Sultanies of Aleppo, Bagdad, Damascus,
and Iconium, and the invasion of Kurope
in 1453. The time is also set for the end of
Turkish independence in 1840.
The eleventh chapter of Daniel gives
some of Turkey’s historical highlights as
the “king of the north.” The present
capital is Ankara, in Asia Minor—the terri-
tory of the ancient ‘king of the north.”
This prophecy tells briefly of his war with
Napoleon in 1798 (Daniel 11: 40); his con-
quest of the Holy Land (verse 41); his
victory over the Mamelukes of Egypt in
1811 (verse 42); his placing of Egypt under
tribute (verse 43); and his last titanic
struggle (verse 44).
®
The forty-fiftth verse would seem to mndi-
cate that just prior to the end of the world
the seat (palace) of Turkey will be shifted
to Jerusalem. When the Sultan of Turkey
was dethroned in the last war, the Caliph
of Jerusalem became the spiritual head of
the Moslems. It is the religious belief of
Islam that in the last days there will be a
general flight to Jerusalem. For some time
certain quarters in England have been ad-
vocating that the deposed Turkish Sultan,
now in exile in Switzerland, be installed in a
small territory in Jerusalem, similar to
that of the Vatican in Rome, and be pro-
claimed Caliph, the religious head of
Islam, again.
His holy places are already in Jerusalem;
for the city contains seven mosques which
are the center of Mohammedan pilgrim-
ages. Although the city has been under
British mandate, England has guaranteed
protection and freedom to these holy places,
and her soldiers do not enter the precincts
of the mosques. On the ancient site of
Solomon's temple is located the Mosque of
Omar, known as the “Dome of the Rock.”
To all Islam this mosque is known as “the
august, the holy place, the tabernacle.”
That “to Jerusalem will all nations be
gathered for the final judgment,” 1s the
sacred teaching of Islam. Soon the predic-
tions of Daniel 11:45 will have been ful-
filled. Until the proper moment arrives,
Turkey will continue to totter on the yawn-
ing brink of oblivion, to the wonder of the
world.
A parallel prophecy in the New Testa-
ment declares that the nation watered by
the Euphrates River will eventually “dry
up’ to enable the “kings of the east’ to
march down to Armageddon. (Revelation
16: 12-16; 17:15.) For evidence that this
prediction 1s in process of fulfillment, one
has only to remember that Turkish terri-
tory once stretched from Tripoli in Africa,
including Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, and
Iraq, to Southern Russia, and included
parts of Austria-Hungary and the Balkan
States on the North. Yet little by little
its political influence has been drying up.
One well-known writer has declared,
“Great changes are soon to take place in
our world, and the final movements will be
rapid ones.”
SEPTEMBER, 1942
¥ Alexandria, a city of siz hundred thousand, the great British naval base guarding Egypt, the Suez
Canal, the gateway to Palestine, and the Near East with its fabulous oil fields ts the objective of the
present Axis drive.
NAN
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rd
The Spy, the Sahoteur,
the Subverter
(Continued from page 3)
already been used by totalitarian saboteurs.
In this period of national emergency, the
strength of law enforcement is as important
as the strength of our Army and Navy.
Yet to the discredit of the civie spirit in
many communities, local police depart-
ments are sorely undermanned and ill-
equipped. In time of war, uprisings and
domestic violence can do more to under-
mine public morale than squadrons of
screaming dive bombers. This is one of the
techniques used, when a nation is attacked.
In such times, a community must depend
upon its law-enforcing agencies to maintain
order. Where law enforcement 1s weak,
it should be strengthened without delay,
and above all it should not be hampered by
impractical theorists.
More than seven years ago, in order to
lift the standard of professional law en-
forcement, the FBI National Police Acad-
emy was created. One of the things we
had in mind at the time was the need
for a mobile force of highly trained men
throughout America in case of great emer-
gency. Because of this Academy and the
training which its graduates have heen able
to impart to others, I am proud to say that
America can today depend upon the great-
est body of specially trained law-enforce-
ment officials in her entire history—thou-
sands and thousands of them, who know
exactly what to do in emergency and when
and how to do it. Thus we are exerting
every effort in closing up the holes through
which the serpent of infiltration has pene-
trated.
Remember always that the spy, the sabo-
teur, or the destroyer carries no badge.
He hides behind a hundred fronts. He pre-
tends innocence. He likes to rub elbows
with patriotic men because he thus can seek
ANY
to break down morale, to preach unpre-
paredness, and undermine honesty. It is
his job to sap the national strength by
untruth, by confusion, by fomenting unrest
in the community, the school, the factory,
and the mill.
Little has been published of the activities
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in
carrying out its responsibility of co-ordi-
nating the handling of matters dealing with
espionage, sabotage, and subversion. That
very fact has aided us materially in our
work. The enemy does not know our ac-
tions and cannot anticipate a time when he
might plan his devious task with a mini-
mum chance of detection. The effective-
ness of our activities would be hindered
unless our work were conducted with the
utmost secrecy. There will be honor and
glory for all in the meeting of this challenge,
and the public will be fully advised of all
the facts in every matter when it is ready
for presentation in a court of justice. There
should be no trials in the newspaper col-
umns or persecutions by word of mouth in
such a vital situation.
I want to express my heartfelt gratitude
to the loyal governors, mayors, state and
county officers, law-enforcement officials,
and patriotic citizens for the unselfish,
eager co-operation which they have given
to the FBI in its efforts to combat the inner
enemies of this nation. We have depended
upon you in the past; we shall depend upon
you more and more in the future, feeling
sure that you understand our problems and
the necessities of our many common tasks.
Unfortunately, the spy 1s not a person
who can be arrested and prosecuted like a
gangster. That would only allow his com-
rades to outwit our further efforts. So we
must combat him in ways and by means
which have been evolved from long experi-
ence, trusting always to the confidence, the
support, and the assistance of you who form
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