The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
MAGAZINE FEATURES
AND TEUTON
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story of Great War Plots
BY HENRY MORGENTHAU.

sumption-indced. I had private in
formation that their real estimate Ol
the situation "A much less rcassur-
ing Now. however, they declared that
the war had presented no real oppOr-
tuutty for the German and English
uavtCS 10 measure swords. and for this
reason the Germans at the baTdanelles
welcomed this chance to try the issue.
Having visited all the important
places on the AnatOliau side, We took
% Iaunch and sailed over to the Gal
llpoli peninsula We almost had "A dis
asirouS experience on this trip. AS
We approached the Gallipoli shore our
helmsman was asked if he knew the
location OF the mine field and If he
could steer through the channel He
said yes and then stecrcd directly
for the mines, Fortunately the other
men noticed the mistake in time, and
50 we arrived safely at kilid-ul-B ahr.
The batteries here were Of about the
same character as those on the other
side they fonncd one Of the main de
lenses of the straits. Here every thing,
$50 far as a layman could judge, was
IN excellent condition, barring the fact
that the artillery pieces were Of old
design and tho ammunition not at all
plentiful.
The batteries showed signs Of a
heavy bombardmcut. None had been
T,rS" gGf nul S"'lI NOES surrounded
German escorts looked ut these evil
dcnceS of destruction rather seriously
ana they Were uutspOken in their ad-
miratIou for the accuracy Of the allied
fire.
vnt''"" 40 tney ever gGl the range
,n'' WIS We PuvSiIoH 'Uey were ASK
lie ,"'" "t,'l. nav mace the sho"t-
# ,an,o ''i ,n, Eau.r WaS 'nr l''t INA
,tr,its' ,1' L.uIn alIlrd S.lpS IN tne
tbn lW' rom "lipS stationed IN
,Io ~, ni"I ',i' ,l 'le UtH'I Sloe OF
Smr Ha.llpol peninsula 1hc ,gunners
I"Jj Nv 'r.' tIelI idIE'l' pul had
,,fI, =" iuU HII V'Sjah'e 81 nearly ~
~ ~ WIZ HlEu NUS ana YET many
ttl L,g,, s,'''S Ilau oartIy missed the
""n,tI ''9 at Nina -uI-IaI!F
r&I, "n ', n,l waS t4eIe' however, the
ppoing "n 1I',i, 'or no IEhllle was
9'"6 VI, lnal gay f"r my particular
mv,'IdI ll' H]Illceis put one of their
So ~ ~ ''aoukn u urlI SO lhat
DIIu "u'"iu q perfect picture OF the
Tr,n',uI oi lne TURKS IA action, In
saw" an''," y Eye theS' artllleflstS now
H." i" y, U,u EIiE'tn S'lllS advancing with
a. ,""hI, "" Il'lI guns pointed l" de-
Tbn h,,,,Ior ',i"m''h u lmo prophet
nTal ''A,'l pl'" nus norm ana the
WHY company rushed to their ap-
in,I,'"' pthceS' some were bringing
I!l'IS' o'urIs were opening the
mv,Ii's olnerS were taking the
ranges uthcrS were Straining at pull
lTys ana others were putting the
nnIEr" Iulo pace Everything was
"aH'rneSs and activity; evidently the
,',II'IIS hhd beeh excellent lnstruC-
,",n, nul mere was more to 1t than
''eIIilall mlltafy precision, for the
n'rn n races iHEhtcd up with all that
lI'9.lCISll "hlth supplies the morale
VI uIhlSn soldiers, These gunners
'"llentarlIy imagined that they were
shooting once more at the infidel Eng
uSI' ana the exercise was a cOngenial
Hnr, ABOVE the shouts Of all ! could
mVHr Iue SihB-sonG chant of the leader,
.utoillhB the prayer with which the
AoSlehl mas rushed to battle for thir-
teen centuries
NIIah. IN great There is but ono
NV1! Mahommed Is his prophet"
Nhch looked upon these frenzied
,Io!' anu say" so plainly written In
their faces their uncomfortable hatred
OF lhe uhbelicVer, ! called to mind
what lhe Germans had said In the
morning about the wisdom Of not put
ing turkish and German soldiers to-
Rcther. am quite sure that, had this
ueeu u0he, mere at least the holy war"
would nave proved Il success, and that
49, - '''N 'A'NNN AllNAl
hatreu OF Christians on those who hap
pehed TO be nearest at hand, for the
moment overlooking the fact that they
were allies,
! returned to Constantinople that eve
nihg ana Two days afterward, ON March
~ mo allied fleet made its greatest
attack, As'all the world knows, that
attack proved disastrous to the allies.
me outcome was the sinking of the
bourrt, the Ocean and the Irresistible
ana the serious Gripping of four other
vessels OF the 16 ships engaged in
this battle Of the 18th. seven were thus
put temporarily or permanently out of
action. Naturally the Germans and the
Turks r~eioiccd over this victory. The
police went around, and ordered each
householder to display "A prescrihed
number OF flags in honor OF Tho event
The Turkish people have so little snon-
tancous patriotism or enthusiasm M
any kind that they would never JecoT.
ate their establishments without enrh
definite orders. AS a matter Of fart
neither Germans nor Turks reerrded
this celebration TOO s]eriousiv fos thov
were not vet persuaded thar thnc Iho1d
really won Il victory, Most stitI hcIioyooGJ
that the allied fleets would sur"ecd IN