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White Flag
Francis Mccullough, writing to the
New York World from Malta, under
date of November 4th, says:
AS a protest against the murders
of innocent Arab women, children and
men last week, l returned my official
papers as a correspondent to Gen. Ca
neva. l cannot remain longer with
an army which is no army, but an
armed band of marauders and gang
of assassins
About 400 women and children and
1000 men have been shot. Cripples
and blind beggars have been deliber-
ately shot. Sick people, whose hous-
es were burned, were left on the
ground and refused even a drop CT
water. l personally witnessed these
scenes of horror and photographed
| them for the World.
There was not the faintest pretense
of justice. The Arab quarter was
overrun with crazy soldiers with re-
volvers, shooting every Arab man, wo-
man and child they met. Officers are
worse than the men. The army is de-
moralized.
On returning my papers | was sum-
moned to headquarters, but refused to
consider any communication except
through the consul. No further at
tempt was made to communicate with
me, and l am now leaving voluntar-
lily. Gottberg, the we'll known Ger
man military critic and correspond
ent of the Berlin Lakalanzeiger, took
the same step. Every British CORES
pondent, save one, leaves today.
Worse Than An Armenian Massacre
The facts of the massacre are be-
yond dispute, and the correspondents
have already informed their govern
ments.
The scenes are worse than any Rus
sion pogram or Armenian massacre.
Two pro-Italian Jews were massacred
by mistake among the Arabs. The
Arabs did mutilate corpses, but not
until after the Italians began the mas
sacres. Arabs at first were the most
courteous opponents, and used to
bring in wounded Italians under a
flag of truce.
| visited the extreme italian front
during the battle of October 26, and
found the soldiers paralyzed with
fear. Very many of the soldiers are
BARRIERS and ice cream men from New
York. They are heartily sick of The
war, and their whole anxiety is to re-
turn safe to America.
The dreadful persistence of the en-
envy, day and night, affects their i'm
aginations powerfully. Up to few
days ago, when heavy reinforcements
came, the Italian line was in great
danger of being rushed any moment,
in which case there would have been
a mad "sauve qui peut," a wild rush
for the boats, and every European in
Tripoli would have run the danger of
being massacred. Even now the con-
suls are anxious for the Italian gov
eminent to provide transports where
on Europeans may find refuge.
The Italians frankly admit they Are
conducting this war as war of ex-
termination. No quarter is ever CIV
en- to the Arabs, whom Caneva per-
sists in regarding as non-combatants.
He says he is fighting Turkey. The
Arabs, therefore, are not regular SOL
diers in uniform, and must be shot if
caught with arms in their hands,
whether under the white flag or not.
On October 26 a small but brave
force of Arabs broke the Italian line
near Bumilyana, and were surrounded
in house, where they fought twelve
hours. Their ammunition was then
exhausted, and all were butchered, de-
spite the white flag.
These atrocities have aroused the
whole country to pitch of incredible
desperation. Women and boys have
gone into the desert to fight beside
the men, as have likewise all the rel
atives of the innocent town Arabs
massacred by the Italians. Mutilated
and mortally wounded men in the bat
tie front, with one leg or arm shot
away, creep up to the Italian lines
for the satisfaction of killing at least
one more italian before they die.