Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-08
sultan Is Cordial.


showed deep concern.
Sultan Is Cordial.
Mehemod Y was in most cordia
| frame Of mind. Many OF the incidcnt
related by the correspondents brough
| 10 the sultan's face broad smiles d
satisfaction, apprehension and amuse
ment. How the correspondents hac
! been obliged to makes hasty retrea
when Kale Sutanie was reached by
the allies shells appeared to be OF
special interest to his majesty.
When one of the correspondents
told the sultan that he had been rem
dered nervous In Chanak Kalessi by
the explosion of large shells, which
impelled him to stoop at every deto-
nation, and how an old Interpreter
who also was retreating touched him
on the arm each time saying, "Yock
klsmet.' The sultan was much
amused and touched the newspaper
man on The shoulder in a fatherly
fashion and proceeded to explain that
the use Of "Kismet' was improper I'M
der such circumstances.
THE old man should have used the
word 'kader,' because that term ex-
presses more fully what he wanted to
convey said his majesty '"The
word 'kader' means that our fate is
in the hands Of superior force and
that what is to happen win happen
anyway The idea is known among
you, | believe, as fatalism But 'Ka-
der alone viii not do, we also must
work.
The incident disposed Of his ma
Jesty asked the correspondent to con-
tinue his description OF the sinking Of
the French warship Bouvet and the
British Irresistible. That the former
had disappeared within three minutes
brought q look into the kindly gray
ewes Of his majesty as if he regretted
that so many human teings had per-
ished without chance for life.
The sultan had asked If his troops
appeared to be happy and contented.
The answer was given I'm the af-
flrmative and u new smile lit up his
face.
1T has been said that it was the
factor Of luck that made our victory
on March is SO complete and great,
he remarked, but we in Turkish
have a saying. Luck is infatuated with
the efficient II appears very unjust
To me that the allies want to force the
Dardanelles and take COnstantinople
Just to import foodstuffs from Rus
STA. But our army and coast defense
force have shown their ablitN and
Willingness TO do their duty. | am
speaking here not alone of the Tur-
Sish defenders of the Dardanelles but
also of those Germans who have SO
efficiently and brayely co-operated
with them
Il would thank you if you would !
ny for me that my admiration for !
he German troops in the east and |
he west Is SO great that il is impossi- |
Die for me to express my words in |
high opinion Of their valor and eff |
'iency Concerning their chief com ,
nander, Emperor William, | can only /
ay that we in Turkey pray that he !
nay enjoy the best of health for
many years"
The sultan was informed that EN-
'eror William was sending with Field |
MARSHAL Won der Goltz iron crosses Of !
he first and second classes, with !
which he intended to decorate his ma
csty, and the sultan appeared highly /
ileased.
II am proud Of being presented
With medals which decorate so many II
rave men" he said.
SO far the sultan had occupied him il
elf entirely with recent develop I
1ents In the Dardanelles. Addressing
imself to the American correspond
hts present he said:
II am pleased to know that two
,merican journalists had an oppor-
unity to witness the attempts to
prce the Dardanellcs value the
pinion of neutrals highly and wish
, avail myself OF this opportunity to
xpress the greatest satisfaction that
ne relations between the United
tates and Turkey are SO cordial"
With this his majesty indicated by
light movement of the hand that the
udience was ended. Although in his
aventy-first year the monarch rose
'om the divan with alacrity and
hook hands with the correspondents
nd IS at the beginning of the audi
nee, expressed his pleasure at having
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