Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938; Turkey -- Description and travel; Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1918-1960
Ismet Pasha; his duel with Lord Curzon, 197, 299
understands Lord Curzon, 287
public taught to laugh at his pleasantries, 301
“official” treatment from Lord Curzon, 303
depressed by fears he has not done enough for Turkey, 305
dread of war, 305
a soldier, sent to fight a Bismarck, 305
does he, or his Turkish confrères, really trust Lord Curzon, 306, 307
left Constantinople with nothing, returned the head of the Army, 307
no chance of a fair fight with mature British diplomats, 307, 308
makes dangerous concession about Greek Patriarch, 309
works into night, 309
explains his point of view, 309-312
advantages of being deaf for diplomacy, 309
doing his best for peace, but cannot give up the Pact, 309, 310
all agreements with us are held up as “great concessions,” 310
we are offered “one room in our own house,” 310
always met with distrust, 310
chief obstacles to peace: Mosul, finance, judicial capitulations,
reparations, 310
we cannot betray Anatolia, 312
toast of the British Empire and King George, 320
reference to, 137, 183, 194, 199, 298-300, 306
Italy, a bad example, 314
Italian, a wise proverb, 29
guide to Miss Ellison in Athens 36 _et seq._
his inborn courtesy, 37
like a Greek Patrician, 40
sings “La Tosca,” 53
the first at Smyrna; his advice, 67
the second at Smyrna; his advice, 67
the third at Smyrna; his advice, 68
reference to, 61
Izzet Pasha; his Cabinet, 193, 195
Jaffa, 182
“Jane Clegg,” acted by Sybil Thorndike, 28
Japan, 58
Jeanne d’Arc, story from her life, 180 _et seq._
Jerusalem held sacred by Turks, 250
Jews eager to replace Greeks, 161, 274, 275
beginning to “make their profit” out of simple Turks, 275
Johnson, Robert Underwood, formerly American Ambassador at Rome, 300
Judea, 250
Julius Cæsar, search for humour in, 124
compared to M. Kemal, 161
Kada-Keuey, 254
_Kadinlar Dunyassi_, a paper for women, 209
Kaiser, the, 118
Kara-Kuey, 88
Kara Kheuz, _i.e._, Punch-and-Judy show, at a wedding, 189
Karahissar, centre of opium trade, 112
Kassaba, terrible condition of, 75, 77, 102
Kemallidine Pasha, General, 279
learns the difference between an English lady and an English
“temporary gentleman,” 280, 281
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