1915-03-06 — Page 8

THE HONG KONG

TURKEY

HOW SHE WAS PUSHED INTO WAR BY GERMANY,

Interesting Narrative of the Russian Orange Book,

Turkey's unoasy progressan the M. de Giere informed the Rassioa

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Grand Vizler's View.

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915,

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Rati River had touched the very walls of Rubjit Singh's fort. And "Why on earth d'yon say that?" that was only lost rains-and, "Because the men like it," he behold-here he was now in replied, and slapped an evening England waiting orders to go to poper (no change for a penny)his fight which, he understood, into the band of a man in a hel was not at all a small fight, but s

fight of fights, in which all the. met.

Who shall say that the English world and "our Raj "was engag

ed. The trouble in India wan are not adaptable?

The car awam bonnet-deep that all the young man the mero through a mile of troops; and jus-wouted to come out at mile up the road one could hear once, which, he said, was mani the deep hum of all those crowd- festly unjust to older men, who ed streets that the oathedral bells waited so long. were chiming over.

there and were absolutely do his order was at once counter- Theodosia, and instructing him to "Deko Karate" waid be. minating the Turkish authorities,manded by the Council of leave Constantinople. The Am("Look hers! Paper!") and it was very doubtful whether Ministers on condition that the bassador was unable to sob the the Grand Vizier, the Minister of Hritish squadron would retire to Grand Vizier, sickness being Finance and the Minister of the Lambos.

given as an excuse for non- Navy would be able successfully By October 2 the attitude of appearance, but is a later des to oppose them. The opinion was the German and Austrian patch, on October 30, the Ambaa- obtained from the Grand Vizier Ambassadors had become threat-ador informed M. Saasanoff that on the following day that the oning, their insistence being that the Vizier had told him that the Turkish Government might be Rome measured should be taken attack upon Odessa was made ble to eliminate the German gainal the Russian feet in the exalasively upon German initio element upon term, these being Black Sea-boy desired a sadder tive, and the Gmad Vizier added the abolition of capitulations and attack to be made and pointed that even though the Ambassador a guarantee of Turkey's independ-out that, if the Russian flet thera was returning to Petrograd be ence, in return for which Turkey would be at ones destroyed, the would still attempt to bring about would give a written an dertaking question of Bulgarisand tumania a reconciliation, with the Russian to maintain nouirality and to joining with Germany and Austria l'oreign Office. peruit a free passage to morohant and Turkey would be decided, "I did not doubt his goo vessels of the Allies through the and that would bring the war to will, commented the Ambassador,

"bat the Grand Vizier is without" La speedy end.

power and his fall is immincut.” to the final conversations with the thras Ministers the Grand Viziar repeated that Turkey was being thrust into the war.

Dardaneller.

At the same time the German officers on the Goebon and Breslau would be dismissed, and Turkey would even consent to the removal of all German naval and military officers then in the

ountry..

TROOPS FROM INDIA.

MR. RUDYARD KIPLING VISITS A CAMP,

It was only

a small bicok of Anglo-India getting ready to take its place in the all-devouring line.

Screw-Guns.

road to war is described in an Or- Foreign Office that the Turkish ange Book published by the Ras- Council of Ministers had decided iss Government covering diple-to maintain strict neutrality, and matic relations with Coastnat that the Bosphorus and the Dar nople from July 1 until November dinelles would be mined.

On the following day, the Rut 1. The diuety-eight documents published, letters, despatches, and sian Ambassador informed his telegrams, are illuminating on the Government that the Turkish distracted state of Turkish official Minister of War had positively dom, ita dubious diplomacy, and assured him that Turkey had the exceedingly strong pressure insisted upon the return of "all brought to bear by Germany in German officers, but that they compelling Turkey to become her had declined to leave. Eover Bey expressed the opinion that they were remaining in Const On August 1, the Rumien Am-tinople with the deliberate inten bassador at Constantinople sent tion of involving Turkey in some the following telegram to the Ras complication. "sian Minister for Foreign Affaire:

The Goeben and Breslau now The Grand V.zler has confidential-! ly informed me that the Austrian appear on the scene, and on and German Ambassadors are Aagast 8 M. Sasanoff instructed incessantly endeavouring to com- the Russian Ambassador at Con- pel Turkey to join them in the santinople to take joint action war, though they have act for with the British and French Am malated any definito proposition, bassadors with a view to prevent The Grand Vizier personally holds ing the two German cruisera en- the Dardanelles. The the view that Tarkey should tering maintain strict pentrality. From Grand Vizier gave an assurance trustworthy sources, I learn that that they would not be admitted Bome members of the Torkish and he added that he would be able to retura to Germany wore creato 'some serious "misandatryside alive with troops of all their charges. Government insist upon an im- grateful to the three Powers if they mediate alliance with Germany would take measures to prevent and Austria; but the Government the Gooben and Breslau entering would prefer to dissolve rather Turkish waters. than enter upon political adven- On the following day the Grand tures. Nevertheless, I am cf opin- Vizier said that, if the two

Enter the Gorben.

However, merit and patience had secured their reward and the battery was here, and it would do thejuns no harm to play at home and be zealous at drill An hour later at (eball antil orders came for them in Moderate Efforts for Peace.

to ever be able

name their turn. "Young men think In bis despatch on the following

wo day the Russian Ambassador notes

people and places outright that everything good in this world the collapse of the German Press

agaia?) the wind brought up is there by right, meshib." one whiff-one unmistakable whiff Then came the big, still Eag- campaign ia Constantinople. The populace had been fed with reports

of ghi. Somewhere among the lish ganners who are trained to English pines that for the mo-play with the little guas, They The course of events was quite of German successos everywhere,

ment pretended to be the lower took one such gun and melted it different from that suggested by but news leaked out about the the Grand Vizier's proposition. Austrian diesster in Galicia_and

slopes of the Dan there were into trifling pieces of not more On August 27 new partios of Ger- the Russian operations in Est

native troops. A male squealed than 150 pounds each and re- in the dark and set off "half assembled it, and explained its man engineers sad sailors, in Prussia and it had a sobering

dozen others.

innermost heart till even a layman command of a German Admiral, affect upon the molerates. But

It was screw-gune-batteries of could understand. There is a lot arrived at Constantinople, so it was to be expected, the

them-waiting their turn also at to gaderstand about sorew-guns, much to the surprise of the Grand Ambassador observed, that Gar- Vizier that he was disposed to many would make a final effort to

the game. Morning showed them especially the new kind. But the in their immaculate lace as gunner of to-day, like his ancest though they had just marched inor, does not talk mach, except in protest. Two days later the Itus-push Turkey into the war... If the sian Ambassador learned that situation saw no radical change

from Jatoghuttle, low guas his own time and place, when he 800 Carmaninstructors" had and if there were further Rassion arrived at Adrianople, and that successes it was not improbable

with their ammonition; very big is as multitudinously amazing an another 150 were at Constanti that some Ministers would have

English gunners in disengaged the blue marine.

The Mule Lines, cople, and that their objective the courage to try to dispose,

attitudes, which nevertheless did

We went over to see the male not encourage stray civilians to was Estum on the Caucasian effectually, of the belliouse Minis frontier. He further learned that ter of War, Enver Bey, and in

poke and peer into things; and lips. I detest the whole genera all German reservists and volun- view of such a possibility the

the native drivers all busied over tion of these parrot-mouthed hybrids, American, Egyptian, teera in Tarkey who had been Germans would endeavour to

Troe, the wind was bitter, and Andalusian or 'up-country; so it arma, the car osma at dusk under orders to join the Turkish standing and so render war

into a cathedral "town entirely many of the drivers had tied up gaya me particular pleasure to between Turkey and Russia inhabited by one type of regiment. their heads, but so one does at hear à Pathan telling one chest- inevitable.

