Show I II I TWO WAR YEARS IN I Ii i CONST CONSTANTINOPLE I. I I By Dr Harry I I I Copyright 1918 I WHAT PEACE WILL I 1 Chapter X Contini Contini too after afler war ar will no lon longer er erbe R RUSSIA be what she sho to terrify TurkIsh Turk Turk- Ish Ce eyes and Jealous German eyes dazzled daz daz- by world orld orId politics a a colos colossal l creature stretching forth orth enormous suckers to lo swallow up imp her smaller neighbor a country ruled b by a n. dull unthinking despotism From Irom the standpoint of ot universal al civilization cl It Is IB to be hoped th that lt lh the solution of the problem of ot the thc near cast will transform the be bc to straits I II I t between the Black sea and together to tool I p gether with the city of Constantinople uniquely situated u as It Is Into a completely com corn I International I tI a stretch e with tor open n I.-h. I. ft ch I I C IMA a U L i O- O o 1 A 11 lI 11 Ii H W V I v VJ l U Up- Up VII VII-I pose nu Russian inspirations m If It England I the stronghold of It free tree trade and of ot all alt principles o of freedom of Intercourse and France th the land of t culture Interested Interested In In- II in Turkey to the extent of or millions were content to leave heave Hussla Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia sla a n. free ree hand in the straits If It Rumania Rumania Ru Ru- mania shut In in the Black Dlack sea Bea did not fear tear for her trade but was willIng willIng will will- iIi Ing to lo become an ally of oC Russia In full tull knowledge knowledg-e of ot the time entente agreement about the straits It Is of or course sufficiently suf sut- evl evident ent what guarantee with regard to International freedom ree om modem modern modern mod mod- em ern Russia will have ha to give after the tho war and Anti even the Germans have nothIng nothing noth noth- In ing to lo fear O Of course the German antI antl European Antwerp Bagdad dream will be shattered But once Germany Is at peace she will probably find that even oyen the Russian solution of I the straits question benefits her not nota a little The Tho final realization o of RusHin's Russia's Rus Rus- sias sia's efforts Justifiable both holh historically historical historical- ly and geo geographically to reach the h Mediterranean at this one eminently spot will certainly contribute in an extraordinary degree to lo remove remO the unbearable political pressure from I Europe and en ensure ure peace pence for tor the world I Free lurke Turkey fee Better for Germany Just a few tew parting words to lo the German world politicians Yer Very often otten as I have said I heard luring during my may sta stay In Con Constantinople expressions of oC anxiety on the part of or Germans that all German interests even purely commercial corn com mercial ones one would be lie gravely el com en endangered endangered en- en In III time the victorious New ew Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- ke key which would spring to lo life lite again with renewed d jingoistic passions amren and am I ren renewed efforts at emancipation And more than luau once once all all honor to the feelIngs feelIngs feel feel- Ings of oC justice and aud the sound common commonsense sen sense e of tho those e who dar dared ll to lo titter utter such opinions I I waH WUI tol told h by Germans Germans Ger Get mans In the time middle of ot the war and andi i with wah thi no Ito attempt at concealment that the they fully ully agreed It was an absolute I necessity for Russia to have the conI con- con I I. I I I al 1 1 a. a u h a VI UI VL JL LII VIII VU L I L LUI- LUI lIel trade to the Mediterranean ean and I that commercially at an any rate the time fight for tor Constantinople and the thel 1 I straits was a fight for or a Just cause Now ow let us UR tal take e these two t I points of or view together From the pure purely 1 German standpoint which is better better L a victorious an and self goVern I log Ing Turl Turkey c Imbued with jingoism and the desire for tor or emancipation practically closed close to us its even commercially or an t Turkey compelled to appeal for Cor European all help and anti European capita capital capi capi- ta tat tal to lo recover from Crom her hem state of complete com corn plate exhaustion a Turkey freed from those Young Turkish who In spite of ot all their fine phrases an and time the German help the they had to accept for tor all their inward distaste of oC it hate us from front time the very Yen depths o of lh their lr heart a u Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- le key which even en If It Russia as as a last Tur-I Tur resort resort itt Is allowed to become mistress o of tho the Dardanelles with hll huge e International lIonal guarantees would In the Anatolia Ana Ara- tolia tolla th t I Is left to her capable of oC de development development he- he as it I is hi and rich In national wealth offer otter a ator tor very considerable field of or activity lr for German enterprise prise The short sighted Pan Germans who are arenow arenow arenow now fighting for time the victory Ictor of or anti anti- foreign Pan neo m a the modem ii civilized elates of ot the entente who had no wish at all that Germany German should riot fame as well a as time the rest Inthe in inthe the time wide domains of or Asiatic can perhaps answer mn m my question The They