Ambassador Morgenthau's story / by Henry Morgenthau, formerly American ambassador to Turkey.

Contents: A German superman at Constantinople -- The "boss system" in the Ottoman Empire and how it proved useful to Germany -- "The personal representative of the Kaiser." Wangenheim opposes the sale of American warships to Greece -- Germany mobilizes the Turkish army -- Wangenheim smuggles the Goeben and the Breslau through the Dardanelles -- Wangenheim tells the American ambassador how the Kaiser started the war -- Germany's plans for new territories, coaling stations, and indemnities -- A classic instance of German propaganda -- Germany closes the Dardanelles and so separates Russia from her allies -- Turkey's abrogation of the capitulations. Enver living in a palace, with plenty of money and an imperial bride -- Germany forces Turkey into the war -- The turks attempt to treat alien enemies decently, but the Germans insist on persecuting them -- The invasion of the Notre Dame de Sion School -- Wangenheim and the Bethlehem Steel Company. A "holy war" that was made in Germany -- Djemal, a troublesome Mark Antony. The first German attempt to get a German peace -- The Turks prepare to flee from Constantinople and establish a new capital in Asia Minor. The Allied fleet bombarding the Dardanelles -- Enver as the man who demonstrated "the vulnerability of the British fleet." Old-fashioned defenses of the Dardanelles -- The Allied armada sails away, though on the brink of victory -- A fight for three thousand civilians -- More adventures of the foreign residents -- Bulgaria on the auction block -- The Turk reverts to the ancestral type -- The "revolution" at Van -- The murder of a nation -- Talaat tells why he deports the Armenians -- Enver Pasha discusses the Armenians -- "I shall do nothing for the Armenians," says the German Ambassador -- Enver again moves for peace. Farewell to the Sultan and to Turkey -- VonJagow, Zimmermann, and German-Americans.