The Washington times., 1914-12-28
Bv HENRY WOOD.

CONSTANTINOPLE, via Courier to
Salonika and by mail to New York, Dec.
Pasha, Turkeys thirty-two-
year-old, self-styled man of destiny"
raised money almost over night for
mobilization of Turkeys soldiers. He
did il by wholesale threat OF assas-
sination of those who failed to come
across"
How poor, nearly bankrupt Turkey,
was able to maintain on a war foot
ing, a respectable sized army, has
been one of the wonders of the war.
Here is the story of how he accom-
plished the feat:
I'VE must have an army at once.
TO preserve our neutrality" he told
his colleagues when the European war
broke out.
at is impossible" was the unani-
nous cry of the other ministers. I'VE
can't do it. Turkey hasn't enough
money to properly equip one regiment,
let alone an. army. And we haven't
enough men,.
Leave that to me-" was Enver
Pasha's answer. I'll get the men and
the money, too. In the first place,
I'll threaten with death every man
orders. After I've had a dozen or so
executed and they find We mean bust
ness, you'll see that We'll have all
the men we want.
Next. I'll announce that those
wishing exemption can have IL for
will give US all the money we need.
Ambassadors Forced to Pay.
The war minister was a good proph-
ct His plan was put into practice
and both men and money came rolling
in. Employers found themselves fac
ing the prospect either of giving up
their employees or paying forty-three
pounds each for their exemption. As
to give up their employees meant the
ruin of their business. most of them
paid the money demanded.
The ambassadors from eleven coun-
tries were hard hit. All employ many
Turkish servants. United States Am
bassador Morgenthau found himself
about to be deprived of the services
OF ten men whom he needed badly.
He went at once to Enver Pasha.
Surely. your eXcellency," he pro-
tested. you don't mean to tell me
that you are going TO deprive me o.
this help?
Enver locked him souarcly in the
eve and replied: And surely, your eN-
cellencv, YOU don't mean to tell me
that great country like the United
States is going to ask a poor stug-
Cling country like Turkey to give it
forty-three pounds? Why, only this
morning my wife On her bended knees
begged me to exempt her favorite
servant. 1 refused her, saying that
my country either must have the
man or forty-three pounds.
Noroa1+hau Paws g. mn
Ambassador Morgcnthau made a
profound bow.
Il understand perfectly. your ex-
celIency." he said. You need say 10
more"
That afternoon MorEenthau sent his
check 10 Enver fer nearly $4,000.
what the American ambassador did
was also done by representatives OF
the other powers. England, France.
Russia. Belgium. ana Servia. at thu
outset OF the European war. all helped
paw for Turkeys mobilization.
Likewise every rich Ottoman mer-
chant who needed his servants con-
tributed to the cause.
All Christians were kept out OF the
army, too. BY the exemption rule. They
would have hampered the government
in declaring I molly war. The Christ
ians knew that they would be as
signed to the very first ranks. so al
most to a man they paid the eIemp-
ton fee and escaped service.
Altogether. Enver not only sue
ceedcG in raising funds for the mobi-
lization but he raised an army o.
5O0,O 900 men equipped on war foot