Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 April 1921 — Page 7

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BAKU: OIL CITY OF THE CASPIAN - The recent outbreak of a revolt In Russia nuiii.4 the IJolshevikx regime voices among other Interesting questions that of whether ISuku, the great oil city of Asia, now surrounded by Iiolshevlk governments, will be once more thrown open to world commerce. Till city In the heart of one of the world's greatest petroleum fields, hasbeen practically bottled up since the fall of the Russian empire. The city of Baku, built In the form of mi MiphltlM'iiter on the houth side of the Apsheron peninsula, which Juts far out Into the Caspian sea, Is the Tamplco of the SIav domain. Two vast oil fields, containing more than 2,700 wells, make It the' chief oil center of Kurope. During the World war, had the Teutonic powers succeeded In reaching it before the British forces occupied It, th'j blow would have been even more serious to the allied cause than was the seizure of the Roumanian oil fields by the German army of occupation. According to a census the year before the outbreak of the war, Baku was a city about the present size, of Trovidence, U. I., Columbus, Ohio, or Louisville, Ky. It was the chief city of the Russian province of the sumo name, but in recent years the province has formed a government of its own under the name of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Baku Is situated in tho midst of an unattractive, treeless plain which stretches along the western shores of the Caspian. The Caspian is 84 feet below .ea level, and Baku rises only 30 feet above the great Inland sea, so that It Is more than T0 feet below the- ocean level. Many centuries ago the Persian fire worshipers discovered that the natural gases Issuing from fissures In the rocks near Baku would burn, and there may be seen, a few miles from the city, the remains of one of their ancient temple. The upper part of the city, corresponding to the back rows of an amphitheater, is the picturesque Tatar quarter, with Its many narrow lanes and oriental bazaars. A fifteenth-century palace of the khans is In a very dilapidated condition, and has been used for many years by the Russians as a military magazine. The mot characteristic structure in the town Is the massive Kis Kale, or Maidens' Tower, which rises to a height of 147 feet and which is now used as a lighthouse. It dates from the Byzantine period. Tour fifth of all the oil produced in the Russian empire mine's from the Baku fields. The high-water-mark of produrt ion was readied in UK)- when the output of the district was nearly ten million tons of erude petroleum. In r.H.". however, there was a disastrous tire which considerably curtailed production for a time. The latest authentic figures on production are thoso for when a little more t Ik; n seven million tons wns produced. Mm it of the output of the wells, which vary in depth from .".(Ml to 2.xio foot, was tn'ii-p rtol by pipe line to Ha tum on the r.iack sea. hut Baku Is also connected by rail with this seaport ms well as with Rostov-on-the-1 )on. In addition to its oil interest. Baku had dr.v locks, tlour mills, vulphurle acid works and toharco factories. It wai the chief entrepot for raw cotton, silk, fruits, dried fish, wines and rice produced in Beria and the Transeaucasus territory. The town derives its name from the vcualK (badUuhe) which are frequently mtv violent on this part of the I'aspian coa-t. A ROMANCE OF BANANAS AND COFFEE When the American small hoy eats his daily quota of bananas, and when his father and mother sip their breakfast, luncheon, or dinner coiVee, they are makipg important contributions to the properity .of fellow Americans of whom they know very little the residents of the tue Central American republic which have lately reached a preliminary decision' tor the formation of a sort of "United States of Central America." Central America illustrates strikingly the effects of geographic factors on a region's !'vehmeut. All the five republics lie on the relatively narrow isthmus bctucen the narrow ribbon of Panama on the south and Mexico on the north. The Spanish settlements' made soon after the discoMTV of America were all on the Pacific side of the isthmus, for the most part on the plateaus ami mountain slopes und in the mountain valleys of that region, which temper an otherwise tropical climate. Practically the entire Atlantic side of the Isthmus was a low plain, covered with a dense Jungle. At the time of the throwinc off of the Spanish oke in ls-l, the Central American settlements were as effectually cut off from the United States as If they had been many thousand of miles away inst::! of being only diross the Caribbean soa. With the

