Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-25
DEFEAT Of TURKS
|SFAR-REACH|NG
Gen. AIIenby's Brilliant VIC
tory Wipes Out Ottoman
Power in Palestine.
DESERTED by GERMANY

In Gen. Allenby's brilliant victory
over the Turks in Palestine the Brit
fish military mission here finds great
satisfaction. not only because it vir-
|tually wipes out Ottoman power there,
but because of its demonstration
anew of the disaster that accompanies
German domination and exploitation
of the Turkish army.
Field Marshal Liman Won Sanders
commanded the three armies of about
100, 900 men in Palestine, two of which
Gen. Allenby annihilated, Won Sanders
himself barely escaping with his staff.
The third is in fight. and it's defeat
will cut the Turkish garrisons at
Asir and Yeman off from Europe and
break the hold of the Turk upon
HejeZ.
Mastery Conception.
""The mastery conception of Gen.
Allenby's plan will thus be realized"
Says a statement by the British mis-
sion, land there Is fair promise that
its execution will tend to outbid the
conception.
1.-The Turks have long account of
selishneSS and neglect against the
Germans-disasters in 1912 and 1913.
|abortive and disastrous offenSives at
|Sarikamiss and against the Suez canal
at the beginning of the war, and the
waste of their man power in the OAR
(danelles. The full effect of this OAR
danelles campaign has not been cor
rectly appreciated by the world. The
loss of Basra, Bagdad. Mecca and
lJerusalem. the almost Inevitable loss
of Medina. the Turkish lives sacrificed
| in order to provide the German ex-
ploitation of Rumania and the isola-
ton of their Arabian garrisons must
also provide bitter memory.
THE present Turkish advance in the
Caucasus has been carried out not with
the assistance Of. but in defiance of. the
Germans, and this, with the isolated
success under Turkish command at kut,
forms the only entry on the credit side
of the book.
Turks Lose Territory and Prestige.
The net result has been Tor Turkey
the depletion of her man power. which
can only provide a source of keen salts
faction in Bulgaria
ut is a marvellous thing how long the
Turks have submitted to the machina-
lions of the committee of union and
German bear leaders. who display abil-
Try only in their escape from the conse-
quences Of their interference and in
their avoidance Of the battlefield. After
losing Jerusalem, Falkenheim Of 'thun-
derbolt'' fame made good his escape to
Europe. while Kress Won Kressenstein
obtained access to a new zone Of inter-
ference in the Caucausas. Liman Won
Sanders escaped the net thrown around
his armies. including his German body
guard, by the short space Of six hours.
and thanks to Turkish guillibility and
the protection Of the committee Of union
progress, may yet survive to sport his
iron crescent Inter den Linden.
Britain Gratified.
'It is source Of the greatest satisfac-
ton TO the British empire that her In
dian representatives have had SO large
a share in this far-reaching victory.
The striking power and Elaneuvering
capacity which they have developed I'M
der the able leadership of their COM
mander cannot be classed as other than
remarkable when the difficulties Of the
terrain are considered"