THE ARABIAN TRAVELLER

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 2569, 19 December 1890, Page 2

THE ARABIAN TRAVELLER

Mohammed Ben AH to Ismail Kit. tapha, Chief Cook of the EMtitaJti? greeting* and glory. How shall I tell the of the wood** which I have seen, or of the strait* - things which I have heard, 0 Lbb : of A*ia Minor ! Let me begin atta* ' beginning, and tell thee first of 2 strange men and women I have mm. ' * The me a are divided into three cUst**: *fe workingmen, politicians anddudes. TV I working men are those of the humbleift station, who do the manual laborof 1 the land. But they are not as wisear ll our working men in the East»O Lara* - of the Nightingale ! For, behold, fSfi have made unto themselves deititv«wS certain of their fellows, and these tw obey^lindly. ""*** ). And these deities, called in tkis 4 country, agitators, do persuade tbt working men to rebel against tt»ir t; employers, and to join in ooneutei \ movements not to labor, Then tbset 1 agitators do persuade the working a* 3 to contribute large sums of money s» the support of the movement, whiea prenently fails because the wortisf meny having no work, became huottf. And the agitators then say unto theat* " verily, ye must go to work again;" And they go; but the agitator U?eth i& peace and plenty on the sums ton. tribute to support the movement calleda "strike." Politicians are those who manage ths government of the country, Tbit k as you know, 0 Learned Decendtotof Saladin! a republic, in which the peopls choose their own rolers. But, TeriV this choice is of a curious nature* When an election is about to comeoo. thepolitdciansassembleinJargenutnbew at a given place, and select those who shall be offered to the people as candidates for the offices. The politicians rarely run for *ffioe themselves, finding it more certain with offer men who are of good repute to the people, but who in secret are the subjects of the politicians. And as candidates are offered tare those of tbt politicians, or, if offered, mi otrtf elected* Thepolitieiansaraogetbeprogramfflc and the people perform it. Toe politicians pipe and the people dines And they dance with eiceeding nerri* ment and with great glee, foolishly supposing that they are of their own free will choosing their rulers. And thus is the government of the country managed in the interest of tbe politicians, who wax fat' and eat turtle soup, who wear tail bats that shine like the armour of /Saladin, and diamonds " that sparkle like sunlight on the Bos* phorus. Verily, O.Sunshine of the Winter! ii our country the politician would speak ily be sewn up in a sack and throw* into the sea of Marmora. Then there is the third class, knonw as the dudes. These are they who 4e not labour, but strive to imitate the aristocracy of monarchical countries* But they are the subjects of the tailors of England, and they wear such doth* ing as they are directed to weir by these tailors. And the? dare not wear any other kind of clothicg, lest they should lose caste and be no longer dudes. Is it not strange, O Child of Hope! that tbe caste if men should depen4 upon their clothing? And is it not strange that the fasion of this clothing should be ruled by the tailors of an* other land? Verily, a tailor in this strange land dare not invent a fasion ef his own, lest the dudes no longer buy their clothing of him. He must make clothes according to the laws of England. Now, therefore, thou^eest that tbe working-men are tbe subjects) or tbe agitators] and these, like the politicians, are chiefly Irish; while the dudes art toe subjects of the English tailors. So, as thpu wilt readily perceive, this msrvelloua country, of which we have heard such woundrous accounts, is by no means such a remarkably free country! but is managed chiefly by foreigners uato their glory and enrichment. These things hate I learned from the instmctire conversation of my friend. More yet would I tell thee, but now I go hence to witness yet other things m this land. Farewell, for the present, O Jo j of my Memory I