The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-20
GERMANY after
ROAD TO BACDAD
Peace With Russia Would
Bring About Success
in This Plan.
LONG BEEN DESIRED
New Railroad Would Furnish
Huns With Great Power
Over Balkans.
LONG BEEN DESIRED

boston, Mass, United states Secro-
tary of War Baker Is right in stating
that the German peace maneuvers
should not for moment induce the
United States to slacken their prepara-
lions for war. in the opinion of II.
Charles Woods, fellow of the Royal
Geographical society and a recognized
authority upon military matters in
England. who is now in this CITY.
In a statement Mr.. Woods pointed
out that the exit Of Russia from the
war would remove one Of the great OBJ
stacles in the way of realization of the
desire of Emperor William and his adj
visers for domination from Hamburg
to the Persian gulf, an area in which
they could maintain their position
without sea power.
III any proof were wanted" he con-
tinued. that the Germans. in negoti-
ating peace with Russia, have in view
their future success in the east. it
would be in the personalities of the
German and Turkish delegates.
kushlsnann Ardent Advocate.
won Kuehlmann. whom knew
when he was counsellor Of the German
embassy in London until the outbreak
of the war. Is himself an avowed east
erner.' At that time his one aim and
object was to bring about an agree
nent between England on the one side
and Germany and Turkey on the other,
favorable to the latter two countries
in regard to the Bagdad railway. In
this he nearly succeeded, for he lost
NJ wv, re l,;r A.
OF the most subtle kind, with poll
ticians and journalists, British and for
eign. Indeed, 1t was nearly impossible
to persuade him to speak upon any
other subject. Thus. il there be man
In Germany who would be willing to
make sacrifices In the west, or even
upon questions Of general importance
to Russia, in order to secure the CO.
operation Of or free hand from that
country in the Balkans and in Asia
Minor. 1t is Won kuehlmann, the Ger
man foreign minister.
The personalities Of the Austrian
and Bulgarian delegates are. in my
opinion. of no great importance, for
the representatives of the dual mon
archy will have to follow the orders of
outstanding questions with Russia.
Once Grand Vizier.
Coming to Turkey. the personali-
ties of the delegates is again most sig
nificant. for Germany cannot ignore
the present and future attitudes of
that country and at the same time
realize her 'mittel- Europa scheme.
nnSS tns,k -
Miami Pasha, formerly Ottoman am
bassador in Berlin and a delegate at
the London peace conference after the
first Balkan war, or Nesim Pasha. who
Is prominent diplomatist and n men,
Der OF the committee of union and
progress. In either case, he is an in
fluential person. But the Turkish dele
gate of outstanding Importance il
Haiku Pasha. He has been grand
vizler and ambassador to various coun-
tries and Is one of the most pro- Ger
man OF the Turks.
Moreover. when Germany and Rus
STA had come to an agreement as to
the Bagdad railway as a result OF the
meeting between the kaiser and the
car at Potsdam in 1910, it was Haiku
.SsAth "ssop sAASct tuG COuCluSlOn Oh the
Triple and Balkan war, was sent to
ondon by Turkey. in agreement with
Germany to try to bring about agree
ments between the British foreign Of
flee. the German embassy-tfiat Is. Won
Northumberland the Turkish embassy
in regard to the Bagdad- Persian gulf
section Of the railway. and other i'm
portant matters connected with that
region. These agreements had fortu-
nately not been signed on the outbreak
OF the war.
1T IL for these reasons. and because
Of the identity of these persons, that
l lay particular stress upon the influ-
ence of these peace negotiations upon
what l feel convinced are the designs
OF the Germans in the asst. The
realization OF such designs would be as
dangerous to the future of the worlds
peace as would the conclusion of a
peace unsatisfactory to the allies and
to America in western Europe or
elsewhere"