El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-03

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patton OF the arsenals and the deTaob-
liation OF the Turkish fleet Every
effort was made by the Turks to ere
late the impression amongst the popu-
J lace that the arrival Of the allied fleet
was merely an ordinary courtesy
cruise. A certain amount OF dismay.
however, was caused by the landing
Of the detachments to occupy the mag
azines and arsenals, and later by the
arrival Of French and British battal-
lions TO be CHARTERED in the city. All
, the buildings belonging to the allies
schools. hospitals and orphanag es-
I had been occupied by Germans, who
/ quickly received marching orders.
The public services OF Constantine
Iple are entirely out Of gear. No at
tempt has been made during the war
! to keep things in good condition The
I electric light and tram services suf-
fer continual interruption from lack
I OF fuel
Discounted Germans.
! Immediately after the armistice the
/ Ham burg-Amerika liners CrOcovada
land General. which at the outbreak
idaneiles crammed to the matches with
ammunition, we're bought by the
Turkish government. Admiral Cal
thorpe has now demanded from the
Turkish government the papers con-
corning these transfers. The Tazouf
NAaAH IUE0EAt - y a. EACAAAa 44A-
disarmed but with a sufficient num-
Der Of unarmed Turks aboard to keep
her going. The German torpedo boat
Loreley, after the armistice, slipped
away by night for the Black sea. and
Z is supposed to have taken some OF the
GLIDING Enver Pasha-
It Is worth noting that count Bern
storff. who succeeded Won Kuhlmann
left Constantinople the day after the
armistice was signed, His satellites
remain, however, still plotting.
One OF the first acts of the Turks
and Germans on the declaration Of
war was to sieze the property Of for
eigners- These houses were handed
over to anyone desiring a residence. IN
pletely ruined. Furniture. doors, win
dow frames. everything that was sale
able. was sold for mere song, whilst
the floors and ceilings were pulled
down to get laths for fireTood Turk
ish ideas Of desecration ran riot at
this time. Christian cemeteries. both
; within and without the city, were up
rooted and even corpses in the ancient
church Of St. Louis were exhumed-
The Turk committee was rich What
il could not do with money II would
do with the yatagan or bullet No
one. even OF the chiefs. hesitated to
take life. As Enver shot Gen. Nazfm,
50 Talaat is credited with three muir
ders and Djemal with many. Enver
was the particular string on which
the Germans played. His vanity and
greed FOR fame as a military leader
made him an easy conquest Hence
all the negotiations for Turkeys en-
trance into the war were carried on
through him. The three pashas, long
before that time, were ready to play
their part. All they required was an
opportunity to drag in their country.
This they found. as viii be shown
later.
EnEer's Disappearance.
For the moment It IS necessary to
consider the position OF the committee
Of union and progress in these last
days before the period Of the armis-
tice expires Enver Pasha fled after
addressing an impudent letter to the
grand vizier, Izzet, stating that for
the moment the country had no need
of him, that he was leaving for the
Caucasus TO join his brother, Noury
Pasha, to found a Nohammedan re-
public IN Georgia. and that II the
country required him he would return
Talaat, fat amiable, jocOse expost-
office clerk. OF AdrianoDle, and late
grand vizier. IS also reported to have
fled, but from all the evidence is in
hiding in Colstantinople- Diemal the
via Russia to Germany but he. too.
nav be in hiding here
The chief satellites. Bedri Bey, Be
bseddin Chakir and DR.. Nazim-the
last named prides himself on having
committed 100000 murders-haTe
fed. and their Whereabouts are un-
known. At a general meeting three
weeks ago the committee OF union and
progress was dissolved, and In its
place q reform committee was estab-
lished- The principal alteration OF
the rules was that no military person
could be a member, and Euver prompt
" resigned The organization, com
plete as ever. remains.
Cabinet PovverIeHs.
The present cabinet, which IS pro-
ally and liberal, IS a mere figurehead.
All the ministries and government Of
ices are full OF committee nominees.
who passively hinder every attempt to
carry out the terms OF the armistice.
The Turk becomes more truculent ev-
err day. He looks on massacres and
pillage as regrettabie events which
are now past and believes that. as in
the past, the powers viii listen to him
and forgive and forget Germans and
Austrians still swarm The civilians
alone are reckoned at 5000, each OF
whom had his allotted Job during the
war.
They openly talk Bolshevism. and
Softazadi, a brother OF Achmed Mes
sim Beys who was minister Of foreign
affairs IN the Talaat administration,
stated openly Sunday last in the lobby
OF the largest hotel: I'VE can fight
In other ways. even II the allies are
here" The sultan IS liberal and pro-
ally, and also strong. II Mehmet the
sixth had succeeded earlier the shame
ful crimes which have disgraced Tur-
key eternally would never have been
allowed. The committee Is at present
hoping that the fictitious wave OF Boil
sheTism, which has been purposely
created IN Germany and which n 81
trying to create in Turkey. may take
the allies off their guard, so that the
position may gradually slide back 10
what II was before, leaving Turkey,
after crimes unequaled in the history
Of mankind in statu quo ante.-By
the international News Bureau, Inc,
Boston, Mass.
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