc
tions to follow Fehmet to Sccotra or
board the "Nymph," which would
touch at that island on her way tc
india and would sail from Southamp
ton in a couple of weeks.
This gave Fehmet plenty Of leeway
nevertheless. as he was to travel by
private yacht, and the British gov
ernmeut did not attach sufficient i'm
portance to the matter to supply mt
with similar means of making th'
Journey, / was forced to wait patient
Is. Ia due course We sailed, and th'
"Nymph" dropped ne at Mussuk, th'
little port Of call, with the promise
Of picking me up in months tim'
when she returned from Calcutta witt
battalion OF British regulars.
1 had thought out my plans durin:
the voyage. Whatever the doctors in
tentions might be, it was necessar!
20 win his confidence in order to 90
tain information. I had assured my
self that the German government wa
backing him in his enterprise, am
had provided myself with certain
forged credentials purporting to eInan
ate from Herr Won Martin, one OF tn
permanent under-secretaries for for
eign affairs. On reaching Mussuk
Installed myself in the local hotel, a
it can be called in courtesy, AID thel
set forth to gain the acquaintance
Doctor Fehmet in his small house Oh
the hill, which he had rented from
Eu-opeanized sheik.
Il vas hot walk up the hill, an
M first view of the man, as he stoo'
IN his tropical uniform at the doc
OF his cottage, was by no means al
iRviting one. The mans face was fas
cinating in its brutality. 1t was tn
face that appears SO constantly on tn
Old Egyptian monuments. the face no
OF the slave but OF the slavedrivei
Enormously strong, with a sensus
aud repulsive physiognomy. bal
head, and a corpulent frame whic
seemed 70 iow-there is no othe
word-wlthin the limitations OF hi
silk tussore coat and trousers. Fef
met Enendi seemed to be the incarn;
ton OF the basest qualities dominate
by what was undoubtedly nigh IL
telsectuaiity. I eTen ielt certai
fear as 1 remembered that we tw
were alone In the midst Of an VI
civilized and fanatical population