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Need Kindly Assistance.

Neeu NtnuIy Assistance.
The Turks. who thus find themselves
under the domination OF the commit
tee, in the same situation as that Of
the Russians under the Terrorists, de-
serve tho same sympathy and the same
humanitarian and kindly assistance at
the hands OF the rulers of the great
nations which hold the destinies Of the
world in their hands.
Latterly. the truth has begun to FL
ter through into European public opin-
Ion. The great trial OF the Cnionists at
Constantinople has proved the response
bility OF leaders of the committee, all
Of whom occupy high positions in the
State, for the war and the other tragic
events. That is the rehabilitation Of the
Ottoman nation.
Thus rehabilitated in the eyes of
the civilized world our mission will
henceforth be that Of devoting ourselves
to an intensive economic and intellec-
tual culture in order thus to become a
useful factor In the League Of Nations.
The Ottoman people hope that the
chaos In the East, fostered as II Is by
this abnormal state Of affairs, which is
neither war nor peace, may at last be
replaced by order. and II likewise de-
sires to see the end Of the continued &C.
cupation Of it's territories, In spite OF
the armistice. This occupation in fact
has resulted at Smyrna in the most de-
plorable excuses, which have been COM
mitted to the hurt Of tho defenseless
Moslem population.
THE people desire with equal ear
nestness the maintenance, on the basis
OF the statu quo ante bellum. Of the
integrity OF the Ottoman Empire. which
during the last forty years has been
reduced to the least possible limits.
New Frontier in Thraee.
1T lastly wishes to be granted in
Thrace. to the north and west OF Adrian
ople. where the Mohammedan popula-
ton is in an overwhelming majority,
frontier line which will render pos
sible the defence of Adrianople and Con-
stantinople.
what we ask for thus Is, moreover.
completely In conformity with Presi-
dent Wilson's principles, which we in
voked when We requested an armistice.
being convinced that they would even
tually be applied in the interests of the
peace Of the world. on the other hand.
fresh parcelling out of the Ottoman
Empire would entirely upset the balance
| in the East.
THE ranges Of the Taurus are, more
over. nothing more than a geological line
of demarkation. The regions situated
beyond those mountains. from the Medi-
terranean up to the Arabian Sea. are.
although a language different from the
Turkish language Is spoken there, in
dissolubly linked with Constantinople by
feelings which are deeper than the
principle of nationality. On either side
OF the Taurus the same ideals, the
| same thoughts, the same moral and
material interests bind the inhabitants
These form compact bloc and the dis
| Indignation would be detrimental to the
peace and tranquility of the East.
Even a plebiscite would not solve the
| question. for the supreme interests OF
| more than 500. 100000 Moslems are In
volyed. and they form an important
| fraction of the whole of the human race
| THE conscience OF the world could
only approve conditions OF peace which
| are compatible with right, with the
aspirations of peoples, and with eminent
Justice"
Reply OF the Allies.
The reply Of the Allied and Associated
| Powers to Damad Pasha follows:
| The council of the principal allied
| and associated Powers has read with
| the most careful attention the nlemoran
dunn presented to them by your excel
lency on June II and in accordanc,
with the promise then made, desires
now to offer the following observations
upon It:
"In your recital OF the political in
trigues which accompanied Turkey
entry into the war and of the tragedieI
which followed 1t. your excellency make;
no attempt to excuse or qualify tn
crimes of which the Turkish Govern
ment was then guilty. 1t is admitted
directly or by implication. that Turke.
had no cause of quarrel with the En-
tente Powers, that she acted as the sub