The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-09-30
BRUSA AGAIN IN
CHRISTIAN HANDS
Historic Scenes Enacted al Cap
ture Of Ancient City.
resshs of Mary sYitsns. including
That ~ sshsmrsd ;. Make the City
Dear % sss Hears o. Tsrss-wss
tsia oss ~ s+srnibsi. According TO
sorns ssIgorlsns--m esisas fear
Christians Msy Held a.

Nh~n fhs Greeks feos over Bruss
snf drove the Turkish nafionalisis
eastward from the ses u Msrnors.
this saefri city o. fhs Osnanlls only
- eneefed the scenels % 100 other
siese@ nad ~varnafi6ns whieh have
nH4fkrd "a iife ~ receried and myth
cal hisinfy, u lies 81 the fo0i ~
snnweiai Mount olympus which has
nfiFarfrd ndvenfurers since the days
~ the Arxonaufa This mountain
ioosns high above az others on the Az
ai"lisn shore o. the AarmoFa and the
ate ~ iifu-a. sell up the base ~ The
l'fnt and overlooking the great. fertile
ssiiry % the silufef and has always
tempted eoDaosrora
Laid Out BY hannibal
Hannibal laid ouf the present rify.
Herpfdins 30 some historians. Others
credit Prussia. tho protector Of Han
nn'al. ~ith the creation Of Hrpsa.
~hirh vas originally called Prussia.
u ~as ,hs, capital Of the Blthnlan king
Inn until ~ years before Christ. when
Nlromedes ri left M. Kingdom 10
The Romans During the Byzantine
period iiru.a was alternately 10 the
hands ~ Christmas and Nesieins. The
Arabs iook II IN famous Siege IN 900
y eas soon recapfured by the Chris
fisns IN the sieyenth century. the
Tufts espfafed n. and held u unn
he Christian Crusaders captured NJ
enea 10 loot.
u passed into the hands ~ O=maD
- ~ iSou and became the residence
q the ~ultsns and the great cultural
esnfefs % The Mozlefas. b. which %.
eta philosophers. derVlshes and holy
'n~n ~ all SORTS nocked from Persia.
hhefsrsan and nokara The city was
sacked ~ TinrH IN tho nftsenth cen.
iury, Several nres have ruined por.
Hons ~ u and In 1885 n suffered
'esrthle earthquake which killed more
han 100 persons and damaged many
n Is historic walls and mosques.
Greatest Az Creation.
iiuf the Green mosque. or YeshIl
lanai. whieh Mohammed btnu IN
|teo aud which architects regard as
Ne greatest ART creation Of the Os-
nsniix. stiii stands IN all It's beauty.
Ilss sorshs o. many saitans. Including
hat % uohsmmed !. make Hru.n more
'rseious 10 the Turks than any other
art ~ their empire. not even except.
px scnsfantlnopis. Consequently,
here Il tho greatest apprehension
lnenx uo~isms lest nrasa with ia
audssss % saosques rs citadel datins
acs 70 the iieman times. aud lee
sefef tom's@. may remain indefinitely I
, Christian hands
Oeumlek. the little port on the Gulf =
! usumi~k. 20 mlies from nrusa. was y
aed ~ all the original Christian
'usaders when they made their
ifsfnpis 10 rescue the holy places % I,
u Leyanf
Cominunlcation with Angors u host :,
nce The Greeks catered commu. \
4aes fro,n Mustaphs kemai po
uxef encourage the Turks. ~ho had y
,pef the Greeks would not be able
take nfusa. Faith - weakening
the nationalist forces and Mo.iems b
Ifee The Germans aud blame them Of
' an their Troubles mt practical .,
an the fcoazer TURKS have moved Al
sf~sra sifh The Ksmalisfa n \. ~
isny wonsen ana very ola men Who a
'nsin. sad their proseslsllons against b
> nstienaiisls and Pronunciation 20 ie
> Germans most be taksa With ~ ~
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