THE NEWSPAPER MAN AND HIS SCOOP.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2858, 1 February 1916, Page 1

THE NEWSPAPER MAN AND HIS SCOOP.

HOW HE GOT TO THE BANQUET AT NISH. UNDER THE NOSES OF HUN SEOKtET SERVICE. SPECIAL TO SYDNEY BUN. London, January 28. The journalist who liiiiis been «coriirg .scc«j;).i iiii it ho li-iilkii n.s, and who <li;iH.'cl at tlio Kiaii«(u , '.s banquet uh Nidi, relates that ho was closely watched at CJoustaHtiuioplo, unxl as tilio German iSocrufc Service, officers wore searching papers a<t his hotel, ho determ/iued to leave as quickly as possible. TJio Press published tho news thcufc tho Kaiser was coming lo Belgrade, and Jio managed to secure ,a-u invitation to tho l>a-uquob at Nish. Ho s:tw Jla-Ii 1 Bey, and ex plained that ho desired itJio great honour of seeing the "all highest." Halil Bey was in such lu'gli .spirits over tho evacuation of Gallipol't tha.t ho gave .him a ietter to tho Porfoct of Police at Sitomboul. "Tho Prefeot told me that tho only way to journey to Belgrade was by tho German military train. I rneoitiotied my with Enver Pasha and asked 'him to facilitale my moveuusn.tH. The PretVot replied: 'I will see if it is possible to leave.' My passport mas recalled in. the the niorning, and in much trepidation I want agaiiti, and was yivcu a passport permitting me to travel in the military train. As it,ho liiain Nish a Gorman non-com, looked out of the window, and I «w the decorations. Ho oxclaniod: 'Our Kaiser is hero!' I was .markedly nnoomfo.rtaWe at the banquet, own more so than the Kaiser, with his awful cough. If the Secret Service officers who wore. Mirrouiidiiiijr tho Kaiser fond rocognised me as having been in the Near Kiist before there, would have been a short and .sinvplo eereiiiony in the Town Ha.j.l, 1 playing (lie principal part. "During the journey in the military train J. noticed wonderful German work in the repairing of tin; broken railway bridges in. 'Sorbin, enabling the spped/io-st transit do Constanitiiiioplo. Evidences of lllie retreat ivere visiblo in destroye<l 'and blown-lip tuiHipJs. Tliey had completely reStored the bridges. Tho .remains of dead horses were cairofully collectetf, the GfwirKi.ns .skin.niing ilhe cnrcas.ses for the Ip.'itlicr. J liea.ri'.i.t. frrqnoD.My said that tho Germans imieiulcd lo dis.rrui<ve (lie Tlulgiirs in German uniforms, but I am not convinced that the Gorman.s will attack Salonika. They heartily respect General Sa-rra.il, uhosp wonderful work at Vordun kept them off. Tlie Turks do not want an iuvasioiiv from Salonika. 'I'liciy bavc heavily entrenched themselves south of Adn'anople, fra.ring an Allied attack no r Ih- west o f Co nst a.nti no pie.''