TORTURED RUSSLANS.
SHELLS AND UNITY.
AUSTRIAN OFFICERS TESTIFY TⱭ| HOW THE ALLIES HAVE WON THE
GERMAN CRUELTY.
Sworn evidence of the cruelties prac. tised by Cerman officers, soldiers, and prison guards upon Bussian prisoners is contained in the latest roport of the Russian Commission of Inquiry, now issued in English with photographs.
Torture by the drawing of nails, cut- ting of tongue, and tearing of ears has I inflicted upon Russian unwilling to betray their comrades. Men have been burned alivo in revenge or for the sheer amusement of their captors.
ASCENDANCY.
The military correspondent of The Daily News, writing on September 9th,
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10ra (1916.
IN THE HANDS OF THE
TURKS.
AN AMERICAN WOMAN'S. EXPERIENCES.
Horo
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BULGAR SAVAGERY.
RUMANIAN PRISONERS
MURDERED.
· [FROM HAMILTON PYFE, BUCAREST.], FATE OF BRITISH CIVILIANS:
The feelings of horror and fury which On this day last year this Anglo-French offensive was launched in Artois and
few facts about the have been aroused here as hideous stories Champagne, with results which were na Azmenian massacres which we how to of Bulgarian atrocities become known are abortive as they were disappointing, be correct. From one of the mission proving more intense every day. Little is published in the newspapers. A full The offensive cost us 00,000 casualties, and schools 157 boys between six and 16 were on October 13th, when our share of it taken away by a body of 30 soldiers for recital of the details is impossible, and came to an end, all we had to show for deportation to a village at some days even watered accounts would cause too our losses was an advance of 3,000 yards distance." Only three of them arrived painful an impression. Gradually, how- over a front of less than four miles. On at that village. Near Kharput is with the revolting manner in which the ver, the public are becoming acquainted our right the French made little, if any, beautiful deep mountain lake, where In a camp at Dunaserdagelli, Austria-progress, and the great offensive," upon foreigners used to spend their summer Bulgarians are behaving. Hungary, Russians have been punished by which so many optimistic hopes had been holidays. Ten thousand Armeniars were
Those who know them and whose being screwed up in a cofin. This has built, came to a standstill. The French taken Ly Turkish soldiers. Not one of
memory recalls earlier instances of their been sworn to by many prisoners and by did better in Champagne, but, for similar them returned. In one of the villages ferocity and nothing new in their bar-
Russian sister of mercy.
reasons to those which caused our failure
The wholesalc Elsewhere new have been tied together, higher up the line, their advance was held on the Upper Euphrates a large balears conduct now.
murder of prisoners is on a sente so back to back, until one fainted and
up before they had obtained any strategi. was thrown on the bank one morning.vast na to be incredible. One of the last | It was found to contain the dend bodies pulled the other to the ground. Seme
of 35 babies. In Beirut, Armenian girls horrible crimes charged against them in have been shot because they were too weak to work. Tied to a post, with toes
and women were sold in the streets for that mutilation has been practised on a barely touching the ground, and beatos
any price between 15 and is. In three scale and in a manner too appalling to with thongs, many have found death more
different plates which we visited were describe The bodies of soldiers are merciful than their captors.
camps if women and children, where multocated in the most shocking way and mothers had to take off their clothes to not only soldiers but also old men, protect their babies from the burning women, and children are washed up daily go in and select a child or woman and taken prisoner means probably a terrible sun, and where any Muslim man could
on the north bank of the Danube,
take them with him, dragging them along death, fight as desperate men and neither The Rumanians, knowing that to be
by the hair.
give nor expect quarter.
al gain whatever. Neither in Artois or in Champagne did the Allies succeed in breaking through even the first line of the German defences, while the second and third lines were never approuched. The offensivo failed, and though we make the best we could of our failure, there was no disguising the fact.
For two weeks, Private Paul Kresh- chencko-Kravchenko rolates, a Georgian prisoner was compelled to live in a dog-feeling of pessimism which went through Our failure gave rise to a temporary kennel in which he could neither sit nor the country, and became more proucuriced He down. Each time the guard was after the subjugation of Serbia which changed he was dragged out by a chain, followed on the Russian retreat from struck and driven back again. His Poland and when the inability of the erine was that he attempted to escape.
