The New York herald., 1922-10-29

entirely. which Is not usual with q
Turk.
We had heard tales Of assault, 20
the lady in the party investigated
that, interviewed one Of the girls and
confirmed the story.
Now we had indeed seen evidences of
atrocities and could not help but be-
lieve. Little childen could not even
imagine such tales unless they had
seen them. We saw the wounds
themselves and heard the stories from
the people who had received them ana
we We're convinced that there had
been terrible doings in tho Greek re-
treat.
On the way back to the station We
saw a large body OF men marching
along on the next street, so went down
to see what was going on. 1t was a
body OF recruits from the country
marching to a concentration camp to
be armed and equipped. They were a
hardy looking lot Of fellows, Of all
ages from 20 to 80. ana sang as they
marched. Evidently Turkey is stilI
mobilizing.
We We're informed that they would
be equipped with rifles ana army gear
captured from the Greeks. / suppose
that they will be clothed in United
States army uniforms. for all Of the
turkish troops that we have seen are
wearing the United States army uni
form complete even to the buttons. It
would be interesting to know where
else, except Russia, these army uni
forms could have come from. It would
seem wise precaution to remove army
buttons from all uniform clothing sent
to relieve the poor Russian Bolshevild
before It left.the United States.
Turk Not Black as Painted,
Is Observers Conclusion
I started into the interior anti-Turk,
skeptical Of all that was told me or
shown to me. My first experience did
not tend to lessen my doubts or sus-
picions. I had indeed begun to con-
gratulate myself as to my keenness in
reading the Turk character. Gradu-
ally. as I saw the country, became ia
miliar with the people and their ways
OF doing things, entirely different from
our ways, found that my precon-
ceived ideas and prejudices were being
black as some would like to paint him,
and that he could be and was quite
decent sort Of person. I saw that he
had a good case against the Greek and
that he was only asking us to show
him In his true light and as he really
was.
Everywhere met the same sort of
feeling. was urged to observe, use
my own powers of judgment and then
to tell the civilized world what saw.
I was urged to remember the moral
responsibility that rested upon me as
a representative of the press to tell
the world the whole truth and let the
world Judge whether the Turk or the
Greek was the one who should take
the blame for the calamity that had
fallen upon the country.
Their plea was this: That they be
presented to the world in their truo
light. More than that Is necessary,
however. The rainy season Is coming
on and they are without shelter; they
have no food; they have only the
clothes they are wearing. The Turk
Of the interior is In far worse shape
than the average Greek or Armenian
refugee who left from Smyrna and
as worthy of being helped.
The Turks evidently think good
deal Of the good opinion Of America.
They show an eagerness to be friendly
and to have business relations with
US. I found them extremely friendly
and hospitable, and believe that we
would do we'll to make their better ac-
quaintance.
! am convinced that was allowed
to see all that there was to be seen on
this trip into the interior and that
every effort was made to show the
country In its true state. Undoubt-
edly the trip was arranged for Turk
ish propaganda, but, as has been re-
marked before. they have good case
and 1t should be presented to the
world. They have won a great VIC
tory by force of arms and now hope
to be judged by what is seen, not by
what may be told by their enemies.
Certainly they deserve that chance.