25 MAY 1918, Page 16

The Tragedy of Armenia. By H. Morgenthau. (Spottiswoode, Ballantyne, and

Co. 3d. net.)—The late American Ambassador to Turkey describes in this pamphlet the wholesale massacres of Armenians by the Turks, and.the efforts of the American Government to induce Germany to intervene on behalf of the victims. " Let me say most emphatically, the German Government could have pre- vented it." Germany sent to Constantinople a formal protest which had no effect, and which was intended merely to disclaim responsi- bilityfor the crime of Germany's ally. Since then, the Turks have entered Russian Armenia and are completing the extermination of the Armenian race. The Germans doubtless hope to take the place of the Armenians es the traders of Asia Miuor.