Allies to beat the Germans in the West The Commission states that Austrian was in evidence. Fortunately for the offers have appeared before it and have
cause for which we are fighting this sworn to some of the cruelties inflicted pessimisar was not shared by either nur by their allies. Not far from Yaroslav,
Statesmen or our soldiers, who by their the inhabitants of a village told one such indomitable spirit gave a fine lead to the witness that the Germans drove half a county during the black month of Decen- dozen Russias prisoners into a cart shed her. 1915. Rising to the occasion politics and set fire to it. When the prisoners and military leaders, British, French, tried to get out through the opening Paris, and put to themselves this ques
Russian, and Italian, met together in they were thrust back by German tion: bayonets..
Why have we failed, and what together, the War Council laid down the must we do to win!" Taking counsel policy to be followed, and the General staffs arranged among themselves how the policy was to be enforced. German eoss reached a high-water mark in Decem ber, 1815. From the day when the Paris meetings took place the title began to turn slowly at first, but never doubtfully, and
The witness persmaily saw the remains of this cart shed after the are and several burn and blackened corpses were visible among the charred beans and ashes, including the burnt body of a girl..
GREAT FINANCIAL WEAPON always in the right direction.
ALLIES POOL" THEIR "GOLD.
CAUSES OF FAILURE,
There were two salient causes of failure want of co-ordination between the
THEY ARE AFTER THE ENGLISH." December evening when suddenly the None of us will ever forget that news came to our home in Beirut, "They are after the English! Those were the exact words of the messenger brought to us, and their dread sound still lingers in our cars. No one doubted who they were, and we all knew of what "thes were capable.
Wounded soldiers in hospital here are as possible. A batch who were scheduled anxious to return to the ranks as 3000 for eight days' einvalescent leave at their homes begged the doctor to certify them as recovered so that they might rejoin immediately. At the same hospital the wife of a soldier brought a baby to we its father. The nurse inquired whether it was a hoy or a girl. Europe sivilian belligerents had been in-will grow up to punish these Bulgarian We also knew that everywhere in it is a boy, replied the mother." It "Thank God),
terned, but there is a great differenen wretches." or concentration camp in either England bodies washed ashore, and it is pre- between being sent to any kind of prison or Germany and being given over to the posed to appoint a commission to make Photographs are being taken of all the
mercies of the Turkish authorities. We careful inquiry into the barbarous Americans all felt that we must do our acts of the Bulgarinna and draw up a Very utmost to prevent our friends from report for circulation throughout the being taken to the interior. We know evilised world. that, once away from the coast, all con- tact with them would soon be made impossible. Torture and massacre stood out clearly in our imagination.
"REFUGE IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE,
prisoners themselves that they were in Damascus, and apparently would stay In the course of a lengthy and highlyAllies and want of munitions. When this All over the city we took the message to had chosen hotels according to their We were out of the house in a minute. they liked at their own expense. They thera. They were trce to live wherever interesting interview granted by M.
was understood there was nothing more our English friends" Come over at means. They had to report daily to the Times, the French Ministe: of Finance immediate steps were taken to do this. College; we shall put you up in the the city. Except that life was mono Ribut to the Paris correspondent of The to be done except put matters right, and once to the Campus of the American police, but otherwise had the liberty of said:
Both causes of failure have now been rebuildings there, and we shall stand by tonous and the absenco from their A very antisfactory arrangement was
moved. We can see for ourselves by a arrived at during the last meeting I perusal of the daily bulletins from all you to the end.". Two hours later they families trying, there were no complaints. had at Calais with Mr. Asquith and theatres of war that complete co-ordina were all gathered in our walled com-
Thereafter news came fairly regularly. Mr. McKenna, on August 24th. England now been established among the Allies them had come over just as they were have been censored.
tion of effort, plan, and procedure has pound a pathetic crowd.
Most of Criticisms in letters would, of course, is Raxious to strengthen her gold reserve while we know from Mr. Montagu that without even bringing night clothes with time we got news by word of mouth. But from time to in order to maintain her gold standard we have a constantly increashig munition them. We tried to provide them with Sometimes it was by native friends coming and enlarge the scope of her credit in output which already covers all our home what they needed. We tried to confort from Damascus; once the United States. Now the Bank of requirements, and early next year will and encourage nervous women and cheer allowed a week's visit on parole for very France has, even at this stage of the be available to supplement the demands gloomy-looking men. But we were nor struggle, gold JESERVE exceeding of our Allies. Whereas in Germany, as
yous ourselves, and dreaded tho coming who were invalid er over 65 years of urgent business; few times, prisoners 160,000,000 sterling. We were therefore we know from General Falkenhayn, con day.. in a position to promise England a consumption is getting the better of output; siderable suta out of our abundance. with us the boot is on the other foot had told us to take them all during the as a rule, their treatment was not had, The order had been (so our informant off for good. From them we learnt that, age were by some special protection let Thus the Allies are, if I may say so,
This
is a first step towards victory. night and send them off inland by the and the life, except for its suspense and pooling their gold in order to render
Reverting for the moment to the ques morning train. their collective financial position still
What would the Turkish tion of co-ordination, what we did not authorities do when they found their monotony, was bearable. But suddenly more solid.
