The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-04
MAGAZINE FEATURI
TURK AND TEUTON
Ambassador MOrgenthsu's Story of Great War Plots
BY HENRY MORGENTHAU.

ihN-tQ the iIakktI Win GNllhluNl dhAN
liveliness.
II LImau Won Sanders represents the
kaiser, whom Go you represent? Palla-
viCint asked Nangenhetm. The argu-
ment was a good one. as the ambaSsa-
dor is always regarded as the alter
CGO OF his sovereign.
1T Is not customary continued the
marquis. for an emperor TO have two
representatives at the same court
As the marquis was unyielding, wan
genhcim carried the question to the
grand lizier. But said Hahn refused
10 assume responsibility for so momen-
tous a decision and referred the DIS
puto 10 the OuUCll OF ministers, rms
body @oiCmnly sat upon the question
and rendered this verdict: Won Sanders
-huuld rank ahead Of the miniSter7 OF
foreign countries. but below the Nom
bcrs of the Turkish cabinet. Then the
foreign ministers lifted up their voices
IN protest. Won Sanders not only be
came exceedingly unpopular for ralS-
ing thus question, but the dictatorlai
and auloCratiC way in which he had
done It aroused general disgust, The
ministers declared that, II Won Sanders
were ever given precedence at any
function Of this kind, they would leave
the table In a body. The net result
was that Won Sanders was never again
invited to a diplomatic dinner. Sir Louis
I HlhAltNH INV AHAA -
a sardonic interest IN the episode. 1t
was lucky. he said, that II had not hap
peued at his embassy; II IT had, the
newspapers would have had columns
about the strained relations betweon
England and Germany.
After all, this proceeding did have
great international importance. Won
Sanders personal vanity had led hun
to hetray a diplomatic secret, he was
not merely a drill master VINO a
been Gent TO instruct the Turkish army
| he was precisely what he had claimed
to- he-thc personal representative OF
the kaiser. The kaiser had selected
him, Just as he had selected Wangen-
helm. as an instrument for working
his will in Turkey Afterward Won san
ders told me, with all that pride which
German aristoCrats manifest wheh
speaking OF their imperial master now
the kaiser had talked 70 hun a couple
Of hours the day he had appointed nm
to this Cuustautinople mission, and now
the dan that he had started, Wllhelm
had spent another hour giving him maj
Instructions, | reported this dinner m
Cideut TO my government AZ indicating
I Germauv's growing ascendancY In Iur-
KEY ana presume the other ambassa-
doris likewise reported 1t to their gov"
ernments. The American military at
tache. Mai John r.. NJ, Taylor, who
was present, attributed the utmost siR"
niCiCance to it, A month after the oc-
! CurrenCo he and capt. McCauley, com
handing the Scorpion, the American
stationaire at Constantinople, had lunch
at Cairo with Lord Kitchener. Tho
luncheon was a small one, only the
Americans, Lord Kitchener, his sister
and an aide making up the party. Nal.
Taylor related this Incident, and kitch-
ener displayed much interest, ~,
What do YOU think 1t signitles'
asked Kitchener.
81 think it means Maj, Taylor said,
that when the big war ONES. turkey
viii probably be the ally of Germany
II she IL not in direct alliance. | THINK
that she at least will mobilize on the
line of The Caucasus and thus avert
three Russian army corps from the Eu-
ropean theater of operations ,
Kitchener thought for a moment anu
then said, II agree with you" .
And now for several months we had
before our eyes this spectacle OF the
Turkish army, actually under the con
trol of Germany. German officers drilled
the troops daily-all, ! am now con-
WINGED, in preparation for tho approach
INF war. Just what results had been
accomplished appeared when, In july
there was a great military review, The
occasion was a splendid and a gala at
fair, The sultan attended in state; he
sat under 4 beautifully decorated tent
where ho held a little court, and the
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kbedite OF Egypt uie crown PL'"nH VI
turkey, princes or lhe lhlpeIiai o'ood
ana the ehtlfe 'ablhel were niSo on
hand. we now saw that,, ~ tne pIe'
ceulns SIN months, bhe uIhls1 WI,
hau beeh cofnpteteiy ~TuSsluhlheu Wns'
IN January had been an uhdlsclpNine1
ragged fabble was now arhu'us WIZ,
the goose. step, inc men were C'au ~
German heid gray, ana lheS even W9lr
q casdue shape hcad COVERING "nlSl'
slightly suggested Inc sfelnlal pl'hel-
hauhc. The German Officers were I'M
menselF proud OF the, eNhlbitiont an
the TRANSFORMATION OF the WietTheu
turkish soldiers OF January ,lhto tliese
neatly dressed, SmaltS stepping Snleh-
didiN maheuNetIng troops was rea,iE =
credttahle mullafN achieNem"hl Nnel
the sultan invited tue 70 MS ten! ! hat-
urallN congratulated, nun upon tme, eA'
~ctllent showing OF his men, lie dld hol
manifest much enthusiasm; he Sald tha'
he regretted the possibility or war nc
was at heart n p%aciIlst, | noticed Ger
tain conspicuous absences mon. thl'
great German feat, for the trehch