Shortly before the war attempts were made by a Trench scientific society to obtain particulars of the hygienic condition -of Asia Minor. The Pasha of Damascus dealt as follows with the inquiries put to him. Question: What is the death rate per thousand. Answer: In Damascus it is the will of Allah that all must die; some, die old, some young.. . Question t What is the anuual- number ot births? Answer: We don't know. God alone can say. Interrogations respecting the supplies of drinking water were similarly evaded, and the Pasha appended at the close of the catechism this salutary exhortation: "And now, my lamb of the West, cease your questioning, which can do no good either to you or to anyone else. Man should not bother himself tbout matteri wkjeh jjflsei-n only Gyd," _^ . v ..
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 156, 30 December 1925, Page 3
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