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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, TORTEAXD, OCTOBER 20, 1918. JUGO-SLAVS BY SERB TURKISH DICTATOR IS TOLD HE CANNOT DEFY CIVILIZED WORLD American Ambassador Pleads With Talaat in Behalf of Persecuted Ar menians and Then Utters Warning Ottoman Determination Unshaken. 4 FOE OPPOSITION TO YANKEES INCREASES V CTDRIES Uprising Deemed Not Beyond Bangs of Possibility. r BY HE.VRT MORGANTHAU, I Formerly American Ambassador to, Turkey. Copyrighted.) , . .. INSTALLMENT VI L 'T was some time before the story of the Armenian atrocities reached th Amrlpan V'mhi mv in alt their TELEGRAMS TRANSLATED, horrible details. In January and Feb- 1 rUirV fnrmittitDPV rurnrt a hpffAll to filter, in. but the tendency was at first to regard them as mere man ifestations of the disorders that had prevailed In the Armenian provinces .for many years. When the reports came from Urumia. both Enver ana Talaat dismissed them as wild exag gerations, and when for the first time we heard of the disturbances at Van these Turkish orticlals declared that they were nothing more than a mob uprising which they would soon have under control. I now see. what was not apparent in those early months, that the Turk ish government was determined to keep the news, as long as possible, from the outside world. It was clearly the intention that Europe and America should hear of the annihilation of the Armenian race only after that annihila tion had been accomplished. As the country which the Turks particularly wished to keep in ignorance was the United States, they resorted to the most shameless prevarications when discussing the situation with myself and with my staff. In early April the authorities ar rested about 200 Armenians in Con stantinople and sent them into the in terior. Many of those who were then deported were educational and social leaders and men who were prominent in industry and In finance. I knew many of these men, and therefore felt a personal interest in their misfor tunes. Talaat Pleads Srlf-Defense. But when I spoke to Talaat about their expulsion, he replied that the (government was acting in self-defense. The Armenians at Van. he said, had already shown their abilities as revo lutionists; he knew that these leaders in Constantinople were corresponding with the Russians and he had ever) reason to fear that they . would start an insurrection against the central government. But soon the accounts from the in terior became more specific and more disquieting. The withdrawal of the allied fleet from the Dardanelles pro- Slemazes l'ainr Between South i Slavonic Council lu Ioodon and Serbian Government Published. NEW TORK. Oct. 1. Professor Michael I. Pupin. of Columbia Univer sity, has made public a translation of telegrams which recently passed be tween London and the Serbian govern ment and expressed the opinion that the Southern Slavs of Austria had been so aroused by the Serbian and allied vic tories in Macedonia that an uprising vu not beyond he range of possibility. The telegrams, said Professor Pupin. had come to him from the foreign of fice of the Serbian government at Corfu. The first, addressed to the Serbian government, reads as- follows: "The Jugo-Slav committee of London greets with Joyful enthusiasm the glor ious victories of the Serbian army and of the South Slavonic volunteers who, with united effort, are struggling for freedom in an independent state of all Serbs. Croatians and Slovenes. After the capture of Sokol. Vetrenik. and Dobro- Polie. the Serbians, after many suuer- ings. are returning to their ruined homes, and the .hour is approaching when our people will forever be freed from the Austro-Hungarlan chains. The acting Serbian Secretary of State reDlied as follows The Royal Government of Serbia is touched by the greetings of the Jugo slav committee on the occasion of the handsome successes of the brave Serbian army, assisted heroically by their brothers, the South Slavonic vol unteers. We join you in the regret that up to the present the South Slavonic volunteers were unable to participate in larger numbers in the cigantic struggle for the liberation aid for the unification of all Serbs, Croatians and Slovenes, as provided in ment Talaat said this In so many words. . "The Armenians are not to be trusted." he said, "besides, what we do with them does not concern the United States." No Ue Forcing Issue. I replied that I regarded myself as the friend of the Armenians and was shocked at the way that they were be ing treated. But he shook his head and refused to discuss the matter. I saw that nothing could be gained by forc ing the issue at that time. I spoke in behalf of another British subject who was not being treated properly. "He's English, isn't he?" answered Talaat. "Then I shall do as I like with him!" "Eat him, if you wish!" i replied. "Ko." said Talaat, "he would go against my digestion." He was altogether in a reckless Artillery Duel Northwest Verdun Is Most Intense. of AMERICANS SCORE GAINS mood. "Gott strafe England!" he The Positions in Region of Bantlieville and Wood Are Improved; Boche Counter Attack Repulsed. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 19. 