Arizona republican., 1913-01-07

Under these conditions the Turkish army ought never to have advanced beyond the line of the Lu!e Burgas They should have taken up strong positions there; waited to ge all their army together; trained their men and put them into sympathy with their officers.
 By this tire all the world knows that the Bulgarian army did not pur- sue the Turks bcyoru Lulc Burgas. Trey waited nearly week before they made their demonstration to trv the strength of the Turkish army at 1 Chataldja. There has never been a pitched battle there and now peace negotiations are going on. The Turk IS not driven out of Europe, nor do l believe that he will be now. Con stantinople win remain under the Turkish government and strip of territory the size of which will be determined by negotiations.
 While the newspapers have been filled with accounts of the condition Of Constantinople. filled with rofu- gees and soldiers driven back upon the city, and while they have been describing scenes here "Crly riValled hy the scenes in Dante's Inferno" we , have been living in CoDstantinople ! ir peace and quietness There has 1 been no bloodshed here, and the gov ernmcnt has maintained order with l great firmne5s. We should remem- ] Der that KiamiI Pashas government : took up the work after the commit ] tee of union and p.ogress cabinet ! had been turned out soon after the
 beginning of the war The least that We can say about the committee of ! urion and progress is that it's name
 is q misnomer, for the committee
 stood neither for union nor for prog l rcSS.
 Kiamil Pasha's cabinet had hard
 task. They inherited the war, the
 army was what the committee of union and progress had made it, and ] the country was filled with their ap- . roirteeS in office. There has been no
 serious disorder in this city during the war. Robert college has not missed one day of lessons. The great est danger was in the provinces. As of old, when any trouble arose in the
 Roman empire. they cried. The l oh. istians to the lions" 50 in the Turkish empire the Christians have
 usually suffered when things went wrong Tn, Armenian patriarch and his council haze been in great anX-
 iety for their people in Adana, in the
 Bitlis and Van region. and in other parts. and they had reason to be
 anxious We all shared their anN- 1 iety and do vet. But there has been
 uo general massacre in the ASiatic 1 provinces There have been disor- ders and some lives have been lost,
 Lut nothing like what We feared has taken place. and We who know the
 country are sure that there would have been very serious massacres there had not the government eXer- l cised strong control over the tur-
 Luiert populations.
 This war is saddcning to all who ! love Turkey and the Turks, IL has drawn upon our sympathies and has shocked us with it's horrors, but there ! is bright side which has not ap-
 pcared in the newspapers. and that
 ie the dignity. strength and wisdom of the government, struggling against
  and accomplish its task.
 There is one other thing l must
 speak of. though l find it difficult to
 write about it. When things were SO congested that the government
 could not even feed its soldiers. 1t
 was not to be expected that the hos 1 pital service and the care of the
 wounded would be perfect. The hos
 pitfalls that were organized in con l stantinople at the outbreak of the war were well equipped, clcan and ready for their work, but when the wounded filled these, and they had to provide more. they took barracks
 which were very dirty, and the peo-
 ple who had charge of them dld not
 seem to know what to do. Much time | was lost and many wounded died for 1 lack of care.
 i There was lack of system in the
 reception of the wounded at the sta 1 ton when the trains came in from | the front. and often they remained many hours without care. without
 water. suffering severely But the
 worst ccnes were perhaps at St. 1 Stepharo. This station is on the
 railroad between the Chataldja lines and Constantinople. It became q
 sort of receiving station for the sick. Cholera prevailed. though l think much what was called cholera was not true cholera,
 These sick men were taken off the ! train at S1 Stephano in order not to
 OrirE contagion into the city, but pains were not taken to see that ar 1 rangements were made for caring for { them Sick men, we .inGed men who
 were also sick. and dead men lay 1 around upon the ground without shelter The dead were not buried. 1 Often sick man was found with his
 head pifowed upon d dead man. The | sick were calling for water. It was
 a sickening scene, and many were
 afraid to help these sufferers from
 fear of contagion, and many knew nothing about the sad conditions 1 prevailing there.
 The American Rcd Cross discor-.
 cred this plague spot through MT,
 Hoffman Philip, first secretary of the
 American embassy. MT Philip, the 1! Rev Robert Frew and Dr. Ford, With