The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-02-03
Copyright. 1915. by w. @. chapman.)

1t was realized in England long ago
that IL ever the opportunity developed
Turkey would seek to do Great Brit
ain all the damage that was possible.
The Ottoman government had never
forgiven us for the occupation OF
Egypt, although Turkeys predomi4
nance was recognized. her suzerainty
upheld, and an annual tribute of 3d.
500, 900 was paid her for her shadowy
claims upon the land of the pyramids.
Fehmet Effendi was a Copt, IN OF
the same race that fiourished 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-
CURED these advantages, he naturally
looked longingly back upon the days
when the Turk scourged him and
harassea 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 1t. place In its hands all the ad-
gantages 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 Eff
fendi is an opposite n 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
rumbles of the coming storm In Eu-
rope began to raise hopes in Con-
stantinople that the restoration of
Turkish predominance vas approach
Ing, Fehmet Effendi received a mis-
sion from the Ottoman government.
| had known of him as a dangerous
man: he had been forbidden to re-
turn to Egypt, and he was n Of the
suspects on whom the eyes OF a
number OF secret service men were
directed.
il was quite by chance I learned
thai he was going to the Island OF
Socotra. a wild, barren, and barbar-
Dus British dependency off the east
coast OF Africa. Nominally under
British control, actually Socotra is
Inhabited by a mongrel race of Arabs.
who live under their own laws, or
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
eminent. He confided to me that Doc
tor Fehmet's mission was for the pur-
pose Of making certain experiments
which, IL successful, were to be re-
peated In Great Britain Or India; and
that these experiments were to be
OF q startling character.
t~elegraphed at onc In cipher to
the foreign office In London, and,
within a few hours, received instruc-
tions 10 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 a couple of weeks.
This gave Fehmet plenty of leeway;
nevertheless, as he was to travel by
private yacht, and the British gov
ernment did not attach sufficient i'm.
portance to the matter to supply me
with similar means Of making the
journey, / was forced to wait patient
ly. In due course we sailed, and the
"Nymph" dropped ms at Mussuk, the
little port Of call, with the promise
OF picking me up In . 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, II was necessary
20 win his confidence in order to OBJ
tain information l had assured my
self that the German government was
backing him In his enterprise, and
had provided myself with certain
forged credentials purporting to eman-
ate from Herr von Martin, one Of the
permanent under-secretaries for for
eisn affairs. On reaching Mussuk I
installed myself In the local hotel. IS
It can be called in courtesy, and then
set forth to gain the acquaintance of
Doctor Fehrnet In his small house on
the hill. which he had rented from .
UurCpeanized sheik.
II was . hot walk up the hill. and
my first view Of the man, AZ he stood
bn his tropical uniform at the door
of his cottage. Was by no means an
inviting one. The mah's face was fas-
rlnating n it, brutality. II was the
knce that appears 20 constantly on the
eli EGyptian monuments. the face not
" the elave but of the slaye-driver.
Npnormously strong. with : sensual
nnd fop6leive physiosnoms. . bafd
hood, md : corpulent frame which
ocornsd - Gov-there II no other
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