large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_03_aaronsohn_64kb_17
large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_03_aaronsohn_64kb
English
6798
The dominant figure of this movement in Palestine was, without doubt, the German Consul at Haifa, Leutweld von Hardegg. THE DOMINANT FIGURE OF THIS MOMENT IN PALESTINE WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE GERMAN CONSUL AT HAIFA LET DWELL VON HADDEG
 necessary policy. The revoking of the Capitulations was a terrible blow to all the Europeans, meaning, as it did, the practical abolition of all their rights. Upon the Arabs it acted like an intoxicant. Every boot-black or boatman felt that he was the equal of the accursed Frank, who now had no consul to protect him; and abuses began immediately. Moreover, as if by magic, the whole country became Germanized. In all the mosques, Friday prayers were ended with an invocation for the welfare of the Sultan and "Hadji Wilhelm." The significance of this lies in the fact that the title "Hadji" can be properly applied only to a Moslem who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca and kissed the sacred stone of the Kaaba. Instant death is the penalty paid by any Christian who is found within that enclosure: yet Wilhelm II, head of the Lutheran faith, stepped forward as "Hadji Wilhelm." His pictures were sold everywhere; German officers appeared; and it seemed as if a wind of brutal mastery were blowing. H PROTECTION WAS A WHOLESOME AND NECESSARY POLICY THE REVOKING OF THE CAPITULATIONS WAS A TERRIBLE BLOW TO ALL THE EUROPEANS MEANING AS IT DID THE PRACTICAL ABOLITION OF ALL THEIR RIGHTS UPON THE ARABS IT ACTED LIKE AN INTOXICAN EVERY BOOTBLACK OR BOATMAN FELT THAT HE WAS THE EQUAL OF THE ACCURSED FRANK WHO NOW HAD NO COUNSEL TO PROTECT HIM AND ABUSES BEGAN IMMEDIATELY MOREOVER AS IF BY MAGIC THE WHOLE COUNTRY BECAME GERMANIZED IN ALL THE MOSS FRIDAY PRAYERS WERE ENDED WITH AN INVOCATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE SULTAN AND HADJI WILHELM THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE TITLE HADJI CAN BE PROPERLY APPLIED ONLY TO A MOSLEM WHO HAS MADE THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND KISSED THE SACRED STONE OF THE KA BA INSTANT DEATH IS THE PENALTY PAID BY ANY CHRISTIAN WHO IS FOUND WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE YET WILHELM TOO HEAD OF THE LUTHERAN FAITH STEPPED FORWARD AS HADJI WILHELM HIS PICTURES WERE SOLD EVERYWHERE GERMAN OFFICERS APPEARED AND IT SEEMED AS IF A WIND OF BRUTAL MASTERY WERE BLOWING
large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_03_aaronsohn_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_03_aaronsohn_64kb.flac