7:30 P. M (By the Associated Press. the declaration of Corfu, which they duced a djstinct change in the atmos unanimously laid down as the founda- Dhere ,-.,, then thre were numer- tion for our future independent state. ous indlcatons that all was not going This declaration awaits only the solemn and unanimous recognition on the part of our great and noble allies In order to become the international charter for the kingdom of all our united peoples. "We hope that before long the Slavs from the Trig lav to the ardar. and from the Adriatic sea to the White sea. will receive this recognition which they have merited. "By the mighty and devoted assist ance on the part of our allies, our heroes passed within eight days from Vetrenik to Marco's Prilip. and our brave Babuna heroes have reached the Babuna Pass. Soon they will liberate the whole of Macedonia and old Serbia.' NURSE SHORTAGE IS WE VAXCOCVKR SENDS OCT APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE. Army Post Requires Services of IS More Women to Assist in Car log- for Influenza Patients. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 19. (Spe cial-) The problem of securing enough nurses to care for men suffering from Spanish influenza, and other ailments. in Vancouver Barracks, is serious at the present time. The Government wants IS civilian nurses, and will pay J7S a month, board, room and laundry. Nurses other than graduates and nurses assistants will be paid from 30 to $30 a month and found. The epidemic has created an emer- mnrv nnt mnr nurwi arm urir.ntlv needed. Several local nurses who are German associates begged me to inter married and have families have re-1 cede. well in the Armenian provinces; when it at last became definitely established, however, that the traditional friends of Armenia. Great Britain, France and Russia, could do nothing to help, that suffering people, the mask began to disappear. In April I was suddenly deprived of the privilege of using the cipher for communicating with American Consuls. The most rigorous censorship also was applied to letters. Such measures could mean only that things were happening in Asia Minor which the authorities were determined to conceal. But they did not succeed. Though all sorts of impediments were placed to traveling, certain Americans, chiefly mission aries, succeeded in getting through. Pitiful Tales Are Told. For hours they would sit in my of fice and. with tears streaming dow their faces, they would tell me of the horrors through which they had passed. Many of these, both men an women, were almost broken in health from the scenes which they had wit nessed. - In many cases they brought me letters from American Consuls. confirming the most dreadful of thei narrations and adding many unprint able details. The general purport of alt these first-hand reports was that the utter depravity and fiendishness of the Turkish nature, already sufficient ly celebrated through centuries, had now surpassed itself. There was only one hope of saving nearly 2,000,000 people from massacre, starvation, and even worse, I was told that was the moral power of the United States. These spokesman of condemned nation declared that, unless the American Ambassador could per suade the Turk to stay his destroying arm, the whole Armenian nation would disappear. It was not only American and Canadian missionaries who made this personal appeal. Several of their sponded by offering their services for tiurh time as they may be required. Nurses are urged to apply to the Post Surgeon. Base Hospital. Vancou ver Barracks. Wash., at once, by tele graph if possible. Influenza Claims Flrt Victim. THE DATXES. dr., Oct, 19. (Spe clal.) The first death of a private citi zen to occur in Wasco County from Spanish influenza was that yesterday morning of Mi's Eunice O'Brien, of firass Valley. The young woman was S3 years old and had been ill but two weeks. An outdoor funeral will be held tomorrow at Dufur, with Rev. I. E. Russell, of this city, conducting the services. Miss O'Brien was well known throughout the county. Aged Eugene Woman Dead. These men and women confirmed all the worst things which I had heard and they were unsparing in denouncing their own fatherland. They did not conceal the fact that their own nation was allied with a people that could perpetrate such infamies, but they understood German policy well enough to know that Germany would not Inter cede. There was no use in expecting aid from the Kaiser, they said Amer tea must stop the massacres, or they would go on. Purely Domestic Affair, Technically, of course, I had no right to Interfere. According to the cold blooded legalities of the situation, the treatment of Turkish subjects by the Turkish government was purely a do mestic affair; unless it directly affected American lives and American inter ests, it was outside the concern of the American Government. When I first I annroached Talaat on the sublect. he Mijt.i tu. ur, uci. is. ispeciai.; called my attention to this tact In no Mrs. km ma L. Hopkins, a resident of uncertain terms. this city for the past 30 years, passed away at her home here this evening. Mrs. Hopkins was 79 years old. She is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Frank Porter, of Halsey. Or-, and two sons, J. B. Hopkins, of this city, and H. L. Hopkins. Superintendent of Schools at Entimclaw. Wash. THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH Strands of Gray Hair May Be Minor. This Interview was one of the most exciting which I had had up to that time. Two missionaries had just called upon me. giving the full details of the frightful happenings at Konla. After listening to their stories. I could not restrain myself, and went Immediately to the Sublime Porte. I