East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-19
NO QUARTER BEING
SHOWN BY TURKS IN
GALLIPOLI FIGHTING
CHARGES ARE BEING CIRCULAT-
ED THAT OTTONIANS TAKE
NO PRISONERS.
British and French Failing into the
Hands OF the MOslenls Are Put 10
Death, II Is Reported - Turkish
Government Sending Old Men TO
Fight at Dardanelles.
BY HENRY WOOD.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
CoNSTANTINOPLE, July 2l-(By
Courier to Dedeagatch and thence by
mail to New York.)--A warfare al
most without quarter is being con-
Quoted by the Turks on the CALI
pcli peninsula, according to stories
circulated here. That no prisoners
are teing taken is freely charged.
What becomes of some of the Eng
lish and French who fall into the
hands of Turks was unconsclously
tipped off by one Of the Turkish
wounded recently, Upon his arrival
at hospital at which the American
Red Cross is in charge he expressed
his amazement at the resemblance OF
the American doctor, whose name for
obvious reasons | dare not mention.
to an English soldier whom his COM
pany had taken prisoner a few days
before and later had killed.
"But why did You kill him?" de-
nIanded the American Red Cross doc
tor
why, he was our prisoner" re-
piled the simple minded and some
what puzzled Turk.
No doubt exists any longer in the
minds of any Turk that the existence
of the Ottoman empire is at stake
in the fighting now going on at the
Dardanelles. This is believed to ex-
plain to large degree the manner in
which the last men of the empire are
still coming forward to fight and in
which the government is permitted
without protest to drain the entire
country of its last resource for the
conduct OF the war
Not a day passes at Constantine
pie that the trains and boats do not
bring in small but fresh contingents
Of men from the farthest points OF
the empire. AS rule each lot does
not number more than so or 100 but
they come regularly every day II not
several times a day. For the most
part now they are old men with gray
hair and gray boards They march
stolldly into town, clad in rags IN
which they left their herds or viii
lagos and proceed to the commlssarv
headquarters There they are fitted
out with uniforms and arms and a
few days later march out again for
the Dardanelles.
In equal manner every incoming
train and ship brings its little 1uotl
of food for the army. For the most
part, this consists Of a herd of sheep,
1t is driven through the streets of
the city from the train or boat that
4 brought it in. to the army slaughter
house, and the next day 1t is rushed
to the Dardanelles in the form OF
fresh meat.
To secure food supplies for the ar
my the government has adopted the
rule of requisitioning everything II
needs. Only in a very few instances
has even a small portion of the price
been paid in cash. The rule is to
give a receipt which states that tho
government at some indefinite time
in the future will pay.
In strange contrast to the official
announcements Of continued success
es Nv the Turkish troops on the pen
, insula is the arrival of the wounded
Even without the official announce
ment that an engagement had taken
place the population of Constantine
pie would know 1t within "a hours BY
the arrival of the wounded
When the approach of a hospita
transport Is signalled all of the pub
lie cabs are ordered to the water
front to bring the soldiers up 70 tht
hospitals. Street cars flying the flag
; of the Turkish Red Crescent society
are also used. One night this in
terminable cortege of wounded be
gan passing my hotel at 1920 in tn
. evening. At 4:3O in the morning
t was still passing. In as far as pos
} sible the wounded are made to ar
5 rive in the night 1t makes less i'm
: preston on the public. It Is now be
Y lieved that there are not less tina
g 100000 at Constantinople but the
e are all soldiers with slight wounds a
the most seriously injured are keI
y at Rodosto where more prompt Al
: tent'on can be given them.
In an effort to raise additional rev