The Washington times., 1933-09-25
THE ROCK ON WHICH HASAN THE PERSIAN ESTAB-
LIsHED HIS AssAssINS DEN. THE ARROW POINTS
TO THE ROCK

The British Royal Geographic Society Miss Freya Stark
70 Persia and she returned with interesting information about
the history of the ancient sect called Assasns Hashhn
From that old Persian and his criminal band English and
other European languages get the word assassin
You have doubtless read if not you should read well
known poem the Rubaiyat written by Persian called Omar
Khayyam whose 1.-The Tentmaker."
Omar had two intimate friends All three had been together
In early youth and protect each other One became
Prime Minister and made Omar the official star gazer He
worked improving the calendar in addition writing poetry
The third named Hasan first discover the hashh
drug that affects human beings something cocaine does
For his purposes said it for revenge the
world general and those whom he hated others said to be
his desire avenge the wrongs Persia This Hasan
Of the great rock which you in this little picture established
stronghold of murder Those that carried his struc
tion before they their killing expedition given
the hashsh that made them indifferent pan danger and
consequences.
is interesting to reflect that in highly civilized
day. the kers employed by the boss gangers slaugh
ter their victims in feuds drugged with cocaine
which makes them Indifferent danger and the
community.
What Hasan the friend of Omar called his "Hahishn the
modern gangster calls his locke fiends less romantic
fully efficient murderers.
For one hundred and eighty years an organization of
murder doubtless combining robbery with murder operated
from the top of this rock, in far away Persia.
In omars line about Naishapur, you reading about
Hasan immediate neighborhood.
omars religion forbade the of intoxicating liquors of
all kinds. He was Mohammedan But like other Mo-
hammedans and modern prohibonists he did
laws against alcohol TOO literally.
You should read his verses beautifully translated from
Persian by the Engman Fitzgerald merely for the beautiful
English keeping yourself carefully from any temptation
omar's advice, for instance:
"A for GIOries
Bough World; and
Wine, Prophets Paradise
to come;
Beside singing Wilder take Cash.
Credit co.
O. wilderness Paradise Nor rumble a
Drum"
AS editor of family newspaper feel bound suggest
that you make two books of oaves bread
and leave out the jug of wine mentioned above.
And for the that follow only you that
while they beautifully written they give exactly the wrong
advice We put here not to fill the Cup that clears
day Of past Regrets and Future Fears but do
and to clear away evil and help solve the problems
fellow done by the best of those US
"Oh, Beloved fill the Cup Ah with Grape my fading
that clears Life provide,
To-day past Regrets and Future And Body
Fears; Life has died.
TOmOrrOw-Why Tomorrow And lay shrOuded in the
may be living Leaf,
Myself with Yesterdays Sewn BY not unfrequened
thousand Years. den-side
Ah rising Moon
Before into the oft hereafter wax
Dust unto Dust and rising look
SAM Wine sans Song sans Through this same Garden-and
~ SINGER and-"ana End. for one In vain!"