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Til iliPT ,'i'O EilEiilES DECEillLY; IIUIIS OBJECT Ambassador Morgsnthau Tells How German government Agents Insist Upon Persecution Even When the Turkish Government Officials Were Disposed to Act Somewhat Like Human Beings BY HENRY MOROEXTHA Fonncr 'American Ambassador to J Turkey. ' . . .(Copyrighted.) Soon after the bombardment of Odessa I was closeted with Enver, dis cussing the subject which was then uppermost in the minds of all the foreigners itt Turkey. How would the government treat Its resident ene mies? Would It Intern them, estab lish concentration camps, pursue them with German malignity, and per haps apply the favorite Turkish meas ure with Christians torture and massacre T Thousands of enemy sub jects were then living In the Ottoman . empire; many of them had spent their whole lives there; others had even been born on Ottoman soil. All these people, when. Turkey entered " the war, had every reason to expect the harshest kind of treatment It to no exaggeration to say that most of them lived In constant fear of mur- der. ' The Dardanelles had been closed, so that there was little chance that outside help could reach these people; the capitulatory rights, un der which they had lived for centur- Jies, had been abrogated. There was really nothing between the foreign residents and destruction except the American flag. The state of war had .now made me, as American, ambas sador, the protector of all British, French, Serbian, and Belgian subjects. I realised from the beginning that my task would bo a difficult one. On one hand were the Germans, urging their well known ideas of repression and brutality, while on the other were the Turks, with their traditional hatred of Christians and their natural instinct to maltreat those who are helplessly placed In their power. j, Yet I had certain strong arguments on my side and I now had called upon Enver for the purpose of lay- t ASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Riisnature of QpteBiidl Scl That's all It costs to try U RAN DMA. Only 6c to find out about this won derful pofpdarud soap the soap that makes washing easy because It does awsy with rabbins;. AMaatftssatA TtsIsSeahCiMSsi's Powdered SOAP AMt Your Grocer For with 1 1 ; hi rA 'oTMteso I . "When It Pours, It Reigns" 1 111 - THF MflQT AMA7lNir; timfi v DonnnmnM THE HISTORY - A Rousing Prophecy .CAI S FIN You i Actually iSee the "Yanks" Charge at Chateau TTiierry, and the Kaiser and Crown Prince. A VLSUALIZAilON TREAT ilLIEi ingthem before him. Turkey desired the good opinion of the United States, and hoped, after the war. to find support among American financiers. At -that time all the embassies In Constantinople took it for granted that the United States would bo the peacemaker; If Turkey expected us to be her friend, I now told Enver, she would have to treat enemy for eigners in a civilised way. "You hope to be reinstated as a world power," I said "You must re member that the civilized world will carefully watch you; your future status will depend on how you con duct yourself In war." The ruling classes among the Turks, Including Enver, realised that the outside world regarded them as a people who had no respect for the sacredness of hu man life or the liner emotions and they keenly resented this attitude. I now reminded Enver that Turkey had a splendid opportunity to disprove all these criticisms. "The world may say you are barbarians," I argued, "show by the way you treat these alien enemies, that you are not. Only In this way can you. be freed perma nently from the ignominy of the cap itulations.' Prove that you are wor thy of being emanclptated from for eign tutelage. Be civilised be mod ern!" - In view of what was happening In Belgium and northern France at that moment, my use of the word "modern," was a little unfortunate. Enver quickly saw the point Up to this time he had maintained his usu al attitude of erect and dignlfled com posure, and. his tace, as always, had been .attentive, Imperturbable, al most expressionless. Now In a flash his whole bearing changed. His countenance broke into a cynical smile, he leaned oyer,' brought his (1st down on the table, and said: "Modern! No however - Turkey shall wage war, at least ws shall not be 'modern.' That Is the most bar baric system of all. We shall simply try to be decent!" Naturally I constructed this as 'a promise; I understood the change ableness of the Turkish character well enough, however, to knrfw that more than a promise was nec essary. The Germans were constant ly prodding the Turkish officials, per suading them to adopt the favorite German plan against enemy aliens. Germany has revived many of the principles of ancient and medieval warfare, one of her