CUMAM AJtC THE IN.
ST1CATOIIS OP HOMI0W9
Mi...—ry TatU ot Ik* Killing
Off ot Armmmmm Chn.tia.sa
By Turk*.
N«w York, Oct. S. —The plan ta •»
tricate tha Amarican Christiana from
Turkey «u "maaia in Germany ai d
suggested to tha Turku by l.«rman
officials," and where tha Armenians
mailt a stand againat their Montcm op
pressors It waa German officials and
German rannun that broke them up,
affording to tha He v. Alphaua Newell
A minis, nan lor Missionary for tha
Congregational station at Mardin.
Ma- o|H>tamia, who told of hia eape
rianroa here to lay. Tha far-sighted
ward to tha tim» when thay expeclcd
Gormans, ha sai-1, ware looking for
to I'tiri complete dominion in Turkey,
and they wanted to eliminate the Ar
menian question by getting rid of the
A. rtwtuan race.
"One of the ways the Turk* went
almut it waa o load Armenian men on
goatskin raft* on the understanding
thnt they were to he deported -and
then they were taken out and dumped
into the Tigris river and drowned." hi
said. "This wan the fate of at leant
2,"i0tl men froin the vicinity of Diar
bckir and its suburbs in northern Mos
opotamia.
"Armo l soldiers were on the raft*,
which eat h carried about eventy-flva
to a hundml victims. Kurd boatmen
rowed them out into deen water Then
tha soldiers woulddrive the Arme
nians to one side of the rafts until
they tilted and dumped them into the
river. If they try to climb back on
the raft* the soldiers and boatmen
beat Lhern and shot them nntil all per
ished."
Aet a Political Move.
The Germans and the Turish gov
ernment, Dr. Andru* said, looked upon
the destruction of the Armenian* in
Turkey ax a cold-blooded political
move, and gave the actual execution
of it into the hands of the Kurds and
Turkish soldiers, who went about it
with tha feroicy of Moslem religious
fanaticism
"At first the Turkish government
objected to tha German nuggestion of
the removal of the Armenians on tha
grounds that thay were valuablo as
artisians and businasa men and neces
sary to the economic life of the coun
try," aantinuad Dr. Andnu, "bu. the
Germane promised to supply men to
take their places Having persuaded
the Turka, the Germans then left it to
them to put the plan into effect
"But the Turkiah aoldier* in some
places could not overcome the Arme
nians. At Urfa, the city of suffering,
the Armenians reaolved to resiat de
portation and defended their innocent
famlie* and their church. They bar
ricated themselves in their stone
housea in their quarter. For ten days
they withstood all the efforts of the
Turkiah aoldiary to dislodge them. In
the end" they would have prevailed
but that Grman officers brought ,ind
trained cannon upon their stronghold
and forced them to flee.
Little Known of Borrow*.
"Surely such a people should not be
allowed to perish. There still remain
of them to be cared for 6,300 in Urfa
and nearby. Will not the American
people help care for them? Condi
tion* in Mesopotamia have not been
brought much to the public's atten
tion for the reason that there has not
been anyone to report the state of
things there and because no report
could get past the rigid Turkish cen
sorship.
"More than 30,000 Armenians were
deportd from Diarbekir and its sub
urbs. It was some of these who were
dumped into the Tigris and drowned.
The leading and rich men were among
these. The others were detailed to dig
trenches and to do other work with
only an innuflicient allowance of
' bread daily. Later they were shot in
groups, when no longer able to endure
the hardships imposed.
"There followed an epidemic of
cholera and then a scourge of ty
phus. Before the war and deporta
tions the city contained some <>0,070
inhabitants. The last I heard there
were only 7,000 citisens left there.
Women Clubbed or Shot *
4 Women were clubbed, stabbed or
shot down on the Mesopotamian , tains
and left dead in piles on th* ground
or thrown into old cisterns. Some,
coming to consciousness, crawled out
from the piles and up from Iho cis
terns and dragged themselves up the
mountain to our hospitals at Mardin
to have their wounds dressed.
