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Show TURKS TAKE FAMOUS TREASURE AND ABUSE PRIESTS Washington, Dec. 20. An official dispatch received hero from France, .says that tho Turks before surren-derlng surren-derlng Jerusalem to tho British brutally bru-tally mistreated Christian priests, ( carried off the famous treasure of tho Church of tho Holy Sepulchre, Valued at millions of dollars, and sent to Berlin the church's celebr.it-eed celebr.it-eed ostensory ot brilliants. . Monslgnor Camassco, the patriarch ot Jerusalem is said to havo been deposed de-posed from his office, and Father I'iccardo, an Italian priest, to have died from tho effects ot Turkish brutality. bru-tality. Tho Church of tho Holy Sepulchre had remained unmolested heretofore during all tho conturlcs of Moslem occupation of Jerusalem. Tho same dispatch told of Indignation Indig-nation among Mohammedans ot Asia Minor over tho action of a German general In establishing staff headquarters head-quarters in tho great mosque of tho city ot Aleppo, near tho Syrian border. bor-der. o |
