DOCUMENTS PROVE GENERAL '
STAFF AT BERLIN WAS RES
PONSIBLE FOR BARBARITIES. ,
VICTIMS NUMBERED 700,000. ,
People Were Hurried From Their
Homes, Men Were Separated From
Women and Children and Many
Died of Exposure.
ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 10.—Greek
authorities have received information
which convinces them that not alone
the Turk but his German advisors
wei'e responsible for the deportations,
of Greel^ from Turkish dominions, as
a consequence cf which 700,000 have
suffered persecution or death.
It is asserted that the Gi*eek lega-t
tion at Constantinople protested to the
then King Constantine of Greece from
the beginning of the deportations but
received no assistance or encourage-:
ment from him. The legation then I
lodged a protest with Talaat Bey, the ’
Turkish Grand Vizier.
*
His reply, as^shown by official pa
pers was that “these measures are
taken by advice of our German advis
ors.” The Greek legation then took
up the subject with the German gen
eral, Liman von Sanders, who is de
clared to have replied that the pres
ence of the Greek communities within
the Ottoman Empire was dangerous
to military operations and that he was
“only executing the orders of the Ger
man general staff.”
Account of Persecution.
On account of the persecution of the
Greeks which has been given to The
Associated Press states:
“The method of depopulation adopt- ‘
ed has been very similiar to the meth
od adopted with regard to the Armen
ian races. During the night, armed ir-!
regular troops of the Turkish army j
would form a cordon around the doom-!
ed district. The inhabitants would be
awakened by means of bells and ord
ered to evacuate the village in 10 min
utes for military reasons. No exten
sion of time was allowed, one object
being that the victims should not be
able to take anything with them, eith- I
er food or goods. In the event of de- j
lay, the troops drove forth the terri- j
fled people at the point of the bayonet. |
“The moment that the people had
gone, hordes of bandits and irregular
soldiers poured into the empty villages
and looted and burned the houses in a
frenzy of destruction, while the in
habitants, old men, women and chil
dren as well as the able bodied, were
on the march.
Men Are Exterminated.
“Soon after the march began, the
process of extermination began to be
pat into effect. Men were separated
from their women and children, and
parties were made up for a trek to
various places, usually locations in
far-distant parts of Asia Minor. Need
less to say, few of these parties ever
reached their destination, being grad
ually killed off by exposure or starva
tion. Thousands died in barren desert
lands. Without food or drink, and
poorly clad, a speedy death at the
hands of the soldiers would have been
welcomed by many. The soldiers, how
ever, seldom atempted direct killings
at this stage, except of refugees who
atempted escape, the soldiery gener
, ally being content to let hunger and
thrist and exposure do the work of
extermination for them.
“The lot of the women and children
was the usual one, which has been des
cribed many times in accounts of the
Armenian deportations. Being de
fenseless, they fell a prey to the first
passer-by. Any Turk along the way
who fancied a child or young woman,
merely took possession, -and thousands
of young Greeks are now interned in
Mussulman villages, forcibly “con
verted” to Islam and forced to live as
servants or concubines of the Turkish
peasantry.
“In the nieghborhood of Constanti
nople, many of the deported manag
ed to return and appeared in the
streets of the capital, starving, beg
ring and sleeping in the back streets
ind alleys. To abate this scandal, the
Turkish government had the police
:oUect hundreds of these wretched
>ersons and concentrated them at
r*ancaldi, where their fate is not yet
mown.”
It is declared that, as a result of
hese deportations, all Greek com
nunities have been eliminated in tire
rhracian regions of Demotica, Suili,
istranja and Eregli, from the coast
>f the sea of Marmora, form the pen
nsula of Artaki ,from all the villages
ilong the Bosphorus and from the
:oast of the Black Sea.
KILL PATIENTS
rEUTON AVIATORS DROP MIS
SIVES ON FRENCH ESTABLISH
MENT AT ZUYDCOOTE.
LOSES IN TRENCH ATTACKS
British Make Material Advances or
West Front, Passing Many Strongh
Fortified Farms North of Goe
burg.
PARIS, Nov. 10.—German aviators
last night bombed the French hospitn
at Zuydcoote killing seven and wound
ing nine patients. The enemy airmer
also dropped fifty bombs on Dunkirk
killing three and wounding three
persons.
Northwest of Rheims, the Germans
last night attacked French trenches
and small posts especially in the sec
tors of Loivre, Courcy and Dugodat
The French repulsed the enemy with ;
heavy machine gun fire and the Ger
mans were unable to approach the
French lines at any point.
BRITISH MAKE ADVANCES.
