Turkey

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, 31 August 1915, Page 5

Turkey

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; UNITEn PRESH lABSOOIATTON. Paris. August 30.

A Frenchman who has arrived from Turkey says that the Germans established three munition factories in Turkey, all of which are inadequate. The Turks cannot prolong resistance after September 10, though every train from the north brings German officers, soldiers ,and workmen. 'GERMAN WRITER'S STRIKING J NEWS. >. London, August .10. The Times' correspondent at New York reports that Paul Rohgbech, the well-known writer on the German foreign policy, publishes in the Evening Mail newspaper, the control of which was recently acquired by German interests, a remarkable article on the struggle, in the Orient. He declares that when war broke nut the vast majority of Germans believed that a knockout blow would be given France, then Russia would be defeated, and, finally, accounts would be settled with Britain, but to-day, the Germans realise that, the ultimate result of victory or defeat for Germany and Austria depends on their ability to preserve the strength of Turkey, and to hold up connection with her. .

"The decision of the war for us," he says, "as- well as for our foes, will be found in the Orient. I ask what will happen if an Anglo-Russian-French cut is made at the Dardanelles and Bosphorous. The answer is this: ft will mean the end of our world politics, and our elimination as a world power. If we allowed Turkey to be defeated, Germany will sink to a second-rate power."