The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-07

NniGn h9d been "lnleu at the NEARBY
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DJevad pasha, tho Turkish com
mau~der-iu-Chicf at the DardaneiIes,
' qaar} I9 " b} S : %as our a i Ssf'y Of 70 ca nf I
and Of pleasing and cordial manners as
ne spoke excellent lier'nah hau no
meta q an Interpreter was InuCh m
GGorn,aIn " ' Iolt WIN tb.t he
nsi'uth ullICeIs 'Iea''u nun, tua' ~
US w vuiIl,,n 5.,l 'trgn,eI II. inia H.
IoJs % VAL h! . ,H"l SHg ses'',aa n y, nodo
MAJ WIZ ms u m"a mt
ng "Pp,i,nl - W p"So -
NJ oittS DJrlau Ssuipvn u III thm rnjd'
LIoOe 10 P'vU' anG ~ ~ sn',,nmir
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There is the great criminal he
Sald, calling my attention 10 the reno.
ABOUT TINS time the newspapers were
mailing the exploit Of an Engllsh Suo,
marine, winch had sailed from England
70 me I'AraaleIleS. BaSeSd uhHer tlle
nine tlelu and torpedced the lurklSh
"arshlp Mcsudie,
NAT s. the torpedo mat dld II, SAD
I,JeNad, You II see the wreck OF the
Shlp When you go down
nc tirst torllticailon visited was
mat ot Ahhu"lu hainldle 'lhat Is,
ASiatlc iiamldle1 located ON the water $
cage Just outside OF Ichahak. MY llrst
impression was that | was IN Germany.
ne Officers were practlcaIy e. Ger
mans ana everywhere Germans were
building buttrcsses with sacks Of san
ana IN other ways Strengthening, me
Improvements. Here German not Iurk-
lSnl, was the language heard on every
sue OF WchFle' "h" conductor me
over these batteries, took the greatest
a,liKht IN showing them. ne hau NE
asihlple pride OF an artist IN ms work,
ana told me Of the happiness that had
come into ms Gays %hen Germany mad
~ laSt l"unu htfSeiI al war. Al ms
me ne Salu, ne nau spent III lnllltdLy
pIaCtlCcS, anu, IKE most Germans, ne
,nu become Ircd OF maneuNrrs sham
DaitieS ana oln'f FORMS ON minnie nos
llllties Yet ne was approaching on,
ne nag become u colonel, @hd ne vas
iearlul mat nus career would CLOSE Wlth-
oui arinhl mihtaTy eXpeTiCuce-and
lu'h me SpIelula mug haa happened
m1n nnlr ne WHS, 'tEmt,'g a I""n rn6i
ISh 'hemlN, lIrlhE rom rem guns ana
SutiIS, ln'ro was holhliE brutal amour
w tnrIe : manners ne was II genut-
lgn EenIleniah rom Baden, ana NOR
uuhh', l'Napiv, Hcl ne was Hl1 aBlo"
TTt1um 'nr Sp.inl w. urT We, mS a.
tl4de was slnIpiy lhht OF u man VINO
hn9 spent ms hlei'nle earning Il trade
anu VINO nov IuJolceu ~ 'ne cliahve OF
GAeIClsths ~ hut ne Iurnlsheu AZ u
I9n,liatllg llght on tne herman n'illaTy
IuaIavler ana me forces mat had real
y Fceiins NV pTse T"t 80 co,,,Io,oI, in Cor
- - -. Vr
I.ou VUunlrS' aNNHu 'ol, "ehrlG why,
mere were so lew IurkS on inns slde or
the Sllalts' you won ask me tnat
question ms afternoon, ne SAID, slnll-
lug' Whel you go over 10 the "ther
slGe
Inc location OF Anadolu Handle
seemed IDEAL 1t stands rlght at me
waters edge and consists-or 1t dld
tnehLol ~ guns every one completely
sweeping the pardanelles. Walking
upon the parapet had a clear view of
the strait, and Kun KaIc, at the en-
trance, about 10 miles away, stared out
cohspicuously, No warship could en-.
ter these waters without Immediately
coming within complete sight Of her
gunners, Yet the fortress itself, to an
unprotesslonal eye like my own, was
not particularly impressive. The para
pet and travorses were merely mounds
of earth, and stand today practically
az they were finished by their French
constructors In, 1881, There Is n gem
eral belief that the Germans had COM
I pletely moderniaed the Dardanelles de-
lenses, but this was not true at that
, Inc The guns defending Fort Ana
: dolu tiainidie were more than 80 years
, old, All being the krupp model OF 1885,
ana the rusted eNteriors of some OF
, them gave evidences of their age. Their
extreme range was only about nine
: miles, while the range of the battleships
, opposing them was about ten miles.
ana that of the Queen Elizabeth was
not lar from IL, The figures which |
have given for Anadolu Handle apply
; also to practically all the guns at the
, other effective Notifications, So far as
, the advantage Of range was concerned,
: therefore, the allied fleet had n de-
cided superiority, the Queen Eliza beth