Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-16

neither receiving mail nor having any
sent. The British postmaster sent up
word last night that a mail was going
to leave tomorrow, so we're all writing
letters today with the hope that maybe
, they'll start on their way tomorrow
You are probably getting much more
news: about actual events than we are
The first of last week, right after Eng.
land and the other powers had de-
clared themselves, we got lot of news
but since then Turkey has put the
press under censorship so we get
practically no news, and. what We get
we're not sure is true. Turkey re-
peated1y declares herself neutral but at
the same time she's mobilizing faster
and more thoroughly than she did dur.
ing her last two wars. We were plan.
ming TO stay in Constantinople during
August and September and go back to
Smyrna the last of September. Now
we don't know when we'll be able to
get back. The Dardanelles are heavily
mined. If boat gets past the mines
safely they're pretty apt to be cap
tured out in the Aegean Sea. We
could take the train from here to
Smyrna but the government has seized
the trains and is using them for the
transportation of guns, ammunition
and troops Turkey is very much
afraid of an attack by Russia. think
| would have felt very different if /
hadn't lived through the great massa.
ores. I'd hate like everything, though,
to see Russia get Turkey. T. 81
;,,o d T.. OF 20 hnnn
because of the conditions in Europe
the Greek massacres have stopped.
Your money which you sent me
reached me on the last mail. We are
living with Mr.. and Mrs. Peet this
summer. Mr.. Peet has been in Con-
stantinople over thirty years, acting as,
treasurer for the American Board OF
Missions in Turkey. He Is very per-
sonal friend of the Ambassador, and
always up to the present his credit has
been better than any other mans in
Turkey. / gave him that order on
Cooks which you sent me and all they
did was to hand it back to him and
say, with regrets. Wen cash it for
you in ten days" Even Turkish paper,
money is no good now Nothing but
6O1u DdOSCO. vi SOuASCy SAO NOOh
der will be good when this panic and
uncertainty is over, but can't get any!
thinug for it now. Thanks ever so
much for it, dad; you've no idea what
it's going. to mean to me. Why,
never lived through such a terrible
two weeks as the last have been. In
the last three days the price Of all food
has doubled, in some eases trebled.
For about four days last week bread
couldn't be bought in G9nstantinople.
The poorer people in this country live
on bread, so many of them got almost
to the point OF starvation. Saturday
boat came in loaded with -four, SO the
people have been RbleIto get bread
for the last two days. All the men,
between 81 and As years, have had to
for military service. This takes
away the protection from many women
and also all provision for their food. !
The people just live from hand to
mouth here, SO when the men are gone
the women will just suffer from hun
ger.
The banks are all closed. Mr.. Peet
is nearly frantic because he cant get
a cent OF money. The ambassador has
cabled to President WILSON fora bat.
tleship to come at once but. 1t isn't
likely America will feel that she can
spare one at this time. If it comes,
Mr.. Peet has cabled to Boston to the
American board to send us out 1900
English pounds-that will be for all
the American missionaries; and 1t will i
look mighty good to us. too. IS
Thank you so much, dad, for the
I haven't gotten it yet, but
when / do I'll hand it right over to !
Mrs. Peet for my board and it will
help her lay in more supplies. I.never
had money mean as much to me as
that does, probably because ] never
suffered for the want of it before. I
haven't gotten the check you sent to
Smyrna It probably got there about
the time the other>feached me here
too late for it to be forwarded. We've
received no Turkish mails lately, eth. !
or. 1t will be great, though, If it's for
warded to me here and can cash both
drafts So