Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-23 | Page 14 | 'Two War Years in Constantinople'

i iI r I TWO WAR YEARS IN IN INI I I I CONSTANTINOPLE I i By Dr Harry I Copyright 1918 J t TWO 0 RIT RIVAL AL FIE FINDS FIENDS IN GRUME CRillE CHAPTER CI PTER IX IX- IX Continued IX-Continued Continued CO from yesterday in S character won for Cor him hint Committee circles personal dislike dis- dis like e an and 1 bitter though veiled enmity who o of even en from his colleagues were exactly tho the same sarno political persuasion as himself Of or his hi relations towards tho the infinitely more Important Pasha Pasha Pa Pa- sha hn we have havo already spoken we shall speak In a a. moment of or his relations hla to Talaat Talant In ln the tho world of tho the retired milItar military military mil mil- I Itar men however howe who had been badgered about h by J Inver neglected and simp simply l forcibly pensioned off orr b by hundreds before the war because o of their divergent political opinions Ind even en thrown into tho the street the thc war minister was heartily hated haled A er very largo part parlor of them were of or the same political views as ns the tho murdered successor successor sor or to the thc throne an and 1 their opinion of or orthe the great war w waft aA as we wo have already Indicated indicate They pointed bItter bitterly to Enver En- En of or servant vcr ver as the too all Germany n who was on only I too ready to sacrifice the tho flower of or Ottoman youth on on far battlefields of oC Galicia at ata a sign from Crom the thc German staff starr and open door r after aftel door 1001 to German Influence In tho the Interior without even e attemptIng attempt- attempt log Ing to protect the land of or his fathers from rom Invasion In and decay As we have said Raid political rc revolutions In Turkey usually start In military mills mili mill- s tar tary circles not among the people and there was an actual attempt in this direction in the autumn ot or 1916 1016 Either by chan chance c or by someone's betraying tho the plot it was discovered ered by Enver in time and the number of or military men menan an and 1 Old Turkish personages personage associated with them Imprisoned In Constantinople Constantino Constantino- alone reach reached cd six hundred At tho the head of or the movement stood Major Yakub Djemil DeA Bey De A Friend Quarrel During During- the whole of or the summer of or 1916 Invers Inver's position had been looked upon as quite Insecure The Tho knowledge of or his greed gree 1 In money matters his tactless pushing and his ruthless brutality brutality brutality bru bru- had totally alienated a wide circle circle cir cir- cle of or people and man many believed that ho he would soon have ha to resign In addition to this a deep Inward ard antagonism reigned 1 between him and amI Talaat tho the real leader and by far the r most ost important statesman o of Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key le which was ryas far tar more than a cleverly erl veiled 1 personal dislike There wa was a n constant constant con con- stant struggle for power going s on between between be be- tween the two men By the end of or orIn May In the crisis had become pretty prett acute although outward 1 appearances were still preserved e 1 and only well Informed circles know knew anything at all about the matter er Enver had at that time to hurry hurr back from tho the where he was on H It visit of ot Inspection with tho the German chief chic of or staff and the mill military tar In order older to safeguard his post In confidential circles the outbreak on I of or open enmity between the two was fully exp expected 1 bu but t this time again Talaat was vas the cr cle cleverer r. r H He lie felt that In spite of oC his own greater Influence and following In spite of ot his real su superiority to Enver er he might perhaps If It he tried 1 conclusions with him while I he lie was wa still in comman command 1 of ot the army I find himself the loser and in view of oC EO Enver's murderous habits habit pa pay for his rashness with his life So he decided 1 not to risk a decisive o battle Just yet etHe et He Ire was waR too patriotic also to let Jet things s como come to an open break during the difficult difficult dif dif- time timo of or war Talaat disappeared 1 I for a short time on a visit of or Inspection to Angora an and 1 things settled down to their thell old way wa again as i I Clio to III Post host I There Is still internal conflict going olm on But Bayer En with boundless ambition ambition ambition ambi ambi- tion and no fine feelings of oC honor clings to his post an and 1 has shown b by bythe bythe the Tta way tray he dealt with ItH the Instigators o of the conspiracy mentioned above e that nothing but force Coree will move him from his post poet an and 1 that he ho will never or yield to public opinion or the criticism of or his colleagues lIe He was troubled by no I qualms in spite of ot the widely circulated circulated ted opinion that he would certainly I Jeopardise his life lICe I If he ho went on In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same ruthless way towar towards tho the re retired retired retired re- re tired m military tal men He lie simply ha had 1 the leader lea 1 r Yakub DJemil Bey Be hanged 1 like a a. common criminal and the whole of his followers for the most part su superior superior superior su- su officers and highly respected 1 persons turned into soldiers of ot the second second sec sec- ond class and put in the tho line front-line trenches I ers Buyers removal would not alter the whole Young Youn regime much but It would take from Crom It much of or Its ruthless ruthless ruth ruth- less barbarity and its most repugnant representative would vanish from tho picture It would also also bo bo n a severe blow policy pol pot militaristic for Cor Germany German and her to mercilessly Ic icy of or driving Turkey the tho suicide It would bo be a godsend to German anti-German Pasha From a apolitical apolitical apolitical would political point of or view It mean far more than T laats s appointment appointment appoint appoint- absolute supremacy su- su su supremacy ment as grand vizier tho the of ot that statesman than At bottom probably less ruthless Enver er and certainly cleverer cle there Is la lano no doubt but that ho he would pursue his Jingoistic Ideas In the tho realm of or race race- politics but at an any rate ho would not of