most barbaric resurrections from the past being this practice or keeping certain represen tatives of the population, preferably people of distinction and influence, as hostages for the 'good behavior'' of others. At this moment the Ger man military staff was urging the Turks to keep foreign residents for thl purpose. Just as the Germans held non-combatants In Belgium as security for the "friendliness" of the Belgians, and placed Belgian women and children at the head of their ad vancing armies, so the Germans in Turkey were now planning to use French and British residents as part of their protective system against the StorttheDavRtokt a Cup orTwo oi Luzianne- HAM -AND -EGGS and a cup of Steaming, stimulating" Luzianne. What better start could anybody have for the day's work I The sanitary, air-tight tin Jocks the flavor in! Buy a can of Luzianne today. If you don't agree it's the best hot beverage that ever passed your lips, your grocer will give you back what you . paid for it,- and ask no questions. So, there. OF MOTION PICTURES of "The Dsy" the Yanks March Into Berlin T H E El OF THE NATION'S WISH. YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERY AMERICAN .WOULD LIKE TO allied fieet That this sinister inSd- ! ence was constantly at work I well ; J knew; It was therefore necessary that :I should meet it Immediately, and. if J ! possible, gain the upper hand at the i . v J , 1 . 1 A W . A 1 very start l decided iHat inv uc- parture of the entente diplomats and residents from Constantinople would really out to the test my ability to protect the foreign residents. If all the French and English who really wished to leave could safely get out of Turkey, I believed that this demon stration would have a restraining in fluence, not only upon the Germans, but upon the underlings of the Turk ish official world. ,. . : . . , As soon as I arrived at the railroad station, the day following the. break. I saw that my task was to be a aim- i 'cuu one. i naa arranged wun me tinople. joTfor1 A'tSSS ,3 chS ! dents, which was to leave at 7 o'clock. Wf Intuh TSSSSl t J,K.ft and one for the diplomats and their InteresU lt you remaln Jstaff. which was to go at . Butjner the arrangement was not working ac- ' Moreover, isuggestea tnat ne re cording to schedule. The station was ' main at Dedeagatch for a few days a surging mass of excited and fright-; nd await the arrival of his fellow ened people; the police were there : British. Sir. Louis reluctantly ae In full force, oushlns the crowds ' eepted my point of view and board- 'back; the scene was an indescribable , d the train. As the train left the mixture of soldiers, gendarmes, diplo- ' station I caught my final glimpse of ' mats, baggage, and Turkish function- the British ambassador, sitting in a 'arles. j private car. almost burled lit a mass One of the most conspicuous figures'0' trunks, satchels, boxes, and dlplo !was Bedrl Bey, prefect of police, a m0e Puchea surrounded by hto em j lawyer politician, who had recently baW' . nd sympathetically ,been elevated to this position, and wa?ned by- . . secretary s dog. , who keenly realised the importance , " unofficial foreigners remained ! of this new office. Bedrl was an Intl- Vl;00" VWJ nour hopln; fiate friend and political subordinate i l the last moment, they would f Talaat and one of his most val- be permitted to go. Bedrl. however, uable tools. He ranked high In the "" norw-4 Their position was committee of union and progress, and lmwt desperate. They had in 'aspired ultimately to obtain a cabinet up theif quarters in Constantinople (position. Perhaps his most impelling " fon,n themselves practically motive was his hatred of foreigners stranded. Some were taken in by ,and foreign Influence. In his eyes friends for the night others found : Turkey was the land exclusively of accommodations in hotels. But their the Turks; he despised all the other "ut,on c,u,ed,Jn,,1utmi8,t ,njrtety- elements in its population, ana ne par- tlcularly resented the control which the foreign embassies had for years exenea m me aomesua concerns m um country.. Indeed, there were few mn in Tiirbav with whnm th ner- . - . . - . m men in Turkey with whom the per- manent abolition of the capitulations was such a serious matter. Naturally in the next few months I saw much of Bedrl; he was constantly crosslngt my path, taking an almost malicious pleasure In Interfering with every move which I made in the Interest of the foreigners. His atUtude was half an cfbstacle to my efforts; the fight ... .v- .i tAA h. for the foreigners, indeed, almost de generated Into a personal duel be tween the prefect of police and the Amerclan embassy. Bedrl was capa ble, well educated, very agile, and not particularly ill-natured, but he loved to