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[ILLUSTRATION: IN A NATIVE CAFÉ, SAFFÊD/A LEMONADE SELLER OF DAMASCUS] CHAPTER VI THE SUEZ CAMPAIGN I have already spoken of the so called "requisitioning" that took place among our people while I was working at Saffêd. This, of course, really amounted to wholesale pillage. The hand of the Turkish looters had fallen particularly heavy on carts and draught animals. BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY SETOU CHAPTER SIX THE SUEZ CAMPAIGN I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN OF THE SO CALLED REQUISITIONING THAT TOOK PLACE AMONG OUR PEOPLE WHILE I WAS WORKING ITS A FAITH THIS OF COURSE REALLY AMOUNTED TO THE WHOLESALE PILLAGE THE HAND OF THE TURKISH LOOTERS HAD FALLEN PARTICULARLY HEAVY ON CARTS AND BROUGHT ANIMALS
ay I was put in prison than when I was released. I had often wondered how our people had been able to bear the rack and thumbscrew of the Spanish Inquisition; but when my turn and my comrades' came for torture, I realized that the same spirit that helped our ancestors was working in us also. Now I knew that our suffering had been useless. Whenever the Turkish authorities wished, the horrors of the Armenian massacres would live again in Zicron-Jacob, and we should be powerless to raise a hand to protect ourselves. As we came limping home through the streets of our village, I caught sight of my own Smith & Wesson revolver in the hands of a mere boy of fifteen--the son of a well-known Arab outlaw. I realized then that the Turks had not only taken our weapons, but had distributed them among the natives in order to complete our humiliation. The blood rushed to my face. I started forward to take the revolver away from the boy, but one of the old men caught hold of my sleeve and held me back.  CHAPTER SIX OF WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE BY ALEXANDER ARAZON THIS LIBERY
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