BRITISH FRONT, Nov. 10.—’Brit
ish troops in a new advance movemenl
on the western front have passer
many strongly fortified farms nortl
of Goeburg. They have advanced ovei
a half mile in places and have gainee
all their objectives.
The line is pushed northward alonj
Passchendaele ridge almost to a poim
where the highest crest starts looking
downward. The operations in this
section were carried out on a front o;
2500 yards.
LOCOMOTIVE RUNS
ABOARD STEAMER
BU1LU SiVlAL.1
RAILROAD TO LOAD EQUIP
MENT FOR CORDOVA.
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.—The diffnul
stevedoring task of loading a hundrec
and twenty-five ton loocmotive and i
five-ton tender aboard a steamer fo;
Cordova, Alaska, was completed to
day. The locomotive and tender ar<
for use on the Copper River am
Northwestern railroad, which operate!
between Cordova and Kennecott.
Rpils were laid on the dock and or
the deck of the steamship and wher
the tide brought the vessel’s deck ever
with the dock the locomotive and ten
der were run aboard the boat. A sim
iiar operation will take place at Cor
dova when the equipment is unoladed
ICELAND DEMANDS
HER INDEPENDENCE
MAJORITY OF DANISH PEOPLI
ARE SAID TO BE WILLING
TO GRANT SEPARATION.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—The people’s
parliament of Iceland demands inde
pendence from Norway and a nationa
flag of its own. Iceland now practical
ly has home rule.
The majority of the Danish people
it is said, hope their king will sanctior
the demands of Iceland’s parliament.
OHIO VOTES DRY.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 8. — Com
plete unofficial returns from Tues
day’s election give state-wide prohibi
tion a majority of 2,952 votes.
FEMININE RUSSIAN REGIMENT ]
BATTLES IN DEFENSE OF
WINTER PALACE.
REMAINS LOYAL TO KERENSKY.
Sailors on Baltic Fleet and Soldiers '
in Finland Announce Their Adher
ence to Government Now in Con
trol of Affairs.
I PETROGRAD, Nov. 10.—After a
I
i battle yesterday in defense of the ,
winter palace, the women's regiment
surrendered to the Maximilist forces. (
Tho winter palace, which is near Pet
rograd, was the last public institution
in the capital or its vicinity to hold 1
out against the new government. It
was occupied with public offices, the
incumbents of which remained loyal j
to former Premier M. Kerensky.
I
Explanation of Arrests.*
Leon Trotsky, president of the cen
! tral executive committee of the Pet
i rograd council of soldiers’ and work
men's delegates, said that neither
vengeance nor political repression
was the motive in actuating the new i
| government in arresting persons con- i
I nected with the Kerensky adminis
tration. Many members of the Ker
?nsky government who favored a vig-1
! orous prosecution of the war against i
Germany, said Trotsky, were impli
i cated in the unsuccessful plot to puti
in power General Ivorniloff, who was
; the leader of the war party.
Will Be Tried for Treason.
All these that can be apprehended,
! continued Trotsky, will be tried for |
itreason.
; Advices received in Petrograd from
: Finland today are to the effect that
the sailor delegates representing the
Baltic fleet and the soldier delegates
representing the military forces in
Finland have given notice of their
adherence to the new government.
HAMSIRGLINE'S
OFFICES SEIZED
; QUARTERS IN NEW YORK WILL;
BE USED BY FEDERAL WAR
SHIPPING BOARD.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—On orders
from the federal custodian of enemy
property, United States government
i officials today seized the offices in
New York city of the Hamburg-Am
‘ erican Steamship company.
The New York port board of the
war shipping bureau probably will
. make use of the offices.
I Julius P. Meyer, a director and sev
t enty employes of the company were
. ordered to vacate the offices at once.
TFITTAM KffTTPVnv I lTfi
lLUlUmflUOlUHllD
' LOSE ENGAGAMENT
i FREDA HEMPEL AND FRITZ
i KREISLER CANNOT HOLD RE
, CITALS IN YOUNGSTON, O.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 10.—
Concert, engagament here of Freda
Hempel, the noted soprano of the Met
ropolitan Grand Opera company,
which was scheduled for next April,
was cancelled today because of her al
i leged pro-German sentiments. Steps
I have been taken toward cancelling the
engagement of Fritz Ivreisler, the vio
; linist, who is an Austrian army officer,
for similar reasons.
ELECHUC SIGNS PUT
UNDER WAR RULES
DISPLAYS CANNOT BE MADE BE
FORE 7 IN EVENING AND NOT
AFTER 11 AT NIGHT.
WASHINGTON, dTc., Nov. 10.
