The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-12

was at last prevailing and that l was
losing my battle for the foreigners. An
internment camp is "A distressing place
under the most favorable curcum-
Turk, ever conceived Of establishing one
right in ting field Of battle? Let us
suppose thar the English and the
French should assemble all their enemy
aliens, march them to the front, and
place them in a camp in No Mans
Land, directly in the fire Of both armies
That was precisely the kin OF a con
Centration camp" which the Turks and
the Germans now intended to establish
for the resident aliens Of Constantine
ple-for my talk with Wangenheim left
no doubt In my mind hat the Ger
mans were parties. to the plot. They
feared that the land attack on the
feared that the naval attack would
succeed. and they were prepared to use
n Weapon, ever the lives Of several
thousand noncombatants, in their ef-
forts to make 1t a failure.
My talk with Wangenheim produced
no results, 80 far as enlisting hts sup
port was concerned, but 1t stiffened
my determination to defeat this enter
prise. / also called upon P%allavicini,
the Austrian ambassador. He at once
declared that the proposed deporta-
ton was "inhuman."
1 VIII lAhH up inc HdlNeT Win the
grand vizier," he said, and see II /
can't stop it,"
But you know that Is perfectly use
less" | answered. THE grand vizier
has no power-he Is only a figurehead.
Only one man can stop this, that is
EnVer."
Pallavicinl had far fiber E~ensiblIities
and a tenderer conscience than Wan
genheim. and ! had nc doubt that he
was entirely sincere In his desire to
prevent this crime, But he was a
diplomat Of the old Austrian school.
Nothing In his eyes was so important
as diplomatic etiquette. AS tho repre-
sentative Of his emperor, propriety de-
manded that he should conduct all his
negotiations with the grand vizier, who
vas also at that time minister for
foreign affairs, He never discussed
state matters with Talaat and Enver-
indeed, he had only limited official re-
lations with these men, tho real rulers
Of Turkey. And now the saving Of
5000 lives was not, in Palla ViCinls
eyes, any reason why he should dis
regard the traditional routine Of diplo-
matte intercourse.
~ must go strictly according to rules
In this matter" he said. And, in the
goodness Of his heart, he did speak to
Said Hahn. Following this example
Wangenheim also spoke to the grand
v@lzier. In W~angenheim's case, how,
tNtI, Tue DIuASSl was Illtlbly llNNllhCu
for the official record.
You may fool some people" | told
the German ambassador, but you
know hat speaking to the grand vizier
In this matter Ia OF about MS much use
as shouting in the air"
However, there was one member Of
the diplomatic corps who worked
whole -heartedly in behalf OF the threat
ened foreigners. This was M. Kolou-
chef, the Bulgarian minister; Az soon
as he heard OF this latest Turco-Ger-
man outrage, no Immediately came to
me with offers Of assistance. He did
not propose to waste his time by a pro-
test to the grand vizier, but announced
the source OF authority, Enver himself.
Koloucheft was an extremely important
a at that particular time, for Bull
garia was then neutral n both sides
were angling for her support.
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