Telegrams from various parts of the Turkish Empire show that
the fraternisation of Mohammedans and Christians, full to overflowing with revolutionary zeal, still goes on. There was a remarkable scene of enthusiasm in Jerusalem, and perfect orgies of sentiment seem to have broken out in Beyrout, in spite of the fierceness and fanaticism of the Mohammedan mob in that town. At one place in the streets was a large inscription which expressed the new spirit in a verse from the Koran aide by side with a verse from the Bible. "The beginning is from God, victory is near " : "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." After this came a sentiment, which, says the Times correspondent, "was perhaps
never written before in public : 'Long live the Moslem- Christian brotherhood!' Long live Liberty !' " We are told that at many places and times during the day, when people caught sight of a Christian priest and turbaned Moslem in proximity to each other they were pushed into each other's arms and made to kiss each other! We confess that such embracements seem to us rather ominous.
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