Out of early 100 Chrisians called in one small mountain village, all were returned with paper, which said that they were ready when needed. Three only were retained at the barracks and two of them were afterwards sent home, each of them, strange to say, having lost his right eye. Our landlord was the one who had to stay and drill. The Damascus pastor's deaf and dumb brother was called, but when Pastor Anis presented him for inspection, he was excused. When Mr. X. came over here early in August, mobilize ation was going on ab a great rate. One of the college doctors, Dr. Ardati, was appointed with two Turkish doctors to examine recruits, and he told my husband that numbers of men were passed over his head,—men who had incurable diseases.
One man was brought from Asfureeyah, (the famous Syrian Insane Asylum), where he had been a pati: nt over a year and sent to the The training and drilling at the barracks was all German. There were even German doctors, ae they wouldn't take bribes and let rich Moslems off. Impassioned appeals were sent to headquarters by the Sultan and by Enver Bey. We got copy of one and it was an appeal to his sons to fight for the true faith,—a holy war—though to outward intents Turkey was neutral. A Holy War, with Christians in it!
The Government took charge of the railways, all but one train each way and huge trains of horses, ammunition and other equipment were sent back and forth, up country via Aleppo and down to Akabah. Why all this burry and secrecy when Turkey was neutral! Then - in September came a rumour that Turkey had sent word to the Powers that she abrogates the capitulations and that she was taking over the Lebanon under her own charge.
Then the people who had fled to Lebanon to escape the enrolling began to quake, and natives laughingly said to foreigners, "Now you are just like us." And foreigners said to one another, "Will our _governments submit to this?" Wasn't it a shrewd move of Turkey's to do this thing when all the Powers were 90 busy warring in Europe that they hadn't time to look this way? Foreigners feel that Germany is \hacking up Turkey even though to save his face the Kaiser's Govern-
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