The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-02
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For any American TO do this, . ne
said, would encourage all Armenians
n make further trouble, There arc
about Is 5000, 600 people in Turkey and
1000, 600 Armenians, and we do not pro-
pose to have one million disturb tho
peace of the rest Of the population.
The great trouble with the Armeniaus
IS that they are SeparattStS. They are
determined to have a kingdom of their
own, and they nave allowed themselves
10 be fooled by the Russians. Because
they have relied upon the friendship
OF the Russians, they have helped them
IN this war. We are determined that
they shall behave Just as Turks do.
You must remember that when We
started this revolution IN Turkey there
were only 200 Of us. with these few
followers we We're able To deceive the
sultan and the public, who thought that
we were immensely more numerous and
powerful than we were. We really pre-
vailed upon him II the public through
our sheer audacity and tn this way es-
tabliShed the constitution. II is our
W experience with revolutions which
makes us fear the Armeuians. II 200
Turks could oyerturn the government,
then a few hundred bright, educated
Armenians could do the same thing
We ave therefore deliberately adopted
the plan Of scattering them so that
they can do us no harm. As | told
you once before, | warned the Armenian
patriarch that il the Armenians at
tackled US while We were engaged in
a foreign war, that we Turks would
hit back and that we would hit back
indisCriminately.'
Enver always resented any suEges-
ton that American missionaries or
other friends of the Armenlans should
80 to help or comfort them,
FrI,naH IlHta 80. go TO-. a. ---
pathy for Them he said over and over
again.
had suggested that particular Amer
leans should go to Tarsus and Marso-
van.
'Tf they should 60 there, I am afraid
that the local people in those cities
would become angry and they would
be inclined to start some disturbance
which might create an incident. 1t is
better for the Armenians themselves
therefore that the American mission
aries should keep away from them
But you are fuining the country eco-
nomically," | said at another time,
making the same point tnat | had made
to Talaat, And he answered it in al
most the same words. thus showing
that the subject had been completely
~Canyassed by the u1nE powers.
Economic considerations are Of no
Importance at this time. The only i'm
lVAA tai AlllilN % w l lAA = WV
only thing we have on our mind. II we
win, everything will he all right, If we
lose, everything will be all wrong any
how. Our situation is desperate, | ad-
nit It, and we are fighting az desper-
ate men fight. We are not going to
let the Armenians attack us in the
rear"
The question of relief to the starving
Armenians became every week n more
pressing one but Enver still insisted
that Americans should keep away from
the Armenian provinces.
How can we furnish bread to the
Armenians," EnVer declared, when we
can't get Ii for our own people? | know
that they are suffering and that II Ia
quite likely that they can not get bread
at all this coming winter. But We have
the utmost difficulty in getting flour
and clothing right here IN Constanti-
npple
! said that | had the money and that
American missionaries were anxious to
go and use 1t for the benefit of the
refugees.
we don't want the Americans to
feed the ~Armenians," he fatty replied.
That Is n Of the worst things that
could happen to them l have already