saw at once that Talaat was In one of his most ferocious states of mind. For months he had been attempting to secure the release of two of his closest friends, Ayoub Sabrt and Zinnoun, who were held as prisoners by the English at Malta. Once more he had been work ing for the release of the exiles and once more he had failed. I first spoke to him about a Can adian missionary. Dr. McNaughton. who was receiving harsh treatment in Asia Removed. Strands of gray hair are unattract ive and very unnecessary and acceler ate the appearance of approaching age. W"by not remove all traces of gray in the hair and possess an even shade of beautiful dark hair in bounteous quan tities by the use of "La Creole" Hair nressing? Used by thousands of people I cans," 1 replied. every aay everywhere with perfect 'That may be, HUBui-iiun. -o one neea De annoyed with gray hair hair streaked with frray. diseased scalp or dandruff when offered such a preparation as "La Cre ole" Hair Dressing. Apply it freely to scalp and hair, rubbing It in well, and after a few applications you will bo delightfully surprised with the re sult. USE Premise Has Time Limit. "The man Is an English agent," he replied, "and we have the evidence for It." "Let me see it." I asked. "We'll do nothing for any English man or any Canadian," he replied, "un til they release Ayoub and Zinnoun." "But you promised to treat English the e,mploy of Americans as Ameri- LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING for gray or faded hair and retain the appearanoe of youth. Used by gentle men in every walk of life to restore an even dark color to their gray hair, beard or mustache. For sale by The Owl Drug Company's 1 gether, leaned over drug stores and all good drug stores snapped out everywhere. Mail orders from out-of-J "Are they Americans? town customers filled promptly upon I The Implications of this question receipt of regular price, 11.30. "La Cre- i were hardly diplomatic: it was merely rile" Hair Dressing is sold on a money- I a way of telling me that the matter rejoined the Minis ter, "but a promise is not made to be kept forever. 1 withdraw that promise now. There is a time limit on a promise." But if a promise is not binding. what is?" I asked. A guarantee," Talaat answered quickly. This fine Turkish distinction had a certain metaphysical interest, but I had more practical matters to discuss at that time. So I began to talk about the Armenian at Konia. I had hardly started when Talaat'a attitude became even more belligerent. His eyes lighted up, he brought his jaws to- toward me, and shouted using one of the few German phrases that he knew. "As to your Armenians, we don't give a rap for the future! We live only in the pres em: as to the English, I wish you would telegraph Washington that we shall not do a thing for them until they let out Ayoub Sabri and Zinnoun!" Then leaning over, he struck a pose, pressed nis hand to his heart, and said, in English I think this must have been almost all the English he knew "Ayoub Sabri he my brudder!'" - One More Plea Blade. Despite this I made another plea mr ur. aicisaugnton. He s not American," said Talaat, ne s a Canadian. "It's almost the same thing." I said. "Well," replied Talaat. "if I let him go, will you promise that the United states will annex Canada?" "I promise," said I. and we laughed at this little Joke, i "Every time you come here," Talatt iinauy said, "you always steal some thing from me. All right, you can have your atciMaughton!" Certainly this interview was not an encouraging beginning, so far as the Armenians were concerned. But Ta laat was not always in an "Ayoub Sa bri mood." "Some day," he once said, "I will come and discuss the whole Armenian subject with you." and then he added in a low tone in Turkish: "But that day will never come!" "Why are vou so interested in the Armenians anyway?" he said, on an- otner occasion. "You are a Jew;, these people are Christians, The Moham medans and the Jews always get on harmoniously. We are treating the Jews here all right. What have vou to complain of? Why can't you let us do with these Christians as we please? Talaat Canaot Underatand. "You don't seem to realize," I re plied, "that I am not here as a Jew but as American Ambassador. My country contains something more than 97,000, 000 Christians and something less than 3.000,000 Jews. So, at least in my am bassadorial capacity, I am 97 per cent Christian. But after all that is not the point. I do not appeal to you in the name of any race or any religion, but merely as a human being. You have told me many times that you want to make Turkey a part of the modern pro gressive world. The way you are treating the Armenians will not help you to realize that ambition; it puts you in ine class of backward, reaction ary peoples. v e treat the Americans all right, too," said Talaat, "I don't see why you snouid complain. "But Americans are outraged by your persecutions of the Armenians," I re plied. "You must base your principles on humanitartanlsm, not racial dis crimination, or the United States will not regard you as a friend and an equal. And you should understand the great changes that are taking place among Christians all over the world. They are forgetting their differences and all sects are coming together as one. lou look down on American mis sionaries, but don't forget that it is the best element in America that supports their work, especially their educational Institutions. Americans are not