The Washington herald., 1918-10-26

EnNer nscf thlk tfopoo4i WAC
straight face. and he made IL ~
only on this occasion but on seveR
others. At the very moment dI4
! Enver suggested this mechanism -
relief. the Turkish eenoarrnes snA -
Turkish oficisls were not culy rs0~
bing the Armenisns OF an Somf
household possessions. Of an dAr
food and all their mooey. but u1eo
even stripping women OF their ~
shreds Of clothing and proddinx Ghs1r
naked bodies with bayonets ~ hey
staggered across the burning dessrt
And the minister OF war now prO-
posed that we give our AmGSmB
money TO these same ruArdiaos OF
the law for distribution among t.ssss
chsrgesl However, ] had 10 be tact
full
IF you or other heads of the eu~-
ernment would become personally ~
sponsfble for the distrfbution." ID
| ''of course we would be Flsd to g.
trust the money 10 you. But naturally
you would not expect us to give fns
money 10 the men who have ben
killing the Armenisns and outr.gtng
their women"
But Enver returned to his nan
point.
Friends Bad For TheA
They must never know" be saiG
that they have a friend in eh<
United States. That would absolutely
ruin them! II is far better that tbey
starve, and in saying this am really
thinking Of the welfare of the AZ
menians themselves. II they car
only be convinced that they have nc
friends in other countries then Shey
will settle down. recognize that rur-
key is their only refuge and becore
quiet citizens. Your country IA ooinr
them no kindness by constantly show
ing your sympathy. You are rnerefv
drawing upon them greater hard
ships"
in other words. the more rDoney
which the Americans sent 70 fe<d
the Armenians. the more Arrnenisss
Turkey intended TO massacre! Enver,s
logic was fairly maddeninE: yet BE-
did relent at the end and permit me-
to help the sufferers through certain
missionaries, In all our discussions
be made this hypocriucsi plea that
he was really a friend OF this dis
tracted nation and that even the -
verify OF the measures which he had
adopted was mercy In disguise. Since
Z
TO treat the Armenians with justice
in this his attitude TO me was cum.
different from that OF Talaat, who
openly acknowledged his Determine =
tion TO deport them-I went to the
pains Of preparing an elaborate plan
for bettering their condition.
/ suggested that IL he wished 70 be
just he should protect the innocent
refugees and lessen the suffering ss
much as possible, and that for thar
purpose he should appoint a specn /
committee Of Armenians TO assist him
and send a capable Armenian. such
as Oskan Ehendi, formerly mins-
ter Of posts and telegrsphs, to study
conditions and submit suggestions
/ for remedying existing evils. Enver
did not approve either Of my r~o-
posals: as 20 the first he said Thai
( his colleag gues would nnisunderstaud a
IT, and. as TO Oskan. he said that he
admired him for his good work while
I he had been IN the cabinet and had
backed him in his severity toward the
( inefficient officials. yet he could not
trust him because he was a member
OF the Armenia DAshnsguist So
ciety
In another talk with Enver I beesr
4 oE suggesting that the central row
{ eminent was probably not TO blsr>
Tor the nssSsc cres thought thar
this would not be dispIeasing 10 him
! or course I know that the cabinet
would never order such terrf{,,s
things as have taken place" I san
You and Talaat and the rest Of -,
committee can hardly be held respou-
sible- Undoubtedly your subordinats~
have gone much further than you
have ever intended. ] realize that y,
is not always easy 10 control voi.r
undeTiinEs."
. Enver Strengthened Up at once. j
saw that my remarks far fror,
smoothing the wsv to a quiet snd
; friendly discussion had greatly. Of
tended him. had intimated thai
! things could happen in Turkey tor
which he and his associates were not
responsible
You are greatly mistak ken" n.
said We have this country ab-o-
lutely under our control I hsve oo
desire to shift the blame on our M
derlinEs and ] am entirely willing n
ACCEPT the responsibility mvself fo-
everything that has taken place. Tn.
CABINET itself has ordered the deporzs-
u"ns- am convinced that we ar.
completely justified in doing this o~-
ing 10 the hostile attitude OF the Ar
! Tenlans toward the Ottoman govern
ment but We are the real rulers q,
Turkey. and no underlinr would ds !.
. proceed in a nstter OF this kind Win
out our orders
ITO BE COntInued Tomorr.rl