The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-01

lnce, indeed, she had made great plans
Tor penetration with railroads, colo
nies and concessions The personal
equation played an important part IN
the ensuing drama. The ambassadors
OF the Triple Entente hardly concealed
their contempt for the dominant Turk
ilsh politicians and the!c methods. STR
Louis Mallet, the British ambassador.
was a high minded and cultivated Eng
lish gentleman; Bompard, the French
ambassador, was a similarly charming,
honorable Frenchman, and both were
personally disqualified from participat-
ing In the murderous intrigues which
then comprised Turkish politics. Ciers,
the Russian ambassador, was a proud
and scorntul diplomat Of the old arlsto-
cratic regime, He was exceedingly as
tute. but he treated the Young Turks
contemptuously, manifested almost n
proprietary interest In the country, and
seemed to me already to be welding
the knout over this despised govern
rent. It was quite apparent that the
three ambassadors OF the entente did
not regard the Talaat and Fnver re-
gime as permanent, or as particularly
worth their while TO cultivate. That
several factions had risen and fallen
In the last six years they knew, and
they likewise believed that this latest
~usurpation would vanish in a few
months.
But there vas one active man In
Turkey then who had no nice scruples
about using such agencies as were most
AVAILABLE for accomplishing his pur-
Jose. Wangenheim clearly saw. what
his colleagues had only family per-
ceivcd, that these men were steadily
fastening their hold on Turkey. and
that they were looking for some strong
power that would recognize their posi-
ton and abet them In maintaining II.
In nrInp that Ira NAV clearly 1Innnru
stand tho situation, let us transport
ourselves, for n moment, to a country
that Ia nearer to us than Turkey, In
1913 NlCtoriano Huerta n his fellow
consptrators gained control Of Mexico
by means not unlike those that had
supreme power in Turkey. Just as
Huerta murdered Madero. 90 the Young
Turks had murdered NaZim, and in
both countries assassination had be-
come n regular political weapon, Huerta
controlled the Mexican congress and
the Turkish parliament and the chief
posts OF that state. Mexico under
Huerta was & poverty-stricken country,
with depleted finances. exhausted In
d~ustrIes aud agriculture, Just as was
Turkey under Talaat, How did Huerta
rchahilitate his distracted country?
There was only one way, OF course
that YVES by eulisting the support Of
come strong foreign yower. lie sought
repeatedly to gain recognition from the
United States for this reason and when
we refused to deal with n murderer
Hucrta looked to Germany. Let us sup
pose that the kaiser had responded; he
could have ~reorgantzed Mexican
finances, rebuilt her railroads, rc-es-
tablished her industries, modernized her
army. and in this way. obtained a grip
I, Ia AA..V tln NrA.Al .AA
amounted to virtual possession,
Only one thing prevented Germany
FROM doing this-the Monroe Doctrine.
Rut there was no Monroe Doctrine In
Turkey, and what ! nave described as
Il possibility In Mexico Is IN all essen
tials an accurate picture Of what hap
rencd IN the ottoman empire As ]
look back upon the situation, the whole
thing seems SO clear, so simple, so
inevitable, Germany up to that time
was practically the only great power
in Europe that had not appropriated
large slices of Turkish territory, a fact
which gave her an initial advantage.
Germany's representation at Corstanti-
nople was far better qualified than that
OF any other country, not only by alb
senCe OF %scrupleS, hut also by knowl-
edge and skin. TO handle this situa-
ton, Naurenheim vas not the only
capable German then on the ground.
\ particularly Influential outpost OF
Pan-Germany was Paul Veltg who had
represented the ~Frankturter ZeitunE in
Turkey FOR 30 years, Weits had the
most intimate acquaintance with Turks
ard Turkish affairs: there was not a
hidden recess to which he could not
gain admittance. He was constantly at
WRnGenheim's elbow, permitting. advis-
| Ing. informinw. The German naval at
tache, Human, the son Of a famous
German archaelogist. had heeN born in
SMYRNA. and had nasset practically his
whole Me IN Turkey; lie not only spoke
Turkish, hut he could also think like
a Turk, ana the whole psychology Of
the people was part OF hts mental
equipment. Moreover Frver. one OF
the two main Turkish chieftains, a
on friendly terms with Humsnn. When
I think OF this experienced trio, Wan
eeuheim, Weitz and Human. and OF
the charming and honorable gentlemen
who were opposed to them. Mallet,
Rompard and Gi"rs, the events that
now rapidly followed Seem as newt
able as the orderly processes Of nature.
Ky the snrinr OF 1914 Talaat and IN.
| yer, represenrirc the committee OF ur-
ion ard progress practically dSminatsi
the Turkish empire, WaNecnheim. AL
ways havip" in mind the y p.onchinx
war, had one 'ucvltat'e puvpose-thst
was 10 control Talaat and Enver.
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