The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-09
ARRAYS MOSLEMS
AGAINST ALLIES
Turks Entry Into War Aimed
at British Rule In India.
ENGLISH EYES ON EGYPT.
NominaIly Part of Turkish Empire,
but Really Subject to London's Rule,
1t May Support Suitan's Stand.
Captain of Crack Ottoman Cruiser
Trained In America.

Captain of Crack Ottoman Cruiser
Trained In America.
With the opening of hostilities by Il
Turkey against Russia the number of
warning nations is increased to ten.
The other nine, in the order of their
beginning hostilities, are Austria, Ser
via, Germany, Russia, France, Monte
negro, Belgium, Great Britain and ia
pan.
Ever since fighting began the kaiser |
on the one hand and the allies on the |
other have been bidding for Turkish |
support, and the former, by virtue of |
his careful attention during period
of many years to Turkish susceptible
ties, has triumphed over the Turkish
fear of Russia and the British fleet
and whatever gratitude the porte may
feel for England's support in time past.
The world at large first realized that
the Turkish empire might play an I'M
portant part in the great struggle when
on Aug IL the Breslau and the Goe-
ben, the two German cruisers caught
in the Mediterranean at the outbreak
of hostilities, managed to elude the
fleets of the allies and take refuge in
the Dardanelles.
According to international law, they
were safe so long as they remained in
neutral port, but they must either
| come out after twenty hours or
consent to be interned for the period
of the war Turkey, however, rose SUI
perior to custom and permitted them
| to stay on, giving out that she had
| purchased them for her own navy in
place of the two battleships building
| in England on her order which had
been taken over for the British navy.
ereslau and Goeben Now Turkish.
The two cruisers since then have APP
peared as Turkish vessels. 1t has also
| been said that Germany has been try
ing to forward TO them by land con-
siderable numbers of sailors. 1t has
been rumored that under the Turkish
flag they have still retained their Ger
man crews.
Meanwhile the porte has denounced
the capitulations- is, the conces-
sions to Christian powers which per
NIT their nationals to be subject only
low them to maintain their own post
offices, and so on. 1t has been an I'M
pleasant thing for the powers affected,
including this country, to face this,
but in the present chaos it has been
impossible for any one nation to do
more than protest.
BY getting Turkey to join him in the
fight on the allies the kaiser has been
: aiming another blow at England. since
the Turkish sultan is the nominal head
2 of all the MohammedanS on earth
r Great Britain is the greatest Moham
medan power in the world. In Egypt
a and India she has under her rule an
: enormous number Of followers of the
5 prophet France also. through hel
7 great African possessions, has to con
4 slider the Mohammedan problem.
May Cause Trouble In Egypt.
Egypt is still nominally part of the
;, Turkish empire, although to all intent:
!. and purposes it has been incorporated
:. in the British empire, and there is ;
n possibility that the cry of the sultan
n for help might cause disturbances. IL
India, too, the preaching of a holy wa
q by the Mohammedans might give ris
e to a great deal of trouble. But OF
Il the other hand, England can point t
t the excellent effect on her position i
IT Egypt of the reforms of Lord Kitchen
IS er; to the fact that the Aga Kahn, til
e religious head of Indian MohammeC
p anism, has declared himself in her f;
~ yor and, above all. to the fact that 9
this moment there are Mohammeda
Indian soldiers fighting for her in f,
rope.
To Americans the inclusion of Tu
e. key in the war has significance throus
st the presence in the Levant of the Uni
Of ed States cruiser North Carolina. A
in outbreak of the Moslems against IL
to Christians, the Jews or the Armen
Is ans is likely at some point or anothe
~ and American missionaries may be
/, danger.
h. The Hamidieh, most active of Tur
on ish ships, is an armored cruiser
as $500 tons, built In England and col
IS pleted in 1904. She carries two 81
er inch, eight 4.7-inch and four small
re guns and three torpedo tubes and h
90 a complement of 302 men. Her spe
" is twenty-five knots.
If In the Balkan war the Hamidi
it made brilliant record. similar to t
oil exploits of the German cruisers FL
to den and Karlsruhe in the present &C
OF 1ict Her commander, Captain Reol
~ had studied American naval metho
IS. during a stay of some years in Il
,asi country and had with him on his ST
AL two American officers