El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-27
URGE GERMANY
TOCHECK TURKS
Faculty of German School
In Turkey Writes Of Out
RACES in Aleppo.

New York. sept 27.-The faculty OF
the German high school at Aleppo. Tur-
key. has protested to the German gov
eminent against the Armenian atroci-
ties. stating that unless Germany acted
to restrain the Turks. the outEages
committed will always remain a terri
bic stain on Germany's honor among
generations to come"
Through its censorship the British
government got possession OF a CODY Of
the protest. found in letter by DR..
Edward Graetner, one of the signers
from Basic. Switzerland, to a prominent
German theoIogian in neutral country,
and made it public news here.
The protest follows:
-Aleppo. Oct s. 1915.
I'VE humbly beg to report the follow
ing 10 the foreign office;
We feel il our duty to call the at
tention of the foreign office 10 the
fact that our school work. the forma-
ton of a basis of civilization and the
instilling of respect in the natives viii
be henceforward impossible if the Ger
man government is not in position TO
put an end to the brUtalities inflicted
here on the eXiled wives and children
of murdered Armenians.
I'm face Of the horrible scenes which
take place daily near our school build
ings before our very eyes, our school
work has sunk TO a level which Is an
insult TO all human sentiments How
can we masters possibly read the stories
of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'
with our Armenian children How can
we bring ourselves to decline and con
iCgate when in the court yards. op-
posite and next to our school buildings
death is reaping a harvest among the
starving companions of our pupils?
Girls. boys and women, all prac-
tically naked. lie on the ground breath
ing their last signs amid the dying andtj
among the collins put out ready for
them
20 Left Out of 2OOO.
Forty TO 90 people reduced TO skele-
tons are all that is left of the 1000 20
3GO0 healthy peasant women. driven
down here from upper armenia The
good looking ones are decimated by the
vice of the gaOlers, whilst the ugly
ones are victimized by beatings. hunger
ana thirst. Even those lying at the wa
ter's edge are not allowed TO drink.
Europeans are prohibited from dis
tributing bread among them More
than 100 corpses are taken out daily
from AleppO
All this is taking place before the
yes of highly placed Turkish officials
Forty TO so people reduced to skeletons.
are lying heaped up in a yard near our
school They are practically insane. and 3
have forgotten how to eat II one Of 4
fers them bread they push il indiffer-
entity aside. They utter low groans and
await death. Q
.-Ta-a-lim 81 almaR Cthe cult of tie
iermans) is responsible for this. the
natives declare
1t viii always remain a terrible
stain on Germany's honor among the
to come
The more refined Turks and Arabs
hake their heads sorrowfully when
hey see brutal soldiers bringing con-
-oys through the town of women far
dvanced in pregnancy. whom they beat
With cudgels. these poor wretches be-
NJ hardly able 10 drag themselves
long
We know that the foreign office has
lTeady received descriptions OF the 10
"A! condition Of affairs from other
curces. since. however. the procedure
Z deportation has I'm no way been
Moderated, we feel II more than ever
ur duty to submit this report for your
erusaL
Above all. we realize to the full the
anger with which German prestige is
ere threatened.
Director Huber.