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ARABS ASK INDEPENDENT
FEDERATION OF STATES
Descendant Of Mohammed Tells
American People What His
Nation Wants.
AIDED IN VICTORY OVER HUN
Kept Turkish Forces Busy in Syria
and Prevented Defeat OF British.
Captured 10000 OF Enemy and
Kept Many From Army.
BY MERTON EMERSON.

PARIS, March 19.-What claim has
Arabia to national independence?
Prince Fetsel. IineaI descendent in
direct line from Mohammed and son
Of the King of Hedjaz, the Grand Sareef
OF Mecca and Medina, has been one Of
the most interesting personagcs at the
peace conference.
Highly educated himself. but forth
fled with linguist. A. II. Kisbany. of
OF tho Arabian state. his highness has
set forth what the Arabian peoples
have done in the great war. what they
a aestnd IN u, the way OF nation of fed
develop the land they live in. Here is
his statement:
ny Prince FeI.eI, of Arabia.
People OF the United States, am
led to believe. do not understand the
true though and effort of the people
VINO speak the Arabic language.
express myself this way to make
distinction in the word Arab. 1t is
an error for people to think that all
Arabs are the Bedouins of the desert:
Hrabc sny pe0P ss wi9 Dep pssk
people of Syria. Palestine, Mesopota-
mia and so on. The people of these
Districts live in cities and are, many
OF them, highly educated
In 1916. the Arabian state was recog-
nizeds by the British, French. Italians
and the Russian. and the King of He'd
oaz was welcomed Il King and ally
oy the British and the allies.
SENT $1,000 MEN AGAINST
SUPERIOR TURK FORCES
the Arabian army was composed Of
Syrians, Mesopotamians and Arabians.
we dealt with the Turks on the out
posts OF Hedtaz. In six months expelled
them and captured thousands. AT that
time we had about 1900 men, while
the Turks had more than twice that
number facing us.
The Turks. who had been our OBJ
pressors. seized the sanctuary at Me-
dina. We did not wish to destroy this
place by bombardment SO we left the
Turks there. but surrounded the city
and cut them off. They capitulated.
After surrounding Medina our army
proper proceeded north. We attacked
the Turks at Akaba. captured the port
supplies At this time thousands of
Syrian soldiers in the Turkish army
deserted and made their way to our
camp, where they were welcomed.
When the great offensive began in
September we engaged in three inn
portant battles and defeated the Turks.
When the final offensive came we
pushed eastward out into the desert,
facing all the hardships of desert
travel, drove our army north of the
Turks. who were retreatIng northward
In Syria, and cut off their retreat and
their line of supplies. We cut the rail-
way about fifty miles south of Damas-
Gus and made II impossible for the
turkish army to get assistance sup
plies or to retreat. This was part of
the campa ign in conjunction with Cen
eral Allenby, who was pushing up the
coast.
We then had the Turks az our mercy,
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FELT HE WOULD
CHOKE TO DEATH
Seemed a Big Lump Was in My
Throat-Food Soured in My
Stomach, and Gas Bloated
Me BadIy-FOund Great
Relief in DrecO.

Sometimes I felt that I was going
to choke to death; 1t seemed like a
big lump would rise in my throat,
which 1 could not swallow or spit out"
writes Mr.. ]. D. Kennedy. of Route 2,
Staunton. Va.
my food would sour. gas would
blont me up. and 1 would belch up
water as hot as fire. l was habitually
constipated, and finally my kidneys
became involved and caused much an
noyance. Seemed like every one in
Virginia was taking Dreco, 30 did the
same thing. with the happy result that
my troubles soon passed. All the
choking sensation passed; my food
digested we'll. constipation was re-
lieved; my kidney action became nor
NAL 1 am highly pleased with Dreco.
so am glad to publish my experience
for the benefit of others who may be
suffering as / was"
Too much cannot be said OF the i'm
portance OF keeping the bowels moving
regularly; the food digesting properly,
the kidneys eliminating the poisons as
Nature intended. Keep these organs
working and good health is almost
assured. Dreco, the new root and herb
medicine, acts directly upon the vital
organs In a pleasing and natural
manner.
Dreco is now sold by all modern
druggists throughout the country, and
is highly recommended in Richmond by
Trsgle's Drug Store, Grant Drug Com
pany (two stores), Chelf's Drug Store
corner Broad and Harrison; r. a. Nor
rison, Petersburg; Georges Drug Store.
Hone Well-Ady
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RICHMOND TIMES DIsPATcH THURSDAY, MARCH 60 1919.