The telegraph offico was an order- Quetta in the cold weather-not nat beast who objected to having to mention Peshawar-and, said his name hogged any more what The British Ambassador, Sir jam of solid, large made meo, Louis Maket, on October 4, was with yours of discipline behind a sick of drivers "It is not sort of a lady horse Bis mamma received by the Sultan and was the and the tan of Iodian suas the cold for which we have no had been. But qua animals, they assured that Turkey had no

army.

A Promise and How Kept. On September, 2 the Rassian Ambassador informed the Govern- ment that the Turkish Naval

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An Interesting Sketch.

The following is another of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's articles con- tributed to the Philadelphia Public Ledger:-

Working from the east to the west of England, through a coun-

ion that if Turkey thinks she can cruisers entered the Dardanelles, Minister had given to him his undertake military operations the Turkish Government would word of honour that no German hostile intention and that the on their faces-Englishmen atilliking. It is the wat, The Eng-were a lovely lot, and had long without risk of serious conse not take action against any move-sailors would be permitted to German sailors woukl be removed fresh from the troopships that list air is good, but water falls at since given up blowing and

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of them asked me.

What's all seasons. Yet notwithstanding Raicking over English fadder.

ve of this battery (and ob; the "Is there any sickness? Why is in a few daga. The British the day o' the month ?" Ambassador informed him that

Thoy were advising friends of pride men can throw into a mere yonder male lying down?" I de as com as the war with Austria their arrival in England or when number 1) have not lost one mule, minded, as though all the lines and Germany was finished Great

quences later on, the will throw ment by the Black Sea Fleet to remain in the Turkish flat in her lot with Germany and destroy them, but he asked that and that they would all be sent Austria. (Signed, de Giers), the Russian Flest be instruoted-

In a following message, the not to damage the Turkish for-away within a fortnight, Flo.es

pressed his personal conviction, Ambassador intimated that the tifications. At the same time the that Turkey's participation in the Britain would return both the they might be expected on short / Neither at sea nor on land have would not see I was a shuddering bad been British Ambassador at Conatan war would bring about the down D.eadnoughts which had bean pass at the week's end; and the wo one lust. That can be shown, amateur.

Kamo information

conveyed to the British and French tinople was instructed by his fall of the Turkish Empire.

Ambassadors.

Government to insist upon the disarmament of the Goeben and Brealsu..

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taken

"There is no sickness, sahib. fresh-faced telegraph girle behind Sahib."

Then one beard the deep rack-That mule lies down for his own by the British over

the grillos worked with six paira Negotiations concerning the verament,

of hands spiece and all the good-ing tobacco cough in the les of a pleasure. Also, it is to get out of abolition of capitulations and the German Seizure of Merchandise will sad patience in the world to Kangra folk, by the look of them Ho la from Hindustan," said the tent where four or five men the wind. He is very clever. guarantee. of Tarkey's integrity. An interesting development is back them. were interrupted by the arrival reported on October 9, when the

That same young woman who, were drinking tobacco out of a man with the hores olippers,

"And thon?"!! at Constantinople of seventy- Germans opened an establishment with nothing to do, makes you tobacco, to be sure, for English cow's horn. Their own country's five cars laden with munitions of at Constantinople under the.nams wait 10 minutes for a penny

and active military of

Komando, the Etappen called upon the Grand Vizier and advised their Ambassador that, if preparations in the Dardanelles object cf which was to seize alamp while she finishes a talk tobacco. But there was no impudent grin and trae border." enquired of him the object of the Turkey began operations. directly under the direction of General foreign goods arriving in Turkish with a lady friend will, sta crisia, need to explain. Who would have cook of the turban, and he did:

The Turkish Moblisation.. On August 2, the Russiaq Am bassador telegraphed 10 M.*

Strong Warning from Russia; With the knowledge that the Basso: I am informed that Turkey has decided to make two vessels were in the Dardan- fall mobiliestion, I immediately eller, the Russian Foreign Office

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war,

are,

"I am a Pathan," said he with

The lines were fall of talle an mobilisation. He informed me against Russia, these operations Weber Pashs.

porte. It was stated on each 59 on till she drops and keep her dreamed to smell bazaar to become the honour to let me infer..

