The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-20
AND TEUTON
Ambassador MOrgenthau's Story of Great War Plots
e ,'' By HENRY MORGENTHAU.
BY HENRY MORGENTHAU.

United states designate some of the
judges, but l suggested that, inasmuch
as American judges did not know the
Turkish language or Turkish law, his
scheme involved great practical diff
culties, | also told him that theNA Amer
lean schools and colleges were, very
dear to Americans, n that we would
never consent to subjecting, them to
Turkish Jurisdiction.
Despite the protests OF all The am
bassadors, the cabinet issued its\noti-
tication that the capitulatiOns would
be a~brogated on Oct. /. This abrogA-
ton was all a part of the Young Turks
plan to free themselves from foreign
tutelage and to create a new country
on the basis of Turkey for the Turks"
1t represented, as | shall show, what
was the central point of Turkish pol
to foreign powers. but to her subject
peoples. England's position on this
question was about the same as our
own; the British government would
consent to the modification Of the eco
monte restrictions. but not the others,
Wangenheim was GREATLY disturbed, and
think that his foreign office reprf-
manded him for letting the a~brogation
take place, because he blandly asked
me to announce that | was the re-
responsible person! AS Oct. ] APP
preached, the foreigners in Turkey were
IN a high state of apprehension The
Dardanelles had been closed, shutting
them off from Europe, and now they
lett that they were to be left to the
mercy of Turkish courts and Turkish
prisons. lnasmuch as 1t was the habit
in Turkish prisons to herd the limo
cent with the guilty and to place in
the same room with murderers people
VINO had been charged, but not con-
victed, of minor offenses, and to bas-
tinado recalcitrant witnesses, the fears
OF the foreign residents may well be
imagined. The educational institutions
Were also ap~prehenSive, and in their
interest | now appealed to Enver. He
assured me that the Turks had no
hostile intention toward Americans. l
replied that he should show in uR-
mistakable fashion that Americans
would not be harmed.
All right" he answered. What
would you suggest"
why not ostentatiously visit Robert
college, on Oct, l.! the day the capitula-
lions are a~brogated?' said.
The idea was rather a unique. one,
for in all the history of this %institu-
tion an important Turkish official had
never entered its doors. But l knew
enough. of the Turkish character to
understand that an open. acrimonious
visit by Enver would \cause a public
sensation, News oft would reach the
farthest limits OF the Turkish empire,
and 1t was certain that the Turks
would interpret it as meaning that one
OF the two most powerful men in Tur-
key had taken this and other American
Institutions under his patronage. Such
q visit would exercise a greater pro-
tective influence over American COL
leges and schools in Turkey than an
army corps. ] was therefore greatly
pleased when Enver promptly adopted
my suggestion. ,
On the day that the capitulations
were abrogated' Enver appeared at the
American embassy with two autos, one
Tor himself and me and the other for
his adjutants, all of whom were dressed
in full uniform, j was pleased that
Enver mad made the proceeding so
spectacular, for | wished it to have the
widest publicity. On the ride up to
the college I told Enver all about these
American institutions and what they
were doing for Turkey. He really knew
very little about them, and, like most
Turks, he half suspected that they con-
cealed a political purpose.
I'VE Americans are-not looking for
material advantages in Turkey" l said.
I'VE merely demand that you treat
which all the people in the United
States have the warmest affection.
l told him that Mr.. Cleveland H.
Dodge, president of the trustees of
Robert college, and Mr.. Charles r.
Crane, president of the trustees of the
Of President Wilson. These" 1 added,
represent what is best in America and
the fine ~altrusistic spirit which in our
country acCumulates wealth and then
uses 1t to found colleges and schools.
In establishing these institutions in
Turkey they are trying, not to convert
your people to Christianity, but to help
| train fhaYrn in thu aaiarOnuNo md orfo on1
SO prepare to make them better city
zens. Americans feel that the Bible
lands have given them their religion
and they wish to repay with the best
thing America has-its education" ]
then told him about Mrs. Russell Sage
and Miss Helen Gould, who had made
large gifts to the Women's college.
But where do these people get all
the money for such benefacti0ps?" En-
yer asked.
l then entertained him for an hour
or so with a few pages from our own
American Nights" told him how
Jay Gould had arrived in New York, a
mousetrap which he had invented. and
how he had died, almost 80 years aftet
ward, leaving a~fortune of about 500,
100000. told hirn~how Commodore
Vanderbilt had started life as a ferry.
man and had become Americas great.
eSl idilIOdu HldRHdlei HOW IbOChe'
Teller had begun his career sitting on 3
high stool in a Cleveland commission
house, earning Sc a week, and had ere.
ated the greatest fortune that had evel
been accumulated by a single man II
the worlds history. 1 told him how thu
Dodges had become our great copper
kings" and the Cranes our great manu-
facturers of iron pipe. Enver foslnC
these stories more thrilling than an!
that had ever come out of Bagdad,, ant
I found afterward that he had retolt
them so frequently that they hat
reached almost all the important people
in Constantipople. IL. "a -
Enver was Immensely impressed alst
by what l said about the American in
!, stitutions. He went through all TIL,
buildings, and expressed his enthus
t iasm at everything he saw, and he ever
suggested that he would like to Sent
: his brother there. He took tea wit
Mrs. Gates, wife of President Gates
discussed most intelligently .the courses
| and asked If we could not introduce TIL
study of agriculture. The teachers h
met seemed to be a great revelation.
II expected to find these Inissionarie
as they are pictured in the Berlin news
papers" he said, with long hair an
: hanging jaws and hands clasped con
y stantly in a prayerful attitude, Blu
I here Is DR.. Gates, talking Turkish Xix
: a native and acting like a man of tn
Q world. Y am more than pleased, an
: thank YOU for bringing me-"
S We all saw Enver that afternoon Il
r his most delightful aspect. Ny ide
a that this visit in itself would protec
the colleges from disturbance proved I
n have been a happy one, The Turks