The Washington herald., 1918-11-07
Bitter Against English.

show me that his navy can do ell
that he said it could do. Now we'll
see."
Bitter Against English.
Enver seemed to regard his naval
| expedition as a personal challenge
from Mr.. Churchill to himself-sl-
most like a continuation of their ar
gument in London.
you. too. should have a large
army" said Enver. referring TO the
United States.
! 81 do not believe" he went on.
that England is trying to force the
iDardaneIles because Russia has
asked her to. When ! was in Eng
Hand 1 discussed with Churchill the
possibility Of general war He
asked me what Turkey would DO
in such a case, and said that, II we
took Germany's side, the British
feet would force the Dardanelles
and capture Constantinople. Church
i'll is not trying 70 help Russia-he
is carrying out the threat MADE 10
me at that time"
Enver spoke with the utmost de-
termination and conviction: he said
that nearly all the damage inflicted
on the outside forts had been re-
paired, and that the Turks had
methods of defense the existence of
which the enemy little suspected.
He showed great bitterness against
the English; he accused them Of at
tempting to bribe Turkish officials
and even said that they had insti-
gated attempts upon his own life.
On the other hand. he displayed no
particular friendliness toward the
Germans. Wangenheim's overbear-
ing manners had caused him much
irritation. and the Turks. he said.
got on none too well with the Ger
man officers.
The Turks and Germans" he
added. care nothing for each other.
We are with them because il is our
interest to be with them: they sr0
with us because that is their inter
est. Germany will back Turkey just
so long as that helps Germany:
Turkey will back Germany just so
long as that helps Turkey"
Enver seemed much impressed at
the close of our interview with the
intimate personal relations which
we had esta blished with each other.
He apparently believed that he. the
great Enver. the Napoleon Of the
Turkish Revolution. had unbended
in discussing his nations affairs
with a mere ambassador.
You know" he said, that there
is no one in Germany with whom the
Emperor talks as intimately as I
have talked with you today"
. We reached Panderms about .
o'clock. Here Enver and his auto
were put ashore and our party start
ed again. our boat arriving at CAL
Ilipoli late in the afternoon. We
anchored in the harbor and spent
the night on board. All the even
ing we could hear the guns bonn
harding the fortificstions. but these
reminders OF war and death did not
AFFECT the spirits of my Turkish
'hosts. The occasion was for them a
great lark; they had spent several
, months in hard. exscting work. and
now they behaved like boys sudden
ly let out for a vacation. They
cracked jokes, told stories. sang the
queerest kinds OF songs. and played
childish pranks upon one another.
The venerable Fuad. despite his
nearly 90 years. developed great
qualities as an entertainer and the
fact that his associates made him
the butt of most of their horse
play apparently only added to his
enjoyment of the occasion The
amusement reached its height when
one of his friends surreptitiously
poured him a glass OF eau-de-co-
logne. The old gentleman looked at
the new drink a moment and then
diluted it with water. ] was told
that the proper way OF testing raki,
, the popular Turk Sh tipple. Is hv
mixing ii with water: IL IL turns
white under this treatment. il is
the real thing and may be safely
drunk Apparently water has tho
same effect upon eau-de-cologne, for
the contents Of Fuad's glass. after
this test turned white. The old
gentleman, therefore. poured the
whole thing down his throat with
out grimace-much to the hilarious
entertainment of his tormentors.
Trip Through DnrdaneIIes.
In the morning We started again.
, We now had fairly arrived in the
Dardanelles, and from Gallipoli we
had sail of nearly twenty-five miles
to Tchanak Kale. For the most part
this section OF the strait is uninter-
esting and, from a military point of
view. it is unimportant. The stream
is about two miles wide. both sides
are low-lying and marshy. and only
few scramblinE villages show any
1
were a few ancient fortifcations.
their rusty guns pointing toward the
Marmora, the emplaCements having
been erected there in the early part
of the nineteenth century for the
purpose of preventing hostile ships
entering from the north. These forti-
J fications, however. were so incon-
. ispicuous that I could not see them:
! my hosts informed me that tbev had
no fighting power. and that, indeed.
there was nothing in the northern
part of the straits. from Point Maya
ra to the Marmora, that could orer
resistance to any modern fleet The
, chief interest which found in this
part of the Dardanelles was purely
historic and legendary. The ancient
town Of Lampsacus appeared in the
modern Lapsaki. just across from
Gallipoh, and Niagara Point is the
site of the ancient Abydos. from
which village Leander used to swim,
nightly across the Hellespont to Hero
Ia feat which was repeated about
100 years ago by Lord Byron. Hero
also Serxes crossed from Asia 10
Greece on bridge Of boats, embark
ing on that famous expedition which
was TO make him master OF mankind
The spirit of XerXes, I thought, as I
passed the scene of his exploit Ys
still quite active in the world The
Germans and Turks had found a less
romantic use for this, the narrowest
part of the Dardanelles. for here they
had stretched a cable and antI-sub-
marine barrage of mines and nets-a
device, which. as shall describe
did not keep the English and French