The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-14
U S. SHIP TERRORLZES THE
IENKS, TURKISH OPPRESSQRS|
~ Herman sernstlcn,
Editor Of The American Hebrew.
,(Ccpytight, 1917, by the Newspaper

EnterpriD0 A9sociation.)
Djenai Paaha, Enver Boy and Taa.
1t Bey are the big three" holding
the destines Of the Ottarnan Empire in
the hollow OF their hands. Adroit,
corrupt and interruptions. their blood.
stained hands are dripping deep into
the wealth Of the realm.
Taaiet Bey IL reputed the richest
man in Turkey, and his millions are
safely stored away In Europe against |
that inevitable hour when he must
do0 from Constantinople.
Efver Bey, being more IN the lime. |
light, Is somewhat more circumspect. |
than private
HIS ambition are rather imperial |
D Dejemal Pasha ranks Taalet second
IN wealth anniassed through the my.
riad opportunities OF graft that the po.
ihical understanding with his asso.
eiates makes possible. Hence. instead
Of being degraded for his defeat at the
hands OF tho British in 1914, Dejemal |
Pasha was made military governor OF
Salestine. One OF Americas diplo.
niatic representatives in the Ottoman
empire is authority for the statement
that upon assuming this office, DENIAL
Pasha entered into an agreement with |
+ Enver and Taalet that they were to
have free hand in CONSTANT
nople and Anatolia, in return for his |
unbridler authority in Palestine.
When Djemal assumed control Of
Ralestine, that country had Jewish
population of over 10000, with fine
vineyards, orange. almond, olive and
other groves waterwcrhs, and irriga.
lion plants valued at S20,000,O00.
The zionist and their institutions be. |
came victims Of Djemal's cruelty from
the beginning of his regrime Accus.
ing them Of treason to the Ottoman
Empire, he Instituted raids in order to
unearth evidences OF his suspicious,
fne emblem OF the Zionists-the six
cornered star OF David-was to him as
sinister as the flags OF Germany's op.
ponents. He swooped down upon the
BeEallel School OF Arts and Crafts, es.
tablished by the Zionists in Jerusalem,
hoping to find the pupils engaged in
making badges with the hated insig.
MA. From this angle alone the stu.
alton became 80 dangerous for the
Jews OF Palestine that they were com.
PEELED, In order to escape execution, to
strip the six-cornered star from the ark
curtains in their synagogues.
The war had cut Palestine off from
all Communication with the world, and
its Inhabitants were threatened with
starvation The American Zionist or.
ganization Immediately undertook the
financing and maintance of It's insti.
buttons In the Holy Land, and at my
request, in behalf OF the American
Jewish Relief Committe, President
4 Wilson placed at the disposal OF the
committee the U. s. collier Vulcan, to
, carry food and clothing to the suffer.
ling population.
Arrival OF the American argosy
brought not only relief from famine,
but struck terror into the heart Of Dj-
email Pasha, who blandly announced
his welcome Of the naval vessel and
approved appointment of Zionists on
the conhmitte to handle the relief.
But his benevolence vanished when
the last trail Of smoke from the vul-
can disappeared beyond the Mediter-
ranean horizon.
Early in 1915, DENIAL issued de.
cree commanding all Jews of Pales.
tine, nationals Of allied countries to,
become Ottoman subjects, and the
young men forthwith to enter the
Turkish army. Failure to obey was
to be punished by expulsion.
Ten thousand Jews who had come
to Palestine from Russia and Rumania
refused to obey Djemal. Again the
United States came to the rescue, and
the American crusier Tennessee, rush.
/ ed to Jaffa from Egyptian waters,
served as a ferry for the refugees.
They were carried to Alexandria,
where the aged, the children and the
I sick were cared for in a camp provid.
Ned by the British army and operated
by Miss Kaplan with such remarkable
efficiency that WHEN she died last Aug.
ust, the authorities provided her with
g military funeral.
Again Djemal Pasha's persecution Of
the Jews gave that people an, oppor-
: tuntty to win distincition-this time in
what the world has come to regard
as an unwonted field for the tribe OF
the wandering foot" Hundreds Of
young men had fed from Palestine
rather than serve against the allies.
But their hight was no towards pam
ic. They fought another day." But
under the Union Jack, and they have
won an imperishable name for them.
selves as 1.-THE Zion Mule Corps"
whose various deeds in the Inflated
Gallipoli campaign have been immor.
talized by Colonel ]. II. Patterson,