Evening journal., 1914-12-09
BY HENRY WOOD.

Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent. |
SALONICA, Via London, Dec A.
(Delayed).-A thirty-two year-old
man, who thinks he is Turkeys Man
of Destiny, forced the Ottoman En-
pire into the European war. He IS
Enver Pasha. AS minister of war
and leader of the Young Turks he
is the originator, executor and NOV
ing genius of a supreme effort 20
rid Turkey of all foreign influence.
When l left COnstantinople, Enyer
Pasha had succeeded in arousing the
Turkish people to a fever of appro-
baton for his program. He is now
in Egypt 1t is his ambition to bring
his meteoric career to a climax by
becoming Turkeys great liberator,
the restorer of her lost African pro-
vinces Already he is a popular idol
To this power of swaying public
opinion he adds the enormous power
of his domination Of the sultan,
whose favorite niece he married. Ia
laat Bey, minister of both the interior
and finance, is his closest ally. En-
yer Pasha, through Talaat Bey, has
already taken over all European fin
ancial systems in Turkey. AS l left
/ Constantinople he was proceeding to
eradicate every vestige Of European
/ educational and political power. II
was he who directed that all foreign
ers in the ports of Smyrna, Beirut
and Jaffa, Messina and Alexandretta
he held as hostages under penalty OF
death if those cities were bombarded.
Immediately upon the declaration
- oil n ~
Turks, at Enver Pasha's direction.
expelled all foreign ambassadors. Re
lieved of their restraining influence.
the Young Turks began an anti
foreign campaign by directing the
mob occupancy of all foreign shops,
schools and institutions. They were
drunk with their own power. Foreign
ers who remain in Constantinople in
constant fear of their own lives.
| nevertheless smile when they remem-
Der how one mob looted a Turkish
owned store because it bore the sign
"Anglo-Franco Draperies." and how
when another mob took possession of
a French insane asylum, they put In
place of the capable French superin-
tendent former inmate Of Turkish
lunatic asylum.
But the spirit of eradication of
European influence was not always
ludicrous. II was only Ambassador
Morgenthau's prompt action that
saved the nuns of a French school
from losing everything they pos
sessed. Morgenthau learned in ad-
vance of the intention of the Young
Turks to eject the nuns and seize all
of their funds and property He ar
rived at the school ahead of the
police and refused permission for
them to enter until he had communi-
Gated with government officials. He
then obtained a stay of ten days. In
this period the nuns we're able u
conceal their money and valuables
They escaped unhindered.
Only a few years ago Enver Pasha
was merely the military attache oi
the Berlin embassy. In 1908, he hur'
ried from Germany and joined tho
movement of the Committee of Unior
and Progress. He donned peasants
clothes. grew a beard and went from
village to village making speeches
and recruiting an army. Then NJ
led the Constitutional revolution
which deposed Abdul Hamid, the sup
posedly invincible despot.
Enver Pasha was the hero OF thu
Tripoi war. which followed. H'
overthrew the Kiamil ministry wheJ
an attempt was made to cede Adri
anople to Greece He has always hat
the ear of Germany. 1t was Enve
Pasha who arranged for the reor
ganization Of the Turkish army b!
fhe Germans. General Won De-
Goltz was assigned to the task. Al
ways Enver Pasha was looking 10
ward his ambition TO become th'
great liberator, the Man Of Destiny
of the Turkish Empire. This wa
Lord" of Turkey is a dapper youn'
man. He is always carefully dresse'
in the height of fashion. He Is cleal
shaven except for carefully curleo
waxed moustache. His enemies-an'
few in Turkey care TO be known a
such-declare Enver Pasha's rise ha
been largely accidental and that tn
present war will see his tall. bu
whether really a leader or fighter
the minister of war is a diplomats
One great danger is ahead OF Enye
Pasha and the Young Turks. ina
is the defeat of Germany and tn
Turkish army In the war with IN
allies. Native Christians seriousl
doubt whether the government coul
control the situation should the hoi
War declaration stir up the fanatics
Moslems to the point of killing. Eve
Pasha and his party might still
on through such reign of terror
, would follow in this event, b'
foreigners remaining in Constant
nople fear a rebellion against bot
the government and Germany shoul
the Turks be defeated. The Turl
now know nothing OF the progress