The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-13
BRITISH SUCCESSES IN EAST ! UPSET GERMAN PLAN FOR THE
 DISMEMBERMENT OF TURKEY
Germany Had Been Laying Plans for Jewish Republic In Palestine Under Suzerainty of the Kaser-Prelm-
 mary Publicity Campaign Was In Full Swing

it serious consideration" Gustave -von Dobellef was permitted to say:
 For many years the object which our
 Kaiser tried to accomplish by ardu-
 GUS political effort has been the
 making of strong Turkey. meth od, not to be. despised would be the establishment of a. strong Jewish
 state, under Turkish suzerainty As
 the Jewish people favor republics, let
 them, therefore, establish a repub-
 lie, which must, however, be under
 the protection of the Ottoman em-
 pire." He winds up by letting the
 cat out of. the bag. in these words:
 Tt is always a question of import
 ance whether you or your opponent
 has the key to the door. The idea
 of establishing a. Jewish state is good
 for that power which effects it''
 The vice president of the Austrian
 Parliament, Prof Paul Rohrbach,
 was the next to take the pen in hand.
 His job was that of persuading the
 Jews of Germany and Austrfa-Hun-
 gary that the political schemes of the Allies are not to be. trusted. '.The
 national aspirations of the Jews" he
 wrote, twill be listened to with more
 sympathy by the Al1iestof Middle Europe than by the Entente, even though certain papers and politicians on that side have lately been promis- ing great things to the Jews. q do
 not believe that even if the Entente
 were victorious and Turkey dismem- bered so that Palestine came under
 the suzerainty of either England or
 France the Jews would benefit by this Jews will have nothing to gain by the imperialistic schemes of Eng land,-
 Evidently, Turkey was by now giv- 1 ing indications of recalcitrancy At I any rate, 1t was found necessary for l the 'Frankfurter Zeitung'' to publish this word sufficient unto the wise. "Pan Turkish ideas have no meaning in Palestine, where practically no Turks dwell"
 Die Reichsbote,'' the mouthpfece | of the Junkers now came to the fore, and is calling upon the German gov ernment to act promptly for the ses- tablishment of Jewish state to off set the American Zionist proposals"
 This must be done, it insists, to coun- teract the Wilson intrigue and ito
 prevent England from making use of these American Zionist proposals as a backdoor which will enable her to
 pass freely from Egypt to India This point must not be let out of sight in the policies of the Central Allies. We daresay that our new Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who was our Am
 bassador to Turkey, will recognize the importance of this matter. For this
 purpose the German-Austrian Zion-s ist plans for Jewish settlement must be strengthened. This is the oppor- tune moment for the Zionist move
 ment to attain it's idea1.''
 Then it throws out a reassuring
 word to Turkey: "It is to the interest of Turkey to favor this movement, for Zionist settlement under Anglo American protection would mean the tearing away of Palestine from Tur- key On the other hand, Zionist colonizing operation under the leader ship of the Central Allies will bssfa- Ivorable to the interest of Turkey" l These "American Zionist proposals' are creating a real panic in the minds of Germany. The indications are that
 the German press is alluding to the Palestine Commission appointed by President Wilson last summer, con sistfng of Ex-Ambassador Morgen-
 thau and Felix Frankfurter, of War
 Secretary Bakers Advisory Council.
 At any rate, the "Deutsche Worte' Y : iity than declaration of war by a
 small or even medium sized nation would be-" and charges the enemies of Germany with trying to enlist in their service the Zionist movement
 But it sees through the game of the Allies. We know very well what MT. Morgenthau and Lord Rothschild
 are doing in this behalf for America fand England" It declares, the while | it admits that if this planaof our ene-
 mics succeeds, it will go very badly with us.'' I The Chemnitz- 9'Volksstimme'' is very eager that German policy in re- gard to the Near East shall be so shaped as ito win the good will of lJewry-the great international or ganization. For this purpose, Ger
 many's statesmen must recognize the Jewish nationality and their national cultural ambitions Only in that way
 will it be possible for us to oppose the
 Entente. which is making strenuous l efforts to win the Jews to their side.' Many other editorials running
 along similar lines could be quoted, l but these will suffice to indicate how
 Germany was making ready to 'tbeat l the Allies to it'' in Palestine Gener- l al Al1enby had not beaten Germany tby taking Beer Sheba and capturing ] the highway to Jerusalem. The un-
 furling of the Union Jack over the
 hills of the Holy City will signalize
 the end of the "B3erlin-to-B -Bagdad" | I ' .