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The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.] VOL.
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1 JULY 22, 1897.
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NO. 37 The peace negotiations have not made very much progress during the past week.
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Turkey has announced to the Powers that she holds that Thessaly belongs to her by right of conquest, and she is not willing to give it up.
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But the Powers are determined to allow only a sum of money as a war indemnity, and a rearrangement of the frontier whereby Turkey will gain certain strategic points.
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The Sultan has again asked the Emperor of Germany to help him to secure Thessaly, but William has declined to interfere in the matter, and has advised the Sultan to obey the wishes of the Powers.
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The Czar of Russia has also written to the Sultan, urging him to accept the conditions offered, and not delay the negotiations by making demands on Greece which it will be impossible for her to accept.
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The delay in the peace negotiations is causing considerable alarm in Europe.
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It seems that the Sultan's main object in writing to Germany and Russia has been to gain time.
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It is thought that he hopes the Powers will disagree and leave him free to do as he pleases.
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If, however, they still remain as firm as they are at present, he thinks the delay may give time for the Mohammedans to calm down.
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These people are now so excited over the success that has attended the Turkish arms, that it is feared they will revolt against the Sultan if he agrees to give up Thessaly.
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We told you about the visit of the Sheik ul Islam to the Sultan.
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These Sheiks are very powerful persons.
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It is perhaps a little difficult to make you understand just how powerful they are, living as you do in a country where such conditions do not exist.
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The Sheiks are leaders of numerous tribes of people to whom their word is absolute law, and whom they command as entirely as a father commands his children, and for the reason that the tribesmen are in a measure the children of the Sheik.
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In the olden times family life was much stronger and closer than it is to-day.
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The father of a family would continue to govern the affairs of his sons after they had grown up and married and had families of their own.
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Until his death, the father would be the ruler of his own group of relatives, and when he was gone, his eldest son would become the head of the family in his place.
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As the grandchildren grew up and raised sons and daughters of their own, the family would grow larger; but, while all obeyed their own fathers, they also obeyed the rulings of the head or chief of the family.
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It was the plan of leadership that we read of in the Bible--the patriarchal system, as it was called.
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The clans of the Highlands of Scotland are formed in a similar manner.
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A member of a clan is simply a relative, a person of the same blood and family as the head of the clan, and according to their custom he obeys the commands of his chieftain.
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In ancient times, when a Highland chieftain went to war, he had the right to call on every man in the clan to join him.
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None who were able to answer the call ever thought of refusing.
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In the East to-day the patriarchal system prevails as strongly as ever.
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The Sheiks or Chiefs are the rulers of the people, and can control and command them as they please.
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The people of the Eastern tribes are nearly all Mohammedans.
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As we have told you before, they think it right to kill those who do not believe in the Prophet Mohammed.
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They would be very glad to gain possession of Thessaly and spread Mohammedanism throughout the province.
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They are therefore most unwilling that the Sultan should allow it to fall again into the hands of the Greeks.
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Should the Sultan consent to the demands of the Powers and restore Thessaly, the Sheiks might call out their tribes and carry on the war themselves.
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The Sultan has therefore to be very careful not to anger them, and it is for this reason that he delays, hoping that in time one party or the other may give in.
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The Powers are, however, quite tired of the delay, and the latest despatch says that they have sent the Sultan a collective note, which means a letter expressing the sentiments of all the diplomats concerned.
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This note states that they cannot allow any further delay, and demands that the Porte arrive at a decision immediately.
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It is also stated on good authority that the Greek Government has arranged a loan to pay the money that Turkey demands as a war indemnity, so that just as soon as the peace negotiations are concluded Greece may be ready to pay the required sum.
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The report about the wounding of General Gomez has been contradicted.
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It seems that the Spaniards and Cubans had an engagement near the Jucaro Moron trocha.
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A body of insurgents under General Vega were trying to join the forces of General Gomez, when they encountered the Spanish troops.
