The Bolivar County Democrat., 1915-12-04

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Turkey would seek to do Great Brit
ain all the damage that was possible
The Ottoman government had never
forgiven 10 for the occupation OF
Egypt, although Turkeys predomi-
nance was recognized. her suzereinty
upheld. and an annual tribute OF Vs.
500. 900 Was paid her for her shadowy
claims upon the land Of the pyramids.
Fehmet Effendi was Copt. one OF
the same race that fourished In the
days OF Rameses and proliferated un-
der the whip. 1t was not until Eng
land laid hands upon Egypt that the
harassed Egyptian knew the meaning
OF liberty and education. Having ac-
quired these advantages. he naturally
looked longingly back upon the days
when the Turk scourged him and
narassed him with taxes. A whole
generation OF educated men had grown
up, native Egyptians whose hatred
OF their British benefactors was great
or than their hate Of anything else.
Take one Of the lower races. edu-
cate It. place In its hands all the ad-
vantages OF modern science. and you
have raised up power for evil that
you will have great difficulty in subdu-
ing again. The case Of Fehmet Et.
fendi is an opposite one. He had been
trained at the medical department OF
the Constantinople university. which
was created by British enterprise and
for a 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
Of hygiene among the people Of that
nation.
After the Balkan war. when the
rumbies Of the coming storm in Eu-
rope began to raise hopes in Con-
stantinople that the restoration of
Turkish predominance was approach
ing. Fehmet Effendi received mis-
sion from the Ottoman government.
l had known of him as a dangerous
man: he had been forbidden to re-
turn to Egypt. and he was one of the
suspects" on whom the eyes OF a
number of secret service men were
directed.
1t was quite by chance l learned
that he was going to the Island OF
Socotra. wild, barren. and barbar-
Gus British dependency Off the east
coast OF Africa. Nominally under
British control. actually Socotra is
inhabited by a mongrel race OF Arabs.
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lack of laws. and are kept in whole
some restraint only 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
erament. He confided to me that Doc
tor Fehmet's mission was for the pur-
pose Of making certain experiments
which. II successful, were to be re.
peated in Great Britain or India; and
! that these experiments were to be
Of . startling character.
4 telcgraphed at once in cipher to
the foreign Office In London. and,
within 4 few hours, received instruc.
lions to follow Fehmet to Socotra on
board the ''Nymph." which would
touch at that island on her way to
India and would sail from Southamp
ton in couple Of weeks.
This gave Fehmet plenty OF leeway
nevertheless, as he, ,.Was to travel by
private yacht, and the British gov
crnment did not attach sufficient i'm
portance to the matter to supply me
with similar means of making the
Journey, Twas forced to wait patient
Iy. In due course we sailed. and the
''Nynph" dropped me at Mussuk. the
little port of call. with the promise
OF picking me up in a months time
when she returned from Calcutta with
q battalion OF British regulars.
had thought out my plans during
the voyage. Whatever the DOCTORS in
tentions might be, it was necessary
to win his confidence in order to OBJ
tain information. had assured my
self that the German government was
backing him in his enterprise. anc
had provided myself with certain
iorged credentials purporting to eman
ate from Herr Won Martin, one of the
permanent under-secretaries for for
eign affairs. On reaching Mussuk
installed myself in the local hotel. al
it can be called in courtesy. and ther
set forth to gain the acquaintance o
Doctor Fehmet in his small house Ol
the hill. which he had rented from 1
Europeanized sheik.
II was hot walk up the hill, ant
my first view of the man. as he stoot
In his tropical uniform at the doo1
o. his cottage. was by no means al
inviting one. The mans face was fas
cinating in its brutality. 1t was tht
face that appears so constantly on thu
old Egyptian monuments. the face no
Of the slave but OF the slave-driver
Enormously strong. with sensua
and repulsive physiognomy, bale
head. and q corpuient frame which
seemed to fiow-there is no othe
word--witcin the limitations OF bill
ailk tussore coat aud trousers. Feb
met Enendi seemed to be the incarna
tion OF the basest qualities dominates
b. what was undoubtedly high In
sseilectuaiity. I even felt certain
,ar ~ remembered that We tw'
ere alone In the midst of an uu
tIised and fanaticai population
ong whom. had learned. he ha
edy distributed presents with tn
3se OF ingratiating himself.
glowercd 1t me and greeted m
with the Arabic salutation.
lcting my documents from m
presented them TO hin