Show WHAT OF FUTURE FUTURE IS QUESTION OFf OFf- O OF iC TURKISH EDITORS Progressive Newspapers of Ottoman Empire Seriously Concern Themselves With Problems That Will Arise at Conclusion of Present Great Co Conflict CONSTANTINOPLE Oct 9 Taking It for granted that tha Turkey will emerge victorious from the present war a number of prominent Turkish newspapers have haye recently occupied themselves seriously with the future International relations of the Ottoman empire What the wishes of Turkey are In this respect may be said to have been ably epItomized epitomized epitomized epi epI- epi- epi In two leading artles of the Tanin a union and progress daily dally with tendencies of its Us own even In these days of and governmental surveillance of the press For reasons none too obvious the leaders of the Tanin coupled the absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of ot the German Gennan ambassador Baron von van Wangenheim on a vacation vacation vacation vaca vaca- tion and the temporary occupancy of ot othis his post here by Prince Hohenlohe- Hohenlohe Langenburg with their study sudy of the subject The Tanin remarks that Baron von Wangenheim through his work with the Turkish statesmen was an Important factor In n the al alliance alliance alliance al- al liance between Turkey and Germany Germany Germany Ger- Ger many now existing and that it would be too great a task to enumerate enumerate enumerate rate the facts proving that Baron von on Wangenheim owing to his remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able perspicacity had come to know Turk Turkey y in In very little time The inference Is tb that t Ambassador von Wangenheim would during his Vacation Vacation vacation va Va- cation devote much of his time to toa toa toa a further strengthening of the bonds between Germany and Turkey Question Is Asked In the articles dealing with future relations between Turkey and the countries on whose side It Is fighting the premises taken are about these We are now sharing the fortunes of war of Germany and Austria- Austria Hungary What will these countries do after the war to aid Turkey in Its I effort to develop economically and in inI inso inso I so doing become a state whose voice I must be heeded in the future With great frankness the articles complain that Germany and AustrIa Austrin Hungary have not always been the friends of Turkey Thus Austria- Austria Hungary took considerable territory from Turkey with the annexation of ot Bosnia and Herzegovina while Germany Get Ger I Ger-I many permitted the further reduction reduction reduction tion of the Ottoman empire after the I late Balkan war and accepted with i complacency the Italian conquest of Tripoli which was all that was left of the Ottoman empire in North Africa All AH this It is argued was no demonstration demonstration dem dern- of friendship on the part of Turkeys Turkey's present allies It is pointed out O however that there are mitigating circumstances The articles articles arti arti- cles des say that after all there had been no real understanding between Germany Germany Ger Get many and Turkey before this war What good relations had existed had been fostered almost exclusively by Emperor William and Sultan Abdul Hamid With the advent of ot constitutional constitutional constitutional government and the ending of the regime these relations relations relations rela rela- had ceased of course and the efforts of the late Baron Marschall von Bieberstein to effect an understanding understanding under under- standing b between t een the ne new regime in I Turkey and ana Germany while not unsuccessful unsuccessful un un- un- un successful had nevertheless not been brought to fruition On the other hand the articles say It was a a. fact that in the past the Turkish people had leaned decidedly towards France and England a tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency which had not favored closer relations with Germany and Austria- Austria Hungary But the present war had shown that Turkey had had no friends anywhere in the past Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and Hungary Austria-Hungary had made madeno no great pretense that they were Turkeys and France and England who had avowed warmest friendship for Turkey had since then been proven to be anything but that by y being willing to leave Turkey at atthe atthe atthe the mercy of Russia if doing that would have served the interests of the two entente governments Bound by Interests With the friendship of France and England and with that of ot Germany and Hungary Austria at least based on a community of ot in interests interests interests in- in which would be bound to en- en duce beyond this war Turkey was of necessity obliged to ally aUy herself more closely yet with Germany and the Danube monarchy by means of ofa ofa ofa a series of commercial treaties which would be advantageous to all con con- Turkey hoped sooner or later to b become come economically independent sal said the articles but for the time being being be be- ing It was far from having reached this happy state and would have to overcome the lack laele of its advantages by reciprocal arrangements with Germany and Hungary Austria-Hungary Under under under un un- unI I der which the equitable exchange change of Ottoman agricultural products for German Gennan and Austrian factory products products products prod prod- would be bo possible Premature as such measures may appear In the entente countries It la is a a. fact tact nevertheless that Turkish statesmen have for some time occupied occupied pied themselves seriously with the making of suitable commercial li treaties with the German and Aus man trian governments In somo some Quarters quarters auar- auar the opinion Is held that this ha has hap been done because at present it might might- be possible to secure terms which later on would be harder to obtain At any rate say others the activity displayed by the Turkish ministers augurs well for Cor the future of Turkey Tur Tur- key because it shows that the desire to care for the future has for once been felt by those responsible for the th fate tate of the Ottoman empire Needless to to say economic a ap- ap T. ap-T. preachments now affected between Turkey and Germany and Austria Austria- Hungary would leave little for for- France England Italy and all aU oth oth- ers Turkey Is ls rea ready y to exclude C cv- cv S em LP provided she sho can n make mak advantageous advantageous ad- ad bargains with t the two central powers While it can not be said that th tIme the position of ot Germany and Austria Hungary In Turkey Is unshakable as yet it must also be borne in mind that every effort is being made to tir make it that |