The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-01
How England;s Army In Cra-
die of Human Race Saued
Civilization

of whom about $4,000 are Jews, al
though thousand years ago it had
a population Of about 100000. The
decline in population from 2,0OO,OOO
to 10000 has been due to the fearful
atrocities OF the Turks as they have
waged their unceasing warfare OF
murder and loot against the Armen-
ians and against all of the regions
which they have dominated. They
have lived by pillage and by murder
and by crimes even worse.
Immediately upon the capture of
Bagdad law and order were restored
by the British. The English army
gave to that part OF the world an
illustration which it had not known
for thousand years as to honor and
integrity and payment for the things
it used In contrast with the rob
berry and pillage and murder OF the
Turks it paid for what it bought. 1t
began to clean up the city, to I'M
prove its sanitary condition, to clean
its streets OF dirt and filth and in
doing all of this it rc-establiShed the
confidence Of the inhabitants and
brought an entirely new influence
into that part OF Mohammedanism,
for Bagdad had for centuries been
regarded from many points OF view
as the dominant city OF Islam.
Some years ago, when the atroci-
Nss OF the Turks agains the Ar
menians had become so fearful that
the civilized world apparently could
no longer stand such crimes, con-
cert of the Powers of Europe was
arranged for their suppression by
forcing upon Turkey demand that
they should cease. Every European
Power agreed to Join the movement
except Germany. Germany alone
stood out and refused to unite in
the suppression OF Turkish atrocities,
and the bribe which Germany re-
ceived was the privilege Of building
the railroad to Bagdad, with such
other assurances as Turkey could
give of cooperation with Germany.
The kaiser visited the east and pro-
claimed himself the defender of Is
lam. and, according to statement
made some months ago by DR..
Dwight Hills. definitely allied him
self by membership with the Mo-
hammedans through religious cere-
mony in the city of Constantinople.
The English East Indian army,
which at the beginning of the war,
inadequately equipped and without
transportation facilities, moved to-
ward Mesopotamia, hoping thereby
to cut Germany's line of communi-
cation with the Moslem world and
to strike a death blow at the effort
which was being made to bring on
a holy war on the part OF all Islam
against all Christianity, performed
deeds OF heroism which should make
us ashamed to boast of anything that
our troops have yet been able to do
on the battle fields Of France. Fight
ing day after day, with inadequate
food, inadequate supplies of every
kind, without transportation facil-
tiles and i'll temperature OF $50 de-
grees in one OF the most barren re-
gions on earth, which produces moth
ing OF food upon which an army
could depend, this heroic force con-
tiued its campaign, sometimes halt
ed and sometimes defeated, but, with
its bulldog tenacity, never stopping
until it landed in Bagdad. And now,
to the surprise of the world, there
comes the announcement that this
same British East Indian force has
pushed on through the wilds of that