The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-08
Turk and TeutOH
Ambassador MorGenthau's Story Ct
Great War Flots
BY HENRY MoRGENTHAU.
CONTINUED from nrevlous l-sue.l

NO. I did not say that" I replied.
Il admit that I have seat a large
amount Of information to Washington.
I have sent copies Of every report and
every statement to the state depart
ment. They are safely lodged there,
and whatever happens TO me, the evil
dence Is complete, and the American
people are not dependent on my oral
report for their information. But this
particular statement you make Is not
quite accurate. ! merely informed Mr.
Lansing hat n influence Bulgaria
might exert to stop the massacres has
been lost, now that she has become
Turkeys ally"
We again discussed deportations.
Germany is not responsible for
this, Wangenheim said.
You can assert that to the end Of
time" l replied, but nobody will be
lieve IL. The world will always hold
Germany responsible; the guilt OF these
crimes will be your inheritance for
ever. / know that you have filed a
paper protest. But what does, that
amount to? You know better han |
do that such a protest will have no
effect. ! do not claim that Germany
is responsible for these massaCres in
the sense that she instigated them.
But she is responsible In the sense
that she had power to stop them and
did not use 1t. And 1t is not only
America and your present enemies that
will hold You responsible. The Ger
ma people will themselves some day
call o TO account, You are a Chris
tian people, and the time will come
when Germans will realize that you
have let a Mohammedan people destroy
another Christian nation. How foolish
is your protest hat ! am sending in
formation to my state department. Do
YOU suppose that you can keep things
like these atrocities SeCTet2 Don't get
such a silly, ostrich like thought as
that-aon't think hat by ignoring them
yourselves, you can get the rest Of the
world to do so, Crimes like these cry
to heaven. DO you think ] could Know
about things like his and not report
them to my government? And don't for
get that German missionaries, as vol
as American, are sending me informa-
tion about the Armeniaus."
a that you say may be true re-
piled the German ambassador, but the
big problem that coutronts us is to
win this war. Turkey has settled with
her foreign enemies; she has done that
At the Dardanelles and at Gallipoli. She
Is now trying to settle her internal at
fairs. They still greatly fear that the
capitulations will be forced upon them
again. II they should again be put
under this restraint, they intend to
have their internal problems in such
shape that there will he little chance
Of any interference from foreign ma
tons. Talaat has told me that he Is
determined to complete this task be
fore peace ~ declared. In the future
they don't intend that the Russians
shall be In "A position to say that they
have a right to intervene about Ar
menian matters, because there are a
large number OF Armentans In Russia,
who are affected by the troubles Of
their oo-religionists in Turkey. Gicrs
used to be doing this all the time, and
the Turks do not intend that any am
bassador from Russia or from any other
country shall have such an opportun-
ity In the future. The Armenians any
way are n very poor lot. You come In
contact In Constantinople with Armen-
ians OF the educated classes. and you
get your Impressions about them from
these men, but all the Armenians are
not OF that type. Yet I admit that they
have been treated terribly. sent n
man 10 make Investigations and he
reported that the worst %outrages have
not been committed by Turkish officials
but by %brigands."
Wangenheim again suggested that
the Armenians be taken TO the United
States and once more | gave him the
reasons why this would be impossi-
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