The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-03
TURKEY WINNING,
SAYS AMBASSADOR
Allies Reports on Situation in
the Dardanclles Are Ridicu-
lOus, He Declares.
CALM IN CONSTANTINOPLE

The Turkish Embassy yesterday gave
out the following
The public OF the neutral countries
having solely before its eyes eithor news
from the Allies sources or official Turk
lsh communications distorted on their
passage through by the British censor.
has got a completely i'm
preston OF the conditions among which
the hostilities are taking place In the
different scenes Of the war in Turkey.
In order TO present an accurate account
OF this question the Turkish information
bureau publishes L comprehensive view
OF the military operations and the geu-
eral situation.
In their statements with regard to
the operations in the Dardanelles the
Allies are constantly giving out glowing
narratives OF victories and Onward
marches. II their p~retentious claims
were really true they should have al
ready reached Corstantiople long ago.
The actual facts are quite at variance.
On the 25th Of April they landed In two
places, Avi-Burnu and Sedd e. Bahr. The
objective OF the ffrst landing corps was
Maidos. at a distance Of eight k,lo-
meters, and that OF the second, Krithia.
Now the Allies on the side of Avi-Burnu
INV h'N'l bfFh ~ ~ Hl''ffNl lilNlFI
than one kilomter from the shore And
on the other side they are being
checked at a distance OF three and one
half kilometers from krithia. Their fail
ure at Sedd ell Bahr Ia so much the more
striking because this place. being situ-
sted at the extremity OF the Gallipoli
Peninsula. Is from three sides exposed to
the conversing IRE of the allied war
ships.
The ridiculous description lavishly
spread concerning the situation In Con-
stanttnople. the state OF panic which
reigns there, the cousplracies which are
formed and the like. are only the ex-
preston Of their zealous wishes. All
those impartial foreigners who have
travelled throughout Europe are unani-
nous IN declaring that Constantinople
IL the capital where the effects Of the
war are felt IN the least and where the
food prices are virtually normal.
The accounts from the Allies origin,
and specially those issued through ne
Athens agency entirely devoted to the
interests Of the Allies. are meant 10 give
the impression that the western coast
OF Asia Minor, and smyrna above all. Is
the theatre Of military operations IN
which the Allies are scoring untold ad-
vantases. Now, as "a matter Of fact, not
a single allied soldier has landed on
the Asia Minor coast. and the Only milf
tary operations consist OF having fired
a few explosive shells without any
result,
The naval operations IN syria. so
eulog.zei. especially by the French
press. are the most guetuI spec;aeles OF
this war. The activity % the enemy's
warships has been concentrated parlic-
ularly against the huts of inoffensive
peasants as we'll as fshermens boats
whose humble loads o: provisions are
se.z-d by the ail!e3 crews as trophies
OF their exploits
In Nesopo;am!a the English. using
their craft as a means of conveyance
on the Shatt-el-Arab Us far as Kourna.
have come 10 d starist!,l against the de-
fences laid out by the Ottoman General
stan. Thus the hope Of winning over
the Arab tribes Als been frustrated.
because these tribes have proved for
midah.e adve-saries in harasslng the
communications II the invader and
null!fying all their plans Of forward
march.
In The Caucasus the Muscovite plan
10 pour Russian armies as an avalanche
over Asia Minor has p~it!ful,y collapsed.
and on the contrary the Turkish troops
are fighting on Russian territory in the
plains OF Sary-kam.sh and ka-s, on a
most difficult ground and In the prox-
unity Of the Russian bases, In the face
OF the failure Of their military opera
tons the Russians have reverted to their
usual tactics % fOmentlng uprising
among the ottoman populations Their
victims have been Armenian peasants
and the result mas been the sedltious
movement OF Bach-kaleh ana Van. The
ottoman Government has suppressed
these movements with much celebrity and
vita all the moderation consistent with
the circumstances and has thus pa; TO
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Russians and their English aids. viz
their desire TO embarrass the Turkish
Government as resortins 10 persecution
against the Christians Of the empire"