The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-08
TURKS LOOKING
FOR SCAPEGOA1
II War Goes Against Them, They
Must Hatch UP Some Excuse
for the LOSS of
Victory.
WILL BLAME GERMANY
Roumania Denounced Secret Agree
ment on Same Pretext
Italy Used en-
Austria.
rBy Henry Wood, United Press stan
Correspondent

TBy Henry Wood, United Press 'staf
, Correspondent
! DEDEAGATCH. Bulgaria. Aug. ~
(By mail. America and Americans
today are rapidly coming to be looked
on with disfavor by the Turks. the
Inhabitants OF Constantinople, in par
ticular. have absorbed the German
feeling of resentment against Amer
lea because of the sale Of war NUM-
tfons to the allies, and one hears the
German argument repeated on every
hand.
A definite campaign to stir up anti
American sentiment apparently is
being carried on by portion of the
(! Turkish press. During my recent stay
| in Constantinople several articles ;
criticizing America, made their ap.
pearance in the Turkish papers, all
signed "By German Whose Son was
Killed by an American Bullet.
The progress which this propaganda
is making every day on the mind OF
the Turk is also constantly apparent
but it was not until the day | LETT
Turkey that / realized how wide
spread 1t had become. About an hour
before crossing the Turkish boundary
into Bulgaria the commander In CHIEF
of the Turkish gendarmes in Thrace
boarded the train and sat down IN
nv compartment. Naturally we talk
ed about the war.
'Do you know" he. said with the
courteous smile and pleasant manner
which the true Turk can never lose
regardless OF his real sentiments,
.'the war would long ago have been
ended and Turkey would be able to
devote all of her energies to building
up her Industrial and intellectual life
IL it were not for the munitions which
you Americans are furnishing to our
enemies"
No one understands the Turkish
psychology better than the German.
Should the present war go against
them the men now In charge of the
Turkish government will at once look
about for a scapegoat and quite nat
urally the blame will fall on the Ger
mans. BY convincing the Turk in ad-
vance that defeat was only made pos
sible through the munitions furnished
by the United States to the allies.
Germany would be able to save much
of its prestige.
BUCHAREST. Roumania, Aug. 10.
-(By mail. Jon precisely the same
grounds or pretext on which Italy
denounced its alliance with Austria,
Roumania denounced it's secret agree.
ment under the terms of which she
was to have declared war against Aus
tria simultaneously with Italy.
This agreement between Roumania
and Italy dated from the early part
Of the war when italy first decided
eventually to participate. Its fulfill
ment would have divided the Aus
trian opposition by Joint assault
against the southwest and the south
east corners Of her empire. AS re
suit Of the treaty Italy allowed Rou
mania to furnish herself with NUM-
lions from Italy almost up to the mo
ment when the latter declared wa,
on Austria. AS late as the middle Of
April personally watched at Salonika
/ the unloading of Roumanian ships
laden with arms and ammunition pur
chased in Italy. They were sent tc
Roumania by way of Serbia, which
country permitted their passage be
cause Of the joint concourse which
she expected later to get from both
Italy and Roumania.
| Roumania's willingness to partici
pate in the war, however, oozed Out
completely when the Germans begar
their successful spring campaign
against the Russians in Galicia She
refused positively to bulge and t.
Italy's angry demand for an exp1ana
ton am told that Roumania prompt
ly replied:
you yourself, violated the agree
ment by failing to notify US of you
intention to declare war on Austria.
The reply was the same one giyer
a month previous by Italy to Austria
as grounds for denouncing her fur
Their participation in the triple ALI
ance. '.-"