The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-16
ESCAPE OF HARBORD MISSION IN TURKISH MOUNTAIN REGION FROM
 ROBBER BANDS TOLD BY WITNESS

the Armenians, saying that now the! =usw not what to do; that winter was
 coming on and he feared they would
 starve. He had appealed In vain
 to the British and the Turks. and i
 he thot the Americans would come
 to establish peace ne would sacrifice { th" sheep of his tribe in a grand feast of rejoicing He gladly offered i to let pass the rear automobiles and took note which he said he would deliver when they came.
 After a warm leave-taking the automobiles proceeded to higher i ground and wider valley, when the i glistening snOws of Ararat came sud denly in full sight. The party had cone on a Sabbath, the first day oi 1 the week. near the place of fabled i flood where the human race had been preserved by Noah's Ark land. Ing until the waters cleared
 Next the saddened ruins of Kulp were reached. As the party swung ! laru the picturesque spot, ahort halt was made to speak to a startled horde of Mosleums, thronging with , their flies about the machines. while uH1rads of their women and chil- dren sprang up in tho rear, staring curiously They told brief story ot having no bread, of being hunted by the A.menIans of having had their homes destroyed and Of having de ,truy ed the Armenian village of Kulp Tn retaliation.
 The two forward machines, the first .ayrylng Generals Harbord and Nose Icy went twenty miles further climb ing out upon the bare, homeless brown plain above which Ararat now -EOne In sunset splendor, the creep Ing shadows of copper vaguely re- mindful Ot the delicate beauties of 'anices green church domes.
 AS this was again Armenian ter ltOry. a cavalry squadron came out 10 greet General Harbord and then went away. finding he was striking camp beside the river instead of go- ing to their village for the night After waiting an hour without the truck arriving, General Harbord sent back in their automobile Maj. II. W. Clark Bey. Turkish interpreter and profess -or of history at Roberts College. Constantinople, and The Associated Press correspondent to find 1t.
 When the machine returned to kulp, its streaming lights announced it's arrival. In a moment the valley resounded with rifle shots, cries in the darkness from hundreds of men and dozens of fierce figures leaped about the machine as 1t stopped Hussein Bey, being the only one who spoke Turkish, sprang from the machine and walked COurageOusly towards the tribesmen with his right hand on his heart, shouting Peace, We are friends"
 Soon came up short, active Turk, afterward known as Riga, whip In hand, driving back his fellows lash ing them mercilessly with a short whip; next came an old crippled Cheiftain, Alexander by name, and gutter Chieftain, ShamiI Beg. It developed that the truck with its three men, one of whom was the party's chef, Monsieur Lutard, form erly with General Petain in France, was being held until the American General would return and vouch for it as American. The members of the searching party were also in formed that they too must remain un- til the general had vouched for them. 1t was explained that the precarious military situation of the band made this necessary, tho 1t was suspected