"Some of the Moslems at Mardin
took pity upon more than a thousand
babies of deported women, who in
tasting thru, left those they had no
milk to feed nor stiength to carry as
they went on to their lingering deaths
on the plains below. When the local
government officials learned tfiat Mos
lems had the little ones they issued
an order that whoever harbored any
Armenian would ha visited with tha
ITMMWI Mt to Um .Armenian*.
Pat la rirtaWta'i Cm.
*Tka Moalema, iharafara, secretly
turr.wl the littla onaa avar to Chrtetian
familie*, who clandestinely carad for
thaoi an til their raaourraa wara •*
hauated. And now tha latoat informa
tion from Hardin la that unleaa fund*
■ ara immediately forthcomnig tha
: thousand* «f orphan• must ba lurried
| >>ut upun tha atraat* to atarve.
"Help muat ba ragular ami rontin
unua. Tha rommittaa for Armenian
and Syrian Kelief hia derided that
five dollar* a month per child will ba
1 oretnary. That li about seventeen
rent* a day. Who will add one more
| i-hild to his family ami reckon tha
■eventeen rente atonic with what he
is upending daily on hia other chil
dren and at the end of natch month
-end the live d<llaia to tile commit
tee?"
Or. Andru* him elf narrowly es
caped execution at the hand* of the
Turk.i l>erau*a of hia work at Mardin
in succoring tho* su.Tering. He wan
ordered to ba court mnrtialod, which
under the condition-*, he aid, meant a
"muck trial and thn cutting off of the
lefcnilant's head". The American
Kmba y, however, hoard of the order
and inlerferre I no thnt it waa re rinM
find a decree of exile issued inwtemi.
Dr. Andrus. who wan born in New
York City and j-rndimtei! from Wil
liam College in iii'll and Union Theo
logical .-'eminary in IHrt", apent fifty
yearn in missionary work at Mardin.
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
SUPPLIES FOR SOLDIERS.
Railroads Delivering Daily 2,
500 Carload* of Food and
Other Neceaaitie* at Army
Camp* in Country.
Washington. Oct. 7.—Approximate
ly 2,.ri00 carload* of food and other
necesaitiea are being delivered daily
by the railroad* at the cantonment*
where the new national army and the
national guard are being trained . • r
service abroad, according to report*
just received by the railroad*' war
board.
Accurate figure* aa ta tho extant to
which the (upplying of food and ne
ceaaitie* for the soldier* at the train
ing cam pa will intensify the trana
portulion problem will not be avail
able until all of the campa have re
ceived their full quota of men.
The task which the railroads have
been aaked to perform, however, U a
difficult one. It involvea the supply
ing of all the necessities of life for 1t
nonproductive cities of a population of
40,000 each and 56 smaller cities rang
ing in population from 300 to 3.00.
Altogether more than 1,000,000 mer
gathered at the various cantonments
must have their daily necessities
brought to them by the railroads. As
it take* at least five pound* of food
per day for each soldier in addition to
'he clothing, fuel and other supplies
that are const.- ntly needed, the rail
road* have their work cut out for
them.
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FOR OUR COMING
' LYCEUM COURSE
Attractions for Season of
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Local Committee Provldee Select
Vurt Program at Popular Price*.
With mora than 16,000 Lyceum
wuim In tlu milted Butea, aiortf
lot Ore number* pacta and attended an
naally hy 10,000,000 people, tbe aupply
of clean, wholeeome winter"! entertain
ment In tbla country la enjoying a
aubetantta! and healthy growth. Thou
aanda of town* and cidee have learned
from experience that a Lyceum couree
la beneficial to community life In
many waya. Only entertainment
which la worth while can grow and
atand the teot of year* aa the Lyceum
movement baa done.
Tor the coming fall and winter la
oar community a choice program haa
been eel acted by tbo local anapieaa,
and tick eta will be Bold at popvlar
price*. * ' ~* "" " —
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Sour Stomach
Eat slowly. masticate your food
, thoroughly, abstain from meat for a
' few dava and In moat caaes the sour
stomach will disappear. If It doea
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i immcdiaelv nfter rupper. Red meat*
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GERMAN STRENGTH IS
SHOWING DECREASE.
