Show SAYS TURKS NOT SOLELY TO BLAME Prominent Turkish Politician Politician Politician cian Says Armenians Are Largely Largel Culpable for Much l of Reported Trouble By Karl H. H von Wiegand S IP Staff St Cr Correspondent CorM S Spend Dispatch I 1920 ZO by Universal S ServIce B March 29 I 29 I have hac just received a n remarkable letter rom from Talaat Pasha former grand vizier Izier of Turkey It purports to come from Switzerland being dated Geneva Genera Gene Gene- ra va a and was delivered cred to mo rue b by Dr Nazim azim Bc Bey former Turkish minister of f instruction and translated for me mc meby by jy y a n former member of or the Turkish in Berlin In th tho Blotter letter ietter Talaat Pasha admits th ht l ninny many crime crimes were c committed d tho Armenians in the lon ion of or tho the Armenian population by bythe he the Turks during daring tho the war He has ha no lesire he says to palliate those crimes nd ind adds that the majority of or those responsIble already mare have be been n rigor rigor- of ot them executed exe- exe punished many Are vizier makes makesha Then the former grand he the charge chargo the tho Armenians Armenian themselves iro ro largely lars responsible for what hap- hap happened to thorn them and that among other million half hal they the massacred a a. m m n s. s Talaat Pasha sha was in Germany up nip to toome ome ornie weeks ago abo when hen I had a lou Ion long alk talk with him Wm about the tho situation In inho tho ho Orient but was ped pledged cd to sc- sc crecY at nl that thal time Talaat being anxious one lOllS to conceal hl hI whereabouts I IThe The Tho former grand rand vizier who limbed climbed from the tho humble position of or a operator at to tho the most po powerful post in Turkey next to Iho tho sultan and whoso whose name is on the allied Lilied list of ot allo alleged ed war criminals Tor or his alleged responsibility for the Armenian massacres mas gave O mo sine at that time true a chapter of his 1118 book Arme Continued on page pago pa o 2 DEClARES TURKS NOT INOT ONLY ONES TO BLAME Continued from Page 1 inns ians being part of ot his hia memoirs as yot Ot et unpublished l Religion Hatred I I. I IM In It ho he speaks with amazing frankness frankness frank frank- ness neBS of oC tho the T Turkish misdeeds but with no less severity se of ot the tho alleged Armenian Armenian Ar Ar- crimes against tho the Turks as an ana asa a n. result of ot the tho old century racial and religious hatred Talaat Is tho the third prominent member member mem mem- ber of or th former Turkish overn enl to raise his vol voi voice o against what ho calls a sided one-sided condemnation of oC Tur Tur- ko key Ho He declares tho the picture which the tho civilized world worl has of oC the tho Armenians Is 19 far tar from being true that they arc are not tho the harmless pacifistic and nonresistant ant race raco the world believes them to be In his letter lotter to me he ho goes into some somo of ot the phases of or the tho immediate prewar history of ot Turkey I I I Turl Turkey c nH Sacrificed d dHe He declares that neter after tho the ImperialIstic Imperialistic imperialIstic Imperial Imperial- policies of oC nu Russia sla and Britain joined hands hand England r readily sacrificed sacr- sacr Iced Turkey to Russia For that reason Talaat Pasha charges Turkey remained Isolated in Europe Neither the triple alliance nor northe tho the entente ho says wanted to respect the Integrity of or tho Turl Turkish empire but each wanted to assure for Cor Itself as many economic and political ad advantages advantages ad- ad vantages a as possible That policy ho a adds ds was openly proved b by the tho oc occupation occupation occupation oc- oc of ot Tripoli and the annexation of ot Bosnia Herzegovina lna and Rumella Rumelia Note Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by 11 Hungary Austria-Hungary Turkeys Turkey's war ally Tho The former grand vizier Izler proceeds ds to argue that Turkey realizing that she could not possibly exist without connection connection connection con con- with some Homo great power successfully successfully suc sue sought such connection with Germany because ho he says that country country coun coun- tf try was politically less Interested in Turkey than Russia and England Ho continues When rhen the tho world war broke broko out Turkey was tho only ally aUy