The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-17

Of the most ordinary rules of interna.
tional law, comfy and rsage.
Porte's Attitude Menacing
Z g Ever sincn the German warshipS
6oeben and Bresiau took refuge in
Constnntinople the attitude of the Turk.
ish government toward Great Britain
has caused, surprise aud SOME uneasi
ness. The promises made by the Turk
ish goyernnlent TO send away. ,tbeeGerf
man officers and crews Of the Goebsn
aBd Breslati never have been fglflled
IL was well known that the. Turkish
minister of war was decidedly pre- Ger,
mahtfn his sympathies, butit was con.
fdeptly hoped that. the saner cdunsels
Of his colleagues, who had hid expert,
enee of the ffienEship which Great Brit
tain has always shown toward flte Turk
ish goverpmept, would have prevailed
and prevented that government from
entering upon the very risky policy Of
taking part in tho conflict on the side
against Great Britain.
~ rtkinee the MaT 6ennan ofieera IN
large numbers have invaded Constanti
nople. have usurped the authority OF,
the government and have been able 4
leoeree the Sultan s. ministers into tax
ing mp the policy Of aggression,
Lavish Bribery Charged ~
"Great Britain, as well as France and
Rassia, has Watched these proceedings
patiently, protesting against many acts
which have been constantly committed
contrary to neutrality and warning the
government of the Sultan against the
danger in which they were placing the
future Of the ottoman Empire.
ftVigorously assisted by the Ambasa
sadors Of Germany and Austria, German
military elements in Constantinople
have been persistently doing their ut,
most TO force Turkey into war, both
by activities 10 the service Of the Turks
and by hribes, Of which they have been
so lavish.
''The minister Of war, with his. Ger;
man advisers. has lately prepared an
armed force for attack on Egypt. The
Mosoul and Damascus army corps have,
since this mobilization, been constant
~ sending troops south, preparatory
TO the invasion .of Egypt and the s3uez
Canal. ,H .sSy I'd
d. tFrom Akabah ana Gasea a large
bodYtof Bedoiip Arabs has been called
out and armed to assist in this venture,
and some Of these have crossed the ST.
mai frontier. Transport has been col.
lccted and roads have been prepared up
TO the frontier Of Egypt Mines have
h6cp dispatched TO be laid in the Gulf
of Akabah.
Mohammedans Are bleited
t'Sfbe notorious SheiS Aziz Shawish
published and Disseminated through
Syria and probably India and ipfiamma;
tory document urging the Mollamme,
dams TO fight against Great Britain.
DR.. Prueifer, who was so long engaged
il intrigues IN Cairo against British oc-
cupation, and who is now attached TO
tho German Embassy ID Constantinople,
has been bpsily occupied in syria try
ing to ineite the people, to take part in
this conflict. ,1
NJ Aggressive action was certain TO be
the result Of the activity Of the numerr
Gus German officers employed, in the
Turkish army and acting under the or
ders of the German government, who
thus speceeded IN forcing the hands Of
the advisors of the Sultan.
Z" German intrigue cannot influence
the loyalty TO Great Britain Of the TO-,
600 900 Mohammedans in India and the
feeling of the Mohammedans of Egypt
They must look with detestation on the
misguided action, under, foreign intlu-
enees at Constantinople, which will in.
eyitahly lead to the disintegration of
the Turkish Empire, which shows such
iorgetfulness Of the many occasions on
which Great Britain has shown her
friendship 10 Turkey ~
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