settlement of the Pacific coat of the Cnlted States, the Building of the Panama railroad, and later the construction of a trans-Mexican railway, the Panama canal, and railways across fluatemala and Costa Rica, Central America has . become easily accessible. Shortly before the construction of the Panama railroad, coffee was Introduced Into Central America from the West Indies, and was found to grow to perfection In the lava soil on the slope. of the volcanic mountains along the Pacific coast of most of the region. CofTee soon became an export of prime Importance and lias brought much money Into Central America. The remainder of Central America's horticultural romance has as Its motif, the banana. In order that the great American hunger for that slender golden fruit might be appeased, large fruit growing and distributing corporations from the United States acquired extensive tract. of land In the Atlantic plain, reclaimed it from the Jungle, and planted great banana groves which produce millions of bunches of bananas yearly. The by-products of this development havo been as valuable to Central America a the money that has flowed directly to laborers and to the government. Important cities have sprung up along the Atlantic coast, railroads have been built, and what Is probably most Important of all, lines of fast, well-equipped steamers, carrying both passengers and freight have been established between the Atlantic Iorts and those of the United States. In effect the banana has shifted Central America thousands of miles closer to the outside world.

BATTLEGROUND AND PLAYGROUND The Crimea was the scene of one of the latest antl-Bolshevlk military efforts from outside J!u?sla to win back a part of that old empire. This expedition, under General Wrnngel met disaster as had similar forces launched against the Soviets farther north, and the Crimea was overrun by the Uolshevlki. The Crimean peninsula In which this encounter took place Is a land which has aspects known to every school child. It Is the land of the Cimmerians about whom Homer sang In the "Odyssey" and from whom the peninsula takes Its name; the land of the Crimean war, the siege of Sevastopol, and the "Charge of the Light Brigade"; the land in which Florence Nightingale first caused efficient, ordered mercy to have a part In war. The Crimea Is known as "The Little Paradise" to the Tatars, last of the many races to overrun the ienlnsula before the land fell tinker the sway of the Muscovite. A traveler Journeying from the North is likely to accept this appellation. If at all, with a strong mental reservation as he crosses the almost desert-like plains of northern Crimea ; but once over the mountains that rim the southern shore he will approve the description with enthusiasm. There, nature has made a wonderful garden spot, the Klviera of Russia, a combination of sea. mountains and riotous verdure that really vied with It famed Italian counterpart in the days when Czarhood was In llower. Though a part of what has come to 1e looked upon as "cold Russia," the southern shore of the Crimea brought to the old empire a touch of the tropics. On the mountain slopes and In the sheltered valleys grow grapes, tigs, olives, and all the tender fruits; magnolias, bays and myrtles; and n profusion of wild ilowers and grasses. j That the delights of Its mild climate were discovered early Is testified by the ruins of (Jreek. Byzantine, and ' Italian architecture which are to be found among the mosques of the later Tatars, the palaces of the Russian Imperial family and nobility, and the magnificent modern hotels of the pleaure towns to which the prosperous classes of Russia flocked before the World war. Yalta. In those carefree days, was Russia's Nice, Newpyrt. and Miami rolled Into one: its cafe and. casino life was as hectic, gay. and expensive as that to be found In any of the world' pre-war playgrounds. The Crimea is a peninsula that barely escaped being an island. It hangs from the mainland of South Russia down into the Black sea. like a gigantic watch fob shaped like a flounder. It Is attached by the narrow ribbon of the Isthmus of Perekop. a strip of land only three-quar-j ters of a mile wide and only a few I fevt above sea level. On one side Is the Black sea and on the other the ' stagnant, shallow, malodorous waters , of the Slvatch. or Putrid sea. a lagoon of the Sea of Azov. This is the only unbroken natural land conneci tion between the mainland and the Crimea, but a few miles to the east ' a narrow part of the Putrid sea has ; been bridged by the railroad which 1 enters the peninsula. 1 The greatest width of the Crimea ! north and south Is 11." miles, anil its greatest length from "head" to "tall" Is miles. It contains about i.7t0 ! s.j.mro miles, and is thus approximately the size of the state of Vermont or ( the island of Sicily. Before the World ' war it population was j.-Hon.WH). The Crimea was conquered by "athj arine the (Ireat of Russia In 1771. and remained a part of the Russian empire until that political entity's collar In 1017. The bulk of the pop illation remains Tatar, though there is an admixture of both Creek ami Ital1 tan Mood in the nominally Tatar i i people.