Well on a South Country golf links? that the report of mobilisation would not disturb the Russian

On September 12 the Porte receipt given to the merchants tempor throughout.

A large proportion of the men the men went over their animals.

of coaree, Sikhs, to whom They were not worrying them-." was corrcot, but he was ignorant plans, but he would make the received from Berlin a formal that the goods had been seized that's her village," I heard one of as to what troops would be called Porte understand that any hostile emmand to fulfil obligations as for the German Government. On the girls say to an anticas soul, tobacco is forbidden; the Havil-seives over this new country of

"I tell you that that, will be her up. He only knows that it has step would imperil the existence the ally of Germany, and, without October 13 the Russian Ambaa-

S.kha. He spoke, of all things in of food and water and firewood, been decided to collect an army of Turkey, without seriously waiting for the completion of the ssd or was advised us to as telegraph ofhoo. You leave it to dar himself was a Sikh of the Belait. It was the regulär gossip in Thrace and the Bosphorus, affecting the Russian operations. Dardanelles fortifications, attack aian and ten Roumanian flags had me, She'll get it all right.

Le backed cut, and a dozan the strange world; of the late Mr. and were Sc-and-so had hid the

Malachi McAuliffe's monumental currycomb. numbering 200,000, against Bel- The text of this telegram was Egyptand Odessa. The complicat- been sent to the. Gueben and

more quietly took his place.

Talking of cookery, the or gatia, bat there is no intention of communicated to Paris and Lou-ed course of negotiations is abown Breslau.

Their regiments hailed from all book on the Sh religion, saying, Concentrating Tarkish troops on don.

by the fact that while on Septem. German pressure upon Turkey, the old known stations of the Eist not without warrant, that Methodox men have been rather put the Caucasian frontier.

Notwithstanding this warning, ter 22 the Grand Vizier again as was strongly maintained during ed continued attempts by German bзssador was in a position to in- French Ambassadors that Turkey the Grand Vizier informed the again. They cursed their cool English much of the Holy Bjok, to the cook houses and stare the great Granth Babib that directly at the food while it in Succeeding despatches describ-jon August 12 the Russian Amured the Russian, British and all this time, and oa October 15 and beyond that into the Far East Auliffe S.hib.had translated into out by English visitors who come

barrack accommodation; they lives at Amritzar.

being prepared, Sensible, men military ficers and agents in form Petrograd that the Goeben would do nothing hostile to Rai-German. Ambissa lor that Turkey rejoiced in the keen autumi Constantinople to push Turkey and Breslau had been purobased, the Goeben and the Breslau

He enlarged, too, on the ancient do not object to this, bronnSO was willing to bagin bostilities

smells, and paraded "the long into war as an ally of Germany, by Turkey in order to replace the left for the Black Sea under crders bat hor financial position did not stress all filed with "Europe prophecy among the Sikhs that they know that these Englishmen but it appeared that the Porte Turkish dreadnoughts seized by fom Enver Pasha. The Russian permit of this being done. Next had no courage for such a step, the British Government. The Ambassador in a despatch of this day a secret agreement was enter. shope"; while their officers and a hatted race should some day have no evil intention nor any evil dissembling in the hope of soon Ambassador said he had received date speaks of the extraordinary ed into between Eaver Bay and their offcere' wives and, I think,/ come out of the sea and load them eya, batsometimes narrow-souled man painfully religions) will "spy being able clearly to foresee the an assurance from the Grand pressare brought to bear on the the German ambasador, and the mothers, who had come down to to victory all the earth over. So purist (toothache or liver makes a result of the struggle between Vizier that the German crews Turkish Government by Germany. first instalment of a German loan crowded the hotels, and the little glish akies. He hailed from a letter of the law, and then every

enatch a glimpse of their bays, "poke Bir Singh, erect and

onormona beneath the grey strangers" and insist on the striot Basis and Germany. Meanwhile, wou'd be replaced by Turkish

was paid. A second instalment Turkish Papers Bribed..

paastonished: Auglo-Indian chil the Grand Vizier continuod to 8c ew, and that tle British ad-

He notes alan that five of the was to be paid five days later, and ran Circulated round the knees certsin place called Banalu, near one who wishes to be orthodox aure the British and French Amiril was at liberty personally to

Enver Pasha undertook to obtain bassadors that recruits brought ascertain whether any Germans most important Turkish news. from Anatolia were bound for remained on board these ships. apore were purchased by Ger- from the Grand Vizier a definits of big friends they bad, made Patiala, where many years ago must agree with him-on an emp but perfectly just vengeance on freeh mess has been cooked. Thrace.

