Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-08
Considers the Desire of the AL
lies to Take COnstantinOple Is
Unjust-Admires the Ger
mans.
ADMITS TURKEY HAS BIG TASK
But "Our Fate Is in the Hands
of Superior Power" He AS
serts, in First Interview Ever
Given American Newspaper
Men.

Constantinopc April :. via The Hague
and London, April :. 1890 p. nj am
convinced tha. the Dardanelles cannot be
forced. The brave conduct Of the Tur-
kish troops in the cent operations
against the straits permits me to con-
clude that although the allies bend every
effort and use every means at their dis
posal they will ze unable to achieve
their purpose
Thus spoke Mehmed V. the sultan of
Turkey ana First Caiph Of the Moslem
world, to-day In the course Of an audi
ence which he granted the Associated
Press correspondent. The Sultan through
out the audience showed and expressed
the greatest confidence in Turkeys abl-
ity to Withstand the onslaught of the
allied forces and followed with the keen
est interest Il description of tho opera
tions by the allies on March is against
the Dardanellos forts given by the cor
respondent of the Associated Press. who
acted as spokesman for those who had
been accorded the audience.
The various phases of the lombard
a manner demonstrating that he was
we'll informed on the affair bat he was
greatly interested in IL human aspect
III thi- tret1endous actl. What vas the
effect Of the enemy's fire? What impress
sion was made upon the mind by the
Turkish troops and what was the fate of
."e popuIa'ioh u ."e 'o"hs near 'n'
'o'.s 'o'''"'" ueu' "e9e were ''''"SS III
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SULTAN IN GOOD HUMOR
Mehmed V was in a most cordial frame
of mind MANY Of the incidents related
by the correspondents brought to the
Sultan'S face broad smiles of satisfac-
tion. appreciation and amusement How
the correspondents had been obliged to
make a hasty retreat when Kale Sui
TAME was reached by the allies shells
appeared to be of special interest to His
Majesty.
When one of the corrospondents
told the Sultan that he had been rem
dcred nervous in Chanak Kalessi by
the exclusions of large shells which
impelled him to s.oop at every deto-
nation. and how an old Interpreter who
also was retreating .ouched him on
the arm each time, saying. "Yock Kis-
met the sultan was much amused
ana touched the newspaper man on
the shoulder in most fatherly fash
ION ana explained mat the use OF the
word klsmet was improper uhder
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waiship bouVet ana the br'tish IRE
siStiple mat 'he 'o''Her hau "'sap
peared wlthih three minutes prouEht
a look INTO the kindly eyes OF Ills
| Majesty as II ne regretted so many
human beings had persisted without a
chance to fight for life.
ADMIREES GERMANS.
The Sultan asked If his troops ap-
no,rod tn he hanpv and contented. The
! arsuer beinp in the affirmative, n smile
of satisfaction lit up his face.
"It has been said that II was the factor
of luck that made our victory on March
IS so complete and great" he remark ed
obut we in the Turkish have a saying
Luck is infatuated with the efficient
eft appcars very unjust to me that
the allies want to force the Dardanelles
and take Constantinople Just to import
foodstuffs from Russia But our army
and coast defence force have showr