Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-01
now TO WRITE VAR NEWS
How the Cn>pcakablc Turk Puts

many OF those who have been helping
|lhr newspapers % conceal the lack o9
authoritative war news have accom-
pllshcd onuugh TO make the most.pre-
Ipo7tnruus Writer'S of admitted fiction
ashamed .uI themselves. The stories
Itclesnphyd from the battlehclds by
Icorrcspo In New York have
loiieu shown brilliant inventive power.
ana the interviews with wounded
prisoners have been masterpieces Of
the short story. Not only has accurate
news been scarce, but ii has been
practically impossible to distinguish
the true or approximately true state
menis from the vivid imaginiugs Of
masters ~ the art of long range war
correspondence.
Nevertheless, American fictitious
war news has left something to be de-
sired. u has not gone far enough; il
has not blandly assumed that all
things are possible and credible, and
While It's writer's have shown vast in
lEchullN they have lacked the true
daring of creative artists How great
TINS shortcoming has been is apparent
when one sees what the Turkish news
paper writer's are giving their readers.
TN this basis subscription to the
rdJlman-I-A -Afkier or the Dierideh-T-
iSharktNch IL equivalent TO receiving
the best American daily with a set Of
the Arabian Nights thrown in free.
1T is possible that the following Sc
lection from Turkish newspapers OF
relatively recent date may have been
Ialtered somcw what in substance from
their original state. but a thoroughly
trustworthy Dutch weekly Vouches
FOR the accuracy of the French ver-
lslons appearing in it's columns, and
The Rellman has attempted to render
the French with scrupulous fidelity
The first item, published in the
TerdIlman l-Afkier Of Dec 6, tells Of
an oratlOn delivered last week" by
Emperor William in Paris.
rho speech pronounced last week
by His lslamic Majesty William u. de-
llNercd from the throne installed in
the former assembly hall Of the
French parliament, Is an unforgetable
summary of his mighty deeds. Sur
rounded by he vanqushed, he offered
his imperial hand to be kissed by all
the former deputies Of the French
chamber whose hearts were deeply
touched by the magnanimity Of His
lsalamic Majesty"
The private life Of the new ruler
of islam is subject Of considerable
Turkish comment How greatly it
changes ones preconceiyed and,
doubtless, erroneous notions Of GER
man domcsticity to read the following,
from the Hanumlar Ghazettaseh:
THE harcm Of His Islamic Majesty
william III and the harems Of his
STAFF officers will arrive in Constan-
uuOple early in the spring Ten OF
the most powerful captured British
dreadnlughts will escort the imperial
! harem."
The Queen Elizabeth. whose Is
inch guns may today be shattering the
forts of the Bosporus, will be glad to
know Of the conspicuous honor in
tended for her early in the spring"
II is also worth knowing that, aC-
CordIng to the Djerideh-I-S -Sharkeyeh,
the Belgians have begun to see the
error of their ways and are fast be-
coming good example to the peoples
of The west.
according to a wireless message
received from Belgium the entire
population Of the new territory ac-
IQuir6d by The Germans has sworn
loyalty TO Ills Islamic Majesty. The
people Of Belgium of every class are
floSkinE by the thousands to the GER
} man officials who are rapidly con-
NCrting them to the true faith Of
Islam The Belgians are voluntarily
transforming their churches into Mo-
hammcdau mosques May their good
example be followed by the other in
fidels,''
Finally, that no touch Of oriental
picturesqucuess may be lacking, the
QConstdnunOple papers on Dec. 10
published the following official
bulletin:
"Accordiug to a wireless dispatch
from Amsterdam, the British govern
ment has offered His Islamic Majesty
1000 asses loaded with gold ON con-
dltiOu tnat me will abandon his in
tention of sending his fleet against
London"
such am offer. unquestonably. must
have originated in the fertile brain Of
Winston Spencer Churchill and one
can almost hear him arguing ehe mat
ter with the anxious chancellor Of the
eXChequer. the first lord sticking for
the whole gorgeous offer while Mr.
Lloyd George protests that perhaps
the asses without the gold would do
the business Just as well, and be much
cheaper
If the Turkish public is really get
ding daily supplies Of such stimulating
food as this. IL is small wonder that
there is enthusiasm for the war i'm at
least a part of the ottoman empire
Any one would gladly fight to see
such wonders as these. 1t would be
interesting 10 know what glowing
j stories have grown out of the thunder
of the British guns in the Dardanelles,
Land whether the allied fleet is re-
ported to be bringing His lsamic
Majesty TO Coustantinople i'm order 20
lead his Ottoman cousin. now iS-
II Gcmiuousiy in hiding at Broussa, to
1.-THE home of his ancestors.
such yiyiduess Of imagination az
this not only puts the exploits Of
American observation-disclosures in the
shade, but IL serves really useful
purpose II furnishes delightful read
ing for the otherwise unemployed. It
Iappcals tu the religiously deNout and
Ut gives unqualified assurance Of
prompt and brilliant victory 1t is,
i'm other words, a model of how flct-
tious war news should be written;
and American newspaper publishers
could most profitably prescribe
course i'm Turkish journalism for al
their special correspondents at the
rear.-The Bellman.
SMILE.