trict the people are more homogeneous
than anywhere else In tho world. They
are oil descended from close stocks.
Concerning Palestine. we welcome
the Iionists to have all rights. We
welcome them all over ,our country.
cleaE stocks, and the Hebrews are
nearest to us in blood. Their language
Is very close to ours. We have no
conhict In character. and we feel that
the arabian countries are their real
Held for development and progress.
WELCOMES JEWS BECAUSE
THEY ARE REALLY NEEDED
Let me call your attention to the
manner in which the Arabians and
Hebrews have prospered in Spain.
They are largely responsible for the
Moorish Influences there.
we welcome them to our lands be-
cause that is what our lands need;
people who VIII develop our resources
My attention is called to the for
eisn Investments in Syria. 1t Is true
there has been the investment of
money there; the French arc Interested
10 the sum of perhaps $4,000. 600 We
are glad to have them here. bur we
given given oyer TO the French TO rule be-
terests Will be protected, and the plans
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and an as you know by tho records. fully
$4,000 surrendered
KEPT HALF OF TURKISH
~

$4,000 surrendered
KEPT HALF OF TURKISH
ARMY busy IN SYRIA
Wo then entered Damascus. which
had expelled the Turks
/ myself was always with the army
In oil we captured 10000 Turks. We
Kept one-half OF the Turkish army in
syria. 80 that they were not able to
Ing tho British troops. BY being in
me war we made II impossible for
the turks to put into action the
beginning of the war. and these rcsi-
ments, which were sent back to can
comments. deserted or were demobilized
here Is most important thing / wish
TO impress upon your mind:
The Turks declared Il holy war The
Grand Sareef OF Mecca declared against
peace in central Asia and steadied
Egypt and North Africa This kept
Persia out OF the war.
l wonder If the rest OF the world
understands that this is really what
happened.
Here is another thing which will,
l think. convince you of our sincerity:
when the fortunes of the allies were
at their lowest ebb in the East. The
British army in Mesopotamia was then
surrounded at kutelcamara, whore
Townshend was at the mercy of the
Turks. Also the allies had just with
drawn from the Dardanelles. But. re-
lying On the ailleS promises 10 guar
antee the independence and freedom
OF the Arabs. we did not for one mo-
ment waver.
HAVE SUFFERED EEhVILY
AT HANDS OF THE TURKS
Now, we have suffered at the hands
of the Turks Our relations have been
those OF master and slave: We have
seen the atrocities and felt the hand
of oppression.
Our sincere desire is to establish a
state which will liberate our people
from the influence OF the Turks and
stabilize civilization. so that the East
may have her share.
AS to our plan. our wishes as to
federated states would include the
Arabic-speaking people of Western
Asia. They are all united geographic
cally and ethnologically. These states.
five in number. would be Syria. includ-
ing Palestine; upper Mesopotami
known as Jevirah; lower Mesopotamia.
known as Irak. Arabia proper. mean
ing the desert district, and the coast
districts of Hedjas. Yemen and Nejed
as the fifth. The northern boundaries
of these states would be along the
southern side of the Taurus Mountains.
from Alexandretta to the Persian bor-
der.
Let me emphasize this: In this dis
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Today and Tonight
in Richmond

Fifteenth annual dinner aud meet
Ing or Fellowship League of Y. III.
Z. A. mt central building mt $50.
B0nrd of Aldermen meets at city
HILL M =.
Meeting of ItIchmond Community
Chorus. John Marshall High school
auditorium, at ~
Miss Lou Belle Cntenby Jones'
reads from modern drama and poe
try at Womnn's Club mt II, $50.
Special union service at Church
Of the Holy Comforter mt ..
Presentation OF portrait OF Judge
NcIth by members OF Richmond bnr
In Supreme Court at 10.
John Stewart Bryun speaks on
conditions in France mt University
Club ut S::iO.
Board of Managers OF Retreat for
the sick meets at the hospital mt ii.
business wOmen's Council or ".
w. &. ~. meets Mt the association
building at 5:3O. Hiss Kinney, OF
sunday party, nddrcsses council Mt
Special service for men, conduct
ed by Rev. Robert Norwood, mt 81.
Pnuis ut 1.
Monthly meeting OF Dorothea
Payne Madison Chapter, Daughters
or ISL, room 6SO, Jefferson Hotel,
Weekly luncheon OF Phi Gamma
Delta Fraternity, Murphy's Hotel
ut ..
Current Events Class OF Y. w. G.
\. meets mt association building Mt
:: DR.. ID. ID. Bryan, of Richmond
College, speaks.
Bninbridgc street Baptist Church
mcets at The church mt 3.
Academy of Munic-Dnrk.
Lyric-ynudcviiic md pictures, ,,
'::iO md o.
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their safHty from outside aftacL

