The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

mad rush to descend upon a reStau-
rant? Perhaps 1t was because only
this remained open along the line of
| march. Tokatlian's famous refectory,
the pride of Pera. was doomed. Here
again the irony Of the act lay In the
fact hat although the owner was later
found to have been "a Russian subject
the restaurant itself was the resort of
Turkish ofiicialdom and especially OF
the army officers ard of their German
advisers. Its mirrors. its stained glass,
It's ferneries, its pictured things were
smashed beyond recognition. And this,
So far as I know, was the only serious
result of the holy war!
1t was not until February that the
tentacles from the great rival octopus
made themselves felt. All winter ships
Of the allied fieet had kept guard Over
the entrance OF the Dardanelles. At
last the long expected blow came. Tons
of gun iron were hurled upon the
Turkish forts. Although il was per-
sistently denied that my damage had
been done no one believed the Gov
ernment's reports.
To reassure the populace Enver
urged Mr.. Morgenthau to accompany
him on "A tour of inspection at the
D~ardanelles. II was clear that MIR.
Morgenthau was impressed and that
he wa convinced that the fleets at
tack was in vain-as, indeed. IT was
soon proved to be by the disaster OF
February Is. when the Bouvet was
sunk by Turkish shell fire IN a spec
tGcular manner and when several OF
the English vessels were seriously
damaged.
1t was a hong time before the popu
ation would believe tina such a sue
cess had really been attained. Indeed
there was great surprise wen in high
Turkish circles. For the first time
since the declaration OF war a sense OF
relief came over the Turkish people
TIE great Won der Goltz Pasha had
declared that although in October the
straits could easily have been forced
they were now impossible.
There can be little doubt that the
many reports Of serious friction and
even open clash between Turkish and
German authorities were true. Thai
Turkish officers, as well as men, re.
sentcd the rigid German methods
know for n certainty from many mem.
bers of h Turkish army with whom
j talked personally.
Two types of humanity more com
pletely Incompatible II is hard I,
imagine. The suave Turk with hi!
polished gentlemanliness, his ~leisurely
fata istic conception Of life, keel
sense OF humor and love of inaction
had nothing whatever in common witt
his intolerant. self-confdent, burly an,
often harShly discourteous superbors
The Turks u have e~xasperated tn,
Germans beyond endurance. and SINH
larly the Germans must have sttrrel
the b~ittereSt resentment and hat
among the rank and file of the army
!. II It had not been for Enver's qu4cI
|. and uncompromising support of tn
> German officers and the imposin
; spectacle of the Goeben and Bresla,
Bosporus 1t is highly probable tina
!, Germany would not be in control a
Constant!nople to-day.
, When at last the first serious al
/, tack of the English by and as We
= as by sea was reported rumors of
complete breaking down of the Turk
|, ish resistance and an immediate emit
with n Of the English spread throug
, the city like fire. The utter folly c
/. such expectations is now clear, but a
that time II was n small minority i
a the city that did not look for an i'm
mediate surrender.
, Enver and his party, however. ha
splendid confidence in their ultimat
. success. To restore the public con
A fdence they staged one of the mos
r elaborate s~pectacles that had bee
seen n the city since the days {
Abdul Hamid. the occasion Of tn
browning of the GhaZi. or victor.
The first news was that a feeble al
tack had been made. but that III
u Turks without difficulty in a splendi
counter attack had pushed the cnem
INTO the sea" There was no littI
truth in this report. At any rate. th
< populace must he made to feel hat
e glorious victory had been achieve
q The poor old Sultan was to he crowne
1 victor, the man. who less, perhap
than any other in the Government
n had been concerned In whatever Ina
been accomplished by the Ottoma
ID armies.
In regal state he was conveyed
lie sleepy, lcthargic. obese-by oat ar