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 should be given when the Imam has scored a victory; but of late years it is falling into abeyance and will probably never again be seriously applied even to the Imam, although he should once more temporarily gain possession of Sana.

From all accounts, the Turkish Government is trying to open up the Yemen and civilize its people, but up till the present it has been unsuccessful, and as it still keeps those bars on the doors to the Yemen that must ultimately open to the Gospel, it is hindering rather than helping the advance of civilisation.

Aden. J. C. Young.