FOR league Of nations will guarantee
We will protect all financial sn-
terests. That is our future. We will
encourage other interests and invest
ments from Europeans and from
Americans to help US to develop cur
lands. We want money and material
our only condition is that those people
come as friends and not rs conquerors
We will pay for any assistance, but
we are not willing to sacrifice our
freedom for it.
AMERICAN INFLUENCE
PRAISENVORTIIY AND HELPFUL
Up to now. and We hope 1t will con-
tinue in the future. American influence
In Syria has been most praiseworthy
In that 1t has been educational The
greatest center in the East for educa-
tion is the American college at Beirut.
1t is really the source of the present
Arabian movement for freedom and in
dependence It is the yeast that
leayens the whole. Having so much
confidence in the Observation-Disclosures of
the Americans, we pray for their help
and assistance in every branch of our
development.
There are 100000 syrians in the
United States. Is America to allow
the homeland of these people to be
divided as booty in the war?
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Ve then had the Turks az our mercy.
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.
March 1afo
MOTORCYCLE OFFICER HERO
Wounds One Bandit, Captures Another
and Receivers $1,000 OF Banks
Money.
lRy Associated Press ]

FREEPORT, y. Y. March ls-Four
men armed with revOlvers held up the
employees OF the First National Bank,
in the heart OF the business section OF
Frceport. AZ II 4. NJ. today, and TAX
ing all the cash on the cashiers coun-
Ter escaped in an automobile. 1t
was reported the men obtained about
$4,000.
Soon after the holdup a motorcycle
policeman in Jamaica overlook the
hishwaymcns car. The four occupants
jumped out and started TO run. The
policeman shot one in the back, and
captured another, but two escaped
rive thousand dollars in stolen money
was recovered.
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Local Temperature Yesterday

IL noon temperature. .............. AZ
J.. -. temperature ........ ...... 81
+. ~. Temperature ......,- "a
Maximum temperature to SIP. Me-. 81
aiin!innm temperature 10 L. NIL. 80
Mean Temperature yesterday AZ
Normal temperature for this date. AZ
Deficiency yesterday .............
Excess since March I............ II
Excess since January I........... lis
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SEEKS AMERICAN SUPPORT
I.ouvain University Fnculty Members
on Way to Washington In Rcstora-
tation Campaign.

HALIFAX. N. S.. March 19-On a
mission to aid the movement in the
United States for the restoration of
buildings destroyed in Louvain when
the Germans invaded Belgium a. y.
Nerine1, professor of constitutional
law at Louvain University. and the
Rt. Rev. A. Hebbelynck. rector cmeri-
tus OF the university, left here today
for Washington. having arrived in
Halifax last night on the steamship
Celtic. The vessel carried 5000 Ca
madam troops.
Professor Nerinex was in Louvain
when the Germans entered the city,
and acted as burgomaster throughout
the war.
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Temperature. SO: humidity sc; wind d.
,ectipn West: wind velocity. IL miles
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CLOTHING WORKERS STRIKE
Forty Factories in Cleveland Tied CD
by Demand for Shorter Week
and Larger Pay.
IBy Associated Press.

CLEVELAND. March Ie. -Four
thousand mems clothing workers OF
Cleveland. employed in forty factories,
went on strike this morning, according
TO Louis Hollander, general organizer
OF the Amalgamated Clothing Work.
ers of America A strike vote was
taken last night.
The workers demand forty-four-
hour Week, complete recognition Of the
union and 80 per cent increase in
wages for all workers.
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Spring Practice at Chattanooxa.