The federal fuel administration will
issue an order immediately forbidding
the use of coal for the generation of
electric current for display \advertis
ing purposes before 7 o’clock in the
evening and after 11 o’clock at night.
wish or
FATHERLESS LITTLE ONES
WERE DRIVEN INTO CAUCA
SUS BY TURKS-DESTITUTE
VINTER WILL BE SEVERE.
fotal Number of Refugees Is Esti
mated at 300,000 and of These Very
Few Are Men, Most of Wrhom Were
Massacred.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Twenty
housand fatherless children of Ar
nenian and Syrian refugees in the
Caucasus are in need of immediate
lid to save them from demoralization
ind starvation, it was declared here
;oday by the Rev. l'\ W. MacCallum,
nissionary in Turkey for the A med
ian Board of Commissioners for For
jign Missions, just returned from re
ief work at Tiflis and vicinity. In
.he Caucasus, which he described as
mountainous with severe winters, he
said there are 300,000 Armenian and
Syrian refugees from Turkey, mostly
women and children, as the men were
massacred by the Turks.
“The Turks made three drives
against Russia, which brought into
ihe .Caucasus, which is Russian, large
numbers of refugees,” he said. “In
1914 more than GO.Oud Armenians fled
before the Turkish advance. The
next year 30,000 more migrated.
“The third drive is known as the
Aiashgert campaign of July 1915. The
Armenians of the district of Aiash
gert in Turkey were by it compelled
to flee to the Caucasus. It also caus
ed the evacuation of the city of Van
by the Russians. This city had been
defended in April and May by the Ar
menian population against a strong
rurkish army. Russian aid had ar
rived just in time to save it and the
lurks ran away, but when the Rus
sians heard of the Turkish advance
toward Aiashgert, fearing their line
:>f retreat might be cut off, they
evacuated Van and retreated to the
Caucasus, taking with them all the
Armenians and Syrians there.
Largest Influx of Refugees.
“This was by far the largest influx
:<f refugees. They" were attacked by
Kurds on the way and 7,000 were kill
ed. About 20,000 died of cholera, ty
phoid and typhus after reaching Rus
sia. The total number of refugees
from Van and vicinity was about 200,
300. In these way's some 300,000 peo
n)e came to the Caucasus in great
lestitution, after losing large num
bers, especially of men, and all their
possessions.
“Relief work by the American Com
mittee for Armenian and Syrian Re
lief began in January', 1916, and is
still going on and growing in extent
and importance. The Russian gov
?rnment has helped the refugees gen
erously, having given them up to the
present nearly $10,000,000. This sup
plied them with lood, paid their rem
and made it possible to provide for 5,
000 orphans, but owing to the finan
cial difficulties of the governmenl
this aid is now cut off.
“The American committee has giv
en clothing and bedding to 50,000 oi
the most needy refugees and has alst
provided large quantities of tea, sug
ar, kerosene and fuel where mosl
needed. During the summer of 1916
the work of repatriation was under
taken and hundreds of farmers were
returned to their homes in the prov
ince of Van and supplied with oxen
plows, seed and so forth. This most
promising woi’k, however, was inter
rupted by the evacuation of that re
gion by the Russians in August, 1916
and the committee has decided thaf
the time for repatriation on a large
scale will be only after final victory
aver the Turks has been won.
Comparatively Few Men.
“Among the refugees are compara
tively few men, as more of them than
af women and children fell in the
massacres. As a result there are in
the Caucasus today 20,000 fatherless
children in need of immediate aid. Of
these the American committee is al
•eady helping 5,000 by giving them a
small monthly grant for food in their
omes.
“Fifte^ri thousand more appeal for
similar help but no funds are avail
able at present. The committee is
now organizing an orphanage for 300
boys in Erivan. Boys of good intel
ligence and sound physiqu' will be
taken in with a view to quick training
in trades, farming and education.
These boys will be prepared to act as
leaders among these lines and fitted
to take the place of the artisans, in-!
dustrial leaders and teachets who were;
killed.
“Of the 300,000 refugees in the Cau
casus and* the conquered provinces of
Turkey, 250,000 are without employ
ment and dependent on charity.
Work for Women and CVrls.
The committee has begun work in
spinning and weaving, giving employ
| ment to about 4,000, mostly women
' and girls. The moral effects of work
! are very noticeable. The life of a
I refugee with nothing to do butj
j stretch out his hand for charity is
extremely demoralizing and discour- ;
aging. Many of the women to whom
the committee is giving work come on
foot from places as distant as 10 to
13 miles and say what they value j
most is not the money they earn but
the mental and spiritual relief em
ployment brings them.
“Great gratitude is expressed for
the aid sent from America. It seems
to them very wonderful that a coun
try so far away and so entirely with
out any political aspirations in those
regions should make such large con
tributions to relieve their sufferings.
