The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31

purely upon his merits. There Is
no president 20 appoint. no congress
to confirm. II he can do tho things
he profrs,os to do he Is elevated To-
the coveted position.
IN the Noslcm state Of Turkey
the laws Of the empire rest In prin-
ciplc on the basis Of the Koran, the
Hadith. or traditions Of Mohammed,
and the reported sayings OF his sue
cossors. all Of which are binding
upon the sovereign OF tho state "a
upon all Moslcms Each successive
sultan, hOwcycr, has enacted stat
utcs as suited his individual pur-
pose and, by virtue Of his absolute
authority. his laws have stood until
others have swept them away. The
nearest approach 10 supreme
court justice is the sultan. tie inter-
prcts - tho law as he thinks best
for his people.
\ population OF 10000 persons,
scattered over 1,250.000 square
miles are the MouRoliaus whose
justices are Buddist priests, the
chief Of these justices being the
pope called tho dalai-lama. or
ocean priest" one of whose au-
thority is as wide "a the ocean.
Scattered throughout India arc
the high courts Of Judicaturr con
stitutod by the Indian nigh courts.
act Of 1861. Bengal. bombay and
Madras were tho first crutcrs rep
resented. These now high 'Courts'
superseded tho old "suddor" sourts
and an others. The Judges are APP
pointed by the crown. In Ben
gal. SIR Iauucelot Saudcrsou ip the
Justice. His two righthand assoc
cIatos are Honorable Nawab Sir
Seyd Shnmsul- Huda. ana honorable
Sir Asutosh ChadhurL lIo has ~
other associate Justices
Chicr Justice Dr. Shawn Wot2cr
llsu ~ china has the honor Of being
At the head Of the court haNiu. the
largest clientele in the world \
young man. just turned 40. no has
the very best of training for his higu
position. From the Nanyang COL
lcge Of Shanghai he was sent 90 the
United states, In 1909 the degree OF
/ Ill. -. was given him, and I'm the
/ following year he was called back
home TO begin his life work. lie went
rapidly from tn" legal adviser In the
councillors department Of the min
| istry to minister of France. and in
/ 1919 up to the chief Justice of the
! high court OF the ShansI province.
King SOlomon's swarthy mate. the
! queen Of Shohl, was no less re-
noWned for her equitable admins
! tratton nf justice than fur her com
| polling beauty. Tho wisdom Of tho
/ King Of Israel was mingled with her
/ own I'm their son. who was crowned
! "Mcnclk /, King of Kings" Curl .
| ously enough, no one took this name
! OF 'Mon"lik' until in 1859 a prince
/ ~ Shua announced himself 'Nruvlik
/ H." Today his daughter. Princess
. Houditu r"igus as Empress o'
/ Ethiopia ana queen of Queens.
/ From tho time OF Mcnclik the
snv5roiEns of this little empire %.
/ Ahyss.uiu have acted as the chief
/ justices Of the land Empress Tou
b dl'u not To be outduuc by her hale
fprcncars, sits alone on the throne
. Of the Meneiik welding both the
/ sccptor of royalty ana the wand OF
/ judicial supremacy. lIor dccrccs of
. state arc Couchcd in no more Inflili-
| BILE phrasoology than are her judicial
1 mandates. 1t is stiil the "Trihuual
/ Court of our Fathers Father IN,
. Great King solomon" that stands
| for the prestige of her legal de-
! cis.ons \ better background no
court may claim.
] SIN another ruler claims the
"ight OF acting as chief Justice of his
/ luWHiu 81 king who wrote his own
declaration OF Independence. Mecca
chief and molly city ~ Islam, has