Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-21
TURKS SACK HOLY LAND;
OUTSTOLE THE GERM MAS
Robbed Populace Even Of JeWelry;
Their Condition Reduced TO
Hobo" Extrenlitics.

With British Troops in Palestine. Oct.
49, -Although Turkey did not declare
war until November, 1914, German IN
trigue and influence began 90 shor~ ~
self in Palestine after August, 1914.
In the beginning Of August the Turks
began reqljstioning all kinds Of supplies,
but With true German manners they did
not confine Themselves 10 thing alone
of military value They rcqmsitloned
whatever appealed 10 them jewclry and
fancy goods, antioues---and sent them
away 10 their families Anyone found
Withholding goods was courtmartialed.
TRIED 70 n5cTrg HoLY VAR
Turkey, Of course, encouraged by Ger
many, tried 70 incite the people into n
holy war. The Turkish mobilization be-
gan AZ once, although he ignorant Turk
ish soldier had little idea for what Pm
pose be was being modified.
The interval between mobilization and
declaration of war was made Use %
By German propagandists in scattering
! thousands Of pamphlets arnoag the people
They stated that the Germans were
not Christians Ike the British and
| French, but we're true followers u Mo-
| hammcd They quoted from The Koran
! 10 show that the Kaiser vas spoken n
as the one who should be the savior n
! Islam after Turkey entered the Tsr.
/ They melted tho population With stores
| Of how early they were capturing Egypt
Wien true facts began to he knovn
/ and the people learned that heir c2na-
( paign for conquest Of thc Suez Canal had
! been 3 dismal failure there commenced
/ 10 be grtmbings agsinEt the Germans. ~
! il became evident that thcv we're fighting
\ Ioeing fight but The German yoke
(, had heen ioo firmly tIt'ed On Turkey
! shoulders 70 be easily shaken of
/ pALEgrI$E VISITED sY pLsGUs.
! n 1916 the whole nf Palestine va
/ visited with sn avf,Il pagie u lncu.ts
! These little insects ate c.er-thlng IN frc
! fields and lcft thc corntrr laokirz p
/ though i had been svep' Dv ere -|ar- r.
( tor vas soon rampant " rnanr 0f nc
/ districts. Tvphue and rholers hroke on'
/ In Darnssc,ls with population HI
I .t00 600 b. famine, exeoltions, rho'srs
and ttphlis over 30 co Tere earried
of ~ .v-o -ears With ne cnIafr7- jf
( this condition German officers with tie
rurl4 instead ~ trylng % Tcheye the
situation. gathered ,,p al the 'ood INST
/ aov could get hold Of and senf y hrough
/ bv parcel poet 70 their iamiieS 2 'rl-
many.
~oNprrEoSa sTHPIT ATFTr
/ The condition of the civil poruletion
/ tecane awful the few people who had
4 money found Il almost useless, he Turk
4 .,h pound 81 decreased - PER cent
in value that X s. paper money hA-
! came worth actuslly about 20 reuts gold.
Nv friend Air Snlami "a SvrisH} e,
4 he present vice-nayor Of Jerusalem,
/ told me that his relatives n america
sent him shortly before the surrender
! az the citv 70 me British 5000 for
which be received $3.50 ln Turkish Znid.
"a the citv starvation, aided bv disease
and Destilence, swept Of hundreds %
the population The Turks also deported
hundreds, and more wretched place
than Jerusalem would have been hard
10 find.
The condition 81 the Turkish soldier
i beyond hclief, MS paw q l1 pIastres
Der month is worth IN actual fact about
seven and one-haif cents, hls clothing -
4 bundle 81 rags. and most OF them are
without shoes.
Whenever anv n their cameis die,
thew At once cut The skin INTO pieces
and tie it 70 their feet as 4 substitute
Tor shoes
TURKS LOOK IKE EoBoES
was . the British front Ines when
three Turkish soldiers crawled 1crnss
10 Man Land and gave themselves
IN Thev saii they rad heen sighting
f0r four lang, wears and were rired aui
hungry and wanted 70 he British prisoners.
Their clothing was patcn upon patrf'.
ana they looked uore ike three aoboe-
han Ike soldiers
~ked thru WAy mDIe q their sol-
,iier- did not .e-rrt, ard 'hcy SAID
They arp dese,flng. nut ; hard p
get Gu' ii he trenches, ami give uuI-
selves -o ap Brush. ioT . we Vere
caught or iticer- would shoot ~
However. one IA these PRISONERS was 81
officer
Before liz Turkish retreat aas MAJ.
from. Jerusalem hundreds oi Iurkls1
soldiers went from door 10 ioor hegg' ~
for food from the civl population. II
Is easy % realize the condition 81 N,
civil population when The Turkish
solder IS reduced t1 begging.
ls The British move forward we tinc
that the Turks have impoverished ne
country so that i Niil AXE years %
recover For example. the olIve trees cr'
one 81 Palestine greatest sources g
wealth and the TURKS are cutting then
down for freWood for their camps. Sine
+. takes 50 Years for an olive tree ID IN,
:Gre. the country wlI suffer 'or years
!