of ot Germany and Austria Hungar Despite that alliance Turkey maintained neutrality neutrality neutral neutral- ity until the Russians placed us before a fait accompli and thereby drew us Into the war Arm Armenian De Descried ted Turkey y Later tho the memoirs of oC cx ex Von Yon Hollweg Bethmann and the publication publication pub pub- in Florence of or documents from Caillaux Caillau proved that already two years rears before tho outbreak of ot the world war Poincare then president of ot France had promised Constantinople to Rus Rus- sia Talaat Pasha then goes Into the at attitude attitude attitude at- at of ot tho the Armenians J their alleged sabotage and attacks s upon the tho Mohammedan Mohammedan Mo Mo- population and the Turkish ann army after lurke Turkey ha had entered the war and Into Armenian revolutionary activities for the tho avowed purpose o of weakening Turkey Armenian soldiers he says sas deserted and went over O to the Russians Ho continues The They tho the Armenians demanded the creation of ot an Armenian nation within the tho Turkish provinces even I where according according- to statistics compiled by 11 Americans the Arm Armenians comprised comprised com com- prized but 3 per pcr cent of the tho population It It Is a matter of oC course that no government could remain inactive in such circumstances For that reason tho the Turkish government or go or I r should say more properly the military su supreme su- su premo preme command decided command decided that the Armenian population must bo be removed from the war ar zone Pe Perpetrators Were cr cre Pun Punished In rn carrying out those thoc measures the Armenians were attacked b by other classes of oC the tho populations and through this many crimes were wore committed but the tho perpetrators were on the tho whole rigorously punished and often executed In the evacuation of or the tho cast east provinces pro laces inces forced by the Russians the drive by tho Grand Duke Nicholas more moro than dans were killed by bp Armenians Children were slain before beCore their mothers' mothers eyes In there are aro thousands of ot eyewitnesses to these terrible deeds S Aside Asido from that there are reports o of Russian commanders proving this in black and white I white I have given you ou these proofs Talaat hero here refers to tho reports of oC Russian commanders on alleged massacres mas nuts of or by 11 Armenians contained In his memoirs J Europe Sanctioned Crime These crimes cont continues the letter have 11 WO never or been prosecuted On the contrary the leader of ot those bands of ot criminals whose whoso name is Antranik wa was wag enthusiastically welcomed In Paris and London That proves that Europe sanctioned all the tho crimes that were committed on the tho Turks Talaat declares that Turkey signed the armistice only after she had ac accepted ac- ac l President Wilsons Wilson's principles ag as aga asa a l basis ass for tor peace II Ho S' S goes s on Today peace with Turkey Is la Is treated in a dilatory manner This has led to great difficulties even eyen among the allies aHles Tho source of these difficulties lies in the tho injustice dono to Turkey It If President nt Wilsons Wilson's principles were applied applied ap ap- ap plied tho the easiest peace today would be peace with Turkey Despite th the sp speeches ec of ot Wilson Lloyd George and Ball Balfour our it Is planned plan- plan nod ned to give gi Thrace with Its 90 90 per pr percent percent cent Turkish population lon antI and Smyrna myrn exclusively Turkish to our worst C enemies fl cm I es VitaL l Factor for Pence Peace They speak of or a Greek majority In one tiny place and for tor that Turks are arc to bo be sacrificed to OOOO I Greeks Such a peace will transform the tho world Into blood and fire again The l o leading statesmen of ot Europe speak of ot a a. durable peace They are cheating and deceiving their peoples Turkey is In the Orient and In the Balkans a vital factor for peace In conclusion Talaat Predicts that Arabia and tho whole Orient will become become become be be be- come a a. new Macedonia He Ho asserts that if it Smyrna do does docs s not riot r remain maln Turk Turk- lab ish world peace win will not be bo assured but that poor suffering humanity will continue continuo for years to suffer sutter because of or the tho insatiable greed of ot tho the diplomats |