The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-01-07

All the Engiisi and the Indian sob
hiaR kil0En Is that mas dead ecannadss'
bodies are stripped ard sometimes
mutliated. that III trooper lcsa his
way alone he lie little Iksly to return.
thai perhaps q bullet has sung past
his own topi or pEggzree from = mud
wall above which iutters . white
Tag. that he has nov and again found
a detlr loved friend lying. ar oHense
against tho morning light, with tAroat
cut from ear 20 ear. eonieQusntiy for
good or iii the word Arab Is not one
to evoke the gentlest feelings tn our
soldiers breast.
This digreszion 10 necessary 10 ap~
preclate the manner Of the occupation
OF Kut--the Turks had ned in haste.
our men. both horse and foot. reached
the town soon after they had gone.
For the last week the Turkish COM
mander had been maintaining hia pres
tige by daily hAngings and shootinEs.
his last act before leaving had been
TO shoot six individuals for desertion,
spying or cowardice.
Enter the yictoFs; within an hour
the women wer ,,,hAffering milk. dates
and SWEET lime, he merchants were
offering contracts. policemen were pa.
trolling the dirty little streets, Il gov.
ernor was established In an Office
tired troops were standing In the sln
while hillets were sought for them.
and most unbelievable OF all the Arab
cultivators were dropping in 10 com.
plain Of certain horsenan who had
ridden through q crop OF beans, and
OF q supply and transport officer who
had parked his belongings in u gar
den,
The Rule OF Terro-.
II must not be supposed that our
coming evokes enthusiasm, nor our
Justice gratitude, nor our discipline
admiration. to the Arab mind these
are not the qualities OF ''kingliness
king must rule by terror and be
guided by caprice -read the chronicles
OF Tabari and you WITH there see what
klngliness was In onmayad and early
Abbssid days. fiai.aI when Ire ruled
Irak said no man must be abroad after
shutdown. and presently they brought
to him a certain iBedawi who had been
found asleep In the market place I
live In the desert and | knew not OF
the order. 0 most suspicious Gov
| ernor." Il! you are telling a lie you
will be executed and burn IN hell, and
II you are telling the truth you Will
die u martyrs death and dwell Ia
paradise" replied Haiiaj, and they
hewed tho Bedawi In pieces. Now,
that sort OF justice is the zenith OF
traditional government In Lrak, and
when people come with policemen and
low taxation and quiet, then they will
| be regarded as persons whose motives
are as inscrutahle as their actions.
Kut is q dirty. tumhle-down, insanf
tary little town. but the minaret and
the portals are signs OF grace. They
are not very old. yet In design and
line they are as perfect as the best
work OF ancient times and they signt
! ~ that under the crust and 9th u
ages OF neglect and mlsmanagemenl
the Arab fires OF intellect. poetry and
art survive where the land is not
sodden with marsh or parched toI
want Of water Il is as fertile az in
the days when the worlds civilization
radiated from its prosperity so with
| the people deep down under the vii
| dcrness and chaos induced by cen
turtles OF eva rule and poverty there
! Hes the capacity which made~Aineyeh
Babylon. Persia. parthia. and agar
| Persia. and lastly the Caliphate. the
center OF Aslatlc culture. progress Rnt
I wealth.