Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-04-04

Inc accommodating butcher will y.
plete the meal by sending t. ~
parts of the bazaar for fruits y sn v-S
coffee and wine. About tha oi sr :
innumerable sweetneat sbons IN H., y
one may buy delectable concoctio, !,
honey, fine -four and the ni,t.%'
nuts for which the surronndlns
chards are famous.
Citadel Dominates tn. Civ
A great man-made featnrs A.,
mates Aleppo almost as the nv,,nIs
dominate the plain of CHA In !,
middle of the fiat city its early rl.,
constructed a huge mound On ~
high, faced its slopes with block, +
stone, and on the summit hun
strong citadel. 1t was this fort.csms
artificial mountain which succeS1hI
withstood siege by the Crusaden
1124. Though its fortiAcations han
fallen into disrepair the citadel ss
stands out as a distinctive feature nj
for the growing stream of tourbtt
will be the "WOolwOrth tower fsu
which the ancient city may be @E
spread out within its enclrcling a,
dens.
Aleppo might have a chance to h
come a world capital if the Arabs
dream Of an "Arab empire Of
Greater Syria" should ever come ta
It's central location and strategic y
sition in regard to lines of CONTINUES
ton might have considerable Vd4 +
over the claims of the more metz
pOlitan but more sOutherly Damaga
the historic but eaSterly Bagdad al
the more vulnerable coast towns
the west, such as Aleyandretta al
Beirut The Turks In preyar aa
considered AleppO one of their Sfs
strongholds, and those Of them Fs
foresaw a possibility Of forced \
tirement from ConStantinOple Ss
contemplated the raising Of this nn
on the edge Of the desert into theaF
talship of an Asiatic Turkish enps
Situated on the rim Of the dss'
from which the surplus pOpulatlonD
filtered in for many centuries, AH
is predominantly oriental and Adaf
medan. It's typical dwelling Aola
are fat-roOfed, and into its nHu
streets, above the heads OF the H0aq
throng that traverses them nals =,
ticed bow windows from when S'm
ed ladies of the family view tne WI,
The better houses have 1Oos !.
walls of stone, both covered VllA
beautiful rugs which Aleppos -
vans bring from the most sKllleu W.
ers of the East. The turn'u'
simple, including only dlVanS a.
chairs, a table or so ana iDan'
ions.
Scene of Historical Events
Aleppo has been the scene t q 4,
Of the incidents that go to b1l Z.
the crowded history of the Ns' a.,
On the fringe Of the Greek sng ~
the Tenth century, it was ol's q, ~ n y
over The Egyptians held the y
twice during the next ilululs 'a,4lg5
# was one of the most soan1
cities to feel the wrath Of Iln IN
Lame Lame II in 1900, when with hi; y,
tbrowers he captured and sad, sassl
Later the Mamelukes Of hs;I !,
trolled the city, until dor, dominate q@ a
Ottoman Turks in 19lO' Ind
hundred years the Ottoman I'm as|
ton was undisputed, out . as rpa3s
e out p and grtpped Aleppo 90, h !,
from lou 5a<S
"e alenno o%g war ( chapter E ,,,,,1,
II, vance nyl' through m5s . Syria at The
i tine a armored-car squadron, rn,1
driven the Turks and s.[Isepsi "a
ward, parked their little ,. 4r
en1 v in cu msdn their na sdt,s
thn 1itt1e. p ipnlcpoSnsequentialeI9a1a
way way m sfesip north tn Of Alepoo ~ % b
lew lBAAN nP Ilt
had the appearance 7,nG1n5p OFT
point of any two un ,mericn.
fal1ro ~as the tn point Of great e' lps
importance imp where the r.si 5sl bot
Egypt met the line w1+onded q
few minor breaks, e sza,sstrsrl r
Bagdad. Later the sl B'' for ST.
French took posseS''
today.
Happy thought, II