The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
Turk and TeutOn
Ambassador Moraenthau's Story o
Great War Plots
NV HENRY MORGENTAAU.

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odnstmeuts would nave interiereo WV"
',, aotiya alliance would have
nro,t value, especially il her ENVY
6,,nom|iid he so timed as 10 bring u, pu,
rnria and Rumauta as alleS, Watt
nTh,@", W1nprnheim was playing 1t Mata
mo game, making Turkey Il 'po'. nrmv
German ally. Strengthening NC NOR
and navy, n prepal'nh od Tor MS
Whenever the momen; HItlNo" 70 Oar.
ir 10 hnr 70 the best advantage IL t"Tn
,m"1r1 rnuld not win me war VIM,
r,rEe,' aid, Germany was prepa,," ~,
,ols her in as an ally II she toura M Ny
| without Turkey, then n "V"'u
have TO pay the Turk for hlS v9'o opurse
t", Meanwhile the senstble> Cou.so
I'o,' icon her prepared in case the
M'Eb isb f6Srcees became essential to Ger
NM 1'hn dnel nat now took place netwesn
| Germany and the entente LOT vi M a
| favor was a most unequal one. w
| TACT was that Germany, nag "Sgnahcn
t%Ictorv when she struggled the Hovps"
nnn5S 10 Rreslau into the sea OF MAI
n1nra The English, French and hus-
sinn ambassadors well underslooH ',,S'
o oma thev knew that they QUO hoI
make Turkey an active any OF uir ~
tante: they probably had no ues''t ,cV
do so, but they did nope V' Nc 'nud3
mieht keep her neutral, 70 th's sto
mhisn rnw directed all their efforts,
siVou have had enough Of war Wy
would tell Talaat and InVer,' NV
hHaWa fought two wars In the last iou'
| wears. YOU will ruin your county thhis
| solutely II you get inNolNca ~ c ams
/ one" The entente had oItly Tnv neuu
s~ideration to offer turkey ~, 10 cuar-
trality, and this was an olter 10 6or a,
antae tha integrity of the ottoman EN-,
,ire Tia entente ambassadors shoWeu
thaj, ureat desire to keep turkey out
If the war by their Discrimination 10
nress to the limit their case aE"tr mo
| the Breslau and the Goehen. IL IL !, at !,
hat thew repeatedly protested aEalils'
tha a oonttiruea presence Of these ships,
M ~ evarv time the Turkish 0tticlats
maintained that they were Turkish
Ve "Gf that is So" Sir Louis Mallet
would urge, and his argument was ~ ~.
| assailable, why don't you remove une
| German officers and crew ln"u II
tho intention, the grand F'zler Woulg
answer: The Turkish crews tRat nae
been sent TO man the ships when hao
heen built in England, he would say
yuera retlIrning to Turkey ana theS
would be put on board the ufoepen an
the Breslau as soon as they %TeacneI
Constantinople. But nays and Week
l Wpn1 w. these ClNNp 49, 80,
sim Cern,any manned and differed th'
cruisers These backings and ming
naturally did not deceive the Bfltlsl
and French foreign offices. ne pres,
ence Of the Goeben and the Breslau wa
a standing Casus belli, but the ehtent'
ambassador did not demahd thelr pass
norts. for such an act would nave pre-
rinitated the very crisis which the,
we're seeking to delay, and, II posslpIe
to ayoid-Turkey's entrance as Ger
many's ally. Unhappily the entente
promise to guarantee Turkeys integrlt'
did not win Turkey to their side;
"They promised that we sioula no
be dismembered after, me bs'Ma
wars" Talaat would tell me, ana Sc
what happened to European Turke
then"
Wangenheim constantly harped upo
this fact. You cant trust anythln
they say" he would tel Ta,aat an
Enver, didn't they all go back o
you a year ago." And then with grea
c~leverness he would play upon the onl
emotion which really actuateS IN
Turk. The descendants of Osman hare
" resemble any people ! nave eve
known. They do not hate. they q
not love; they have no lasting am
mosities or affections. They only ieai
And naturally they attribute to other
the motives which regulate their oW
conduct. "How stupid you are, wan
genhetm would ten Talant and Envel
discussing the English attitude, Don
YOU see why the English want you |
keep out? 1t is because they fear yoI
Don't you see that. with the lIeip q
Germany, you have again become
great military power NO wonder hnEP
land doesn't want to fight YOU ~
dlnned this so continually Sn their car
that they finally believed 1t, Tor tnl
argument not only completely eNplalne
10 them the attitude Of the entente
but it flattered Turkish pride, -,
Whatever may nave been the attt
Jude OF Enver and Talaat, | think tha
England and France were more pop
ular with all classes in Turkey tina
was Germany. the sultan was op
posed to war, the heir apparent. Nous
souff Isseddin, was openly proally; IN
grand vizier, Said Hahn, favored Eng
and rather than Germany, Djema
the third member Of the ruling trtnm
virate. had the reputation of being
Francophlle-he had recently %returne
from Paris, where the reception h
had received had greatly flattered nm
a majority Of the cabinet had no en
thusiasm for Germany, ana public optn
ion. so far as public opinion eXiste
in Turkey, regarded England, not Ger
many. as Turkeys historic friend. Nar
genheim, therefore. had much oppt
/ sition to overcome, and the method
which he took to break It down fori
a classic illustration Of German propa
I ganda. He started a lavish publictt
campaign against England, France an
Russia. / have described the feeling
Of the Turks at losing their shif
in England, Wangenheim's agents no
filled columns OF purchased space
fu,. -. ftaaEr,od