realise when we first went to war, and for a whole year afterwards, was the imprey gone? Would they mob the com- periods would come of danger and ex- perative necessity of unity of command pound or attack it with soldiers? Would citement, and they would all be thrown. into prison and their lives threatened.
friends up Should we have to share their fate?
a prisoner was
Urfah, a city of the interior, in one of
"We are placing this gold at the disposal of the British treasury as a loan, and the treasury will open a crudit in which has now been practically obtained they starve us out until we gave our Later they were sent from Damascus to pounds sterling in our favour in London. The arrangement as you see, cuts both ways, and is altogether in the common interest of the Allies. The gold loaned by us will return to the offers of the
Bank of France after the war."
Ribot, then mentioned that it is proposed to issue the second war loau early next month.
"As previously, it will not be for any specified sum: but this time no portion of it will be diverted by the conversion of the 3 per cent rents. Subscriptions will therefore be in hard cash or treasury bills and short term Exchequer Bonds, of which only £40,000,000 sterling are outstanding. This second war loan will not be redeemable at any given date; that is to say, we shall only have to.
provide for the interest on it. I expect it to yield important results; but we must not nourish excessive hopes.
The hopeful turn taken by events at the front improves our situation by in creasing confidence at home and abroad. It is a great trump in our hands finan einlly that the world recognises our final triumph to be merely a question of time."
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through the medium of the General Staff taken by any of the Allied belligerents meetings. No operation is now under
Early next morning reports began to come in. The Chief of Police had been
During their stay there a new scare except by general consent, and with a knows what the others intend to do, when been ahead of him, and had aworn all women and children had to go to the NETH. common plan. Each General Staff now furious when he found out that we had came to the coast cities. All belligerent
and the object in view. Interdependence better of us. Instructions came from the devilish way as the first one-in the dead and where the next move will be made, sorts of onths that he would get the interior. This was in the summer of 1915. The order came in the same is complete in all theatres of war.
Consulate General. The college Presid- Then, again, tactical errors have been ent, Dr. H. Bliss, a man of great per- of night, when everything looks a rectified. The lesions of Loos and Verdun sonal influence and a born diplomatist, hundred times more dreadful than in have been learned and are applied, not only on the Somme, but in between the Consulate and the Seraye; element of intentional cruelty in the
now being had spent the greater part of the night daylight. We felt that there was Volhynin, Galicia, on the Isonzo, and in the Turkish Government building, and choice of this night hour--an hour in the Balkans. It is of no use to have an unlimited supply of ammunition if it is a home much discouraged. But things which no decently brought-up Moslem only to be wasted by faulty tactics. One turned out differently from what we would think of knocking at a hou30 of the chief causes of failure at Loos a bad expressed. The Government sent where only women lived. I was staying year ago was the want of co-operation word that those of the belligerents who then at one of the English homes with between artillery and infantry. On Sep-
were not back in their homes that day frail, nervous woman of 61, who bad id two sons taken when Sir John French ordered. Hill 70 to fugitives and dealt with very severely from her some molas before and had tember 26th, the second day of the attack, before noon would be looked upon as seen her husband be assaulted, we have it on official autho-Those who returned would enjoy all there left alone with a young servant, rity that "the artillery failed to lift suff-consideration to which civilians had a girl. We passed a dreadful night of sus ciently as the troops pushed forward, right in time of war. The United States
In the meatime the United the consequence being that certain troops Consul-General, though humanly in fuil States Consul-General and other leading suffered from our own artillery üre. We sympathy with our action, warned us Amerians wore doing their best with the have only to read the dispatches of the against the unlawfulness of refusing to delay of a few days, and during those anthorities. They secured that night a Daily News correspondent in France to give up belligerents and resisting the know how complete the understanding authorities if they should wish to enter days exemption for reasons of health for now is between the artillery and infantry, our premises. The fact that we did not almost all of the elderly ladies, includ- whose co-operation is the subiect of gen trust the Turkish Government in no way 138 my friend. The others, however, had eral admiration. THE TOOTHBRUSH
altered its rights.
to go, and I do not think that any ETANT EFFICIENCY,
prospect of immediate death can bo MOUSTACHE.