should have ha asked themselves this and foreseen the tho consequences before they ther yielded weakly to Turkish caprices and themselves es stirred up the Turks a against Europe Germany A II Too Load 1001 As timings things stand land now however howe the German government so has thought fit ril In her blind belief helleC In ultimate victory tc te enter duel on a formal treaty guaranteeing J the territorial integrity of ot lie tho Ottoman Ottoman Otto Otto- man luau empire at a n point In the time war when no reasonable being even II In iii German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many could pos possibly still l elle e that thata a n. German victory would suffice to protect protect protect pro pro- Turkey after aller she has been heen solemnly sol aol condemned by br the entente for tor her lon list of or crimes Germany German has IHUS thus thuN given hen a negative c answer to lo time the question passed from mouth to lo mouth In the International district of or Pera Pra al almost almost almost al- al most right fro from Turl Turkeys Turkey's e s entry Into Inlo the war Will Germany German If IC necessary sacrifice anti and the Dardanelles Dar Dam danelle If Ir she can thus secure peace with Russia She had hall already given the answer No o before the time absurd Il Illusions illusion il- il lusion of or a po possible separate peace Jence with Russia at this price were finally and utterly dispelled h bv h the speech of or orthe the tho Russian Minister and th the purposeful and cruelly cruell clear refusal al of or Germanys Germany's offer of oC peace peace- These events e and the Increasing about the war III In Constantinople Ci and I MEAN FOR TURKEY Fr From Yesterday elsewhere were verc not hot required to show that In the near east at as well ell the tho fight right must be ue fought rought to the bitter end Never however however and and that Is German h world-politics world and acid the ethics of or the world politician world politician have I ever heard a single one of ot those Germans German who thought It an Impossibility to sacrifice their nIl ally Turkey In order to gain aln the desired peace pe put forward a as an an- anar argument argument ar ar- ar- ar for his Imis opinion the time shame o ot of a broken broleen promise but only the consideration consider consider- atlon that German activity In the lands of or Islam and particularly In the time valuable val val- near east cast would be o over or r and done dono with forever I wonder If It those who have e decided heckled with time the phantom of ot a n Turkish German victory ever eer before before bo- bo fore them to go 0 on with the struggle be Jle on lh the side Ide of or Turkey even after she had committed such abominable crimes and to drench Europe still further with the blood of or all the civilized nations of or time the world ever have an any qualms as to lO how imo much of or their th-Ir once brilliant possibilities pos pos- of commercial activity In Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key now so lI lightly staked slaked would T stilt still exist were Turl Turkey e victorious will AVIll UI Trouper Prosper After fter U r AVar ur nr J Luckily t for II mankind history has de decided decided de- de otherwise After the time war the huge and flourishing trade of or southern rn n Russia will be carried down to lo time the then seaports f between Europe and Asia the wealth of ot Od Odessa Odissa so a and the Pontus ports t enormously Increased ed and free rree to lo develop will be he concentrated on the and the time Dardanelles and the whole hitherto neglected elt city of or Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople Con Con- from a and Galata Gaiata to Stamboul and Haldar- Haldar Pasha will become an earthly earth paradise paradise para para- dise disc of oC pulsing life lite well-being well an and com comfort tort The Time luxury and elegance ance of ot the Crimea Crime will move southwards to I shores of ot unique natural beauty and mild climate which forms the time bridge between two continents and between be- be tween two seas Anyone who returns after a decade of ot peaceful labor when the time old world ha has imami recover recovered d from Its wounds to lo time the and ammel time the shores of or the time Sea o of Marmora which 1 he lie knew before the time war var under Turkish regime will be astonished hell at t the time marvelous clou changes which will then have been wrought In iii that favored corner of or time the earth Never I even en after another hundred years ears of oC Turkish h rule would that unique coast coalt coalter ever er have hav become Lecome what It can caim he be and what it must be one be-one one of or time the very elY gre greatest lest centers of I international n I e rim a ti 0 0 a I i intercourse n t erco u a and im ml the Ue Riviera o of the east not only In beauty of oC landscape but Lul In luxury und wealth The greatest stress In this connection I Ii is to be 10 laid on the time lively Russian Im Impetus Impetus Im- Im petus petit that will spring from a modernized modernized modern modern- Russia untrammelled b by restrictions restrictions In the tho straits Convinced as I Iam Iam am that thal Hus Russia after artel the time war will no longer be he the time Russia of or toda today so O feared eared I h by Germany German tho Balkan states