OUT-GERMANED!

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)

OUT-GERMANED!

TURKS AND THEIR LIES.

A translation' from the Turkish news--paper Tasfir Efkfir of a glowing interview with a Turk who had returned from ! Egypt reveals an viable imitation of fictions which are conceived in the minds of the master-liars of the German lit-fac-tory. Thus :"First of all," says the "truthful" one, "I must tell you about the English in Egypt, especially after thfe late event in the canal. They have entirely lost their morale. These English, who were formerly proud and conceited, with a determined look on their showing self-confidence, are now seen in the streets of Egypt with castdown and anxious faces. So much have" they lost their morale,, and so fixed is their idea that they will have- to abandon Egypt owing to the daring bravery of the Turkish army, that as a sign of their depres- : sion I may mention that they continually keep in the harbour of Alexandria as many as 30 empty transports. " As regards the military situation in Egypt, the English allow no news to be published, and take the greatest pains to conceal thfe losses they have suffered. They do this to such a degree that during the attack on the canal by the Turkish army, which ended in a complete victory over the English, in order to hide their losses they brought the wounded to Cairo and Alexandria by night. " The English must have suffered immense losses in the recent fighting. .It is believed that the English have a force of 150,000 man in Egypt. But these soldiers are undisciplined, spiritless people, and consist of paid volunteers, who only remain while they receive their pay. I have already mentioned the loss of morale among the English and the despair of success which hundreds of them cannot conceal. This really a fact, and is X* vWI are undertaking so fr J? th Egypt and collecting all the arms Iras Ihev nbitantS - fi 1,1 addition to the knives aS re confiscated the butchers' Knives and all the big sticks they could find. To conclude, the English in EXt are destined to meet with complete and ±°i Ute dcf . e , a >' nd you entirefy de pend upon this view being correct."