oC frightful frightful- want nn any military system ness J Enver's nver's from ruin office will conic como within the thc range of ot near neat possibility possibility British op operations operations op- op as soon as tho the new against Southern Palestine Palestino and I Mesopotamia have o produced a real vic vic- tor tory Turkey is not In a good enough military position to I prevent ont re this and i ithe the whole world will soon recognize that It Is this servant senant of or Germany German this careless optimist and ander er very mediocre strategist who Is to lO blame for tho the In Inexorable Inexorable Inexorable In- In breaking up of or tho the Ottoman I empire Talaat Uncrowned nc King Elan Tho rho contrast I have havo noted note 1 between Enver En and Talaat provides pro the opportunity opportunity for saying a few Cew words about Talaat now Pasha nn and 1 grand vizier Ioler and by b far the tho most Important man of or orew New ew Turkey As minister o of the time in in- in tenor he has guided gulde 1 tho the whole fates fate ot or othis his country countr except in purely military matters as uncrowned 1 king It is h he hemore hemore more than anyone anone else who Is the originator originator of or the whole system of or homo home polItics pol pol- Solidity of or character earnestness earnest earnest- ness freedom from careless optimism an md and 1 conspicuous power of or Judgment distinguish distinguish distinguish dis dis- him most favorably fa from Enver Enver En En- ver 01 who 1 possesses time the opposite of or all nil these theM qualities A hl high h degree of or Intelligence in intelligence In- In an all enormous knowle knowledge o or o omen men an nn exceptional gift of or organization tion an and 1 tireless ener energy y combined wits win great personal authority prudence prudenco anc re reserve er calm weighing of or tine the possibilities possibilities-in in a word ord all nil the quail quail- tics of oC the real statesman statesman raise raise him head bead and shoulders above c the whole o of 01 his colleagues and co workers it 11 would bo ho unjust to doubt his ardent arden patriotism or the thc honesty o of hi his ideas and intentions Talaat's character Isso Isso Is la laso so Impressive that Ol often otten hears even en Armenians the victims of his own o original or orIginal original or- or policy of persecution speak of or him with respect and I ha have hae e even heard hear 1 the time opinion expressed that had hall It not been for Tn Talaat's ll cleverness corn corn- the com com- n would u o-u have o gone c much lich further with their mischievous policy But his high Intellectual abilities do donot donot donot not prevent pre him hint from front suffering from rom that same plague pla ue of ot narrow minded 1 Jingoistic Illusion peculiar to the tho Pan- Pan Turks He lie is as i if Intoxicated with witha a l race-fanaticism race that stifles all nobler nobler nobler no no- bler emotions Talaat Is 18 too methodical methodical method method- 1 ical leal an and 1 clever er not to avoid all Intentional intentional ruthlessness but In practice his system which ho he follows out with inflexible in inflexible In- In flexible logic to the bitter end turns out to be Just as brutal as Enver's In Intrinsically intrinsically In- In more brutal policy And al although although al- al though ho he accommodates himself outwardly outwardly out out- war to mo modern European methods and nn 1 knows how hots' tc tt utilize them the ethics ethlea eth oth- ics lea D of his system stem are arc out-and-out out Asiatic When h n Talaat speaks in the committee there is very ely rarely the slightest opposition Ho lie has usually prepared nn and 1 coached the committee so well beforehand that he can to all appearance l keep In the background and only follow Collow the majority With Ith the time exception o of a few military affairs cr c everything has always alwa's tal taken en place that he has proposed propose 1 In parliament here Where the time Hen heal I Guilt LIl Lies Lien Beside this man whose sparkling eyes massive e shoulders broad chest he t cut clean-cut profile and exuberant health denote the unbounded energy of or orthe the dictator the thc goo natured good natured 1 degenerate degenerate degen degen- on- on erate crate and epileptically Inclined sultan V V. V El EI Gh tho the hero I Is but a weak shadow But I If we ve fully Cuny recognize Talaat's high Intellectual qualities we wo should like all tho more to emphasize that he must be bc held personally personally per per- responsible more mOle than all tho the others for e cr everything that is now happening happening hap hap- I pening In Turkey so far as It is not oCa ofa of oC ofa a military military- character The spirit reignIng reigning reign reign- r T ing 1 In sit Turkey u 1 to today u ay the spirit of or panT pan- pan panI I 1 IU j ln is HI s spirit The Tho Armenian persecutions are his very velY own work And Ancl An when heli the day 1 a of or reckoning com comes s for or the Turkey of the committee of or union an and 1 progress It Is to be hoped that Europe as Judge and chastiser and avenger engel of or an nn outraged outraged out out- rale raged 1 civilization cI will la lay the chief blame on Talaat Pasha rather than on his far tar weaker colleague Enver All his eminent qualities however do not prevent this Intellectual leader of or Turl Turkey ey the most Important man be- be AoI the sultan In tho the land from Crom showing show show- ing InS signs of ot something something- that is t typical Show Show-I of or the whole hole committee clique with their dictatorial power and and which we se may perhaps be allowed to call par At all points wo we see Ree the thc characteristics of or the in ih this statesman and time one-time a adventures adventurer and in these these creatures of or the committee who have havo recently become wealthy by b certain abuses I abuses I would remind you Ou only of or the Requisitions and b by lucrative adherence to the ruling clique There are of or course In Individual In- In cases ca es of ot distinguished 1 men of or good birth throwing in their lot with tho the Committee but thc they arc extremely ex extremely ex- ex rare and the they only help to give Sho an even worse Impression of or the tho average a Young Turk belonging Belong to the tho government Their past is usually extremely doubtful 1 and their careers have havo been somewhat varied 1 Continued 1 tomorrow ow