Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21


houses and barbados encircling
Damascus. and carried the condition
| that ii should be transmitted textual'
| lN, without comment. TO this the cor
| respondent agreed.
The message reads:
I'VE present our dignified respects
due to your honorable impartialitv in
offering to place the case of the Druse
people before the American Nation.
We beg to state that we have heard
that some newspapers in the hire of
our enemies are fabricating ground
less news about our Syrian national
revolutions.
The allegations that we are wag
ing war against the Christians in our
beloved Syria are false. and every
fairminded man in the Occident
should be told SO. Our revolt is the
result of atrocities committed by
French coloniZing agents Uhe last
three words are UNDERSIGNED in red
ink in the text. who have violated the
sacred rights of our country.
Accuses Some Christians.
One among the evils our enemies
have recently perpetrated in our
country is that of distributing arms to
Christian Syrians to be used to fight
us. AS result. some of our Christian
brethren lost their heads and began
attacking our army which was fol
lowing the enemy.
Our good intention has been evil
denced by the fact that not one OF the
peaceable citizens has been touched
IN the numerous places in which our
army has already entered. We feel
that we are all brethren of humanity
and that Syria is for Syrians, regard
less of their religion or faith
We are innocent of the Christian
blood that has been shed, because we
did not attack the Christians. but they
have been killed. figuratively speak
ing. by the very arms they received
from the French government. and
with which they have killed their
brethren who have risen to liberate
the country in which we all live.
Therefore, we pray you to take note
and inform your countrymen and
all those. Christians and others. who
hear your great voice, that their
good is our good their misfortunes
our misfortunes. We make no dis
tlnctlon in religions or sectS as our
only aim is to obtain our legal rights
which belong equally to the sons Of
Syria. whatsoever they may be
Pledges Security for All.
We have been We still are. and
shall be. careful TO guard the rights
and security of all. We don't wish
to interfere with any one who does
not expose himself in opposition to
our army fighting with our enemies
We wish to avoid all acts that might
touch the feelings of natives or for
eieners in Syria. with the exception
of those who show us hostility or
who become spies against us.
In closing. we hope and pray for
the sympathy OF the American peo-
pie for our cause. begging that we
may not be excluded from the assist
ance of the good men of America
tSignedl 1.-The leader of the armies
of the Syrian national revolution.
Soltan Pasha Atrache.''
In this connection a statement by
Emir Amin Mustapha Arslan, who.
after Soltan Attrache and DR.. Abdul
Rahman Shahbander Druse minister
Of the interior. is the third leading
personality among the Druse people,
is of interest, There will be no
peace until the French offer the revo-
lutioniSts as a whole very liberal
terms in writing. guaranteed by a
third power. prefera bly, the United
states. or. as last resort, the
League of Nations"