New Britain herald., 1915-12-21
FINAL VICTORY FOR
 CENTRAL POWERS
Predicted by Dr. Bey, Secretary
 Of Young Turks Committee

l Berlin, Dec. 21, via London, 12:3
 D. m.-"Turkey has an abundance of
 foods and other material of all kinds
 which she can supply to Germany if
 Germany needs them," said Dr. Ma 1 zim Bey, secretary of the Young
 Turks committee and one of Turkeys
 most prominent men, in statement
 to The Associated Press on his ar rival in Berlin today. t'It is only q l question of transportation, which seems to be in 8 fair way to solu- l tiOn.
 1 There is no lack of anything in Turkey. For example, we have 30,- 1 O0O,0O0 kilograms of cotton which l Germany can have the moment she i solves the transportation problem, not
 to speak of 10,0OO,ooo kilograms of I reserve supply in the shape of mat i tresses and other articles in Turkish homes.
 Plenty of Copper. The same is true of coper. Of this we have at least 40,00O,0OO kilo- grams which Germany can have at any time.'
 Because of this abundance of neces- saries and of the progress of military affairs to this time pr. Maxim Bey predicts eventual victory for the Central Powers.
 Independence For Turkey.
 "Such a success will mean indepen- dence for Turkey for the first time, he continued. He said there was less peace in Turkey than elsewhere, gave it as his opinion that the war would last year or two more and continued: Turkey is enthusiastic for number of reasons. First, she had never fought previously under such favorable conditions. Second. the thought of eventual independence stimulates the troops tremendously. Third, the soldiers are spurred on by hatred of their enemies, hatred en- gendered by illegal acts.
 ''The Turks regard the allies as bar barians and when captured in a wounded condition frequently refuse food or drink from their captors, though when conditions are reversed the Turks give their prisoners freely of their food"
 Uses Bitter Words.
 Dr. Maxim Bey spoke calmly ex cept when the subject of the worlds impression of Turkish-Armenian re- lations was brought up. Of this he talked in bitter words. America in particular, he said, had gained false impression in two ways. First. 1n- vestigators of conditions had not been neutral or unbiased. Second, these investigators went to the wrong sources for their information-to Creeks Jews and Armenians who are Turkish subjects and have grudges to air.
 f,S, praiseworthy in this world he is hailed as an Armenian" he continued, "but every time he commits a crime or acts basely he is Turk-or something else.''
 Admirer of America.
 Expressing himself as an ardent admirer of America and declaring Turkey needed the trade of the United States even more than of Germany, Dr. Maxim Bey nevertheless asserted that the delivery of ammunition by Americans to the allies had serveI greatly to estrange the two peoples He thought it would be some time after the war before the feeling would die down. He said the breach had been widened by the Injustice of the American press toward Turkey"
 Thanks to Germany. Dr. Nazim Bey Turkey had gradually been lifting herself from a sort of finan- cial slough of despond, so that for the | past three months the government l had been able to pay for all it's pur- chases out of money loaned. He l summed up the financial position of l the Turkish Empire as follows:
 Export Trade Stopped.
 "One cannot say the situation is l good, for our export trade has been | stopped and consequently our income l Is reduced. But it is not serious"