The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-01

New York. Sept 30.---The faculty of
the German High School at Alappo.
Turkey, recently protested to the Ger
man Government against the Armenian
atrocities. stating that unless Germany
acted to restrain the Turks the out
RACES committed will always remain
a terrible stain on Germany's honor
among generations to come"
Through It's censorship the British
Government got possession Of copy
Of the protest, found in letter by DR..
Edward Graetner one Of tho stgners
from Basic Switzerland. to a promi-
nent German theologian in q neutral
country, and made it public news here.
The protest follows:
"Aleppo, 8th October, 1918.
We humbly beg TO report the fol-
lowing 10 the foreign Office:
We feel II our duty to call the at
tention OF the foreign Office to the fact
that our school work, the formation Of
a basis Of civilization and the instilling
Of respect In the natives will be hence
forward Impossible II the German
Governments Is not IN position TO put
an end to he hrutnlities inflicted here
on the ~ led wives and children of
murdered ArInenians.
I'm face OF the horrible scenes which
}nes before our very eyes, our school
work has sunk TO level which Is an
insult 70 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 de.
cline and contugate when in the court
yards opposite and next to our school
buildings death Is reaping q harvest
among the starving com panions OF our
pupils
Girls boys and women. all practi-
cAlly uatcd lie on the ground breath
ing Their taet signs amid the dying and
among fHs collins put out ready for
them.
Fort. te #Et- people reduced to skele-
tons al. hat is left OF the 1000 to
?, 900 b. tHhv peasant women driven
down lete frdn Upper Armenia. The
good -|ouk n4 ones are decimated by
the vice IF their gaolers, whilst the
ugly ones are victimzed by beatings.
hunger. and thirst. Even those lying
! at the waters edge are not allowed to
drink. More than a hundred oorpses
are taken ont daily from Aleppo,
f "All this is taking place before the
eyes Of highly placed Turkish officials,
Forty to fttv people reduced to s!,ele-
ms are lying hear cd up In yard n eAr
our school They ara practically in
sane. and have forgotten how to eat.
X one offers them bread they push
1t indiferently aside They utter low
groans and await death
'Ta-a-lin Ell altman Ctthe cult OF the
Germans) is responsible for this. the
natives declare
at will always rematn terrible
stain on Germans honor among the
generations to come.
The more educated inhabitants OF
Aleppo maintain that the Germans dc
not really approve Of these oatrages
Perhaps the German people, too, are
ignorant Of these events. How woult
II be possible otherwise for the usually
truth loving German press to repor
the humane treatment OF Armenian.
accused of high treason? But 1t ma,
he that the German Governments
hands are tied by reason OF certain
contracts, No, when II is a question 0
thousands Of helpless women and -chtl
dren who are being driven to certain
death by starvation the words Upper
tun' and 'Komp etenzxertage can NJ
longer have any meaning. Every cul
ture-- -----~-7n being Is competent t.
intervene. and Il Is in fact, his sacred