The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-14

 culated about the relations of turkey to Germany. The many official re- ports issued on the subject have hao 1 no result, it is said that now the government offices at Stamboul care no longer as to what degree Of Ger man suzerainty over the Ottoman Elm pire is alleged.
 ] to be as follows: Enver Pasha., minis ter of war and vice-general1slrno or the Ottoman army, and the 1orIhei German ambassador to Turkey, Baron i Hans von Wangenheirn, were the men I who first brought the Turkish ana i German governments together on the i war issue. Both of them took the stand that Turkey would be sacrificed by the Entente unless her government i adopted the radical measure Of pom l. ing the Central Powers. This view was also taken by the next strongest man in Constantinople, tTalaat Bey' minister of the interior. To the group were soon added the grand vtz1er ana the leaders of the Progress and Union Party official title of the Young Turks
 This was the only connection be- tween Germany and Turkey at the 1 time war was declared upon the En- tente. It was discovered soon that 1 things did not always work well when left entirely to official channels. The Epresence in Constantinople of Lnan von Sanders Pasha, head of the Ger man military mission, caused consid- erable friction. Sanders Pasha was 1 none too we'll liked at the German embassy. It was said Sanders Pasha l considered himself entirely an Otto- man officer, and resented even the slightest suggestion from the embas- | sy. In this he was supported by En- yer Pasha, whose loyalty to the field marshal was unshakab1e, even when Berlin suggested that he be removed l because the operations on Gall1poH were not swift enough
 The resulting friction never went beyond the bounds of disagreements among friends, but to eliminate it be- came the duty of a man in a somewhat ] obscure position in Constantinople, Corvette ptain Human, comman- der of the German naval bases here Captain Humann is in the German Imperial naval service, though born in Smyrna as son of the Archeologist Humann, excayator of the ruins of l Pergammon. Captain Human knew Enver Pasha when the latter was a telegraph operator, and today the two address one another in the German familiar "du'' or thou.
 l It fell to the lot of Captain Humann to straighten out all tangles. It is said that he never failed. Born in Smyrna he seemed to have fnabibed with the air a good deal of the psy- cho1ogy of the Oriental. He knows the Turk, his temperament, language and methods of thought, and when Baron von Wangenhein and his aides had failed to persuade the officials l in Stamboul they would ask Captain | Hunann to try. But the Captain nev- i CT had to go further than the office of Enver Pasha. There would be an explanation of what was wanted and then Enver Pasha would make a tele- phone call with satisfaction all around.
 T That the Germans had ever been able to impose their will upon the Turkish government in a despotic manner is an absurd claim. The As sociated Press correspondent has seen from a, number of incidents that the i Turkish government officials look up- on themselves as full equals in all af- fairs they have in common with the Germans.
 It is a fact that no officer from | Germany ever served in any capacity in the Ottoman army government as a German officer. Before he could I occupy himself with matters distinctly Turkish, or before he could issue a single order in the Ottoman army, the German officer had to enter formally the service of the Sultan and change his uniform for a Turkish one. No exceptions have ever been permitted in this.
 The attitude of the Turkish govern ment is that while German officers, } on-commissioned officers and men were needed in the Turkish army, : they could be admitted only Otto- man soldiers. All are subject to the Ottoman military and civil laws, though on the latter point there is still a difference of opinion, because Germany has yet not officially re- cognized the abolition of the capitula- tions. This affected all, even the highest, men such as Admiral von Usedom Pasha, Admiral Suchon, Gen eraI Mertens Pasha, Field-Marsha1 von der Goltz Pasha, Field Marshal Liman won Sanders Pasha, Colonel Bronsard von Schellendorf, Weber Pasha, Winners Bey and the many others who served with the Ottoman co1ors.
 At no time has German officer in the service of the Sultan dared to exc cute an order from Berlin-Berlin in fact has never issued such orders When the operations on Gal1ipoH did not suit certain men in Berlin it was suggested that LiInan won Sanders } Pasha, who was in charge of them was to be recalled as head of the German
 military mission. The Germans had the right to make this suggestion, be- cause Sanders Pasha had merely been loaned" to the Turkish government and could be removed from his posi- ton in Turkey by a summons to join the German army. This is the only instance in which the German war of flee tried to influence military affairs in Turkey. Enver Pasha, who, per haps, more than any other man in Turkey, realized what the situation nk7 expressed himself l as highly satisfied with the services of Sanders Pasha and Sanders Pasha stayed.
 Tn the adjustment of this incident Captain Humann played an important role. It is understood that he himself l