CHATTANOOGA, TENN. March 49,
Spring practice was formally begun
today by the Chattanooga Southern AS
ISOLATION club. Players who have al
ready reported are Higgins. Lehman,
Bacon. Harry Coveleskie, former De-
trot American pithcer. is expected to-
morrow.
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WOULD INVOKE REFERENDUM
Portland Attorney Takes Action for
Popular Vote in Oregon on Pro-
hjbition Amendment
IRy Aasociated Press.l

SALEM, OREG.. March ia step
toward application of popular refer
endum to the joint resolution Of the
recent Legislature ratifying the ma
tional prohibition amendment was
taken today when a Portland attorney
filed the form of petition for invo.
cation Of the referendum for approval
and preparation of ballot title. IL
is regarded as probable that a Supreme
Court decision Will be necessary to de-
termine whether the referendum NAV
be invoked against the resolution.
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FISHERIES ARE INVOLVED
Controversies Over Working Condi-
tons on Atlantic Coast Referred
to War Labor nonrd
rRy Associated press.l

WASHINGTON, March 19.-C,ontro-
versies over working conditions in
volving several thousand fishermen
along the Atlantic seaboard, between
Provincetown and Portland. including
and many OF those In the Boston flsh
ing fleet, were referred today to the
War Labor Board for settlement. The
dates for tho hearings have not been
set,
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Local Rainfall

Rainfall last twelve hours. ....... 4
Kainfnii last twenty-four hours. 4
Excess since March l............. ::
Excess since January i......
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The Weather
H,unishcd by U. S. Weather Bureau.
Forecast: Virginia.

Forecast: Virginia.
Fnir In west: cloudy
with probably rain In
east portion Thursday.
Friday fair and warmer.
North Carolina-Fair
and warmer In interior;
cloudy on the coast
Thursday, Friday fair
and warmer.
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Verdun was a tragedy for the Germans.
Their great preparations to wipe out the
formidable French stronghold and ito
bleed France white" brought only huge
losses, the downfall of Falkenhayn as
chief of staff, and condemnation of the
Crown Prince and Kaiser as butchers Of
German manhood.
Far off in the cast, however, Verdun
had an echo thas was almost equally
tragical to the Russians and was in real
ity a much needed victory for the Ger
mans.
Those who knew. what was going on IN
France at the time of the Verdun at
tack clearly remember with what Grave
apprehension the people watched the
the struggle. They were pouring in the
best of their manhood to stop the as
saults, and were succeeding; but scarcely
would they lean back to breathe when
the Germans would bring up yet more
men and hurry them to the attack is
there no limit to their manpower? France
asked.
She turned to her allies and besought
them to do something to turn the Ger
man reserves in other directions. me
British, preparing at the Somme, coulo
not move until July. The Italians re-
sponded with another attack on the
Isonzo and gained little. The Russians
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were the only ones who could do anything
to relieve the strain.
So in the middle of March, when the
swamp area of Courland and Lithuania
was at it's worst, when the roads were
bottomless," as Ludendorff puts 1t, the
Russians started the grand attack south
of Riga which was intended to crush the
northern wing of the German army in
Russia. and, in the end roll up the en-
tire line 1t was a great army Russia had
gathered for this task The guns that
had been taken in the German offeusives
of the year before had been replaced by
new ones from America, England and
the new factories in Russia. There was
plenty of ammunition. as Ludendorff tes-
titles The new Russian soldiers had
been trained in up-to-date fashion under
the direction of General Alexief, to whom
the Gar had given command. German
forces on that front had been thinned to
the lowest point TO give troops for
Verdun.
All factors were favorable except the
season. That fought with the Germans
AS Ludendorff points out, the ambitious
offensive was "choked in blood and
swamp" German machine gunners were
able to NOV down the Russians by
thousands as they tried to push their way
through the morasses. At one point. near
Lake Narotck, after the Germans had
pushed back over ground they had lost,
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operation on the grand scale which in
its nature demanded for success much
more man-power than we had at our
disposal Yielding to this demand led
to very serious weakening of the
eastern front, where the position was
already critical on account of the great
numerical superiority of the Russians
even if a decisive victory were won in
Italy
FIRST BATTLE OF ATTRITION
The attack mt Verdun led to no de-
cisive result. BY May it bore the stamp
OF the first great battle of attritiOn, in
which the struggle for victory means
feeding "a stationary fighting line with
a continuous mass of men and ma
teriaIs.
On May Is the Austro- Hungarian Of
begun and at first was brilliantly sue
cessful, and brought our allies to the
Asiago-Arsie line But by the end of
the month it was clear that the opera
ton had lost its impetus.
/ am unable to say whether the two
general stats could have embarked on
different operations altogether, or have
undertaken a joint offensive against
Italy In any case, the result of the
war was not to be decided on the Ital-
ian front. 1t could only be fought out
in the west, in France. And we could
only be strong enough for decision
on that front when the Russians had
been defeated.
NY thoughts turned to Rumania. She
was the feather In the scales. We had
to know what her attitude was. Had
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by the end of March. As had been
truly said, without exaEgeration. 1t had
been choked in "swamp and blood"
The losses suffered by the Russians
had been extraordinarily heavy.
GERMAN TRAINING COUNTS
Our thin lines, manned by well
trained and brave troops, with their
proper quota of officers, had triumphed
over the massed attacks of the badly
trained Russian army. The efforts of
our troops had been very strenuous ow-
ing to the swampy ground and wet and
cold weather.
The front of the chief
in the east had survived it's first great
defensive action.
One would expect such defensive
battle to be less strain on the higher
command than an offensive, but In
reality it is much more nerve racking.
The commander must content himself
with providing reserves at the right
time, but for this to be possible the
reserves must be available. That is a
difficult matter when the command is
(Condnued ON Pare Seven.)
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they counted 1000 dead foemen.
Even then the Russians barely missed
victory. Ludendorf admits they almost
opened the way to Kovno and their great
sweeping movement to the sea. Had they
been able to wait six weeks or two
months, what might they not have done?
Then the scores of thousands of men and
the great masses of ammunition could
have been used with vital effect in the
north while Brussilcf was smashing the
Austrians in the south. But the il-fcr-
tune that had followed the Russians all
through their campaign was still with
them. They had helped the rest, but had
only brought their own crash nearer. So
verdun paid Germany something.
Ludendorn declines to solve the mys-
terry of what was in the minds of the
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German hight command in making the at
tack on Verdun. AT one moment he treats
it as though it were an operation of lin
tied scope, intended only to wipe out the
dangerous sally-port which pointed
toward toward the vital lines of COM
munication of the German armies in
France and toward the vital coal and
iron fields of the Briey-Longwy district.
But again he saws the Germans were
to attempt AN Offensive to bring about
a decision" Perhaps the clue is given
in the remark that by the capture of the
Verdun fortress our strategic situation
on the western front would have been ma
atrialy improved" Probably the Ger
mans had some larger thing in mind to
be taken up after they had wiped out
the menace to their communication.
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Ludendorff Fails to Glue
Explanation For Verdun
Tragic Battle Probably Preparation Some Greater At
tack-Success Would Have Improved Strategic Posi-
ton of Germany the Western Front
By GEN. nRIcH v on LIDnNDoRFF