toy with a helpless foreigner. Nat- uraiiy, ne tounu ms uvvuvn"'" this.: evening a congenial one. asked Bedrl. : "We have changed or minds." he said, and his manner showed that the change had not been displeasing to him. "We shall let the train go that Is to take the ambassadors and their staffs. But we have decided not to i.f ii,. .mnmniai ii-o. i..vth. train that was to take them will not go." j My start and myself had worked to go and next day I called on Talaat ' hard to get this safe passage for the in their behalf. I found him In one enemy nationals. Now apparently of his most gracious moods. The cab some Influence had negatived our ef- lnet, he said, had carefully consld forts. This sudden change In plans ered the whole matter of English and was producing the utmost confusion French residents In Turkey, and, my and consternation. At the station arguments, he added, had greatly In there were two groups of passengers, fluenced them. They had reached the one of which would go and the other formal decision that enemy aliens of which could not. The British and could leave or remain, as they pre French ambassadors did not wish to f erred. There would be no concen leave their nationals behind, and the tration camps, civilians could pursue latter refused to believe that their their usual business In peace, and, so I train, which the Turkish officials had long as they "behaved themselves, they I definitely promised, would not start would not be molested, i sometime that evening. I Immediate- "We propose to show," said Talaat, ly called up Enver, who substantiated Bedrl's statement. Turkey had many subjects In Egypt, he said, whoso sit- uationwas causing great anxiety. Be- fore the French and English reel- dents could leave Turkey, assurances must be given that the rights of Turkish subjects in these countries would be protected. I had no dlffl- culty in arranging this detail, for Sir Louis Mallet Immediately gave the necessary assurances. However this did not settle thi" matter; indeed, it : had been little more than a pretext , Bedrl still refused to let the train start; the order holding lt up, he . said, could not be rescinded, for that i would now disarrange the general! schedule and might cause accidents. ; I recognized all this as mere Turkish ! evasion and I knew that the order ' had come from a higher source than Bedrl; still nothing could be done at I that moment. Moreover, Bedrl would tei no one get on tne diplomatic news, coming rignt arter xaiaat s ex train until I had personally Identified ! plicit promise, was naturally dlsturb him. So I had to stand , at: a little I lng. I Immediately started for the gate, and pass upon- each applicant; railroad station, and the sight which Everyone, whether he belonged to the diplomatic corps or not, attempt ed to force himself through this nar row passageway, and we had an old fashioned Brooklyn bridge crush on a small scale. People were running In all directions, checking baggage, purchasing tickets, arguing with offi cials, consoling distracted women and frightened children, while Bedrl, calm and collected, watched the, whole pandemonium with an unsympathetic smile. Hats were knocked off, cloth ing was torn, and, to add to the con fusion, Mallet, the British ambassa dor, became involved in a set-to with an officious Turk the Englishman winning first honors earlly; and I i caught a glimpse of Bompard, the IM 5; -?gr , ..... , . $?TM BROADWAY TODAY AND ' '.' . ...... ., . ; ...... ...... - ,. . v Preach ir ' r, v'.orous'y t'.ik- ing a Turk., i tu. iceman. One lady drorped her t y in my arms, later another han.tr J me a small boy, and stilt later, when I was standing at -a) K a 1,1. , n. I ftaic, lucnuijing iury uca' lng guests, one of the British secre taries made me the custodian of his dog. Meanwhile, Sir Louis, Mallet became .obstreperous and refused to leave. ' "i shall stay here," he said, "until the last British subject leaves Tur key." . - ; But I told him that he was ' no longer the protector of the British: that I, as American ambassador, had (assumed this responsibility; and that I could hardly assert myself In this capacity If he remained in Constan- f""i"v "" T5rtr WM determined) keep these foreign residents as-hostages. a in !n nn ristnii wats trntstt Aiifi xta"rte, in ""-.h"r 7he7 intend-d "ahuTnth,,m ' !?f J i I S,,. 10 conduct tueir war in a humane wi" """TJ1"." ""J"; "T. nSw -hih.T,i 1 fjjffi; "?rd' .fth 'iT10" edhe ."ong theinelves about tKeft'i 12? of fo,7i. the rJVn ."J 2?lPA h Gl KL ''Z":Z . ' an comDlaisant mood snVnt that1 ' more complaisant mooa. spent tnat . passports: we both went to the sta tion In the evening and started the train safely to Dedea patch. I gave a box of candy"Turklsh Delights," to nn. n v. Kn wnm.n vn. dren on the traln. ,t alt0ether was I a happy party and they , made no ! attempt to hide their relief at leaving m.. i a a. r . - a. il it.. took place. I afterward learned. was,"c";:. 