New-York tribune., 1922-01-29
ts asSiration Makes
Him " ar Minister


d'c'at. tie new Minister Of War was
assass'natcd. and Enver became Minis
tor lie welded tremendous power and
ga really 1strmcntsI in the rcor-
Gaaization of the Turkish army. as
we'll ass the consolidation Of the Ger
mar forces i've the Ncar Esst. which led
TO Gcfnsrvs successes thore during
the FIRST stages of the World War. 1t
was trvef VINO va mostly responsible
for Turkeys decision TO enter the wa,
on The side % Germany Il is com
monty understood that Envcr was very
heavily subsidized by he Germans all
'hrou;a mis- lncpmbcncy Of the office
o. Minister Of War
= was at this perod. too. that the
cnriis bet~cco isnver md kcmsl be.
can. though tso oract circums. .anccs OF
Tie quarrel GO rot appear clear. In
ans erout. hcna'. then colonel in the
a1mf was sent 20 the Dardanellcs
.fon' nfessHaoiy m 'ac expectation
'aa' something might happen to him.
Ap' kcmsl acquitted bimSolt YER,
credifab'v ard was lator on placed in
command OF VIC Turkish forces i'm
eastern Arato'ia -, his chances Of
promotion were very slight. as long as
ris personal cuemy Enver. remained
the all powerful var lord Of Turkey.
~ the torminatior OF the VOID War
fnvcr escaped to Berlin. Then. after
rema'a..s IL the shadow again for over
lear. he suddenly appeared in Mos
eo" The sammcr cf ia2o found him
'r his way back to the Near East. this
ii"e Charged with a. nnpol'an. mis-
s'ou Of the Soviet government, and of
The 1nird lnteauationale. He appeared
ior a short tmo in Bahu a; the time
Of tne Communist congress in 1920. and
vas ~'lals eoetcd by the Communist
ieaaer- assembled there Then he pro
ceeded on his way. but not into T,u-
key lis mission took MIN o Afgnanis-
tan, n Central ASIA.
Anvei'- mission in Central Asia CON
sisted IN recruiting and ORGANIZING
there armed Communist forces to be
Used fo' actively carrying ont inc com
nreheos'Ve plans which the Third Inter ,
nationale was then formulating for its
work IN the Near East. Enver was des-
lgnatea chief of etat of these forces.
However, his mission in Central Asia
aoes not appear TO have been success
f9i. Tire Communist leaders miscal-
iatcd thrr own stranonth in A.
ehan'~tan rbeir strategy was defeated
9S the work of British diplomacy. which
s7ecee'ed in re-establshine the Brt-
sh influence ia Afghauistan aud thus
"ieeoaro'ng India from dauecrou.
communist oonHseration or that bor-
oel. tnVer again disappeared from the
poi''ical nof4zon. only TO reappeal. less
'han a year later, in the heart Of the
Naueasus, King in cloSe cooperation
with tne 'oeal Communis, leaders and
'ayi-'s plaus for active participsticn in
the a'airs IF Turkey. which mad bepon
TO consolidate her forces in Anstola.
under the leadership Of Enver's old
enemy Nustapha Kemal.
ihe communist activities IN the Near
E~N' have proceeded alone three dcf-
mite directions. The first has been to-
"ard india through Turkestan and A.
S""nis'an. A. We saw above. the com
m9nis' work in this direction has not
proved To be successful The second
ras been !n Persia. Although here tine
Communists have had more success
''"n fortre' in Central ASIA. the actual
value Of these successes is not very
s''"'' since tins direction is a; best
mefeiy an auxiliary ore to the first.
ihe t7'Fd direction has been Turkey
ana to-day tas is the principal line Of
,s' communist activities in the Near
East