The sun., 1919-07-06
Armenans Wiped Out in Larger Towns Except for Young
Women Held Captive by Turkish Officials Thousands
of Greeks Dragged From Homes Say Attack on
Dardanelles w oud Have Succeeded in Another Week

was made to feel the tcntacles OF thu
Young Turk.
Under the German inspired regime.
personified in Bedri Bey (Prefect OF
Police), the press gang and the prison
did their damnable work. To desert
was SO common an offence that
ralaat's Government stopped even at
tempting to stop the rot.
How the Talaat- Enver combination
contrived to sit on the safety valve
Of opinion for as long as It did was
a marvel to all OF us who knew the
state OF public restlessness after the
Bulgarian detection.
For forty-eight hours Enver hoped
that the Germans would make good
against this new disaster, and keep
the Balkan railway open. When this
hope was seen to be illusory matters I
moved with lightning speed behind
the scenes. Djambolat Bey, Minister
Of the Interior, resigned. Another
Minister drew his revolver at Cabinet
council. Count Bernstorff. the Ger
man Ambassador, whose genius for
cunning had done so much to avert
revolution, left suddenly ito attend
Crown Council at Potsdam." The
Widest rumors were rife.
Yet up to the last moment Talaat
Pasha hoped to hold the real II not the
ostensible reins of power. Capt.
Yeats-Brown in disguise visited q,
great friend Of the Grand viziers some
weeks before the srmistice was de-
| clared. He was told that nobody but
Talaat could possibly manage Tur-,
Key" and that "the English, IL they
| come, would be we'll advised to deal
with the Committee of Union and
Progress, as there is no other real
party In the country. They not only
have all the money but all the brains
and energy as we'll" Which last SEN
tence was nearly true.
! But when it came to saying that
Talaat was one OF the dominant brains
OF the century and comparable only to
Lloyd George, the disguised British
officer smiled so broadly that his mus
tache became unstuck.
You are in-er, retirement, / see r.
said the politician.
| Yes. yes. A little matter of con-
tracts" was the explanation given
for those were the days of the sugar
swindles. when even the bold bad
Young Turk had sometimes to seek
seclusion. But as to Talaat, surely
he is not indispensable? II he goes
another telegraphist will arise as good
as he"
The new Sultan did not attempt to
disguise his sentiments. On his ac-
cession. in July of last year, one OF
his first acts was to send for the only
English tailor in Constantinople "a
civil prisoner) and to order several
suits of clothes from him. The fiutter
this caused among the Germans was
understandable. Everybody talked OF It
for days.
! 1t may be imagined that while these
events were in progress, and Yeats
Brown, White and continued to
dodge the police We had scarcely q
dull moment.
The sudden vote face OF the Turk
ish press, the announcement of the
armistice terms and the flight Of the
three chief criminals (Talaat, Enver
and Djemal Pashas), brought great Joy
to us. but also a certain sense of disap-
pointment, as we had hoped for q
more striking and sweeping denoue-
ment.
The curtain was down. The sordid
tragedy Of Young Turk ambition and
graft was over. The new era opened
in the mist OF November morning
with the long, low lines OF an allied
fleet steaming very slowly past the
lies des Princes toward the Bosporus,
ITO be continued ia merit Sund1u's SyrS