The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-18
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under the control Of Germany. Wan
genheim purchased the Ikdam, one Of
the largest Turkish newspapers, which
Immediately began to sing the praises
Of Germany and to abuse the entente.
The Osmanischer Lloyd. published in
French and German, became an organ
OF the German embassy. Although the
turkish constitution guaranteed a free
| press. a censorship was established in
the interest Of the central powers. All
Turkish editors were ordered to write
IN Germanys favor n they obeyed
instructions. The Jeunc TurC, a pro-
entente newspaper, printed in French,
was suppressed. The Turkish papers
exaggerated German victories and COM
pletely manufactured others; they were
constantly printing the news Of en-
tente defeats, most Of them wholly
imaginary. In the evening Wangen-
helm n Pallavicini would show me
official kilograms giving the details of
military operations, but when. in the
morning. | would look i'm the news
papers | would find that this news
had been twisted or falslfied in Ger
many's favor. A certain Baron Open
helm Travelled all over Turkey manu-
tacturing public opinion against Eng
land and France. Ostensibly he was
an archaeolOgist. while in reality he
opened offices everywhere from which
Issued streams Of SANDER against the
entente. Huge maps were pasted on
the walls, showing all the territory
which Turkey had lost in the course of
a century. Russia was portrayed as
the nation chiefly responsible for these
'robberies,' and attention was drawn
10 the fact that England had now be-
come Russia ally, Pictures were pub
ilshed, showing the grasping powers of
the entente as ~rapaciOus animals,
snatching at poor Turkey. Enver was
advertised as the hero" who had re-
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tured as Turkeys friend the kaiser
suddenly became "Hadii Wilhelm" the
great protector Of Islam, and stories
were even printed that he had become
a convert to Mohammedanism. The
turkish populace was informed that
the Moslems of India and of Egypt were
about to revolt and throw Off their
English "tyrants.' The Turkish man
on-the street was taught to saw Colt
strate England and all the time the
motive power OF this Infamous cam
palgn was German money.
BUT Germany was doing more than
poisoning the Turkish mind, she was
~appropriating Turkeys military re-
sources. | have already described how,
IN January, 1914, the kaiser had taken
over the Turkish army and rehabili-
tated 1t In preparation for the Euro
pcah war. He now proceeded to do
the same thing with the Turkish ma wv.
In August W~angenheim boosted to me
mat w now control both the Turk
lsh army and navy" At the time the
Goeben and Breslau arrived, an Eng
lish mission. headed by Admiral Linn
hus, was hard at work restoring the
Turkish navy. Soon afterward Limpus
and his associates we're unceremoni-
ously dismissed; the manner OF their
going was really disgraceful. for not
ever the most ordinary courtesies were
shown them. The English naval off
GERS quietly and unobservedly left Con
stahtinople for England-al except the
admiral himself. who had to remain
ness. !"
Night after night whole carloads Of
Germans landed at Constantinople from
Berlin; the a~ggregations to the popula-
uon finally amounted to $500 men, most |
OF mem sent TO man the Turkish navy
ana TO manufacture ammunition. They
TILED the cafes every night, and they
paraded the streets OF ~Constantinople in
the small hours of the 'morning, howl
ing and singing German patriotic songs,
Many OF them were skilled mechanics,
VINO Immediately went to work repair
ing the destroyers and other ships and
putting them in shape for war. The
BRUSH firm OF Armstrong & Vickers
mad q splendid dock in Constantinople, |
and this the Germans now appropriat-
cd. All day and night we could hear |
ms WORK going on and we could hardly
sleep because OF the hubhub Of r~lveting
and hammering. Wangenheim now
found another opportunity for instilling
more poison into the minds Of Enver,
Talaat, and . Diemal. The German
workers, he declared. had found that
the Turkish ships were in a desperate |
state of disrepair, and for this he nat
urally blamed the English naval mis-
sion. He said that England had delib-
nrately let the Turkish navy go to de-
cay and he asserted that this was all
a part of ~England's plot to ruin Tur-
key! Look he would exclaim, "see
what we Germans have done for the
Turkish army, and see what the Eng
fish have done for your ships!' As q
matter Of fact, all this was untrue, for
Admiral Limpus had worked hard and
conscIentiously to improve the navy
and had accomplished excellent results
In that direction.
ing at the. Dardanelles. seeking to
strengthen the Notifications, pre-
pairing for n possible allied attack, As
September heightened into October. the
sublime Porte practically ceased TO be
the headquarters Of the Ottoman III
pire. / really think that the most
influential seat Of authority at that
time was a German merchant ship, the
General. 1t was moOred in the golden
horn, at the Galata bridge, and a per
manent stairway had been built, lead
ing to its deck. | knew well one Of
the most frequent visitors to this ship,
NJ American who used to come to the
embassy and entertain me with stories
OF what was going on.
The General, this American now in
formed me, was practically n German
club or hotel. The officers OF the Goe-
ben and the Breslau and other German
officers who had been sent to command
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