Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-12-30

The sick Man of Europe to have made most
astonishing recovery
year ago Turkey, had just entered the war; the Al
lies statesmen busy dividing the Ottoman empire
It perfectly simple proposition. Turkey doomed
anybody could see that. 1t merely question OF
Great Britain France Russia agreeing to their
relative portions deciding what bones they should
toss to minor guests at the feast
And today Turkey is credited with having put up the
best fight Of any beligeren either side She has won
against the Allied powers victories just significant
and perhaps more lasting than Germany has against
Russia She has humbled Great Britain, and is today
The greatest to the British empire.
Harkins back to the worlds opinion - monthe
ind Prof Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University
recognized authority international affairs writing as
follows:
"As to the power of the Turks to defend themselves
and st more to attack their enemies, American who
has seen Turkish troops Turkish ships within the
past two years is likely to believe that there is ser
ous military strength left in the empire. Men are abun
crude goodnatured willing, patient and long suf
ering fellows who when well fed and well led are prob
ably as good troops Russians Austrans But where
are the magazines of clothing arms and ammunition
Where is the necessary accumulation of food? What are
the ARRANGEMENTS for supplying marching armies or for
transporting troops?
'War on grand scale, affecting general results, is
out of the question Turkey In the true sense of the
words there is no Turkish Empire Turkish army, nc
Turkish government.
This once mighty empire this former rival of Russia
and Austria this proud military kingdom, must perorce
stand aside while decided the batlefeds OF
France Germany and Hungary"
That is the way all the experts talked.
And the allied forces have just withdrawn 100000
troops from Gapo frank confession of failure after
the Interest disappointment that England France has
experienced in the whole war The despised, unarmed
nlfed and nlmunitoned Turk has made Of that PENN
sula a graveyard Of British soldiers and British hopes
The allies retain only the tip of it, three or four mile
segment guarding the Dardanelles entrance
The Turks have thrown back the great British eXpedi
ton again Bagdad They held the Russians in the
Caucasus region without yielding mile since last May
They stand today like a rock on every front.
The Allies counted on their Dardanelles campaign &c
break the neck of the Nosem empire and CONSTANT
nope and her noble waterway Russia That hope
is indefinitely postponed England counted her Bag
dad Expedition to- win the region of Mesopoama, be
tween the Tigris and Euphrates the ancient lanC
route from Europe to Indian and take the proud Ole
Mosem city of Bagdad They would bar the Turks iron
any attempt on India and hold Britains Mohammed sub
ects in check And today she failure Russia wa
to sweep over the Caucasus mountains through Armen
and thence against Constantinople, striking from th
East And even the Grand Duke Nicholas has as ye
done nothing on that front
There are persistent threats Of great offnsive
war dispatches are to credited, big army of Turk
is modified in lower Syria strike at Egypt across t
Arabian desert A successful dash there would cut Oh
suez Canal divide the British empire geographically
with knife and perhaps lead to the revolt of NOLAN
medan Egypt
Turkey isn't Of the woods, to be sure The Allie
may beat her yet But win or lose the Turk a CIR.
class fighting has already rehabilitated himself
the opinion Of the world, and the Turkish governmer
has gone to redeem himself in the opinion of III
world and the Turkish government has gone far to r.
deem itself
The soldiers who the Turk in battle too, spea
far more favoraby OF him than have been taught
expect The Armenian slaughters have been incredib
atrocious but genuine the Turk seems to
no manly and humane than his foes British Office
wrote lately in a London magazine;
1T is not easy maintain hate against the Tur
He is respectable gentleman who fights well and wit
out malice and accepts captivity with good humor an
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