New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
THE FALL OF BACDAD
How the Allies Success in East MAY Pro,.
To Be the Decisive Factor of the W.,

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The capture Of the ancient .,,-
Bagdsd, the city OF the Caliphs and hi...'
centre of the Arabian Nights t.S,'
heralds the death knell Of Teu,o.,'
domination in the Orient-that cs.~
dream of Eastern ascendancy. a.
dizement and mercantile ambitio, :,
tered for some thirty years in hi.,O.-
Developments of extensive irrigatio,
mining enterprises, shipping. eomn.,.'
harbors and railways, which have 49,
absorbed hundreds of millions Of an
and which included the gigantic nro..-s
worthy Of the genius Of Bismsrck NJ
motto of "Ende gut allies GUT de-.
strated how he initiated few achievsm...'
he did not accomplish.
The quadrupe railway, termed so h,
Eastern travellers Bremen, Berlin
zantium and Bagdad, and extending s,,..
Europe from the North Sea to the PEI.
Gulf-was a vital menace TO the Ine,,...,
interests of the Allies and TO the oyo...
possessions of the British Empire &c.
cially. The cutting of of the Suez Canal e,
the isolation Of Egypt, the control ~ a
worlds highway, the great trade ro,,. :,
the Mediterranean, constituted A..
blow at India and the British eolor,., :,
Australia. Russia, likewise. with bs- -.
resources. blocked by Germany in tn D.,
tic, would be also cut of from ae,o,, :.
the worlds markets while the MARTIN. =
terests of France and Italy are simi,,,
centred indissoluby in the Medterrs,,.,
and in the fortunes of war of their an,
The war lord of Europe, Kaiser Wiusr I.
reported 10 be personally interested /, y.
success of this colossal project. which 4.
personally demonstrated on the notabl. =.
casion of the imperial visit 10 psle,,;,.
accompanied with lavish military d,,i,.
and the Introduction TO the Orient ~ -.
infantry promenade Of the goose stan
performance which created profound a..,..
ishment among the impressive and unimp,.,
sonable natives, and was described a,
"Hohenzollern pantomime'
After the Kaiser's Trip
The immediate effect of the Kaiser. +.
spection was the accelerated progrs,. :,
the Anatolia and Bagdad railways. with
coincident augmentation of munitions a,
Essen and the significant slogan OF @D,,
Tag" the elimination OF which. inlti,t.l
through the assassination at Seraieyo h,
been the two and half years Armaeesd,,
in Europe. The series Of developmer.
which have transpired during that fs,,ul
period are carved deep in history, but Their
more recent extension to the shores Of u,
New World in Mexico and Colombia won.
if successful. wreck the Monroe Doc,rir,
despised by Bismarck, with the states q,
Central and South America. "World do-b
nation or downfall" in the words Of Z.
diplomatic authority, Bernhard, which :
supported by the definition Of Profssg
Won Stengel's German peace" 10 neutn.
nations of Submission 10 our supre-,
direction" demonstrates the universal col,
troll which providentialy has been bsla
so far through the British fleet. and wha
ACKNOWLEDGMENT is the diplomatic cause q
the entire war.
The proclamation Of Field Marshal w
Hindenburg upon the entry Of the las
Of the Balkan States into the EuropU
conflict, I'VE welcome with joy the En-
trance of Rumania into the war" is furthg
significant of the ultimate goal Of prus
sianism in the Orient. The control
all Balkan territory, with the great tua
route of the Danube, which would erir't
Russian maritime commerce compgsI
means an unprecedented monopoly FOR c..
man trade in .he East That this os!esV
will be frustrated becomes evident frr ns
ring of steel thrown round the Cgul
Powers and the progress of the Ss,a I
campaign, with the Allied forces now sg's
the Balkan peninsula, the advance o. a'
Russian armies in Asia Minor and e
British combined land and sea expeiitsi (
on Palestine, in which the supply base Z 4
Cyprus will play an important fI I
Whether the final adjustment will csrn )
mine the victory of Pan-Siayism over P', 4
Germanism, with the settlement Of ~
eternal Eastern question, the future s'r /
can determine. Any former balance 3
power" among European nations after ~
war, with its appalling effects OF nj
tarism, it's descriptions, outrages and ~
lations of treaties, its culminstor
devastation and destruction on land ~
sea, has become an impossibility, as
federation of despotic Prussian milinrr
with the abolition Of which democratic Gs'
many will return to the more benehcsn' u
lasting Kultur Of Goethe and Schiller
J. LEWIS WATERS
Naur XorL Mach 1917 l.