The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
ELEyENTH INsrALLMENr.

As hints of this kind made no i'm
preston on me, the Germans eyi-
dently decided TO resort to threats. In
the early autumn, a DR.. Nossig ar
rived in Constantinople from Berlin.
DR.. Nossig was a German Jew and
came to Turkey evidently to work
against the Zionists. After he had
talked with me for a few minutes.
describing his Jewish activities, I
soon discovered that he was Ger
man political agent. He came to see
/ me twice: the first time his talk was
| somewhat rambling. the purpose of
the call apparently being to make my
acquaintance and insinuate himself
INTO my good graces. The second
time, after discoursing vaguely on
several topics, he came directly to
the point He drew bis chair closely
up to me and began to talk in the
most friendly and confidential man
ner.
Mr.. Ambassador" he said, I'VE
are both Jews and I want to speak
to you as one Jew to another. 1 hope
you will not be offended IL / pre-
sume upon this to give you a little
advice. You are very active in the
interest of the aArmenians and I do
not think you realize how very un-
popular you are becoming for this
reason with the authorities here. In
fact l think that / ought to toll you
that the Turkish government is con-
templating asking for your recall.
Your protests will be useless. The
Germans will not interfere in behalf
of the Armenians and you are just
spelling your opportunity for useful
ness and running the risk that your
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Are you giving me this advice" 1
asked. because you have a real in
terest in my personal welfare?"
''Cercd.hly," he answered; "all of US
Jews are proud of what you have
done and we would hate to see your
career end disastrously.
Then you go back to the German
embassy" I said, "and tell Wangen-
helm what l say-to go ahead and
have me recalled. II l am to suffer
martyrdom. I can think of no better
cause in which to be sacrificed. In
fact I would welcome IL. for I can
think of no greater honor than to be
recalled because l, a Jew, had been
exerting all my powers to save the
lives OF hundreds of thousands Of
Christians"
DR.. Nossig hurriedly left my office
and have never seen him since.
When I next met Enver 1 told him
that there were rumors that the OF
toman government was about to ask
for my recall. He was very emphatic
in denouncing the whole story as a
falsehood. He would not be guilty
/ of making such a ridiculous mis-
take" he said. So there was not the
slightest doubt that this attempt to
inimidate me had been Matched at the
German ernbassay.
Wangenheim returned to Constanti-
nople in early October. I was shocked
at the changes that had taken place
/ in the man. As 1 wrote in my diary,
he looked the perfect picture Of
Wotan." His face was almost con-
stantly twitching: he wore a black
cover over his right eye, and he
seemed unusually nervous and de-
pressed. He told me that he had OBJ
tanned little rest; that he had been
obliged to spend most of his time in
Berlin attenNing to business. A few
days after his return I met him on
my way to Haskeuy; he said that he
was going to the American Embassy
/ and together we walked back to IL. l
lAdA DCrIl ISCtHllN lOlu 1dlddI
he intended to deport all the Arme-
mans who were left in Turkey and
this statement had induced me to
make a final plea to the one man in
Constantinople who had the power to
end the horrors. I took Wangenheim
up to the second floor of the embassy
where we could be entirely alone and
uninterrupted. and there, for more
than an hour, sitting together over
/ the tea table, We had our last con-
versation on this subject
Berlin telegraphs Qle," he said,
that your Secretary of State tells
them that you say that more Arme-
mans than ever have been massacred
since Bulgaria has come in on our
side"
No. I did not say that" replied.
Il admit that I have sent a large
amount of information to Washing
/ ton. 1 have sent copies of every re-
port and every statement to the State
Department They are safely lodged
there and whatever happens to me.
, the evidence is complete. and the
American people are not dependent on
my oral report for their information.
But this particular statement you
make is not quite accurate. I mere
| fluence Bulgaria might exert to stop
the massacres has been lost, now
that she has become Turkeys ally"
Discussed Deportations.
We again discussed the deporta-
tons.
Germany is not responsible for
this" Wangenheim said.
You can assert that to the end of
time" replied, but nobody will be-
live it The world will always hold
Germany responsible; the guilt of
these crimes will be your inheritance
forever. 1 know that you have filed
| a paper protest. But what does that
amount to? You know better than
do that such a protest will have no
effect. 1 do not claim that Germany
is responsible for these massacres in
the sense that she instigated them.
But she is responsible in the sense
| that she had power to stop them and
did not use it And it is not only
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