The Washington herald., 1918-10-26
SEVENTH INsTALLMENT.

Just as Mrs Morrenthau was get
ting ready to leave she saw the Duke
Of Mecklenburg standing near the
door. The duke was in Sofia at that
time attempting TO arrange for Bull
saria's participation in the war The
Queen introduced him to Mrs. Nor
genthau; his highness was polite, but
his air was rather cold and injured.
His whole manner. particularly the
stern glances which he cast on Mrs.
horgenthau. showed that he had
heard a considerable part OF the con-
Versation. As he was exerting all his
efforts to bring Bulgaria in on Ger
many's side, 1t is not surprising that
he did not relish the plea which Mrs
Aorgenthau was making to the Queen
that Bulgaria should not ally herself
with Turkey.
Queen Eleanor Immediately interest
ed herself in the Armenian cause,
and, as a result the Bulgarian min
lister to Turkey was instructed TO
protest against the atrocities. This
protest accomplished nothing, but Il
did srouSe Talaat's momentary wrath
against the American Ambassador. A
few days sfterward, when routine
buesiness called me TO the Sublime
Porte, ! found him in an exceedingly
ugly humor He answered most OF
my questions savsgely and in mono
syllables, and / was afterward told
that Mrs. Morgenthau's intercession
with the Queen had put him into
this mood. In a few days, however,
he was as good natured as ever, for
Bulgaria had taken sides with Turkey.
Tslaat's attitude toward the Ar
menians was summed up in the proud
boast which he made TO his friends
Il have accomplished more toward
solving the Armenian problem in
months than Abdul Hamid accom-
plished in thirty years"
Enver Discusses Armenians.
All this time l was bringing pres
sure upon Enver also. The minister
of war, as / have already indicated
was different type of man from
Talaat. He concealed his real feel
inCs much more successfully; he was
usually suave. cold-blooded and scru-
pulously polite. And at first he was
by no means so caIlous as TsIaat in
discussing the Armenians. He dis
missed the early stories as wild eHag-
gerations. declared that the troubles
at Van were merely ordinary war
fare and attempted TO quiet my fears
that the wholesale annihiia ton OF
the Armenians had been decided on.
Yet all the time that Enver was at
tempting TO deceive me, he was max
ing open admissions TO other people
"a fact OF which ] was aware. In
particular he made no attempt 10
conceal the real situation from DR..
Lepsius, a representative of German
missionary interests. DR.. Lepsius was
high minded Christian gentleman.
He had been all through the Armenian
massacres OF 1885. and he had raised
considerable sums Of money TO build
orphanages for Armenian children
who had lost their parents At that
time. He came again in 1915 TO inves-
tigate the Armenian situation in be-
half of German missionary interests.
He asked for the privilege OF inspect
ing the reports OF American consuIs
and / granted IL.
These documents. supplemented by
other informa ton which DR.. Lepsius
obtained. largely from German mis-
sionaries in the interior. left no doubt
in his mind as 10 the policy of the
Turks. His feelings were aroused
chiefly against his own government.
He expressed TO me the humiliation
which he felt, as a German, that the
Turks should deliberately set about
to exterminate their Christian sub
jects while Germany, ostensibly a
Christian country. was making no EN-
deavors to prevent IL. To him Enver
scarcely concealed the official pur-
pose. DR.. Lepsius was simply stag
gered by his frankness. for Enver told
him in so many words that they at
last had an opportunity to rid them
selves of the Armenians and that they
proposed to use It.
ConceaImeat UseIess.
BY this time Enver had become
more frank with me-the circumstan-
tial reports which l possessed made
it useless for him to attempt to con-
ceal the true situation further-and
we had many long and animated dis
cussions on the subject One of these
l recall with particular vividness. 1
notified Enver that l intended to take
up the matter in detail and he laid
aside enough time to go over the
whole situation.
The Armenians had fair warn
ing" Enver began, "of what would
happen to them in case they Joined
our enemies Three months ago !
sent for the Armenian Patriarch and
told him that IL the Armenians at
tempted to start a revolution or to
assist the Russians. l would be unable
TO prevent mischief from happening to
them. Ny warning produced no effect
and the Armenians started a revolu-
ton and helped the Russians. You
know what happened at Van. They
obtained control Of the city, used
bombs against government buildings
and killed large number Of Mos
lens We knew that they were plan
ming uprisings In other places. You
must understand that we are now
hghting for our lives at the Dsrda-
nelles and that we are sacrificing
thousands OF men. while we are en-
ga aged in such a struggle as this, we
cannot permit people in our own
country to attack us in the back.
We have got to prevent this no mat
ter what means we have to resort TO.
1t Is absolutely true that l am not
opposed to the Armenians as peo-
pie. l have the greatest admiration
for their intelligence and industry,
and I should like nothing better than
to see them become a real part OF
our nation. But IL they ally them
selves with our enemies. as they did
in the Van district. they will have TO
be destroyed. have taken pains TO
see that no injustice is done: only re-
Gently gave orders 70 have three
Armenians who had been deported re-
turned to their homes. when l found
that they were innocent
Rc~ents outside Aid.
Russia, France, Great Britain. and
America are doing the Arnenians no
kindness by syrnpathizing with and
enceurs ging them. l know what such