SECRETS OF THE BOSPHORUS [Illustration: Ambassador Henry Morgenthau. [_Frontispiece_ ] SECRETS OF THE BOSPHORUS By AMBASSADOR HENRY MORGENTHAU CONSTANTINOPLE, 1913-1916 _With 19 Illustrations_ [Illustration: colophon] LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW ERRATA [Corrected in this etext] Page 16, line 4, read “_without_” for _with_. Page 18, line 13, read “_Mexico_” for _Turkey_. Page 18, line 35, read “_Humann_” instead of _Enver_. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE ANCHOR PRESS LTD. TIPTREE ESSEX. PUBLISHERS’ NOTE Ambassador Henry Morgenthau requires no introduction to the British public, but the American diplomat who may with justice be termed _The Searchlight of Truth at the Golden Horn_, and whose Reminiscences will rank now and in years to come as historical documents of the first importance, modestly obscures in his graphic and fascinating narrative one fact which requires emphasising: That by his shrewd grasp of enemy psychology, by his unswerving impartiality, by his tact and dignity, and unflinching courage, he frustrated again and again the evil designs and machinations of that trio of arch-schemers and villains, Wangenheim, Talaat, and Enver, against the Allies, and thus earned a debt of lasting gratitude from the British people. PREFACE By this time the American people have probably become convinced that the Germans deliberately planned the conquest of the world. Yet they hesitate to convict on circumstantial evidence, and for this reason all eye-witnesses to this, the greatest crime in modern history, should volunteer their testimony. I have therefore laid aside any scruples I had as to the propriety of disclosing to my fellow-countrymen the facts which I learned while representing them in Turkey. I acquired this knowledge as the servant of the American people, and it is their property as much as it is mine. I greatly regret that I have been obliged to omit an account of the splendid activities of the American Missionary and Educational Institutions in Turkey, but to do justice to this subject would require a book by itself. I have had to omit the story of the Jews in Turkey for the same reasons. My thanks are due to my friend, Mr. Burton J. Hendrick, for the invaluable assistance he has rendered in the preparation of the book. HENRY MORGENTHAU. _October, 1918._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE