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

The man whom he selected for this Of
flee, which In ordinary times was the
most dignified and important In the
empire, belonged to quite a different
order of society from Talaat. Not un-
commonly bosses In America select high
class figure-heads for mayor or even
governors, men who viii give reSpectC-
hility to their faction, yet whom, at
the same time, they think that they
can control II was some such motive
as this which led Talaat and his assoc
ciates to elevate Said Hahn to the
grand Niziernte. Said Hahn was an
Egyptian prince, he cousin of the
khedive Of Egypt, q man of great
wealth and great culture. He spoke
English and French as fluently as his
owu tongue and was an ornament to
any society In the world. But he was
a man OF unlimited vanity and ambl-
ton, His great desire was to become
khcdiye OF EEypt, and this had led
him TO trust his political fortunes to
the gang that was then ascendant In
Turkey. Ha was tho heaviest CAM
paiGn contributor and indeed, he had
largely financed the Young Turks from
their earliest days, In exchange they
had given him the highest office in
the empire, with the taclt understand
ing that he should not attempt to eX-
ercise the real powers Of his office,
but content himself with enjoying its
dignities. -
Germany's war preparations had for
years Included the study Of Internal
conditions In other countries. an In
disrensahle part OF tho imperial pro-
gram had been to take advantage Uf
such dIsorEanizattons as existed to push
her schemes Of penetration and con-
quest, What her cmissaries have at
tempted in France, Italy and even the
ITAlNAI Atntaa Ia, D,ttataati aud thNlN
success In Russia has greatly changed
the course Of the war. Clearly such
u situation as that which prevailed In
Turkey in 1918 and 1914 provided au
ideal opportunity for m~anipulations Of
this kind, And Germany had II great
advantage in Turkey which was not
SO ConspiCuously an element in other
countries. Talaat and his associates
needed Germany almost as badly MS
Germany needed Talaat. They were
altogether new to the business of man
aging an empire. Their finances were
depleted. their army and navy almost
In tattcrs, enemies were constantly at
tempting to undermine them Mt home,
and the great mowers regarded them
as accdy adventurous whose career was
destined TO be brief. without strong
support from nm outside source. II was
a question how long the new regime
could survive. Talaat and his COM
mittoc needed some foreign power to
organize tho army and navy, to finance
the nation, 10 help them reconstruct
their Industrial system, and to protect
thcm against the cncroachments OF the
rurircllng nations, Ignorant as they
werc Of foreign stntrCrRft. they needed
a yLllril adviser To nilot them through
an tho channels Of ~iuternptiounl IN
trIrue Where was such n protector TO
no nhtainpdP Evidently only one of the
great Turorean movers could perform
mis- office Which one should IL be-
Ton yenrs before Turkey would natur-
auv have anneaIed 10 England Rut
now The Turks regarded Fngland AS
merely the ration thai had despoiled
thcm of Egynt and that had failed 10
nrotect Turkey from Acknowledgement
aC,cr no nalknu wars. Touethrr With
Russla Grant pritalu nov con- rolled
prrsla nnd Tins constituted a constant
thrcnt-at Toast so the 1'urts believed
l"a,ninst tbrIr Asiatir dnn,InInpe Eng-
l,nd was gradually wiihdra wing hSr
nvrstn,euts from, Turkey Unslish
stntesncn believed that he tasl ~
a,Iviny tho Turk franz Tnro,, uaa
nhout comnIete and the vhoI. Nam
T@snstorn pniicv NJ Grcat Britain hInvnd
an maIntnininp the orpanizatton Of Tho
| Is,,rons ne q bod hsen Ggtrru,tnel hvv
no trnoty 81 -pnrSa vast trco'r v,IL"SS
M , Sa, ,,ynS =" re,or1 'o,""i Wiou
,nd "v!htr6 shs was Isiernt"nd ~ oU nn
" "c, Ahovc nh th, turks tea,ed ~
ss;, !, ,0ti ius; aa they bod Cnsrad (,,r
! ever since The lays Of Peter thr Grent