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As the Young Turk Constitution of 1909 provided that all Christians and Jews were equally liable to military service, our young men knew that they, too, would be called upon to make the common sacrifice. AS THE YOUNG TURK CONSTITUTION OF NINETEEN O NINE PROVIDED THAT ALL CHRISTIANS AND JEWS WERE EQUALLY LIABLE TO MILITARY SERVICE OUR YOUNG MEN KNEW THAT THEY TOO WOULD BE CALLED UPON TO MAKE THE COMMON SACRIFICE
set upon by four armed Arabs, who beat the old man to unconsciousness as he tried, in vain, to defend the girl from the terrible fate which awaited her. Night came on. Alarmed by the absence of the physician, we young men rode out in search of him. We finally discovered what had happened; and then and there, in the serene moonlight of that Eastern night, with tragedy close at hand, I made my comrades take oath on the honor of their sisters to organize themselves into a strong society for the defense of the life and honor of our villagers and of our people at large. These details are, perhaps, useful for the better understanding of the disturbances that came thick and fast when in August, 1914, the war-madness broke out among the nations of Europe. The repercussion was at once felt even in our remote corner of the earth. Soon after the German invasion of Belgium the Turkish army was mobilized and all citizens of the Empire between nineteen and forty-five years were called to the colors.  THEY WERE SET UPON BY FOUR ARMED ARABS WHO BEAT THE OLD MAN TO UNCONSCIOUSNESS AS HE TRIED IN VAIN TO DEFEND THE GIRL FROM THE TERRIBLE FATE WHICH AWAITED HER NIGHT CAME ON ALARMED BY THE ABSENCE OF THE PHYSICIAN WE YOUNG MEN RODE OUT IN SEARCH OF HIM WE FINALLY DISCOVERED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEN AND THERE IN THE SERENE MOONLIGHT OF THAT EASTERN NIGHT WITH TRAGEDY CLOSE AT HAND I MADE MY COMRADES TAKE OATH ON THE HONOUR OF THEIR SISTERS TO ORGANIZE THEMSELVES INTO A STRONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE LIFE AND HONOR OF OUR VILLAGERS AND OF OUR PEOPLE AT LARGE THESE DETAILS ARE PERHAPS USEFUL FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTURBANCES THAT CAME THICK AND FAST WHEN IN AUGUST NINETEEN FOURTEEN A WAR MADNESS BROKE OUT AMONG THE NATIONS OF EUROPE THE REPUCUSSIONS WAS AT ONCE FELT EVEN IN OUR REMOTE CORNER OF THE EARTH SOON AFTER THE GERMAN INVASION OF BELGIUM THE TURKISH ARMY WAS MOBILIZED AND ALL CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE BETWEEN NINETEEN AND FORTY FIVE YEARS WERE CALLED TO THE COLORS
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