The Washington times., 1918-09-01

will get you money there if you will only spare u.s.
They allowed US to leave the house. but followed
stirring about sharing with each other the bread and
meats had brought with them The yezidees made
lausanne stay with them while 1 searched for mother
She caring for baby whose mother had died during
the night The first thing she asked was Where is Lu
Sanne-have they got hertz
Mother gave two Ira. The yezidee took the money
and of them showed lausanne away She tainted when
she realized they had released her.
During the first day and night knew what was
to happen Such of the soldiers would answer ques-
ons said only that the Pacha Governor had ordered the
women taken away. None knew how OF when During
the first night three of the mothers of girls who had been
taken by the Turks the day before died One of them
killed herself while her other children sleeping
around her
In the centre of the square there was band stand
where the Muassarf band often played in the Summer
evenings In this band stand the soldiers had put the
little girls and boys taken from the Christian Ophanage
when they carried off Miss Graham. There thirty
little girls of them than twelve years old, and
almost many boys.
The children crying bitterly when lausanne and
l. at mother suggestion went to the band stand to if
we could not help for them There food for
them except what the could spare from their
stores The Turks give food to their prisoners
Toward of that day Vahby Bey, the military colu
mandan of the whole vlaye who had under him almost
army corps, rode into the city with his staff and
company of hamideh, Turkish cavalry. He his
way TO HarpOut from Erzndjan big city in the north,
where he had attended council of with Enver Pacha
the Turkish Commander-in-Chief
Vahby Bey walked from his headquarters into the
public square, accompanied by his staff Hundreds of
women crowded around him to plead with him, but his
staff officers beat them away with their swords and
The general walked the band stand and looked
at the children. Abdoullah Bey the police hakim was
with him. and they talked together in low voices.
When Vahby Bey had gone several of his officers began
to ask Armenian girls they would like to go along with
the orphans and take of them in the place where the
government would put them The officers said they would
take several girls for this purpose and thus them the
errors of deportation and death If they would
first agree to become Mohammedan.
Many mothers thought this would be way to
their daughters from the harem Some of the younger
women among them brides who knew their husbands had
been killed. discouraged and frightened they were
eager accept this chance The officers said only young
girls would be accepted and bade all who wanted to take
advantage of the opportunity to gather at the band stand
More than two hundred assembled there, with mothers
and relatives hanging onto them to goodby if they
should be chosen DON think any of them really was
willing to fOrswear God but they thought they would be
forgiven they seemed to do to themselves from
being maSSacred stolen in the desert forced to he
concubines
hamideh officer looking smart and neat in his costly
uniform went to the stand to select the girls He chose
weve OF hC very prettiest One girl who was tall and
very handsome. and whose father had been rich
chant refused to take the Mohammedan oath unless her
two sisters both younger also accepted Dhe officer
consented. The three girls had Istsss< -
younger brothers. and these the n6&EA AA -. light