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At Beirut we knew that there was an American Consul General, who kept in continual touch with the battleship anchored in the harbor for the protection of American interests. AT BERU WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN AMERICAN CONSUL GENERAL WHO KEPT IN CONTINUAL TOUCH WITH THE BATTLESHIP ANCHORED IN THE HARBOR FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN INTERESTS
new that similar measures had been taken before the terrible Armenian massacres, and we felt that some such fate might be in preparation for our people. With the arms gone, the head men of the village knew that our last hold over the Arabs, our last chance for defense against sudden violence, would be gone, and they had refused to give them up. A house-to-house search had been made--fruitlessly, for our little arsenal was safely cached in a field, beneath growing grain. It was a tense, unpleasant situation. At any time the Turks might decide to back up their demand by some of the violent methods of which they are past masters. A family council was held in my home, and it was decided to send my sister, a girl of twenty-three, to some friends at the American Syrian Protestant College at Beirut, so that we might be able to move freely without the responsibility of having a girl at home, in a country where, as a matter of course, the women-folk are seized and carried off before a massacre. STER COMMAND THIS WE KNEW THAT SIMILAR MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN BEFORE THE TERRIBLE ARMENIAN MASSACRES AND WE FELT THAT SOME SUCH FATE MIGHT BE IN PREPARATION FOR OUR PEOPLE WITH THE ARMS GONE THE HEADMEN OF THE VILLAGE KNEW THAT OUR LAST HOLD OVER THE ARABS OUR LAST CHANCE FOR DEFENCE AGAINST SUDDEN VIOLENCE WOULD BE GONE AND THEY HAD REFUSED TO GIVE THEM UP A HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH HAD BEEN MADE FRUITLESSLY FOR OUR LITTLE ARSENAL WAS SAFELY CACHED IN A FIELD BENEATH GROWING GRAIN IT WAS A TENSE UNPLEASANT SITUATION AT ANY TIME THE TURKS MIGHT DECIDE TO BACK UP THEIR DEMAND BY SOME OF THE VIOLENT METHODS OF WHICH THEY ARE PAST MASTERS A FAMILY COUNCIL WAS HELD IN MY HOME AND IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND MY SISTER A GIRL OF TWENTY THREE TO SOME FRIENDS AT THE AMERICAN SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE AT BERWOOD SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE FREELY WITHOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING A GIRL AT HOME IN A COUNTRY WHERE AS A MATTER OF COURSE THE WOMEN FOLK ARE SEIZED AND CARRIED OFF BEFORE A MASSACRE
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