Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-26
.ANALyzES DELEGATES
TO PEACE CONFERENCE
Authority on Military Matters
Shows Aims of Germany
in the East.

BOSTON, December 26.-Secretary Of
War Baker is right in stating that the
German peace maneuvers should not
for a moment induce the United States
to slacken preparations for war, in the
opinion of II. Charles Woods, fellow of
the Royal Geographical Society and a
recognized authority on military mat
tiers in England, who now is in this
city.
Mr. Woods pointed out that the exit
Of Russia from the war would remove
one of the great obstacles in the way
of the realization of the desire of En-
peror William and his advisers for
domination from Hamburg to the Per-
sian gulf, an area in which they could
maintain their position without sea
power.
IF any proof were wanted" he con-
tinued, that the Germans in negotiat-
ing peace with Russia have in view
their future success in the east 1t
would be in the personalities Of the
German and Turkish delegates.
"Von Kuehlmann, whom knew when
he was counselor of the German en-
bassy in London until the outbreak of
war is himself an ayowed 'easterner.
At that time his one aim and object
was to bring about an agreement be-
tween England on the one side and
Germany and Turkey on the other.
favorable to the latter two countries in
regard to the Bagdad railway.
Almost Succeeded.
In this he nearly succeeded, for he
lost no opportunity of making propa-
ganda of the most subtle kind with
politicians and journalists, British and
foreign. Indeed it was nearly imposst-
bic to persuade him to speak upon any
other subject.
Thus If there be a man in Germany
who would be willing to make sacrt-
fees in the west or even upon questions
of general Importance to Russia, In
order to secure the corporation OF, or
a free hand from, that country In the
Balkans and in Aisa Minor 1t Is Won
Kuehlmann, the German foreign minis
ter
.AThe personalities of the Austrian
and Bulgarian delegates are. in my
opinion. of no great Importance, Tor the
representatives Of the dual monarchy
will have to follow the orders OF Ger
many, and Bulgaria has no directly out
standing questions with Russia. 1t -,
however. interesting to note that the
Bulgarian delegates are none OF them
men of outstanding regulations at nome
or abroad.
Turkish Delegates Pro-German.
Coming to Turkey, the personalities
of the delegates is again most signifi-
cant. for Germany cannot ignore the
present and future attitudes of that
country and at the same time realize
her Mittel- Europa scheme. Messing
Pasha must be either Osman Miami
Pasha. formerly Ottoman ambassador
in Berlin and a delegate at. the Lon
don peace conference after the first
Balkan war, or Nesim Pasha, who is
a prominent diplomatist and member
of the committee of union progress. In
either case he is an influential person.
but the Turkish delegate of out
standing Importance is Haiku Pasha.
He has been grand vizier and ambassa-
dor in various countries and is one of
the most pro-German of the Turks.
ct is for these reasons and because of
the identity of these persons that 1 lay
particular stress upon the influence of
these peace negotiations upon what l
feel convinced are the designs of the
Germans in the east. The realization
of such designs would be as dangerous
to the future of the worlds peace as
would the conclusion of a peace unsat-
isfactory to the allies and to America
in western Europe or elsewhere"