and Turkey furkey I am prepared to give this Impetus full tull play as being time the best besl I possible means menns for the time further development development develop Ilc ment of ot Constantinople To 10 l' l Peacefully Peacefully- I In Asia Minor from rom Brussa to lo time the slopes of ot the time Taurus and the this foot oot of ot the Armenian mountains there will ex extend ex- ex tend a modern Turkey which has Imas finally commie come to rest to concentration to lo peaceful labor after centuries of or conflict despotic extortion time the suicidal poll policy C of or military adventures nd and amid superficial attempts at expansion coupled with neglect of ot the time most Im Important ito ito- internal duties The rite InhabItants Inhabitants of or lands s will ili soon have forgotten that thal Greater Grealer Turc Turkey has collapsed They will be really happy at la last t these people whose Idea of ot happiness hitherto had been a of material immaterial well being obtained L by toadying while the great bulk of or the empire pIned In dirt Ignorance and poverty consumed b by an outworn militarism mili mill- m oppressed b by a 01 decaying ad all all- ministration Then but not miot till then the ti-me world will see flee what the Turkish people is capable of Then there wIllbe will willbe willbe be no need for or pessimism about this title kindly and honorable race Then Themi we can become become honest Turks Pro again In Western Asia Minor lInor Europe will not forget orgel that the whole shore where once stood tood Tro Troy Ephesus and Milet Isan Isan is isan an out-and-out out Hellenic center of ot civilization Quite Quile Independently of oC all political feelings towards present day day nt-day Greece this historical fact acl must betaken bo be taken Into consideration In the final ruling It is to be hoped hope that th the Greek people will not have ha to atone forever ore for the time faults of or their non- non Greek king who has forgotten that ItIs It ItIs Itis Is his hiM sacred dut duty to be a a Greek and n nothing but hut a Greek Grek and who has imas be betrayed betrayed be- be tile honor and the time future of or the Tm nation a t o n In lii Again g The Time Armenian mountain land ll laid waste aste U by war wal miamI Hall emptied 0 of men b by pa passion for Cor persecution will autonomy from her imer conqueror Russia and will perhaps be linked up Ull with all the other uther parts of or the east easl b by the tho In last t remnants of th the Armenian people Alln Armenia lIla Ia with its central position and divided into Inlo three amon among Turkey RUl Russia and Persia ITH may from Its Us geographical position its unfortunate un un- Uli- Uli fortunate history and the time endless s sufferings suf suf- it has been called upon to bear boar be he called the Poland of or Further Asia Delivered DeH from the Turkish h system i freed Creed from all antagonistic I Russian military principles of ot tl tIa i 11 Ail 1 nn un n Vit ht tn ta-i t tIa th Im 4 I 01 a as well as the alrea already well developed region relon of or with a 0 big through trade from the Blak sea via Ia to lo Persia and Mesopotamia It will once mon moie offer an aim excellent field of or activity to lo time the high intellectual intellectual and of oC its people now alas scattered to lo lh the four our winds of or heaven hea But they timey will return to their old home horne bringing with them themI I European European technique and tIme the most modern methods from America merica Labor Vill lie Ue- Plentiful If men are lacking Inciting the they can be obtained ob oh- obI I from th the tha near Caucasus with Its Us narrow overfilled o alle valleys Inhabited I IU U by a L mo most t superior race of or men who have ha always hal had strong emigrating in instincts instincts' In in- l Even len en this most unfortunate country countr In iii the time whole world which the time Turks furies of the time Old Regime and the time New ew have systematical mutilated and at last bequeathed to Russia with practically practically not a rn mao man n tle left deft t is going going- to have ha Its springtime lIme In the south Great Arabia and amid Syria Symia will iiI have autonomy under the time protection pm lion tion of or England und France with their skillful Islam policy polk they will have the benefit of ot the approved methods of progressive work In Egypt the Soudan Soudan Sou Sou- dan daim and India as well as tho the Atlas lands the they will be exposed to time the in influences influences influences in- in and Incitements of ot the rest of or civilized Europe tile tho they will probably be ue enriched with capital from America where thousands of ot Arab and Syrian r ras as wel las Armenian refugees h haye ye found a a. home the they will wilt provide pro the first opportunity In history of ot show log InK how the Arab race accommodates accommodate a itself to lo modern civilization on its own ground and with its Ils own sovereign so ad administration ministration Tho Time final deliverance ot of the Arabs from rom the and harmful supremacy of ot the Turks no no happily Illy accomplished by time the war was one of oC the most urgent for a race that can caim look back on cen cen tines of oC brilliant civilization The civIlized civilized cl world work will watch with time the kee keenest keen est interest the of ot th |