IN TURKEY REFORM SPRINGS ETERNAL Turkey bids fair to "come back," in a i;miteti Knse at least, as a result of the proposed revision of the Sevres treaty that dismembered the Ottoman empire after the World war. It ulil be a changed Turkey, to be sure, but change is not new in the country that inherited M..ha:nmed's religious empire. Paradoxically, Turkey, though it has a tradition of ua-tionaL-Juertia. also Is a land of kaleidoscopic, relorm, and may be said to react to reforms more discriminatingly than any other country In or out of Christendom. - The Turks have adopted some reforms bodily and some partially, 'and have rejected others llatly even when the prestige of the Caliph and Allah's ministers 'was behind them. Turkey began its existence on a foundation of reform, the empire inheriting the comprehensive reshaping of the religious and social world instituted by Mohammed. It "went dry" just C-0 years before the United States, for its 'eighteenth amendment" was not an amendment at all. but a part, so to speak, of the organic act when the empire came into existence In 121W. Even in the matter of polygamy, looked at askance by the western world, Mohammed and the government which took up his mantel were reformers. The legal maximum number

.of wives was placed at four. Even the jokes of coffee and tobacco prohibition that have gone tho rounds of the American vaudeville stage came near being a reality In Turkey. Mohammedan scholars fulminated against the steaming cup; and one sultan went so far as to prohibit the use of tobacco, fearing that it was taking too firm a hold on his people But the populace refused to have the prophet's convenant changed and the ban was raised. Though the reported passing of the fez Is looked upon as a reform which to western eyes would remove something as distinctively Turkish as the star and crescent, the introduction of the gaudy skull cap was Itself a reform effected less than a hundred years ago; and staunch old Moslems of tnat time wagged their heads In warning as the reckless reformers cast aside their dignified turbans for the new bauble. To the Turkish Tories of those days the fez traveled In company s-utliclently disreputable to damn it utterly. It was Introduced forcibly Into the army by the Sultan Mahmoud II in the early part of the' nineteenth century along with tight European trousers and frock coats. The fez and turban types of head coverings have a definite reason for existence in Turkey, and It is to be doubted that they will be discarded entirely, especially for the brimmed hat and visored caps of Europeans. Mohammedan rules and customs call for covered heads at prayer; and they idso require that at one stage of prayer the votary shall touch his nose and forehead to the ground, a feat that is impossible if he wears a hat with a protruding brim. PACIFIC ISLAND GARDEN SPOT With the shifting of 'ownership that has taken place among the Islands of the Pacific and the growing importance of that great body of water in international affairs, the holdings of the various nations in the Pacific are taking on new value. One of the most important of the French. Pacific possesions is Tahiti, or the Society Islands, with -steamship connection to San Francisco and New Zealand. They are described in the . following communication to tin National (Jeographie society from II. W. Smith: "Like the Samoans, the Society Islands are of volcanic origin, rising from the low bed of the ocean, which has depths near the islands of l.frfM to rj.iKlO feet, while the highest peak, In the center of the island of Tahiti, reaches an altitude of 7..'UK feet! "Near Papeete the beautiful Fatauua valley may be visited in an afternoon. For a good part of the way a carriage road leads up the valley, offering changing vistas. "Why, Indeed, should the Tahltlan toil? There are great leaves of the wild 'taro' growing by the roadside; the young leaves are delicious boiled, and the curious stranger will find many other new delicacies of the table the alligator pear, the baked papya. the Mantis crab, the raw fish, as good as the best oyster. "In Tahiti, as well as in most of the South Sea I-I:;nds great numbers of coconuts are grown. The meat, after being dried Into copra". i- shipped in large ouantities to Europe. We were much interette' in the different methods of gathering the nuts in various islands. In Tahiti the natives climb the trees with the help of a Mrip of green, r.hrous'bark torn off the stem of a hibiscus tree. After knotting the. two ends together, the climber slips his fent half through the circle, and standing with his legs apart, so as to stretch tho thong tight, ascends the tree In a series of leaps, with a fod on each side of the trunk. "In Its fresh, green state the coconut provides a mct refreshing drink, but as It grows otder the 'milk hardens and forms the white Inner rind with which we are all familiar. When dried this i the celebrated coprr. and is commercially put to many different Uses, in Tahiti It Is used for sauces ;nd for eoeoimr oil. One nuce. which was served with fih, at a very enjoyable picnic, although compounded of scraped nut ad ea-wVer, was palatable."

