Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
THE HARBoRD MISSION AMONG TURKS

. f4 I 4I sf a- truck iii the rear began to hasten it's speed. ..s.s
 The Harbord car had, been stopped by a much alarmed rifieinan dropping to his knees and starting to fire
 pointblank. The rifemaii $ /, gun was showed aside by d ygreybeard chieftain when he saw the American flag borne by the car. Directly the whole bot tom was swarning with motley throng of tribesnien. dressed in, sheep skin turbans, ragged white shirts over mantied by short Jackets of dark cloth, armed with long squirrel rifles and curiously carved knives or, short swords. In the background stood their
 women all in a group. General Harbord left his machine and walked over, to the chieftain, all old man of scrawny !. beard who
 proudly gave his name as, Abdi Beg.
 When he learned the party was com
 posed of Americans he told a, story l of having been driven together with | his band from their mountain homes 1 they knew not what to do;. that win 1 ter was coming on and he feared they would starve. He had appealed i'll vain he said, to the British and the TlxAs, and if he. thought the, Ameri- cans would come to establish peace 1 he would sacrifice the sheep of his i tribe in a grand feast of rejoicing.
 He gladly offered to let pass the rear automobiles and took a note which he said he would. deliver when they came. After warm leave- taking. the au- tomobiles proceeded to higher gfound
 and a wider valley, when the glisten- !! ing snoWs Of Ararat came suddenly. in ] full sight. The party had come on a Sabbath, the first day, of the week. 1 near. the place of tabled food where the human race had been preserved ,bv Noah's Ark landing until the waters ;! cleared . --.. f.l4 l Next the saddened ruins of Kuip were reached. As the party swung
 through the. picturesue spot, short halt. was made to speak to a. startled
 horde of Moslems, throngfng with
 their. rifles about the machines while hundreds of their women e..1, children sprang up, in the rear, staring curi- ously. They told a hffef story of having. no bread, of being hunted by the Armenians of having had their homes destroyed And of :. having de- stroyed the Armenian village of Kuip
 in retaliation.
 When the machine returned to Kulp
 after trip, 20 miles beyond, it's
 streaming lights announced it's arrival III IlOHeHE tHe Valley reSOunQeO
 with rifle shot, cries in the darkness
 from, hundreds of. men, and dozens } of fierce figures leaped about the ma chimes as it stopped. Hussien Bey,, be- ) ing the only one who spoke Turkish
 sprang from the machine and walked
 eourageously towards the tribesmer
 with his right hand on; his heart shouting Peace, we are friends''
 Soon came up short, active Turk
 afterward know as Riga, whf D 1T : hand: driving back his fellows lash , ing them mercilessly with a, shor- , whip; next an old crippled cf1ieftain
 Alexander by name and quietel , chieftain, ShamiI Beg. 2 It developed
 that the truck with it's three men, ont , of whom was the party's chief Mon :. sieur Lutard, formerly with Genera
 Petain in France, was being held un |, til the American general would return , and voueh for it as American. I'm 2 members of the. searching party wer'
 also informed that they too must re main until the general had Vouchet 1 for them. It was explained that tn
 prAcarious military situation Of tn band made this necessary, though i 2 was suspected to be a subterfuge | get possession of the person of Gene ! ral Harbord.
 T After much wrankling and argu ', ment with many differences of opin y ion, it was agreed that Chiefs Alex ' ander and Rizo would |. irn with tn I automobile to the camping place Q l l [ a 4