The pr^tige of America has been
enormously increased by this disinter
i ested philanthrophy.
“The American committee has at
no time taken up the question of the
political future of Armenia, but if
the statesmen who have to deal with
! this question after the war, secure for
j the Armenians and Syrians and other
small nations such a degree of liber
ty as will insure safety to life, honor
and property, they will not have
done more than simple justice de
mands.
| GERMAN PEOPLE ARE BECOM
ING IMPATIENT OVER FAIL
URE OF SUBMARINE WAR.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10.—Former
German Minister of Marine Von Tir
pitz, has been asked by the conserv
ative party to stand for election to
the reichstag in the vacant Saxon
district of the Bautzen Kamenz.
Von Tirpitz is the originator of*
Germany’s ruthless submarine policy
and a pro-war advocate of the most
pronounced character.
In this connection, it may be noted
that Capt. Persius, the naval expert
of the Berliner Tageblatt takes cog
nizance of the growing impatience
among Germans over the submarine
campaign. They are demanding to
know “When shall we have England
beaten?” The food problem, declares
Capt. Persius, will not make England
think of peace for six months at
least.
WOODS WILL GO
OUT WITH MITCHEL
NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSION
ER WILL NOT HOLD OVER UND
ER MAYOR ELECT HYLAN.
NEW YrORK, Nov. 10.—Police
Commissioner Arthur Woods, of New
York city, who was appointed by May
or John Purroy Mitchel, will resign
when Mitchel leaves office December
31. Under the law Woods’ term runs
until April, 1919, but the police com
missioner said today he would not hold
over under the administration of John
P. Hylan, mayor-elect.
RECORD IN SWIMMING.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 9.—
For the first time in history, a woman
swam the round trip course of the
Golden Gate. She is Hazel Cunning
ham, 18 years old. £>he completed the
trip in one hour, thirty-five minutes
and twenty-five seconds.
GETSHTfiER
STEAMER ROCHESTER IS SUNK
AND FOUR SAILORS ARE
KNOWN TO BE LOST.
FOURTEEN OTHERS MISSING.
Members of United States Commis
sion to Entente Allied Conference
in Paris Arrives Safely in Lcv>
don.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—The Am
erican steamer Rochester was torpe
doed and sunk by a German subma
rine in the European war zone No
vember 2. Four sailors are knows- to
have been lost and one boat contain
ing the second mate and thirteen
men is missing.
The Rochester plied between Balti
more, Md., and England.
Navy department officials are still
awaiting details of the sinking by a
German submarine of the United
States patrol boat Alceda, in the
waters of the European war zone,
with the loss of one officer and twen
ty sailors.
The Alceda was the first American
war vessel to be sunk in the war.
The American destroyer Cassin
was torpedoed recently but she made
port safely with the loss of only one
man.
Commission in London.
LONDON, Nov. $.—The special
American commission to the entente
allied conference to be held in Paris,
arrived in London at midnight last
night. Colonel E. M. House heads
the commission with the honorary
rank of special ambassador.
Admiral Benson, chief of naval op
erations; General Bliss, chief of the
army staff; Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Crosby, chairman of the
war trade board; Vance McCormick
and Bainbridge Colby, of the shipping
board, and Doctor Taylor, of the food
administration board, are the other
members of the commission.
Lord Balfour and American Min
ister Page met the Americans who will
soon leave for France.
GILL STARTS TO
CLEAN UP SEATTLE
COMPLAINT OF MILITARY AUTH
ORITIES LEADS TO ARREST
OF FORTY WOMEN.
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—As a result of
Mayor Hiram C. Gill’s determination
to “clean up” Seattle, the police last
night raided various resorts and ar
rested forty women on the charge of
disorderly conduct.
The commander of the military can
tonment at American Lake recently
announced that he would forbid sold
iers from visiting Seattle if the city
authorities did not remedy evil condi
tions here.
VICTORIA TO COME
NORTH FOR COPPER
COMMANDEERED SHIP LEAVES
SEATTLE FOR CORDOVA
WHERE SHE WILL LOAD ORE.
SEATTLE, Nov. 11.—Before being
given over to the shipping board, the
steamship Victoria will make a trip to
Alaska to relieve the congestion of
copper ore in the northern territory
left today for Cordova.
The Umatilla will enter the Atlan
tic overseas service.
TO RAISE FOXES IN MONTANA.
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 10.—Raising
of silver foxes, whose pelts are selling
for $1500 each, may become a new
industry for this state. Fox ranchers
from Canada were here recently with,
a view to establishing the industry
here, where they said conditions were
admirably adapted to it.