The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-23

announced that the British forces
fighting the Turks were advancing
VIGOROUSLY on the way to Bagdad.
The fortunate British army, according
TO these dispatches, is about TO capture
the City, OF the Arabian Nightsl
Does not hat thrill the imagination
Of everyone who has felt the charm OF
those impossible old stories of magIcians.
enchanted horses. distressed princesses
OF "Sinbad the Sailor and the Roc's Egg
OF Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"
and OF A Bahia and the 40 ThievesY'
Perhaps Tommy Atkins will be wan
dering about the streets of Bagdad soon
looking for an Aladdin's lamp in the
little old shops or going In 20 have his
hair cut in the barber shop where the
delightful Sultan Harun-al-Raschid used
10 call in disguise 10 hear the gossip OF
the city.
The advance upon Bagdad Is part OF
the British campaign to invade Turkey
in-Asia from the direction OF the Persian
Gulf. The dispatches have already de-
scribed the successful landing OF the
British army from India at Basrah
where the united Tigris and Euphrates
rivers flow into the Persian Gulf.
The British forces have fought their
way successfully past the Garden of
E-ueus Aut ruins OF BABYLON. uneven and
other famous sites OF Biblical history.
Scientists have pointed out he scene OF
one battle as the probable spot where
Adam and Eve were driven by the Angel
with the flaming sword out OF the Garden
OF Eden.
Now they have passed from Biblical
realms into the land Of the Arabian
Nights, from he region OF serious,
solemn subjects and stone temples in.o
that OF fairy magic and romance.
According to the last reports the
British we're within seventy-hye or one
hundred miles OF Bagdad. and Il is said
that their Outposts are now within sight
Of its tabled mosques and minarets.
Most Americans know that BaKdad In
a turkish possession. and they think OF
u loosely as a Turkish city. In reality
the Turks are Just as much invaders
here as on the territory 81 the ancient
byzantine Empire. at ConstantinopIe
and In the rest OF their European ter.
ritory. At Bagdad the barbarous Turks
have conquered and oppressed the civil
Lied Arabs. who once made the city and
the surrounding territory a centre OF art
and Industry.
Bsgdad was founded by the Caliph
Abou Giafar al MOnsur about 762 A. ID.
and named BY him Medlnet-es-seIam.
meaning city Of Salvation" It's present
name. Bagdad, f. a popular one said 20
mean Garden OF Dat" a famed Mussul-
man DerViah.
During i've Centuries u was the rich
ana brilliant capital % the great Arabian
Empire. which a. one time attended
from the heart Of Asia % Gibraltar IN
Western Europe.
II was In the days ~ the CaIiph Harun-
alhaschid. whose name means Aaron
the Just" that this empire reached the
height Of ~ power. lie lived from 7sg
20 500 A. ID. All the lands from the IN.
aus 70 Gibraltar obeyed hia rule. and
bagdad became a great centre Of learn.
ing and civilization. He made succeaaful
expeditions Into the Greek byzantine
Empire. forcing the Emperor. Nicephorua.
70 pay tribute. while he entertained
friendly relations with Chariemarna. he
greatest northern European monarch OF
that day. IN fact. some Germans have
sought 10 Justify the Kaisers DEALING
With the modern Turks By referring ID
Chsrlemagne's relations with Hamn-al
Haschid.
The Arabs Of Harun-aLRaschtd's time
we're the most learned mathematician.
ae~trOnomera and scientists Of their time
lhey we're Infinitely more advanced than
any Of The European nations Of thar dav
Ihey taught he beginnings Of all the