New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19


%, campaign Of robbery, exploitation and
.,.,sre. for the Young Turks, realizing that
4. partition of the lands under their rule
u,,yoidsble, have determined to get as
,,.b as they can out Of the inhabitants while
.,y are still in possession.
|S,owing Themselves Doomed.
In. Turks Grow Violent
~. ,tppendous wickedness of the ex-
.-;,.ton Of the Armenian nation can
: b. dismissed as a mere device Of Oriental
,,.,,.tt or as a particular measure aimed
A., psrtieular race, for it is the Turkish
-y.v toward not only Armenians, but
,h, Greeks and Jews, in fact, all peoples
=, are subjects Of the Turk, but are not
s,nolyss Of Turkish bloO1.
While there was some prospect OF being
IL. "a retain or even enlarge their empire
.. r,rks although treating their subject
mrs h,dly. did not actually seek to destroy
49, To-day. knowing themselves doomed
F., i eeir calculated policy to kill on the
hF 4 the inhabitants Of Palestine and ex-
"a, ss last ounce Of money and goods from
..- 80 that if they are forced to vacate
:. ,ountrv they will leave behind them
.,v- poverty-stricken and depopulated
nd -, -.
Their policv is not consistent with mill
1T AZ economic needs, and is not supported
r even the slenderest pretexts for ITS neees-
II. Il is dictated solely by savage brutal
n The Turk has in the past shown some
rt,uds for diplomacy, If little for states
,,,,siv. but the modern Young Turk OF the
|6n-ittee Of Union and Progress Is an IN
|hi,,lv worse tyrant than his predecessors
|r9 an the native savagery and blood-IusI
|eat are his heritage now find vent IN de-
Bsrsts and organized crimes. He works
,n.rsn-slled By diplomatic convention ana
sskess Of the inevitable consequences. Ger
,sry has exercised no restraining influence
III indeed, shares largely in the Ottoman
rlt'
his point Of German contamination IS
r,s also by "The Sum-" which observes
ea.-
TIE Turk seems TO have suffered morally
';- association with the Germans. EngllSA
a.:isrs have long been enthusiastic over the
'sfts respect for fair play in war, ana
ror;e story has been Of the Turks IN a
kDpo;smian fortress who, when driven
3. left all the water coolers full and
s,ady notes for the incoming foe. Now II
Announced that in moving out Of GAIA they
s'sd the town and will do the same thing
- Jerusalem. Having observed what the
irslisn Germans have done in France, the
'as wishes 20 assert his own claim to civil
aa'n and kultur."
he Turk as the Poet
laso Saw Him
And Jet, viewing the race from the
aatpoint Of history (perhaps it would
= better to say from the special stand
Nat Of literature), it is hardly possible
BOX upon the massacre urge as tunda-
aesaLy attributable 70 Teutonic insinua-
~a Or coercion. The poet Tasso wrote
> tremendously long epic in the sixteenth
Ra'aTy, which rehearsed ardently great
1asads made by Italian noblemen i'm
.ed with the dream Of wrestling Jeru-
~en from the hands Of the Turks and
's''fisg the sanctity and prestige Of the
'Sa1sd Holy Sepulchre. This epic,
'sFasalem Delivered" a monumental
'NE paints the Turk in no uncertain
sarI
he ule Saracen," he Is called; and
. aerce Turk; "the false Turk; "the
'R't'ous Turk" with a hand
,.s''es'd on, In muscular disdain, as though
n ua1 iti prey, unsparing as the paw
claw
.11'sd' his sixteenth century poet rep
ean the despoilers Of Jerusalem as
20 IN league with Satan and all the
Ia powers Of the underworld.
"a he tide Of battle turns too yehe-
-y IN favor Of the crusaders, then
a. kesr4, '
|hs ~ ke~ fast their tyranny declined
- "snsneous conflict, swarm around"
- DffafYf feru..ts1- - Toruaalero IL