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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 2, 1919. PEACE-TABLE GETS For Spring OF A Real Live Model Prince Feisa! Recounts Long Fight for Freedom. CLAMS ARABIA Waist Seam , ARABS GIVE AID TO ALLJES Self-Determination and Independ ence to Compensate lor Martyrdom Asked. Continued from First Page.V Tefused to fulfill its promises and tried by all means at its disposal to check the Arabic movement. It soon became clear that the Arabs had nothing to hope for from the cunning; and incor rirtole Turk. The) Arabic committees, at home ana abroad, more than ever infused with the sea, where they established their base. The Syrians, being: advised of the ap proach of the Arab army, renewed with vigor their propaganda against the enemy, and their committees in the towns took measures for a revolu tion to develop simultaneously with the great offensive of which they had information. Arabic-speaking young men in the ranks of the Turkish army deserted by the hundreds to Join the army at Akaba and volunteers from all parts of Arabia, Palestine and Mesopotamia flocked to the flag. At tacks were successfully made at Petra, Tafila and Maan. and the Turkish army was completely routed on several occa sions. Arabs Co-operate TVItlt British. Then followed the final offensive in September, 1918, in union with the great British army, whose efforts will always be remembered by the Arabs with gratitude. Syria was soon re conquered and delivered. The Arabs regained their country and the Turks were driven out, never to return. The Arab uprising has been recog nized as a very important and decisive factor in t-.e failure of the Turks and their allies. Inspired as it was by the true spirit of nationality, but under the leadership of a direct descendant of the founder of Islam, it frustrated the hopes of the misguided slaves on the Bosphorus. who, at the bidding of their Teutonic master, declared the "holy war" against the allies. It convinced the whole Islamic world that the Turks owed no true allegiance to religion, but were only obsessed by Turanian pride, greed and sordid mo tives, and were attempting to use Islam as a tool. The religious and scientific PRINCE FEISAL SITS IX PEACE CONFERENCE AT PARIS AS ARABIA'S REPRESENTATIVE. BT WrLUAM T. ElXJa Copyright by the- New Tork Herald Company- Published by. Arrange ment.) A tall, smiling, black-bearded man, of the complexion of a swart Italian or Spaniard, dressed in flowing Arabic garments, the green of the prophet's family showing only in his under-robe, his head dress a gold and white cloth and roll and a massive gold-handled dagger in a golden scabbard of beautiful Arabian workmanship, who talks with his eyes, his hands, his shoulders, as well as with his tongue, smoking cigarette's incessantly the while such is the most picturesque figure among all the notables who have come to Paris to attend the peace conference. He Is Emir Feisal. ruler of Syria, son of Hussein, king of the Hedja, " and 37th in directline of descent from the phophet Mohammed, himself a successful warrior and the head of the armies of Arabic-speaking volunteers. Christian and Moslem, who alone captured Damascus and assisted General Allenby in his entire campaign. Prince Feisal is, of course, an expert horseman and rifle shot; he has from horseback brought down a running gazelle at 400 yards. His government of Syria, with its seat at Damascus, has sent him to Paris to plead the cause of the independence of the Arabic-speaking peoples. He sits as a delegate in the conference, its highest touch of color, representing his father. He has written out in Arabic, exclusively for the New Tork Herald this first authentic statement of the Arabic movement. A Syrian member of his staff translated the article. vigor, renewed their revolutionary ac tivities. The Turk retaliated by wreak ing vengeance on the leaders and in tellectuals, Moslems and Christians alike, and in his mad thirst for revenge ; invented new methods of punishment and humiliation. Rapacity, exile and murder were always the instruments of repression against individuals and parties; but now dreadful plans were prepared for jhe wholesale destruction of the Arabs. In the second year of the war the Turk under the tutelage of the Teuton and inebriated by his initial success against the British, furiously exhibited his deadly hatred of the Arabs by wholesale murder and scientific methods of extermination by famine and disease. Arabs Help to Win War. At that juncture his majesty King Hussein, the Shereef and ruling prince of Mecca, seceded from the Turks and summoned the Arabs to his standard. So strong was the anti-Turkish senti ment that thousands of Arabic-speaking officers and men from the TBurk iah army, artisans, farmers, of all re ligions, flocked to his camp, and an army was immediately organized under the command of his sons, the princes. An understanding was entered into with the allies, who had repeatedly af- firmed as their principal aim the defeat of militarism and despotism and the safeguarding of right, liberty and jus tice to all the peoples of the world.. The Arabs, in their eagerness to se cure for themselves the status of free men, were determined to spare no ef fort, shirk no sacrifice of blood and treasure, suffer everything, in the quest of independence. At the side of the great allied powers they contributed a valuable share of fighting that helped to bring about the great tri umph. In 1915 Turkey was at the zenith of he military power, but the venerable monarch of the Hedjaz was not dis mayed and, having received from the allies assurances