Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-18

casus. For this purpose they devel-
oped active propaganda among the
Mohammedan population of Azerbijan,
where Enver's brother. Nouri. also
appeared in order to raise new forma-
lions. AT the same time Turkey OPEN
ed negotiations with Azerbijan and
Armenia which We're in process or
formation on the south side of the
Caucasus. BY order of the German
imperial government General Won Los
SOW went from Constantinople to at
tend these negotiations.
Quarrel Over the Spoils.
In themselves, | was able to assent
to Turkish measures, which were of
service to the general scheme of the
war. But they must not be allowed to
divert Turkey from its proper military
role, nor impede our supply Of raw
materials from the Caucasus, from
which we anticipated very considera-
BILE alienation.
Enyer,s task was to fight England,
in the first place on the Palestine
front, as l pointed out to him re-
peatedly in clear-worded telegarms.
And now there was an opportunity Of
striking the English in North Persia.
This was made more favorable by
the railway line from Batum via Tiflis
to Tabriz. In North Persia it was pos
sible for the Turks to oppose the
English with superior numbers. 1t
would have been real service to
| have raised the Inhabitants of AZerbi-
| jan against them and should gladly
have supported every effort directed
| to that end.
I But Enver and the Turkish gov
eminent thought less of fighting Eng
land than of their Pan-fslamic aims
in the Caucasus And with these they
combined a very material object,
namely, the lucrative exploitation of
! the raw materials to be obtained there.
That this would not suit Germany's
war industry everyone knew who was
acquainted with Turkish business
methods. In this way we came in
conflict with Turkish policy.
During the negotiations at Batum
the representatives of the Georgian
republic had approached General Won
Lossow with a request for the pro-
lection of the German empire. In
| 1915 and 1916 we had employed Geor-
! gian irregulars in Armenia. though
without success, on military questions,
and in so doing had come in contact
with influential Georgians, I could
only welcome this connection, as I did
also Georgia's request for the protec-
ton of the German empire.
Move TO Balk Turkey.
We. thus acquired a means of get
| ting at the raw materials of the eau
casus independently of Turkey, and
of getting a hold on the working of
the Tiflls railway. The latter was of
| decisive Importance in any fighting in
| North PERISH and would give better
results under a management influ-
enced by US than under one in which
the Turks shared.
Finally, we must endeavor to
strengthen ourselves by raising Geor,
gian troops, who might be used
against England. Besides, we could
never tell what difficulties we might
have to meet from the volunteer army
commanded by General AleXeieff on
| the north of the Caucasus. 7 there
fore requested that the imperial chan
celior would take Georgia's applica-
| ton into consideration.
For other reasons also the govern
ment was inclined tc a policy of en-
couraging Georgia. 1t was afraid of
difficulties that might arise out of
Turkeys attitude towards Bolshevik
Russia. The imperial chancellor
strongly condemned the violent meas
ures adopted by the Turks against the
Christian Armenians. They were in
deed a grave .blunder. and nothing
could justify them. So. when the
Georgian representatives came to Ber-
| lin with General Won Lessow IN June.
the government did not give them
an uncompromising refusal.
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| In the next instalment Gen. Luden-
dorff tells OF the Crown Princes at
tack on the Chemin des Danes and
blames enc of his army commanders
for fair.ro to achieve full success in
the drive toward Paris.