AN APPEAL FOR A HUN

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 111, 4 February 1920, Page 7

AN APPEAL FOR A HUN

THE CASK OP GENERAL LIMAN VON SANDEES. (To the Editw.'i Sir—Whatever prompted General Sii lan Hamilton to appeal for General Lillian von Sunders 1 don't know, but il undoubtedly appears that already ilu world is forgetting the atrocities which the ■ Huns perpetrated with tho conuiv ante of tneir big chiefs. Sir lon stresses tho point that the Turks, who were under the command of General von Sanders, played the gam© during the brief armistice—quilo right", but afi lie well knows we took every precaution for eventualities which the then suspicious mind of Sir lan foresaw, further, Sir lau forgets an occasion at Anzao when tho Turks attempted a white flag ruse which failed horribly owing (o the prompt action 1 of a- very brilliant staff officer, Major-General (then Colonel) Skecn.' Sir Inn also forgets the discomfort the wounded endured during tho August battle, when the Turks so effectively smashed up our evacuation arrangements—when the cutters and pon. toons bearing tho Red Cross flag, were ehellcd. and tho picket boats towing them were sunk. How about the merciless shell-five which was ranged on to cur wounded who'were lying on tho beach? and what about the firo which irns directed on to tho rescue parties who were picking 1 up the survivors from the ill-fated battleship TriumpL Theso "crimes" appear to have lost their significance as far as Sir lan is concerned, but maybe the Island of Imbros was too far off tho peninsula to permit the General Officer Commanding the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to see what was going on? Von Panders litis a lot to answer for, not only in connection (villi tho Gallipoli campaign, but for the' trouble and strife he stirred -HP ,m tho then peaceful Egypt. His attack on :ho canal and bis propaganda work 1 1 ;>vnt must not be forgotten. on ».-anlei's also hovered touikl the Western ■ront at, one timo entertaining our troops re-iHi "frightfiilness." ITe also contnjuted an interesting emstlo on the efW.iveness of gas for killni? piivpoi?Cß. 1h» ,lack list is a most suitable roll of lishonour for von Sanders, and Dif>p rs hronghout Australasia v-ilI be as sur,viced' as Tam to read of Sir Inn e»V leal for a Hun!-I am, etc.,