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The hand of the Turkish looters had fallen particularly heavy on carts and draught animals. THE HAND OF THE TURKISH LOOTERS HAD FALLEN PARTICULARLY HEAVY ON CARTS AND BROUGHT ANIMALS
rking 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. [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.  CHAPTER SIX OF WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE BY ALEXANDER ARAZON THIS LIBERY 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
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