In December 1915 against Ser
a Montenegro brought the fourth battle
and Christmas the Russian offensive the southern
ton Hungarian front This attack lasted into
January Both concluded successful resistance
the part of our allies.
The saff had to make their plans for the
campaign of 1916 Both to attempt offensive to bring
about decision The German command attack at Yer
dun while the AuroHungaran command to invade Italy
from the Tyrol
From srategica point of view Verdun the point of at
we'll chosen This fortress had always served
particularly dangerous sapor which seriously threat
ened communications the autumn of 1918 dlsas
trousy Proved Gle refers to the American advance from the
Argonne forest which finally cut the main German lines
through Sedan, leading to NIetz)
Had only been able reach the defenses the right
bank of the Meuse should have achieved complete
Our streegc position the we'll the tao
teal situation of troops the ST. Nhe salient would have
been materially improved
The attack began February 81 and had great
especially during the early days. owing to the brilliant qualities
of The advantage, however, nsufcently ex-
plotted and advance sandst At the be-
ginning of March the world still under the impression that
the Germans had a victory Verdun.
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To make the otfensive against YER
dun possible. heavy artillery had to be
transferred from the German east front
to the west The high command had
Withdrawn more divisions from Serbia
and in order to reinforce the Italian
front the eastern front had been great
~ weakened by the Austrian general
staff.
Both offcnsiyes suffered from the
fact that inadequate reserves prevent
ed the first successes from being fol-
lowed up. At Verdun, perhas, as the
offensive was limited, from a tactical
point of view, we might have obtained
a moderately favorable conclusion at
not too high cost.
But in Italy it was a question of an