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4 EASTEB ,S OBSKHVKI, IN MOST COUNTRIES, BUT NOWHERE SO STRENUOUSLY AS IX THE IIOLV LAM>, , : EASTER BRAWLS FEARED. Christian Sects in Holy City Again it en Violi nee. l- have reci ntly broki seel at Jei elebrai n of East* r b f the F ■ of ] n ill : • bra« Is and bloodshe <! than Witliin 11 t centur; hund have !■ ■ n kill* d and woundi d in theological disputes within the most sacred preeinel I it until lately it was thought that a . :,: [ ;,, i bad been established among tin Lvan : • sects. The dethronement of the patriarch Damianos, who strove t<> i cile th< extreme elements, indicates th-it argu may \>< resumed with weapons of vio l> !i. • Heres; is r:.. academic < i v- •-; r i> •; s in the Holy City, .:n.l disagreements <'ii ]<•:: dogma ..!• often punctuated \. i:!i dags • or < lub. While the Christians fighi the Turkish au thorities i'»'k on with contemptu m< tit ■ .lit' ;■• si «? of la « and or<lt-r ■>>. li- t; \ ;■:■!:.. goes too far. At th- Church of th< Nativity, in Bethlehem, and the Church > r thi Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, the soldiers of the Sultan stand on guard to pn-vc-nl ■i~ I ins from slaughterii md r. Lei ■ thi dan •.■> hen < Jre< k, i !opt, Syriai -■ n. Ahyssii I End i >thi r va riel i< :~ 1 ( -i . ock to tin t !:. ! d».-ath of th< pc - proi I Nazai •: ■ . Each iecl has a l ■■ : ■ ! of its o'vvn red ' tur< I separai ' ar< •- - - < I foi worship, but t!:" eiin- : nl grc>ups of belit-vers an inclined I ■ intrude on on< iinother and interruj riti i; w 1 1 1 1 ti^lj. • Th- imim nsi ■ h.urches ci ntain ■!..: g dimlj lijchi d i;atsagfs, narrow, steep stairways ami d; nd ran s, illumined only by the Bi< . -l.t of tallow candl oil lai rom the ceiling. Ir. th. s passages and subterranean chambers desperati duels ■ ke place, and Lreacherous sectarians, knivts under tlnir cloaks, li«. in wait fur their enemies. During festival seasons a larg numbei <:' Turkish soldiers :n-<. distributed through the churches, and especially they f"< .r-rn a barricade around the appointed sit< of a par ticular ceremony, guarding the chancel and establishing police lines against intrusive se< At any i iom< :.t the solemn i«'!iii> of tin ril ken by thi its of men, : i< ! ■:■ of v.i. mi !i ;ithl thi i lash of weapons. Fainting women ;i;v trodden under foot by panicstricken pilgrims men attack one another , ■ a bout v. ith the butts of the : or draw the ir swords against fanatic combatants. Wh«*n the churi !i is cleared the marble Boor li oks lik<- a battlefield, strewn with . ;.n rs, i aps and shawls and shre garmi i by i Is of blood. The i vi tin scene adds to the . . Ti i rcccnl outbreak between Syriai Grec-k irch bs 1 ■ ;:i; :i \ iew of the i r ■ i tin Turks, re from the Sultan's i rant of a BLESSING THE CAKES, AN EASTER CUSTOM IN RUSSIA. After going to church on Easter Eve the Russian returns home to attend the ceremony of blessing the Easter cakes. The table is loaded with cakes, eggs and other delicacies, and friends and relatives are invited to the repast, which is partaken of standing, after the priest has pronounced his blessing. — The GruyUi* NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL tt. 1909. July. The constitution {:;;>■ made the Mahom ral; they ' to salui ins \\ ith the greeting hithi rto i f..i- their on n co-rel "1 you," and they have ope ned I ' of the thrice sacred Mi to all perse ns of Mahomt tan and BITTER ENMITY OF RIVAL CHRISTIAN SECTS I N JERLSALEV -LAR ■ Generally speaking, it is the Mahon is the disturbing element in t u e N2; E« events in Arabia and Egynt have demonstrated to the wi he be Turk. Arab cr Mai .er of Islam is intoierant of rival ere -;s re ligion enjoins i ;jon h i rr- the d :. jnen all infide's. In Jeruc: ■•• •. ho\ jusly enough, in the city so lo;-.q i -entities .yfa the life of Him -,vhc tsuqht the doctrine c : ■ and pood will en earth toward men, T.-lj soldiers rr>aintair. crdtr and prevent th* -|p sects from fly::in at one another's throats. es pecially is this the crs? at ITie a.nual cert-ri.'i of the 'Holy Fi-e." «•. hen. according to ar.-M ■ radition. the racred fire desc;ndi from Hafi BAPTIZ A J£Wi=-H. f In the Middle Ages, on char -a Here the, *« '* •ion The cnr»reßc*^B a Jewish child c«Hs!yS*!"