oast. In July 1916 he
went to Constantinople, accompanied by his staff (which included the
informant from whom this account is derived), and, being cordially
received by Enver and Talaat, discussed the situation with them. He
pointed out the demoralising effect of the Armenian massacres, and the
danger of Jemal the Great's attitude towards the Arabs in Syria,
realising, and seeking to make them realise, the stupendous folly of
making enemies of the subject peoples, and urging the re-establishment
of cordial relations between the Turks and them. That, considering that
Enver and Talaat were responsible (under the Germans) for the Armenian
massacres, was a brave outspeaking. He went on to say that Turkey was at
war not on behalf of herself, but on behalf of Germany, and that it
would be wise of the Government to consider the possibility of a
separate peace with the Powers of the Entente. He was heard with
interest, and took his leave. He remained in Constantinople, and his
views obtained him many adherents, not only among Turkish officers whose
sympathies were already alienated from Germany, but among members of the
Committee of Union and Progress. But before long his adherents began to
disappear, and he asked for another interview with Talaat. He was
received, as the informant states, 'with open arms,' for Talaat seized
and held him, called for the guard, and he was searched, and on him were
found certain documents which proved him to hold the views he had
already expressed. That now, was enough. He was 'interrogated' for two
days (interrogation is otherwise called torture), and was then hanged.
Subsequently 111 officers and men in the army also disappeared. Some
were marched into the Khiat Khana Valley, opposite Pera, and were
stabbed: others were sent under escort to the provinces and murdered. No
courts-martial of any kind were held.

[Footnote 1: Similarly, in October of this year, a new Turkish law was
passed, prohibiting the acquisition of Turkish land by foreign settlers.
This is aimed point-blank at Germany, and has naturally annoyed Berlin
very much.]

[Footnote 2: The army rations have lately been reduced, each Turkish
soldier receiving daily an oke of bread and a dried mackerel.]

And should anybody doubt the efficiency of German control in Turkey, and
be disposed to be optimistic about the imminence of Turkey's detachment,
he might do well to ponder that story.

Meantime the efficacy of our naval blockade