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r tians are'not required to se
io the army or navy, but m
pay a substitution tax. This
emption from service is not
account of love for christia
but from fear that tbey mif
Hot bn lnval ?
.,y?un?toialVI ?UD O
tan's government. This subs
tution tax is levied on all raal
even on a boy six months c
An infant's father or guard
must pay it. When once levi
it continues. A man or a k
liable to it can't move to anotl
country without first providi
lor the payments being made ,
ter he is gone.
There is one excep'ion in 1
case of a Mohommedan liable
military service. If he marr
an orphan girl that exempts h
from liability to do service. T1
* puts orphan girls at a premiui
The poorest orphan girl c
easily marry the richest you
m*n, no matter how ugly e
may be.
LAWS AND OOURT8 IN TIIE HC
LAND.
Turkey has no legislative bo
except the Sultan. He is pari
ment or legislature himself. A
there is no Supreme Court whi
can declare his enac ments vo
He can veto the deci ion of a
court in the empire. If any o
questions his laws such a one
considered in rebellion to Q<?d
In Turkish jurisprudence there
a curious mixture ot the secul
and the religious. I' is difficult
tell where the secular ends ai
where the religious begins,
there is any law on a subject in t
Koran, that controls. Civil nu
ters are otten reuulated bv reli)
ous laws. For instance, tnarria
is simply a religious ceremon
and a divorce is obtaintd fro
the church or minister. Even tl
courts are organized on religio
lines. In small masters thr
judges try the issues and two
them must he Mohammed-ins at
^ one a christian In serious crim
4 the trial court is composed ot li
judges, two christians and thr
Moslems A minority vcrdi
will control. If three judges vo
for conviction and t wo for acqui
tal, the accused stands acquitte
It the defendant has the mon<
or a religious "pull," two met
bers of the court can easily 1
"fixed." If he has neither, 1
l.orl oc ?.ii ~J : i
.-VI i?o "cu |>ioi'u guilty JI
defendant abscond*, lie is trie
anyway. If convicted ho is ou
lawed and his properly confiscn
ed. The judges pet $10 00 pi
month and bribes are pe<qu si?
of the office Corruption i- t.ai
faced. These things [ learin
from a man who was former
one of the judges and who r
signed on account of the c??rru
tion he saw practiced by office
and even members of the court
By invitation I spent an eve
ing at the home of Mr. Faidy K
Alami, President of the Munic
pality of Jerusalem (as he siyl
himself on his card 1 f?
a long lime a judge and is we
versed in the laws of his couutr
His ancestors came to Jerns*le
with the all-conquering Sa'.?di
lie is an Arab, a Mohammeda
in religion, and a most alTab
gentleman. His hospital it > w
k truly Oriental. Turkish cigarett
* were first passed around. fo ha^
declined one would have emba
rassed ray host. Everybody smok
over here and the refusal ol sue
.a luxury cannot be understood t
THE L
rve ? native. Knowing this, I lit my
ust cigarette and pnffed away like
ex- some of our American dudes.?
on After cigarettes came cocoa-jam.
08. It was BO awpot Hint nr... - ~
# >-ua UIJ appCVHD
jht demanded a disregard of Arabio
?ul- etiquette. Turkish delight, or
>ti- "angel's food," wa9 also served,
esf then Moca coffee. Cigarettes
Id. came again, and again 1 puffed
ian away like an American dude.?
led Smoking Turkish cigarettes and
?oy at the same time discus-ing
ler Turkish laws with an Arab judge
ng was an experience that will beat
come a pleasant reminiscence.
A M08T COMPLICATED TRIMINAL
ihe
CASK.
to
ies 1 nex^ ^ay? accompanied
. by an officer sent by Mr. El'
Alami, 1 attended court to wit118
ness a noted murder trial. Mr.
m.
Jacob Eliahu of the American
an
colony, who speaks six languages
I fluently, interpreted for me.?
Theie were four defendants, two
men and two women. It was a
iLY
cane ot circumstantial evidence.
Some six months ago a man and
^ woman were murdered at a
iaCa'
holic convent in Jerusalem.
Thev were ostensibly man and
c h
wile and had been staying at the
convent for f-ome time. One
morning both of them were found
"e dead on the street at the convent.
18 A rope and other evidence indi
? culed that they had been lowered
19 to the pavement Irom a window
ar in the convent. Suspicion point,0
ed to the detendan's, who lived
lu' in the convent. One of them is a
Catholic priest. When airested
'ie the younger male defendant made
l' a confession and implicated his
11 co-defendants. The case.was complicated
with international features.
The dead man was a Ilus?m
sian citizen, a"d the Russian con||p
Bill general was represented his
u* by kavas*. Tliemurdered woman
00 was a Greek, and a representative
c' of Greece was on hand. The
l(^ accused prie9t was a citizen of
es France, and his church and country
were assisting him and he
' 6 had a lawyer The younger male
et delendant. was a native and had
te counsel. The lemale defendants
weie Russians and they had a
lawyer. But a lawyer is of small
y benefit in a Turkish tribunal.
n About the only difference be3e
tween him and other spectators
ie is, he gets a little better seat in
a the court room. So many differ*
^ ent nation dities and tongues
called for an expert interpreter, v
ll* Failing to hod such a one in the I .
t>r court room, an officer was sent If
1 1 out. in f Iia filw ("! " ' ''I- ~
, .v. ?? IIK^'131/. UIO
j J
e | Russians gavo the trouble, but ?a
Russian merchant was found ^a,j
who filled the bill. Kach defend- p()jj
e* ant was r quired to give name, mft(
I'" nationality, ?ge, occupation, opQ1
rs married or single. One female jU(^
* defendant had to make the hu- to j
11 miliating admission that she t^e
was 38 and without a husband. gr01
;1 It seems that the dead man and cen(
e8 the Catholic priest had had trou- ^im
3r ble prior to the murder. The coul
murdered female was "the woman ^ejj
y" in the case." The government's ant(
m first witness was the defendant jont
n
"* who had coiifesBed. Now, he derYl
* Hot
nied all knowledge of or partici : _
le K
mad
as "Preventics" will promptly check a oold or
B the Grippe when taken early or at the B
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care tablets, and Dr. hhoop, Eacine, Win.
T- will gladly mm I yon samples 'and a book tore
p on Golds tree, if yon will write him. The :_u
samples prov? their merit. Cheek early
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