The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07
MAGAZINE FEATURES
AND TEUTON
dor Morgenthau's Story of Great War Plots
BY MORGENTHAU.
tcontlnued from PrcvLous Issue.l

Enver seemed to regard this naval eX-
petition as a personal challenge from
MIR. Churchill to himself-almost Xix "A
continuation OF their argument In Lon
Ion.
said Enver, referring TO the United
States.
4 do not believe he went on, that
england is TRYING TO force the llarda-
nelles because Russia has asked her 10,
When | was in England ! discussed with
Churchill the possibility or "A general
war. He asked me what Turkey. would
do in such a case, and SAID thai, II
we took Germanys side, the brltlsn
fleet would force the Dardanelles and
capture Constantinnple, Churchill Is
not trying to help Russia-he Is carry
ing out the threat made to me at that
time"
Enver spoke with the utmost deter
mination and conviction; he sa'd that
nearly all the damage inflicted on the
outside forts had been repaired, ana
that the Turks had methods Of defense
the existence Of which the enemy little
suspected, He showed great bitterness
against the English; he accused them
Of attempting to hribe Turkish officials
and even said that they had insligat-
ed attempts upon his own life. ON the
other hand, he displayed no particular
friendliness toward the Germans. Wan
genheim's OVerhcaaring manners had
caused him much irritation, ana the
Turks, he said, got on none tho well
with the German officers,
THE Turks and Germans he adddd,
care nothing for each other, We are
with them because II Is our interest
TO be with them; they are with MS be
cause that is their interest Germany
win back Turkey just so long as that
helps Germany; Turkey VIII back Ger
many just SO long as that helps Tur-
key.
Enver seemed much impressed at the
close Of our interview with the intimate
personal relations which We had estab-
lished with each other, He apparently
believed that he, the great tnFer, the
Napoleon Of the Turkish revolution, had
unbended in discussing his nation s al
fairs with n mere ambassador
you know, ~ he said, that there Is
no one in Germany with whom the en-
peror talks as intimately as / have
talked with you today
We reached Panderma about =
o'clock. Here Enver and his auto was
put ashore and our party started again
our boat arriving at Gallipoli late IN
the afternoon. We anchored in the
harbor and spent the night on board
An the evening We could hear the guns
~bombarding the Notifications. but these
reminders Of war and death did not al
feet the spirits Of my Turkish hosts.
The occasion was for them a great lark
they had spent several months in hard,
exacting work. and now they behaved
like. boys suddenly let out for a va
cation. They cracked jokes, told stories
sang the queerest kind Of songs, played
childish pranks upon one another, the
venerable Faud, despite his nearly 30
years, developed great qualities as an
entertainer, and the fact that his as
sociates made him the but OF most OF
their horse play apparently only added
TO his enjoyment Of the occasion, The
amusement reached its height when one
OF his friends surreptitiously poured
him a glass Of eau de cologne, The old
gentleman looked at the new drink n
moment and then diluted 1t witt water.
! was told that the proper way of test
ing raki, the popular Turkish tipplc, Is
by mixing II with water; II 1t turns
white under this treatment! 1T Is the
real thing n may be safely drunk.
Apparently water has the same effect
upon eau de cologne, for the contents
OF Faud's glass, after this test, turned
white, The old gentleman, therefore
poured the whole thing down his throat
without q gr~imaCe-much to the nilar
ious. entertainment OF his tormentors.
IN the morning we started again. w
now had fairly arrived In the Darda,
nelles, and from Gallipoli we had {
sail OF nearly rs miles to Tohanak kale
For the most part this section of Tho
ShEall 10 hilluANl OONillb, hltht llVll 9
military point OF view, II Is untmport'
ant, The stream is about two miles
wide, both sides are low-lying ant
marshy, and only a few scrambling vii,
lagos show any signs Of life, | wal
told that there were a few ancient for
tifications, their rusty gun pointinl
toward the Marmora, the emplocement'
having been erected there in the early
part of the nineteenth century for thu
purpose OF preventing hostile ships en-,
tering from the north, These fortifl
cations, however, were so inconspicuou
that | could not see them; my hosts
informed me that they had no fighting
power, and that, indeed there was moth
ing in tho northern part of the straits
from Point Niagara to the Marmora
that could offer resistance TO any mod
ern fleet. The chief lnterest which
found in this part Of the p~ardanelle
was purely historic and legendary. TIL.
ancient town OF Lampsacus appearc,
In the modern Lansaki, just across iron
Gallipoli, and Niagara Point is the sit
Of the ancient Abydos, from which vii
lage Leander used to swim night
across the Hellespont to Hero-H fea
which was repeated about 100 years az
by Lord Byron. Here also NerXe
crossed from Asia to Greece on a bridg
OF boats embarking on that famous CN
petition which was to make him mas
ter Of mankind,
The spirit of Xerxes, I thought, rs
passed the scene Of his exploit, is sti'
quite active in the world! The German
and Turks had found "A less romanti
use for this, the nRrrowest part Of tn
Dardanelles, for here they had stretChe
a cable and antisuhmarine barragC G
mines and nets-a device, which, as
shall describe, did not keep the Englis
and French underwater boats out Of tn
Marmora and tho Bosporus. 1t WI
not until we rounded this historic poir
OF Niagara hat the dull monotopy OF fla
shores gave place TO a more diversifie
landscape, On the European side tn
cliffs now began to descend preCipitous
ly to the water. reminding me Of ou
W Palisades along the Hudson, and
obtained glimpses Of the hills and mour
tragical stumbling blocks to the valiar
allied armies. This c%onfiguratic
of the land south Of Niagara, with Il
many hills and ridges, made it plain WI
the military engineers had selected tn
stretch Of the Dardanelles as the seCtiC
best adapted to defense. Our boat w
now approaching what was perhaps u
most commanding point in the who
strait-the city ~ Tchanak, or to XII,
II Its modern European name, OF Dardi
nelles, In normal times this was
thriving port Of 5000 people, It's hous,
built of wood, the headquarters Of
considerable trade in wool and 9th
products, and for centuries 1t had he,
an important military station. Now, e
cepting for the soldiers, II was deserte
the large civilian population having be,
moved into Anatolia. The British file,
we were told, had b%ombarded this cit
yet this statement seemed hardly pro