Another lesson which Loos taught was
It was a hard blow for American compared to the agony of these mothers MILITARY FASHION THAT GROWS that bravery is useless without good staff national pride. It seemed almost im who had to take delicate children, little direction to turn it to account, and that possible to have to tell one's friends to babies, or, worst of all, grown-up girls, 'ON CIVILIANS.
there were many staff shortcomings on leave one's own safe home and submit to into the unknown, unprotected interior. September 25th, 1915, is unfortunately in the good pleasure of their tyrants. I A correspondent writes to a home disputable; but there is no need to go know that at that moment several of us All, however, so far ng we know. paper-The toothbrush" moustache back on the past so long as we know that felt as if we would rather have gone reached Urfah safely. There they passed was invented by our gallant army as a faults have been corrected and lessons ourselves than send off those who had through the worst period that the men legitimate although terrible weapon to learnt. counter Hun frightfulness, With that the Western front are as perfect as it is and that day nothing more happened.
The staff arrangements now on put their trust in us. But they went; had had yet-the massacre of the Ar- knowledge, the wives and sweethearts of possible to make them by thought, study,
menians in this city. The Armenians military wearers of toothbrush" and untiring work.
56
Next morning word was sent round by had paid to be exsuipt from deportation, moustaches have endured this weird facial the gulf which has existed so long between British subjects should keep themselves the money cannon were placed outside the There is no longer the Turkish Government that all male and after the authorities had received decoration in brave and patriotic siience. the staff and regimental officer,
But toothbrush" moustache is essen-understand one another now, and are days. All through these two days the destroyed, with all its inhabitants. We They ready to leave the coast cities within city, and the Armenian quarter was tially a weapon of frightfulness, to be working together in a spirit of close co- United States Consul General, all in have never had fall particulars, but we retained, let us hope, only "far the dura operation, which was sadly wanting in fuential Americans, and the institutions have reason to know that our friends, tion of the war." Civilians have no more the early months of the war. right to wear it than they have to carry Hand-grenades and gas-bombs. But just which interfered with efficiency. It is connected, tried their utmost to get this
no longer any trace of the former jealousy with which several of these British were passed through frightfa! scenes. In our grandfathers time civilians within the knowledge of the writer of decision changed or at least postponed imitated the boards and other facial these notes that a captured German staff In vain, vegetation of the Crimean veterans, so officer recently expressed his surprise at to-day civilians slightly over military age the staff efficiency of Sir Douglas Haig's jects all left, early in the morning Two days later the male British sub are swaggering about with toothbrush Army, and it was incredible to him that There were business men, teachers to their homes, and so they had to leave moustaches.
so efficient a staff service could have beengineers, ministers, doctors, a very uiked Men who were formerly ch
clean shaven created in two years, seeing that the Ger- crowd, but all kept up their spirits behind everything except a few clothes are growing them and the spectacle is man General Staff has been at work for splendidly. A few women had come at the nearest port where the poor people often appalling. Men who formerly had upwards of forty years.
American cruisers were allowed to touch walrus moustaches, spiked moustaches, weeping moustaches, and nondescript fature. Our pldiers have learnt their natives, they did not indulge in aus moustaches have pruned them down to the lesson, and are applying it. Our auc- lamentations to show their devotion and and more irregular. We know that they
toothbrush pattern a small shrub bery under each nostril and the rest of the end. Victory is in sight, not perhausen. Those who had come out kept up We know that many of them bad typhus, cesses on the Somme are the beginning of their despair at the departure of their were sent farther north that Uriah. the upper lip shaven,
The effect intended is, “I'm penaioned, seen. All we have to do is to go on as
in close sight, but near enough to be a bravely as the men thereselves, and some of them died. We know that
There is
·BIEBUT ARMENIANS. MASSACRED.
A few weeks later & fortunate change. released the women and children. A decision camo from Constantinople by
They were not permitted to return årst which they were allowed, or rather or dered, to leave the country immediately,
the train for a last farewell. To the "We need have no apprehensions for the surprise and almost indignation of the would embark
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The actual effect is a great tory draws nearer. deal of, needless public depression.
The greater the effort, the sooner will the end come.
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