The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13
MAGAZINE FEATURES
AND TEUTON
Morgenthau's Story of Great War Plots
By HENRY MORGENTHAU.

they had never yet made a mistake by
following my suggestions.
Very well. take my advice in this
case. too" l replied. You will find
later that you have made no mistake
by doing so. | tell you that II is my
positive opinion that your cabinet Is
committing a terrible error by taking
this step"
But ! have given orders to this ef-
feet" Enver answered, 81 can not
countormand them. II l did my whole
influence with the army would go.
once having given an order ! never
change 1t. My own wife asked me to
have her servants exempted from mill
tary service and | refused The grand
vizier asked exemption for his seCre-
tary and l refused him, because | had
given orders. | never revoke orders,
and | shall not do ii in this case. II
you can show me some way in which
this order can be carried out and your
proteges still saved, l shall be glad
to listen
had already discovered one Of the
most conspicuous traits In the Turk
ish character: It's tendency to COM
promise and TO bargain. Enver's re-
quest for a suggestion now gave me
an opportunity to play on this charac-
t@eristiC.
An right" l said. Il think l AN. l
should think you could still carry out
your orders without sending all the
French and English residents down. II
you would send only a few you would
still win your point, You could still
maintain a discipline in the army and
these few would be as strong "A de-
terrent to the allied fleet as sending
ALL"
1t seemed to me that Enver almost
eagerly seized upon this suggestion as
a way out OF his dilemma.
How many viii you let me send?'
| - a. -..I-Nrlr IA lWnA lao MT
this question knew that | had carried
III would suggest that you take 20
English and 20 French-40 In all
let me nave So" he said.
IAN right-we won't haggle over TO-"
other concession, Let me pick out
the 50 who are to go"
This agreement had relieved the ten
sion, and now the gracious side OF En-
ver's nature began to show itself
again.
you have prevented me from making
q mistake this afternoon; now let me
prevent you from making one. II you
select the 30 men who are to go. you
will simply make so enemies. think
too much OF you to let You do that,
| will prove to you that | am your real
friend. Cant you make some other
sugegstion2'
"Why not take the Youngest They
can stand the fatigue best
That Is fair" answered Enver. He
said that Bedrl, who was In the build
ing at that moment, would select th'
Victims. This caused me some ,un
easiness; | knew that Enver's modifi-
cation Of his order would displeast
} Bedri, whose hatred OF the foreigners
had shown itself on many occasions
and that the head Of the police woulC
do his best to find some way OF evad
, Ing It, SO l asked Enver to send FOL
! Bedrl and give him his new orders il
I my presence. Bedri came in, and, as
had suspected, he did not like the new
arrangement at all, As soon as h,
heard that he was to take only so AM
tho youngest, he threw up his hand
, and began to walk up n down tn
y room.
. mo, no. this will never dol" h
said. II don't want the youngest,
must have notablesl'
But Enver stuck 70 the arrangement
and gave Bedrl orders to take onl
the youngest men. II was quite appar
ent that Bedri needed humoring, 10
i asked him to ride with me to tn
American embassy, where we woul
Q have tea arrange all the detail
- This invitation had IN instantaneor
effect which the American mind wi
a have difficulty in comprehending. A
American would regard II as nothin
j. wonderful to be seen publicly rtdln
= with an ambassador. or to take tea q
an embassy. But this IL n distinctio
which never comes to a minor rune
tionary, such as a perfect OF police !
= the Turkish capital. Possibly | lowere
$ the dignity OF, my office In extendin
e this invitation to Bedri; Pallacivir
would probably have thought so, bu
it certainly paid, for 1t made Bed
h more pliable than he would otherwis
have been.
d When we reached the embassy, W
found the crowds still there, aw1itin
d the results Of my imtercession. Whe
| told the besiegers that only 50 ha
u to go and these he youngest, the
seemed momentarily stupefied. The
could not understand II at first; the
believed hat | might obtain some mod
ficatiou OF the order, but nothing IN
this, Then, as the truth dawned upo
d them, | found myself In the center {
a crowd that had apparently gone me
d mentarily insane, this time not frol
d grief, but from JOY, Women, the teal
streaming down their faces, insisted O
throwing themselves on their knee
10 seizing both my hands, and GOVERN
Q them with kisses, Mature men, d,
d spite my violent protestations. persist
h ed in hugging me and kissing me c
both cheeks. For geevral minutes
n struggled with this crowd, embArrasse
o by Its demonstrations OF gratitude, bl
IT finally l succeeded In breaking ava