7 Mh. i.i extremely touching. I was made hap-1 py by receiving many testimonials of their gratitude. In particular a let-, ter. signed by more than a hundred, expressing their thanks to Mrs. Mor- o-.nthon th ) tff nH mv. self. There were still many who wished by our treatment of aliens, that we are not a race of barbarians." In return for this promise he asked a favor of me; would I not see that Turkey was praised in the American and European press for this decision? After returning to the embassy I im- mediately sent for Mr. Theron Damon, correspondent of the Associated Press. Doctor Lederer, correspondent of The-; Berliner. Tageblatt, and Doctor Sand- ler, who represented The Paris Her- i aid. and gave them interviews, prals- lng the attitude of Turkey toward the foreign residents. I also cabled the news to Washington, London, and Paris and to sll our consuls. 1 Hardly had I finished with the cor-' respondents when I again received alarming news. I had arranged for : another train that evening, and I now1 heard that the Turks were refusing ; to vise the passports of those whose ( departure I had provided for.. This I I saw ihere Increased my anger at the minister of the interior. A mass of distracted people filled the ln ciosure; the women were weeping, and the children were screaming, while a platoon of .' Turkish . soldiers, com manded by an underssled popinjay of a major, was driving everybody out of .the station with the flat sides of their guns. Bedrl,: as usual, was ! there, and. as usual, he was clearly; ana. as usual, ne was cieany enjoying the confusion; certain of the passengers, he told rhe, had not paid their income tax, ana, lor tnts reason, they would not be permitted to leave. I announced that I would be person ally responsible for this payment "I can't get ahead of you, Mr. Am bassador, can IT" said Bedrl, with a SATURDAY FIGHT DO TO THE KAISER WELU H i' g 1 tit my oTer had sail. 1 V.s r-a: f nd that the train wou'.J U-ave according to schedule. I-ut then ud4n!y came another order hoi :.r.? it up a in. Since I had Just had a promise from Talaat I decided to find that func tionary and learn what all this meant. I Jlmped Into my automobile and went to the sublime portet where he usually had his headquarters. - Find ing no one there. I told the chauffeur to drive directly to Talaat's house. Sometime before I had visited Enver in his domestic surroundings and this occasion now gave me the opportunity to compare his manner of life with that of his more powerful associate. The contrast, was a startling one. I had found Enver living in .luxury, in one of the most aristocratic parts, of (Continued on Next Page.) 1 A: SilOWiiOUSZS. j At the Academy. Although missing train connection at Lynchburg caused the Keith vaude ville performers at the Academy of Muslo for the last half of the week to miss the matinee - here yesterday and thus disappointed a larger num ber of people, the disappointment was fully made up to those who went back last. night to see the show. It can be truthfully said that not in a long while has there teen a show given here that had so large an appeal to a great and varied number of people as was the case when the first performance of. latter half of the week's vaudeville 'was pulled oft last night at THS and I o'clock. Char lotte people have ever evinced a lik ing for smart, musical comedy .and that's what they are given the last Vl f Ik. .k In Tk T.tttl T.lur " an exceedingly clever little thing by Will Hough and presented by George J"'"", " TOmDany' tU famous ( I1 L2? S SZus (."Merry Widow" company, who danced his way Intd fame and himself into ... ..., - . - -: the admiration of worshipful thou mndi by his superb, princely bearing and ls gracefulness on the stage. He the bead of the east with which is appearing here and is assisted evelen Persons, Including Myrtle Vail and Edward Hume, and, of course, a beauty chorus. TheSerm "beauty chorus," however, is no mis- convenient opportunity for lntersper . annPtiVM Annovm dances, keen comedy and other diverting fea tures into the program. The. audi ences last night were most enthusi astic. -! In addition to Mr. Dameral and his company, there are four other regula tion acts of vaudeville. Kuter. Claire ft Kuter. merely described as two boys and a girl who perform meritoriously ;"m,XSnul Tn Bt.nmnth.r ;"SS.J" fy,"' J hmf of X kind w, ,v,tW,i 5 : rM .m musical and r, h?SiSne ar in a sketch comical pair, who appear in a SKetcn '- A Lady Was Fist on Her Back With Terrible Spells, But Her Husband Got Car ' dui AndNowShe Is Grateful. ' V : j McKlnnev Texas Mrs. Mary Ste- . . 