concerning the lib eration and independence of all the Arabic countries in Asia, he entered upon the war with a full sense of re- Bponsibility. It is evident to all those who have paid attention to the course of events in the east that King Hussein did not join-the allies to secure the independ ence of the Hedjaz for the country had been independent for hundreds of years before but engaged in war in the interest of the whole Arab race. The Turks in their fury had committed untold atrocities, particularly in Syria, where men were crucified and mur dered, women outraged, children car ried away, habitations destroyed, trees cut down in short, the population was passing through the agony of death. Arab Defeats Tork. His army, small and without equip ment of military value, was forced at first to retreat before the strong forces directed against him. More than half the Hedjaz was overrun, villages were destroyed and women and children murdered and houses looted. As soon as the Arab army was equipped and supplied with modern arms and suf ficient munitions it took-the offensive and defeated its enemy in many hard- fought battles and forced him to re treat on Medina, where he took refuge in the shrine of the prophet Mohammed. secure in its inviolability from attack and bombardment. He remained en camped in the precincts of the harem until after the armistice and had threatened to blow it up before sur render. The helpless people of Medina suffered during all this time loot, mur der and outrage. Thirty thousand of tnem were eventually ucpui lou v11 the Armenian model to Asia Minor. The suffering of the Arabs at the hands of the Turkish hordes do not fall short in their severity of those of the Armenians. Like them, they were slain by the thousands for aspiring to free dom. The American consul. Dr. How ard Bliss, president of the American university at Beirut, and other Ameri can and European gentlemen who re mained in the country during the long years of war have recorded how the innocent, old and young men.- women and children have been cruelly done to death, and had it not been for the op portune victories of the British and Arab armies many thousands more would have perished Irak (Mesopo tamia) also received its share, and the stories of the massacres of Nejef and Kerbela stand as landmarks in Tura nian hatred of the Arabs. Modern War Is in Bible Lands. After the Hedjaz had been cleared of the Turks, except Medina, where the broken army took refuge in the shrine of the prophet, the Arabs left there a sufficient force to maintain the siege and the army marched northward to help at driving the Turks out of Syria and deliver their own people. 'i ney oe gan their operations by tearing up the railway lines . between Sabbook and Maan, to prevent reinforcements from reaching Medina from Damascus. Then they attacked and captured Akaba, on missions of the allies have testified to their reports that the moral effect of the Arab uprising on the Islamic world was the bulwark against Turkish in trigues in middle and farther Asia, and through its influence peace was main tained. Victory Contributions Made. The material benefits that accrued to the allies from the participation of the Arab forces in the operations can be better appraised by briefly mentioning the following points: First The Turks dared not employ the ten Arab divisions of the army in the firing line against their compatriots and the allies. Second They were forced to set aside a large portion of their active army to watch the Arabs in Syria and Irak and oppose the Hedjaz force. Third About 20,000 men of their army were isolated and besieged in dif ferent parts of the Hedjaz. Fourth They had one division in Asia Minor and three in Temen who were . prevented from joining the main army in Syria. Fifth The Arabs, besides the thou sands they captured in the last often sive with General Allenby's armv. had taken in the course of their operations nearly twenty thousand prisoners. Add to all these the number of detach ments cut off in the desert and a total or no less than 90.000 men will be found to have been rendered impotent against me antes a- the Arab uprising: and we should not forget that the Turks had counted on the rupport of a great part of the Arabs, which was not only unavailable. Dut was actually used against them. After the crushing defeat in Pales tine the Turks retreated on Damascus and hoped to hold on there for some time, but the population of Syria rose up against them, captured their strong noia ana relieved tne Mrltlsh army irom further fighting, after the occu pation of Damascus. Scope of Movement Given. The Arab revival was not limited to the Hedjaz, as it is mistakenly eup posed by some persons, nor was its aim the securing of this country's inde pendence, which was assured hundreds of years before. It was a national movement, independent of creeds, ei bracing the whole Arabic-speaking race in western Asia, and aiming at the complete emancipation and inde pendence of all the Arabic countries The Syrian Arabs were its pioneers, who disseminated its spirit and made possible the cohesion of all the Arabic speaking peoples without distinction of creed or clas. The Arabs are an unknown quantity in Europe and America, and their capa bilities are not appraised at their true value. In energy, intelligence and adaptability, even by the modern stan dards of progress, they are not behind the small nations that revolted pre viously against Turkey, such as the Greeks, Serbs and Bulgars. who soon after the elimination of the nefarious influences of a corrupt alien rule, made long strides in civilization. IXor are they to