Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-31
TURKISH HORDES
LOOT Jerusalem
Ottoman Butchers Stay l1babs.
ants, Seeing Their Own
Doom Is Sure.
WOMEN'S FATE IS Terrible
Situation In Palestine Most ss,,.
Since War 5esan-Germany Er
ercises No Restraining lnan
enee on Her Turk Allies

Cairo, Egypt.-The situation in D.,
estine is the most serious sirca - I''
war began. A scheme for the loo,,-'
of Jerusalem is already being avsaa.
ed and throughout the country ~,
Turk has embarked on caIcrIotas
policy of plundering and KILN, tk-
native inhabitants, so that if thew a,s
forced to vacate the country thew will
leave behind them a desert. The onI.
thing that can save them. the onln
hope that bouys them up, is that III.
British armies now hammering NJ tba
gates of the Holy Land may soo0
drive out the Turks.
Information about conditions in po,
estine is received here from monv
sources, some more or less dirac. I'm,
most of them roundabout The fd.
lowing statement of the situation /,
given to the Associated Press bv q,
official In touch with all these sources.
THE attitude of the Young Turks
toward the unfortunate non-Turkisr
races within their empire has alwor,
been harsh and oppressive. Duin,
the war it has been an open campaian
of robbery, exploitation and massacs
for the Young Turks, realizing that the
partition of the lands under their ruiz
is unavoidable, have determined to gs
as much as they can out of the h
habitants while they are In poSse>
sion.
Hate All Subject Races.
"The stupendous wickedneSs Of tbe
determination of the Armenian na
ton cannot be dismissed as mere
device of Oriental statecraft or asa
particular measure aimed at one par
ticular race, for 1t is Turkish policy
towards not only Armenlans but
Arabs, Greeks and Jews-in fact all
peoples who are subjects of the Turk
but are not themselves Of Turkish
blood.
while there was some prospect Of
being able to retain or even enlarge
their empire, the Turks although
treating their subject races badly did
not actually seek TO destroy them To i
day, knowing themselves doomed, it's
their calculated policy to kill off the
inhabitants of Palestine and extOrthe
last ounce of money and goods from
them, so that if they are forced to
cate the country they will leave be
hind them a desert-a poyerty-stricken
and depopulated land.
Their policy is not consistent with
military or economic needs and Is not
supported by even the slenderest pre-
texts for its necessity. 1t is dictated
solely by a savage brutality. The
Turk has in the past shown some ar
titude for diplomacy, if little tot
craftsmanship, but the modern Young
Turk of the committee of union anc
progress is an infinitely worse tyranl
than his predecessors, and all ue
native savagery and blood lust ula'
are his heritage now find vent 10
deliberate and organized crimes he
works untrammeled by diplomatic con-
vention and reckless of the ineYltaOr
consequences. Germany has exercises
no restraining influence and inaevu
shares largely in the Ottoman gun"
Palestine is somewhat cut OIL 1rOn
the world and news Of the dreau"
happenings within its borders reaches
civilization slowly. 1t Is usually lu'
possible to learn the fate Of lndIVu'
uals, but a good general IDEA u 'u'
situation is in our hands.
1.-THE disaster that befell the A.
menian nation Is being meted out
the mixed non-Turkish population u
Syria and Palestine. Families are oe
ing massacred, towns and terHtoii',
evacuated, communities plundered aH'
given over to pillage.
"Recently the town of GAIA was
dered evacuated. In pursuance ol u,
order the inhabitants were forceu
set out upon their journey with n0m .n
ing but the clothes they wore "
their belongings were lett III ,' ~.
homes and these were imme"I"'e'! -,
livered over to the Turkish troops ~,
loot. There were the usual sceu '.e,o.
wanton destruction and wilItuI u'na
ment; no women were spared me ' -,
tomary accompaniment of a u'A''
visitation.
Lootine of Jerusalem Thorough the
"Gaza having been pilla2tu D.'' ,ros
soldiers not yet being stated, ,r
PROPOSED to- carry out the same .tr..
gram at Jerusalem. The head no.'g ,,.o
however, protested that, ha''N- .,.ral
the exhibition at GAIA. they ffelg,5L r,.
to chance the risks of war 90 f e.,d
ing the certain agony of a l9I .a.t
evacuation. This answer and I,s-b he
displeased the pasta so na." '', ,r.os.
promptly had the deputal.l. , sne
ported TO Anatolia AID is -A''- nome
cial measures to see that ms 5s-sd
for footing Jerusalem is no. --, sa,oo,
by organized passive resist PIE
the inhabitants. .- palps
1.-THE system of oppresS'oH ~ .+rDii
-. -. INT if IS so SUP