1, ..... ik.. i Pnenson. of this place, states. Awrot a year and a half ago, I was down in bed for six weeks, not able to sit up. T .t on v.ack -, had terrible ' 1 waa- . . , . . ,! spells . . . Why, it looked like J would die. At times I didn't know anything. j wouid K nervous, I couldn't bear , ... -,f iji' ,,- anyone to talk to me I would just Jerk and shake with nervousness. . . anrnm mv back was so sore and ached me all the time. I would have a dlzry feeling. My limbs would ache me and I would get numb and feel so weak. . . I said to my husband I knew Cardul was good and I believed 1 had best try lt ; i Heygot me a bottle. of Cardul, and; when I had only taken one-half bot tle of Cardul I felt stronger. I took a half a doten bottles altogether, then In two weeks after I began taking 1 . . ,fcMl T "" , ' " 7 ,7 7. , I praise Cardui for: I believe it saved my life and I am grateful." - j For over 40 years Cardul has been helping weak, sick women back to health and strength. Try it. Adv; I N-60. . ,- :; TO SEE IT k-I luL h. i ll '1 t'. I '. I SHOOK WITH NERVOUSNESS YOU SEE IT IN THIS PLAY 3F "AffiHOUR. :7V i..?. - . :) i . .u i ; i r i how t v t , t' 1 t ) I . lng eise, an excuse f r ne i r i i 1 renditions by a very t.iit r; ;-1 jut cf musicians. They perform on li.e U.'j, trombone, bagpipe and French horns. Gaston Palmer, the juggler, la a very versatile chap and mi ht just as well as not have the title of the most versatile chap In vaudeville. Surely, he has no superiors In this respect He has more tricks up his sleeve than a dog has fleas and keeps the audi ence wondering what to expect next At Khe Piedmont. . Bert, Smith's Ragtime Wonders, .a musical comedy company that Is go ing over big at the Piedmont theater this week, will appear today la a brand new bill, full of breesy up to date vaudeville specialties, . singing, dancing and comedy situations galore. The chorus Is an exceptionally pleas ing one and the entire aggregation, Including the vaudeville numbers are more than pleasing the patrons. To day la special ladles 10 cent matinee at S p. mv ' . ' "The Hand of Vengeance." will be on today and tomorrow, being the second episode of this thrilling and sensational serial, also a brand new Shorty "Hamilton feature. Two per formances will be given tonight, at :45 and :X5. The Kateer Finish. Motion pictures which prove, by actual scenes, the contention of hu morists, historians and' close. students of royal characters that the German crown prince is mentally . defflclent and that his father, the kaiser, is much less of an imposing, autocratic appearing character than he is report ed to be, will be shown at the Broad way theater today and tomorrow un der the title of "The Kaiser's Finish," " , ip")tu"V??h-1S?i-,t2 "imted ,P'opf, Zl SJ-JSJH I a0 of the would-be conqueror oi i the world. V''--.-v i, nrkiu m.m w AM v. v. While the scenes, , when taken by an American -cameraman, were osten sibly Intended as a flattery to Wll helm and his long-legged son,' the camera succeeded - In picturing them with, faithful allegiance to the, axiom that "you can't hide facts from a pho tographic lens." ;V .. ; ; . ,Y. . ' The kaiser and crown prince ' ere shown reviewing a German regiment J . J ."rn war-lord, stand his generals, ap- weak in- physique. while the crown prince, several paces away, struggles ridiculously to dispose of his elongated figure In some way that will imply dignity. PIEDMONT THEATRE 1 Entire Change of Program B TODAY V Special 10c Ladies' . v Matinee, 3 P.M. Bert Smith's RagUme Wonders High Class Musical Comedies. M Vaudeville Specialties. " H Second Episodes of Oaumont's g Amaslng, Startling, Thrilling : Serial , 0 "The Hand of Vengeance" I Also . Shorty Hamilton Comedy 1 . Drama. a 'IS xrt.u. ov A i.it l.il mm PBai&ig.Ar.BtXD.rjaKp" The -Academy never offered a better program of Keith Vaude- -ville than this bill. V ' featuring GEORGE DAMERAL MYRTLE VAIL EDWARD, HUME and a suppoVtlng cast of 11 -, .-' people . Offering the musical farce- ' "THE LITTLK L1AR" . KTJTER, KLARE A KTJTER Clever entertainers, presenting "WUlie Jones' Stepmothor" GRAY AND GRAYHAM on board 4 transport somewhere in vaudeville. ; THE BELLDAYS in original comedy "The Lady; of the Fans" GASTON PALMER The cleverest of manipulators. , PATHENEWS MACK BENNETT COMEDY, t j In Yau ' fegofd t i - ,. ; TODAY Gzra IliiLill Ycur.j in 'THE REASOIf WHY" TODAY , Gail Kane in 'The Daredevil" Ruth Roland in "Hands Up" Latest News Weekly. Christy Comedy. Everybody's . Going TO,THE . DANCE TO BE GIVEN Tonight 1 AT THE AUDITORIUM easaai s ' '.; iri Kiff Jazz urcnestra DANCING FROMV Ml TO 11:10 . MOONLIGHT WALTZ H AT: n , Gentlemen, SOo. 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