be considered at the .preseni time less worthy of freedom and in- 71 "i M 1 m n for the young fellow Hart Schaffrier 6? Marx Clothes are all-wool, fine tailored, sewed with silk. Made for service good wear. That's the kind of clothes that you want to invest your money in. There are models for men of all ages here. A big assortment of fine fabrics to choose from $30, $35, $40, $45 and Up Manhattan Shirts Stetson Spring Hats Sam'l Rosenblatt .1 mmmm l lit n :!Mit:tii: III & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Gasco BIdg. Fifth and Alder rif W I'll ill Copyright 1919 Hart SchaXTncr & Mars dependence than were those nations. They are Inspired by the true spirit of progress and the undying glory or tneir past history and sciences, and anxious to occunv their rizhtful Place among the 'civilized nations of the world. Ve are a nation that seeks real national ife. in freedom and independence, ana contend that we have earned them by our sacrifices of blood and treasure and by our loyalty to the allied ca"e and principles. Shall our countries at this stage or tne world's history be reckoned a booty awaiting division? We ask the allies and the United States of America at the peace conference to consider our case sympathetically, as friends, right ly and Justly as partners in the otern work of fighting, to apply to it tne high principles of equity which have been repeatedly proclaimed as one oi their principal aims, to compensate for the martyrdom of hundreds or thou sands' of our people .in the cause of humanity with complete self-determi nation and independence under tneir guarantee. History and the future will judge. NO HOME COMING MARCH 4 OREGOX REPRESENTATIVES TO BE BUSY AFTER CONGRESS. Accumulated Work of Session Will Require Several Wceksi to Clean Cp In Departments. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 1. Whether an extra session is called or not members of the Oregon congressional delegation will not be able to get away for home for several weeks. All of them are behind to some extent with their heavy mail on account of the long sessions in the closing days of this congress and a press of business that is so extraordi nary as almost to swamp them. There are calls by the score for dis charges from the army and navy, calls on them to make personal trips to the bureau of war risk insurance to as certain why dependent relatives are not receiving, according to schedule, allotments made to them by soldiers in camps at home or across the seas, and now, on top of all other matters which they are compelled to handle, are a large number of complaints regarding railroad rates and service and the same complaints as regards telegraphs and telephones now that the government is administering all these functions of transportation and communication. Representative McArthur has enough business before departments to keep him here several weeks in any event and Representative Hawley will remain here to prepare himself for the con sideration of new rural credits legis lation in which he will play a leading part in the next congress on account of his being a member of the joint committee on rural credits and an ex pert on agricultural legislation by reason of his long and active service on the house comnittee on agriculture. Representative Sinnott has all of the regular routine matters of a large rural district pressing him and in ad dition must prepare himself for the larger responsibilities In the next con gress which will confront him as chair man of the house public lands com mittee. Furthermore he finds it ad visable to camp here to see that east ern Oregon does not lose out in the apportionment of new reclamation projects that are almost sure to be made possible by this congress. He demands two new projects for eastern Oregon, leaving it to the reclamation service to Bay which are the most feasible for early initiation. He is not showing any preference as to what projects shall be taken up first, be lieving that the reclamation service Is in the 'best position to make this decision. The reclamation service seems to be giving serious consideration to the Deschutes project, which will water 200.000 acres of land in Jefferson and Deschutes counties as shown by the de cision to send a geologist to Oregon at once to examine the Crane Prairie and Benham Falls reservoir sites. Pensions have been granted In Ore gon as follows: Liza Wilson. Portland. $25; Rudama A. Miller. Drain, (12: Sarah J. Canon, Florence. $25; Kierstl Hancock. Elkton, $25; Harriet F. Miller, Portland, .J 2 a. Representative C. N. McArthur was the principal speaker at a Washington birthday celebration at Penn Tan. New York. . Representative Addison T. Smith, of Idaho, has .asked that either Boise, Idaho Falls or Twin Falls be designated by the postoffice department for ex periments with the motor truck service as provided by the new postoffice proprlation bill. It appears experiments have so far been made further west than Missouri. Kelso Feed Company Organized. KELSO. Wash.. March 1. (Special.) C. J. Shipley, who recently purchased the C. W. McFarland fuel business, and H. Hasperson. who has been oper ating a woodyard and transfer business have organized the Kelso Feed & Fuel company. The new firm -will build a warehouse on Front street near the McFarland coal bunker and will in stall a feed mill. Construction of the warehouse will start Monday, and as soon as it is completed a complete line of feeds will be carried, and the firm will be in the market for all kinds of produce. The Tale of the, Turk." tonight at w Htminster ennrcn. It s rre. 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