The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19

The inner history of Turkey during the present war has been disclosed in Remarkable book just written by Herr H. Stuermer, German journal ast who acted as the special cores. pondent of the 'Kolnische Zeitung" ilt Constantinople during the years 1915 and 191e, and the spring of the present year. Shamed and disgusted by the Turkish massacres of the Armenians as far back as the summer of last year, he tried for many suc- ceeding months-down. indeed, to the beginning of the present year-to shut his eyes to German responsibility for these crimes, but his efforts-the out come of loyalty to the Fatherla nd failed. German guilt, not only for these massacres, but also for the wholesale, corruption of Turkey could hcrrifed by the numerous crimes which they had witnessed, Herr Stuer- nier and his wife, fled from Constan- pnople into Switzerland. They now live in exile in Geneva, that centre of ] the worlds refugees, and his book, Wo Years of War in Constantino4 pie" written in German, has just been published by a firm of Swiss pub. fishers.
 His description of the struggle for the Dardanelles based upon the ob- bervations of an eyewitness who was In the confidence of the German Ann |~ra1~ h-.. lah commanders, shows how near suc- cess the great Gallipoli thrust reach. ed. He says that the fate of ConBtan- tnople hung upon a hair, and pro- ceeds: '"Ths risking of several more Narehips UA March IS would have set tied the fate of Constantinople. The eourageous fellows who were serving the coast forts were amazed when they saw that the attack had ceased. Dozens of German gunners who worked the Tschanokkoleh batteries ch that memorable day told me later that they had reached the limit of en- durance, and regarded the break through as inevitable. In Constanti- hople itSsn people waited from hour % hour for the break-through, and, as ! knew from tfe highest sources, the archives and the funds had already beDn removed to Konia.
 Cunstantinople Puzzled.
 It 1B curious that on 8 later occa- son aIso--the first days of September
 -the fate of Constantinopls hung upon a hair. On this second occa- sion the English. after considerable Endorsements of troops had reached them, extended their attack from Ari- burnu northwards to Anafarta, and after 8 most heroic HSsauIt the An HAcs had in fact occupied the summit ct Kodadpemen-Dagh, which abso- sntely commanded the whole Galli- polt peninsula and the oompara- lively unprotected back Dardanellez tnrtR Even today in Constantinople people do not know why the British troops could not follow up this achievement to final success. The fact Ia that on this occasion also archives and gold were speedily { transported into Asia. and German officer In the capital assured me that he had hired window for his fam ily in the Grand Rue de Pera in entry ,pf the Allied troops. Whilst the Hurka defended the city of the GAllphs at the door of the Darda- helleA the remaining half of the cap- AtAl, the cosmolitan Galata-Pera, trpmbled at the veal and woe of the Struggling Allies and lived hours of tremendous anxiety right through till the final solution was reached.
 The possible attitude of Bulgaria played great part ip these nerve racking calculations, not only on the Turkish side, but among the hun- dreds of thousands of disloyal Otto- man subjects who throng the Turk lph capital. The Turkish stand on EhlMpoN threatened to collapse