The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
AND TEUTON
Ambassador Morgenthaus Story of Great War Plots
BY HENRY MORGENTHAU.

live and a war OF deed. fighting and
killing the iufidsl wherever he shows
hts head. This latter conflict, says the
pamphlet, is the true war There IA
to be A little holy war and a "Great
holy war the first describes the bat
tie which every Mohammedan is to
wage IN his community against his
Christian n~etghborS. and the second Is
the great world struggle which united
Islam, in India, Arabia. Turkey, Africa
and other countries is to rage against
the infidel oppreSsors, THE holy war,
say the pamphlet, will be OF three
forms First the individual war, which
consists Of the individual personal deed.
This may be carried on with cutting,
killing instruments, like the holy war
which one OF the faithful made against
Peter Galy, the infidel English gov
ernor. like the Staying OF the English
chief OF police IN India, Ike the
killing of one OF the officials arriving
In Mecca by Abb Busir tmay God be
pleased with him)." The document
gives several other instances OF assas-
s~ination which the faithful are enjoined
to initiate. The believers are told TO
organize bands" and to 80 forth and
slay Christians, The most useful are
those organized and operating in Sc
cret, 1t is hoped that the lslamic
world OF today viii profit very greatly
from such secret bands" The third
llltNlbN Is nI OTkhllhCu bhllllhlb uNt
that is, by trained armies.
In all parts OF this incentive to muir
der and assassination there are indica-
lions that a German hand has exer-
Clsed an editorial supervision. Only
those infidels are to be slain who rule
over us'-that Is. those who have Mo-
hammedan subjects. AS Germany has
no such subjects, this saving clause
WAS expected to protect Germans from
assault 1hA GRTTpana with thniv naIlAl
interest in their w well-being and
their usual disregard Of their ally, evil
IDENTIFY overlooked the fact that Austria
had many Mohammedan subjects In
Bosnia and Herzegovina, MoSlems are
instructed that they should form
armies, even though It may be neces-
sary to introduce some foreign ele-
ments"-that Is, bring In German in.
structors and German officers You
must remembering Is evidently in
tended as a blanket protection to Cor
mans everywhere-"that 1t Is absolutely
unlawful to oppose any Of the peoples
OF other religions between whom and
the Moslems there IL a covenant or Of
those who have not manifested hos
tiIity to the seat OF tho ~caliphate or
those who have entered under the pro-
lection of the Moslems."
Even though / had not had Wangen-
helms personal statement that the
Germans intended to arouse the Mo-
hammedans everywhere against Eng
land, France n Russia, these Inter
polations would clearly enough have In
diCated the real inspiration of this
amazing document. At the time Wan
genhelm discussed tho matter with me,
his chief idea seemed to be that a
holy war of this sort could be the
quickest means Of forcing England to
make peace. According to this point
Of view, 1t was really Il great peace Of
f%ensive. At that time W~angenhelm re-
Elected the conviction, which was
prevalent in all official circles. that
Germany had made a mistake In bring
ing England into tho conflict and 1t
was evidently his idea now that II back
fires could be started against England
In India. Egypt, the Sudan n other
places, the British empire would with
draw. Even II British MOhammedans
refused to rise, Wangenheim believed
that the mere threat Of such an up
rising would induce England to abandon
Belgium and France to their fate. The
danger of spreading such in~cendiary
literature among II wildly fanatical peo-
pie Ia apparent. ! was tho only neu-
trail diplomat who feared the most serl-
Gus consequences, M, Tocheff, the Bull
garian minister, one Of the ablest mem
bers Of the diplomatic corps, was much
disturbed. At that time Bulgaria was
neutral, and NJ, Tocheff used to tell me
that his country hoped to maintain
this neutrality. Each side, he said,
expected that Bulgaria would become
its ally, and 1t was Bulgaria's policy to
keep each side In this expectant frame
OF mind. Should Germany succeed In