Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-02
GERMANY AND TURKEY

The Tribune IN Germany,
Macmillan Harden, sends our
readers cable dispatches from Ber-
lin every week. These arrive in
New York Friday evening, and are
telegraphed by a special wire from
New York to The Tribune that
night, generally appearing in the
Sunday issue of The Tribune.
There is perhaps no writer in Ger
many at the present time SO free
and independent in his views as
! Macmillan Harden. He is a free
lance, republican in his sentiments.
He suffered enough under the
kaiser's government, spending most
of his time in prison because of
his outspoken criticism of the mill
tary class and aristocratic rule in
Germany. He defended President
Wilson and the American people
during the war in his magazine,
and had it suppressed by the gov
eminent because of these things.
A few months ago, he was nearly
murdered by assassins who tried
to carry out sentence passed
against him by the reactionary
leaders in Germany, who hope to
restore the kaiser and junker rule
in Germany. He expects to be
assassinated any day in order to
silence his tongue and stop his
pen. The words of such a man
addressed to Tribune readers is
we'll deserving of serious atten-
ton.
Macmillan Harden, in his letter
last Sunday, says that the way
Great Britain, France and Italy
are giving way to the demands of
the Kemalists in Turkey, is hav-
ing a great effect on the German
mind and giving new life and
strength to the old imperialist
party in Germany. They say in
effect Here is our late partner in
the war, Turkey. She was defeated
as we'll as us. She was presented
with a treaty of peace which drove
her out of Europe and her capital
city, Constantinople. The treaty
was accepted and signed by a weak
sultan and a weak government at
Constantinople. But a patriotic
and high minded Turkish general,
Renal Pasha, refused to be bound
by such a disgraceful peace treaty.
He gathered the remnants of the
old Turkish army about him. He
fought and won battles, defeated
the Greeks, who were backed by
the allies, and finally forced the
allies to restore to Turkey her old
territories wrested from her in
Europe and her capital city of
Constantinople. Moreover, the al
lies are now willing to treat Tur-
key as an equal in the future and
invite her to become a member OF
the League of Nations. Contrast
that with the treatment Germany
has received from the allies, says
the German imperialist. If we
had a German general like Kemal
Pasha, with a fighting German
army back of him, the allies would
now be calling for a conference
willing to restore to Germany her
lost territory and treat her as they
are now willing to treat Turkey.
1t is not strange that such argu-
ments as these find willing ears IN
Germany, and may provoke re-
bellion against the present German
government and war in the future.
Macmillan Harden has been pre-
dieting a new imperialist outbreak
for some time, and telling us that
the mistaken policies of France
and the allies toward Germany are
helping it along. 1t is to be noted
that the younger sons of the Ger
man emperor are all in Germany,
living high and receiving social
prominence. The old military
commanders, such as Hindenburg
and others, are cheered when they
appear in public. The German
leaders and those responsible for
the war have not been punished
in any way. The former kaiser
! lives in luxury and holds court in
Holland. He is just going to be
married again, his wife having died
in Holland. MI. Harden says the
circumstances surrounding this
late marriage are too delicate" for
discussion, and leaves his readers
wondering what he is limiting at.
Mr.. Harden is not noted for any
delicacy about laying bare royal
scandals. He has a record for
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