EX-EMPEROR OF HUNGARY GUARDED Budapest Says Charles Is Being Held at Steinamanger Capita! Quiet. ALLIES READY TO STRIKE

"Little Entente" Ready to Fight If Charles Seizes Throne Vienna Says He Will Return to Switzerland Lchar Defiant Iiudapest, April 1. Startling reports that former Emperor Charles was moving with troops toward this city were officially denied Inst night. It was declared Charles was safely guarded at Stelnatlianger. Perfect or-' der prevailed In Iiudapest during the evening. Paris, April 1. ResoJutions, protesting against the restoration of former Emperor Charles in Hungary, and warning the Hungarian government that the consequences of such an event would be disastrous, were adopted by the council of ambassadors here. The resolutions were presented by Jules Cambon, acting in the name of the French government. Paris, April 1. Two authentic :acts appear to stand out of the mass of sensational rumors relative to the attempt of former Emperor Charles to reinstate himself as head of the Hungarian government. The first is that Charles Is still in Hungary, and the second is that the "litle entente" comprising Czechoslovakia, Rouniania and Jugo-Slavia and the "big entente" are ready to strike if the former emperor succeeds in his enterprise. Premier Inland's newspaper, the Eclair, understands the entente governments are considering the steps they will take in the event that the Hungarian situation Is not rapidly cleared up. Among these measures, it is declared, the blockade of Hungary Is being considered. Ivan Praznovsky, Hungarian minister to France, points out In a statement printed In the Figaro that communications between Paris and Budapest are interrupted, and that all news reaching this city must come by the way of Vfenna, and therefore should be subjected to careful scrutiny. The minister declares his disbelief of reports that Charles has been successful in his attempt, and says the deJay In his departure from Hungary may be attributed to the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Austrian 1 and .Tugo-Slavian governments to his passage across their territories. N He adds that if Gen. Lehar had gone over to the side of Charles he would most certainly have been advised. While it is possible that a fewadventurers are gathered around the former emperor, and that some battalions of troops may be ready to support him, the minister says he does not believe the army has declared for Charles, as Vienna dispatches have stated. "Hungary," the minister concludes, "has had enough coups d'etat. While the people would, perhaps, like a monarchy, they want to have it established through regular constitutional channels. "The situation in Hungary is Improving, exchange rates are rising, and. consequently, public opinion Is hostile to any violent changes." Friborg, Switzerland, April 1. Count Andrassy, former Hungarian foreign minister, has been appointed premier of Hungary by former Emperor Charles, and lias sent an ultimatum to Iludapest, says a dispatch from the Hungarian capital to the Xachriehten of this city. The dispatch declare that Admiral Horthy, the Hungarian regent, has handed over authority to the former emperor, who. has been acclaimed sovereign by several garrisons of troops. Vienna, April 1. Oflicial information wan, received in t Iiis city that former Emperor Charles, who attempted to bring about a coup d'etat in Hungary, would leave that country. The Hungarian minister in Vienna called on Chancellor Mayr and asked if, in principle, the Austrian government would permit Charles to cross Austrian territory on his way to Switzerland. Chancellor Mayr replied in the atlirmatfve. This interview foliowed a visit t. the chancellor by the Swiss minister, who stated his government would he willing to grant Charles safe conduct over the Swiss frontier. Callers at the Hungarian legation were assured that the hulk of ihe Hungarian army was loyal to Admiral Horthy, the regent. I.udape.st. April 1. Former Emperor Charles wanted to take command of Hungarian troops in West Hungary when ho arrived at Steinainanger, it is said in reports -rea hing boret but Ccneral Lehar refused to accede to this demand mi the part of Charles. May Stop in Japan. Washington, April'-. Authority has been jrlveii Mnj. Gen. Lenoard Wood to ecept the invitation f the Japanese ovcrniniiit t viU Japan in connection with his i!::.ion to the Philippines. Business Not Yet Normal. Washington. April -. Practically no progress toward the restoration of 'normal conditions' in business ami industry was made during the month of March, according to the tnonthh re.iew of the federal reserve board.

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