The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-12
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I told him that. granted that the cir
cumstances were as he had stated them,
he had grounds for indignation, But !
called his attention to the fact that he
was wrong; that he was accusing the
allies Of crimes which they were not
committing,
'This Is about the most harharous
thing that you have ever contemplated,
I said. The British have a perfect
right to attack a military headquarters
like Gallipoli,"
But my argument did not move En-
yer. I became convinced that he had
not decided on this step ms a reprlsal
to protect his own countrymen, but
that he and his associates were hlindly
venting their rage. The fact that the
Australians and New ~zealanders had
successfully effected a landing had
aroused their most barbarous instincts.
Enver referred to this landing in our
talk; though he professed to regard It
lightly, and said that he would soon
push the French and English into the
sea, I saw that II was causing him
much concern. The Turk, as I have
said before, Ia psychologically print
tive: to answer the British landing at
Galipoli by numbering hundreds OF
helpless British who were in his power
would strike him as perfectly logical.
As a result Of this tall | gained only a
few concession. Enver agreed TO post
pone the deportation until Thursday
II was then Sunday; to exclude women
and children from the order and to take
none Of the British and French who
we're then connected with the Ameri-
can institutions,
IAN the rest will have 10 60" was
his final word. Moreover" he added,
we don't purpose 10 have the enemy
submarines in the Marmora torpedo the
TRANSPORTS we are sending 10 the Oar
danelles, In the future we shall put a
few EnElishmen and Frcnchmen on
every ship we send down there as n
protection to our own soldiers
When | returned TO our embassy I
found that the news Of the proposed
deportation had been published The
amazement and despair that immedi-
ately resulted were unparalleled, ven
in that city Of constant sensations.
Europeafls. by living for many years in
the Levant, seem to acquire lts emo
tions, particularly its susceptibility to
fear and horror, and now, no longer
having the protection Of their ombas-
sizes, these fears were intensified, A
stream Of frenZied people began to pour
into the embassy, From their tears
and cries one would have thought that
they were Immediately TO be taken out
and shot, and that there was any pos
ability Of being saved seemed hardly
to occur to them. YET all the time thew
insisted hat I should get individual
exemptions One could not go because
he had n dependent family; another
had n sick child; another was III him
self, My anteroom was full OF frantic
mothers, asking me to secure exemp-
ton for their sons, and Of wives, who
sought snecial treatment for their hus~
bands, They made all kinds OF impos-
sible suggestions: I should resign my
amhassadorship as a protest, I should
even threaten Turkey with war hy the
United States' They constantly be
SieGed my wife, who spent hours lis
tentng to their stories and comforting
them. In all this exciting mass there
were many who faced the situation with
more courage.
The day after my talk with Enver,
Bedri, the project OF police, began to
arrest some OF the victims,
The next morning one Of my callers
made what would ordinarily have
seemed TO be an obvious suggestion.
This visitor was n German. He told me
that Germany would suffer greatly In
reputation II the Turks carried out their
plan; the world would not possibly be
convinced that Germans had not de.
vised the whole scheme. lie said tina.
! should call upon the German and Aus,
TRAN ambassadors; he was sure tina
they would support me In my plans fol