The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
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stream. At the entrance of the
. street was ar archway covered with
vines, and the whole street was
shaded with overhanging vines. Along
the stream several geese were wad-
ding. Don't get the idea that it was
a clean street, but it was really the
most picturesque thing which have
seen out here.
| AT the top of the street was Mos
lem cemetery just in front of the
ruins of the old Crusader castle. We
accepted the services of one of the
cid men who was hanging around
ard he took us about the place. There
were many large rooms in the build
ing. 1t was there in a beautiful
white building which we could see
across the valley that the Moslem
dervishes started several centuries
ago.
Two Of the large rooms which ser
we'd as prisons in the olden days are
now housing a bunch of political
prisoners held under the native gov
ernment. They are held under the
same system as the old Turkish pris-
oners, that is just put in prison and
locked up under guard. They are de-
pendent upon friends and relatives
for their supplies Of food and water.
There they were boxing thru the
same old iron bars that restrained
the captives of the Crusaders CEN
turies ago. Woe be unto the un-
lucky person far from home, or with
out knowledge of his friends for YER
lily he will starve to death unless he
dies first from lack of water.
We saw one old carinon and few
cannon balls which dated back to the
time of the Franks and the place
where another larger one stood, but
had been removed by the Turks dur
ing the war and used. Quite an up
to-date WEAPON don't you think!
This castle is by far the largest
ruin which points back to the Franks.
1t shows the ambition of those old
Crusaders, ar ambition which has
outshone anything that has happened
in this country since. Far from
home and supplies, just a few in a
strange country, they certainly ac-
complished wonders. Only the fact
they did not possess modern medical
knowledge prevented them from ac-
complishing their aim of holding the
Holy Land, for each fresh contingent,
after burst of victory and success
fell victim to malaria fever which
killed many and destroyed the vital
energetic forces of the rest.
Fighting against men accustomed
to semi-tropical diseases, each new
Crusade was doomed to soon taste
defeat after short period of brilliant
success and marvellous victories.
We left the Castle and returned to
the hotel in less than half the pre-
dicted time. Between Tripoli and its
harbor is a tram line with four cars
hauled by mules at various intervals.
We took this tram back, but when we
went up we walked and beat the tram.
AT the port the French officials
made US swear that we were not
Jews. We got our passports back
and took sail boat to the ship. Then
two of our fellows went in swimming
much to the CONSERVATION of the ship
doctor who rushed into the dining
room exclaiming "There are two men
in swimming-they must be Ameri-
cans"
After the ship. started on its way
again it became very warm on our
part of the boat. Akho there was a
cool breeze the sun was absolutely
torrid. We had appealed to the
chief officer to have the awning
stretched above us, and also to the
crew bosses. We received promises
but no action. So we sent our best
dressed fellow up to interview the
captain. He caught the skipper on
the promenade deck talking to
French girl. The answer received
was, Certainly" and an order went
down to the crew to get busy.
They are not used to getting orders
50 direct from headquarters and they
stepped more lively than any other
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