An important telegram was many and Austria, each newspaper declaration that Turkey would aboard ship and asked, "Where Sikh soldiers executed a striking ty stomach, too-and wait till a

declare war, promising to compel are you going now?"

Oas caught scrape of our old certain villagers who had oppress This is takliff—a barden--for German Agents Obstinate.

from Germany and 1,000 Turkish

war afoot much can and should tivator. On August 3, M. de Giers teletor at Athene on August 19.

was not forthcoming.

houses, agents addresses: "Milly hey had gone to the extreme be overlooked. graphed to Petrograd saying he "I am informed," he said, pounde frem Austria, and he adds

The Grand Vizier Helpless. stays with mother, of course,

limite of abasement and con- Moreover, this war is not like had received from the Grand" fram trustworthy sources that that decisive action by Turkey

On October 28, acting in con- "I'm taking Jack down to schoolciliation. This failing, they took any other war. It is a war of our Vizier an assurance that the Porte the German Minister of Foreign was only delayed through lack of

inoetion with the representatives to-morrow.

It's past half-term, was absolutely ready to diamisa Allire, in reply to a protest by all German officers, and that this Greece against the purchase by On September 27 the German of Great Britain and France, the but that doesn't malter nowadays" leave for a week-end and slew the Raj-"everybody's war," as they readintas had been reported by Turkey of the Gasben and and Austrian Ambassadors renew Russian Ambassador placed two and cheery farewelle between men whole tribe of their enemies. say in the bazaars. And that in government reports, but when matter if an Englishman etares at the Minister of War, Enver Breslau, stated, in the name of ed their attempts to compel alternatives before the Turkish and calm-eyed womer, Except The story is buried in old another reason why it does not Pisha, to General Liman von San- the German Government, that the Turkey to declare war. On the Government; either they must for the frooks, it might have been Bir Singh implied that he and one's food. This I gathered in ders, a hist that his German parohage of these ships from tur same day a Turkish torpedo dismiss General Liman von San an evening assembly at any his folk were orthodox I had no small pieces at watering time douct of it. And behind him when the mules had filed up to officers might return home at any many was never completed. Both destroyer was stopped by the dere and all other German officers, station bandstand in Indio,

British fleet near the Dardanelles, or they must definitely break off Outside on the enrging pave load another giant, who knew, the troughs in the twilight, time and that Turkey had no ob- ships remain German ships."

the British equadron having re-negotiations with the Allies. mente a small boy cried," Paper! joot in further retaining their

Activity of German Officers. Next day the Russian Am-Coired ordera not to permit any On the following day M. Sts Evening paper!" Then seductive for his village was but a few miles hundreds of them, and the drivers nerviose. General von Nanders

up the Saalimar road, every foot grow discursive on the way to the Kargue! replied that he had received or bassador at Constantinople warned man-of-war to leave the Dardan sanoff sent a telegram to the dors from Bsilin to remain in his Loveromant that Gorman elles. The commander of the Russian Ambassador announcing What?" I said, thinking my of Lahore City. He brought liner,

(Oontinued on Constantinople. On August 4, officers were exceedingly active Dardanelles at once closed these the Attack by the Goshen and own backward-turning mind had word that there had been great floode at home; so that the risen waters to ships of the Allies, but Breslau upon Odeas and chested me,

despatched by the Russian Minis- receiving 2,500 Turkish pounds him to retire if this declaration gipsy tolk-names of boardinged their young brother, a cul- where the intention is good and

funds.