mere materialists, always chasing money they are broadly humanitarian, and in terested in the spread of Justice and civilization throughout the world. After this war is over you will face a new situation. You say that, if victorious, you can defy the world, but you are wrong." . Turk Still Determined. Strangely enough, these remarks did not offend Talaat, but they did not shake his determination. I might as well have been talking to a stone wall. FrAn my abstractions he immediately came down to something definite. "These people," he said, "refused to disarm, when we told them to. They opposed us at Van and at Zeitoun, and they helped the Russians. There Is ) enemy augmented his already strenuous resistance against the Amer ican advance by heavy artillery action today. This was responded to in. kind so that a duel of big guns was progress all along the line. Ueneral Pershing s troops today con tinued to improve their positions in the region of Bantheville and the wood of Bantheville. There are some indi cations that the Germans are planning withdrawal to what are believed to be new lines of defense a few miles in the rear. This possible retirement of the Ger mans is believed to be due to th menacing position of the Americans at the edge of the Kriemhilde line below Landres-et-St. Georges, where General Pershing's men are steadily advancing. Hun Attack Repulsed. The Germans early this morning launched a counter-attack upon the both American positions in La Grande Mon tagne. The attack was repulsed The German infantry attack was pre ceded by a heavy artillery fire. The Germans this morning con tinued theln harassing fire east of the river Meuse. All the aviators who took part in the all-American bombing expedition behind the German lines northwest Verdun Friday have been accounted for. One of the 140 airplanes taking part In the raid had been reported missing, but it returned during the night. Latest reports from the differen squadrons show that the scout planes in protecting the bombers brought down 12 enemy machines. Observers report that excellent re suits were obtained at the various points bombed by the expedition. While the bombing squadrons attacked the towns and villages, two squadrons o pursuit airplanes flying at 'low alti tudes attacked enemy troops along the roadways with small bombs and ma chine gun fire. Dozen Huns Are Downed. During the raid the pursuit airplanes engaged in 35 combats and of the dozen or more machines brought down, two fell behind the American lines. This morning American patrol air planes engaged in 14 combats. The aviators reported six German machines brought down. The accomplishments of the all American" expedition were much talked about all along the American-front to day, various observers reporting what they saw on Friday afternoon. One observer on a hill within the American lines south of Bayonville, un aware of the fact that American bomb ers were at work, reported to his head quarters that it appeared to him that Bayonville and various other towns had been destroyed by terrific explo sions of unknown origin. Another observer saw great clouds of smoke arise in such volume that he thought the Germans were putting over a smoke barrage and telegraphed his headquarters to this effect. Headquar ters informed the observer that the ex plosions probably were due to Ameri can bombers and asked him to count the Americans returning homeward-bound. Afterward the observer said he had counted about 140 machines passing within the American lines after a series of combats in which the Americans were victors in every case. Red-Haired Nurse Weds Mulatto. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Cora E. Green, a widow of 32 years and with red hair, became the bride of a mulatto, Horatio Taylor "Chavis, 27, of Portland, the ceremony being performed by W. S. T. Derr, Justice of the Peace, today. Chavis said he was an expressman and his bride a nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Buford, negroes, were witnesses to the event. Ieg of Boy Fractured. SHERIDAN, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) TV h lla rirllnp- Ki i a hnria nn a m-ni fln only one way in which 'we can defend trail some distance from here late last ourselves against them in the future. and that is to deport them." 'Suppose a few Armenians did be tray you," I said. "Is that a reason for destroying a whole race? Is that an excuse for making innocent women and children suffer?" "Those things are inevitable." he re plied. This remark to me was not quite so illuminating as one which Talaat made subsequently to a reporter of the Ber liner Tageblatt, who asked him the game question. we nave been re proached." he said, according to this intervlwer, "lor making no distinction between the innocent Armenians and the guilty; but that was utterly im possible, in view.of the fact that thos who were innocent today might be guilty tomorrow!" (To be continued) evening Ted Bewley. son of A. J. Bew ley, of this city, was thrown under the horse when the .animal slipped and his leg. was broken just above the ankle. You Can Buy Several Dollars' Worth of War Savings Stamps With What You Save on Just One of These Likly Traveling Bags GENUINE COWHIDE At War-Saving Price of $12.00 Each Air who have had any experience in buying leather goods will recognize that this is decidedly a PRE-WAR PRICE, well within the reach of the most limited incomes. 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