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The insurgents gave battle, and were getting the best of the fight, when a second Spanish column appeared in sight.
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The insurgents, finding themselves outnumbered, retreated.
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In the engagement General Vega was wounded, his horse being shot under him, and he himself falling unconscious to the ground.
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His staff surrounded him, and carried him away to a place of safety, but not before the Spaniards had seen what had occurred.
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Knowing Gomez to be in the neighborhood, they supposed it was he who had been in command, and so the mistake arose.
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It is a happy thing for the Cubans that Gomez is still spared to them.
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The terrible disasters of the Greek campaign have shown us how necessary good leaders are.
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General Weyler has announced his intention of doing no more fighting until the close of the rainy season.
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He is on his way back to Havana.
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He has not pacified Santiago de Cuba as he promised to do, but now declares that it is impossible to attempt any military operations during the rainy season.
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The Cubans do not agree with him.
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The rain has, so far, not dampened their ardor.
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Every day reports come to us that raids and skirmishes are taking place all over the island.
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On the outskirts of Havana the insurgents are keeping up a constant fight.
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They are burning houses, and making the best of every opportunity to harass the enemy.
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A bold attempt was made to capture Fondeviela the other day; some fierce fighting took place, but the Colonel eventually succeeded in driving off the Cubans.
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The case of Gen. Rius Rivera is likely to be settled without the interference of the Spanish Government.
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The unfortunate soldier is seriously ill, and not expected to live many days.
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It is said that he is not dying of his wounds, but of a disease that has developed since he has been in prison.
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A late report says that the discontent among the Spanish soldiers in regard to their pay has induced their officers to give them permission to plunder where they can.
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The few unfortunates who have any property left are now at the mercy of the soldiers.
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This state of distress in the island is in great contrast to the charming picture of peace and prosperity which it presented a few short years ago.
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A writer in _
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The Sun_ describes the island as it was before the breaking out of the first war.
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He says that in those days its commerce with this country amounted to a hundred million dollars a year.
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It maintained an army of twenty thousand Spanish soldiers, and its harbors were always filled with Spanish vessels.
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Havana was then one of the gayest capitals in the world.
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Its streets were thronged with fine carriages, in which the beauties of the island took their daily drives.
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At night all the fashion of the city would congregate on the Plaza in front of the Governor's mansion, and listen to the music of the military bands.
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The people of the island were loyal and obedient to the wishes of the mother country.
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They gave up the treasures of the island in return for a kindly government.
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In those days Spain called Cuba the ever-faithful island, because she was the only American possession of Spain that still remained contented under the rule of the mother country.
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To travellers she seemed an earthly Paradise, and many were the stories of the beauties of this favored isle.
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No one could say enough pleasant things about its light-hearted, kindly people, its marvellous vegetation, its lovely flowers, its delicious fruits, and its generous soil in which anything that was planted would grow.
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When we think of Cuba to-day, laid waste by fire and sword, with barren fields and starving people, we cannot help feeling that the causes must have been great which led to such a terrible sacrifice.
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The only news relating to Hawaiian matters this week is that Japan is seriously angry with us over the treatment her Minister at Washington has received at the hands of the Secretary of State.
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It would seem that the Japanese are extremely precise and particular about the way their diplomatic affairs are conducted.
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Their idea of what is necessary on such occasions is very different from ours, and unfortunately the Japanese Ministers both at Honolulu and Washington have not received the treatment that, according to their views, is due them.
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Minister Hoshi, in Washington, is so indignant that he was not informed of the negotiations in regard to the treaty, that it is said he has asked to be recalled to Japan.
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His displeasure has been increased by Secretary Sherman's failure to reply to his letter asking for an explanation.
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We told you that England had been making arrangements with Portugal to secure Delagoa Bay, in South Africa, and that this contract, if concluded, would give Great Britain the control of the only port available for the people of the Transvaal.