The mirror., 1922-01-19

fully ruled his country tor tWO-thlrdS OF
that time and gathered unto himself great
wealth, honor and experience. Feeling
that Allah would soon call him to the
great beyond for the reward promised to
the faithful he called his son to his bed
side to place into his hands the result of
his life's endeavors; his treasures, the
faith of his forefathers and the secret of
his long years of success as the beloved
ruler of his people, The son who was the
child of very late love of the dying sui
tan was still in his early twenties and
though well educated and taught by spe-
cially selected tutors, he was only an in
nocent boy. Gravely he listened to the
words of his father describing the tremen-
dous stocks of gold, silver and precious
stones carefully hidden in secure places of
concealment, and soon to be his, and also
to the many rules and regulations govern
ing their successful applications to definite
ly secure their multiplication. The sultan
in true Arabic fashion desired to impress
his son and heir with the responsibilities
soon to be assumed by him and finally
offered him his blessing, calling upon
Allah the great and Mohammed, his
prophet, to guide the future sultan in his
own footsteps to glory equally as great
as had been his own.
The son, who had carefully listened
thanked his father as becomes dutiful
offspring, but showed great reluctance to
leave his fathers presence, although the
final benediction of the aged ruler of the
faithful had made his departure matter
of course. The sultan observing his sons
worried brow again opened his arms and
drawing the child of his heart close asked
him: what is the cause of your peculiar
behavior, the reason for your furrowed
brow? Is there something have left out
of my instructions?"
The son clean-cut and pure with a heart
of gold and mind as open as that of
child, begged his fathers pardon and
said: "All you have told me is of great
interest and no doubt will prove of won
derful value to me sometime but what l.
am most anxious to learn is your great
secret of successfully ruling the great
masses and always holding their thorough
confdence?" "Ah! my son" said the old
sultan, "that should be the least of your
Worries" Turning with wistful smile
on his face to the others who had assem-
bled around his cot the dying sultan dis :
missed them and finally alone with the
future sultan he said: "To be unanimous
-ly approved by all factions and peoples of
ones country ruler must always find
reliable medium to- bear the brunt of
whatever misfortune Allah sees fit to be-
stow upon his faithful. No autocrat has
ever been born who sometime or another
did not make detrimental mistakes. To
lessen their consequences, yea to totally
obliterate all possibilities of their reacting
upon his own head he must create differ
ent political views and standards among
his followers. Gathered in opposing camps
they will soon fight each other and therein
lies a rulers security. In my reign l
made it essential to my success and well
fare to harbor and nurse two great politi-
cal parties- the 'Arrasas' and the Par
rasas.' Ostensibly the Arrasas represented
aristocracy, wealth and prominence, while
the Parrasas were largely composed OF
the poorer and less potential factors OF
my country's people. If the Parrasas de-
sired to win an election upon platform
designed to bring blessing upon the in
habitants of my realm the Arrasas coun-
teracted their endeavors with other equal
ly praised gifts of heaven. No matter
which side succeeded l always got mine.
saw to it, that special privileges and
vested interests openly, or, as at times
thought better of, secretly supported both
camps, therefore, and my faithful fol-
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