The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-11
Copyright 1917, by the Information
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fall and partition Of the Ottoman
State. The Turks will never
again rule in these regions.
When the Turks reach Nagh-
dad they will not have the inclin-
alton to stay there long enough
to quench their thirst. and they
will not find bread to eat,
Allah commanded me to cut
off the hands of the oppressors;
He has made open the way for
me for the attainment OF free
| dom and independence from mis-
rule of the cruel Turkish govern
| ment whose members are truly
| unbelievers but are nasquerading
as Believers; He has showed me
how to cast out their rule from
our midst.
| (By Sheriff and Amir of Nee
| ca, Aim Husseinn.)
The days of the Young Turks are
numbered, and these are few. 100
long they have defied the Mighty God
and the punishment is at hand. Be
| fore many months our heroic Allies
| (meaning the Indo-British FORCES
along the Tfgris) will expell them to-
wards the north and then westwaros,
doubling the tracks of the ex1led Ar
menians along the highways OF ASIA
Minor. Meanwhile my fearless Arabs
on horseback are bringing, daily.
hundreds Of Turkish prisoners, worn,
weak and spiritless. Neither our
heroic Allies nor my warriors are
bitter against these poor and mis-
guided tools of the goddess Turks who
! sit and give orders at distant STAIN
boul But we are bitter against these
selfish and evil set of men, who go
under the name of Young Turks.
They will be punished according to
the precepts of our religion, no more
and no less.
After having permitted themselves
by shameful appetites to do evil
deeds, they have brought about all
these horrible tragedies. These are
SO numerous that 1 can not mention
] each by name, but which are known
deep soorow to all the Moslems OF
the world, who must behold, however,
Eunwillingly the downfall of this once
greatest and most noble, Moslem
states: with sorrow I watch this once
mighty Moslem power breke0 in pieces
and led down to ruin and utter des-
| truction.
| My tears and heavy grief are also
for SO many of the Osmanh subjects
both Moslem and non-Mos1em, VIII ose
precious lives have been ruthlessly
4 sacrificed to the folly of the foreign
I tempters, without deserving such
cruel fates. g
With sadness watch the great fall
and partition of the Ottoman state
but with sincere satisfaction I anti
cipate the day when the guilty GROUP
at the seat of the Ottoman govern
ment will be punished as they fully
deserve. The Turks will never agar
rule in these regions; their unjust
and cruel rule is tottering at Syria
and along the Frat and Badglett (Ti.
girls and Euphrates) they are fleeing
from the hands of their publishers
When the Turks reach Bagdad they
will not have the inclination to stay
there long enough to quench theil
thirst, and they will not find bread
to eat.
For many years the Turks have
disgraced the whole Moslem worle
with. their repeated massacres O.
their non-Moslem subjects, and my
lself have often been compelled tt
hang my head in shame for the sim
[of my co-re1igionists. And today, Il
gives me sublime satisfaction to taxi
part in the punishment of the race
that has disgraced the rest Of thu
Moslem world. 1t gives me sublim'
satisfaction to know that our heroi
Moslem Indians are pursuing thu
Turks towards the sacred gates o
Bagdad, there in that Holy place t
administer just punishment to then
who have for centuries sinned agains
all laws of God and men.
When that judgment day comes
which is very near, not one soul
neither Moslem nor non-Moslem, viii
have pity for them. True, God ha
unbounded pity for all sinners. blu
J even Him they have insulted so meth
odically that I doubt If he would saw
them from destruction.
Their rule has been one continuou
, murder and massacre. Some peopl
! they have put to death treacherous
ly, while others they have drive
| from their already impoverishe
homes, as though the cruel war ha
mot already punished them enough
fOf these heavy calamities the heav
lest share has fallen upon the Hol
5 Land Of the Moslem.
l The poor as well as the rich hav
3 been forced to sell their doors an
3 windows, yea, even wooden frame
, of their houses have been taken fror
e them, in exchange for bread. afte
> other goods to the cruel representa-
i tives of the Modern Osmanli Govern
: ment.
f Not even thus was the lust of tn
: union and progress fulfilled. The
i laid bare all the secrets of their ur
j holy design, and trampled upon tn
;. only bond that bound them and tn
( true followers of the Prophet; the
j turned their backs and ignored tn
. Holy Precepts of the Book.
t For many years we patiently boz
: their many injustices until we coul
r not deny that the rulers of Turke
were Enver Pasha, Bjemal Pash
and Taalaandt Bey, who were COZ
: Quoting themselves without rule {
= precepts
They also showed their guilt whe
a they hanged in one day FL of til
:, highly honored and enlightened
:, the Moslems, among whom being tt
= Amir Omar ell Djaaeri, Amir Arif
Shahabi, Shevffikk Bey Mouayya
). Shukri Bey ell Zahrawi, Add ell Char
= lei Araisi. and their learned brother
:. To butcher so many, even of cattl
!. at one time would be without natu
:, al effection of mercy.
And even if we admitted that the
, had some Justification for the con
mittmept of this evil deed, by VIII
. authority in justice did they carr
= low