Worn Daw* mmd Driwmm Back
TH* Carman* mrm Making
Their SiprtnM Effort
VMklnilim, Oet. M.—Gwniny'i
military >trwi(th now »howa a cleat
lUrrraM for tha rtrat time »inr» tha
war began according to a review baaed
upon data of the French general <U(f
j made public tmifht by tha French
high communion.
Worn ilown and driven hark by the
, i avar-andinir poundttig of (ha alllaa on
'ha waaUtrn front, tha »tatamant Itaya,
I (iarmanii have made their aupreinr
military afTort after drawing heavily
upon their inactive armie* in the aaat
and railing out their l!MH and part of1
the 101 'J raaarvM, »
Thi*, while the allie* have reached
ami are prepared to maintain their full
•trength while awaiting the coating of
America'* great army, tha enemy'* re
source* are diminiahing at the vary
moment when tha military aituation
demand* that they increase.
"Thi- how*," eondndM the Htot®
mcnt, "the doriaive character amend
ing the operation* of 1018, when three
great di'inncraricH, England, F- ance
and America, will unite their 1 rength I
in attacking the enemy, in con.'ormity
with the only wound principle of war."
The romiri" ion'* atatementj issued
through tha commit** on public infor
mation, follows:
"Both franco-(!«rman fronta on the
AiHne, 1917, and Verdun, 1611, have al
ready been I'omparad and it has been
noted thnt they are practically of the
•nme length. Jt haa heen stated that
the (ierman forces occupying them be
fore tha attack ware equally compar
able; 12 and 14 diviaiona. It ia known
today that during the name period,
from May to Heptembar, the German*
engaged 25 fresh division* at Verdun,
and that lhey~have been obliged to en
gage 46 on the Aiana. Furthermore,
during an equal period tha French took
5,8&i prisoner* at Verdun and 8,553 on
tha Aiane.
"This comparison included only a
it showed • vary fntereating result,
due to the increase of the material
force* of the allias and the improved
French fighting methods since adopted
by the other armies, and also, as testi
fied by the German staff itself apropoa
of the battle of the Soma*, in explain
ing their defeat 'to the perfect use of
technical mehods.'
"If the above comparison ia extend- j
ed today to the entire Franco-English
front, if you consider that from April
15th to June 15th the enemy engagad
108 divisions against the Anglo
French froces, and. Anally, if one bears
in mind that the successes of the Brit
ish offensive at Ypres, obliged to en
gage 15 divisions during tfie last 10
days, you can understand why the Ger
man 1 oases on the we»tern front grow
heavier and heavier. (They admit the
loas of 116,000 men during the month
of May, 140,000 men are estimated by
the allied staff during the month of
June.)
"This ia because the fighting in the
western front as a matter of fact,
practically never ceases. Whether in
the French sectors of Verdun or the
Aisne, or in the English sectors of
Arras and Ypres, the fighting is only
discontinued at one point to be taken
up at another. In addition to the big
attacks, a qOantitiy of carefully pre
pared small actions which have been
craarned with success and of which the
bulletins are not able to gire a clear
idea, increases the attrition of the
Germans.
"This constant activity, coinciding
with the weakness and inaction of the
effectually maintaining three times
larger forces on the French front than
on the Russian front. It ia known that
the Russian winter practically puts a
' stop to all active'operations, and that
the reaction of the internal events in
Russia on the astern front has allowed
Germany to consider it during four
1 months as a vertiable reserve for the
western front. Not content with de
clining to give battle and withdrawing
a portion of their front on the Hlnden
burg position the German general wtaff,
has transported to the western front,'
between January and April a cortain
number of divisions drawn from the |
eastern front. As this did not suilice
they have drawn the picked men from
each of their companies on the eastern
front, and with the assistance of the
have formed rr new (IT
vIjmm, 20 of which have i|ynw< >■
fWM
" However, la apiu of aM| all thsss
methods of which the latter have only
baan possible this year dua to tha
trouble made by tha Hn satan revolu
tion, <<*rmany haa made her supreme
military effort." Tha atalament ax
plain* that while Cenaany till haa
ureal powers of reaiatance whirh will
lake all tha allied forcae to break down
aiul aha la capable or executing vary
vigorous loral offensives, har reaourr
aa are diminishing at tha vary moment
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