Armenians in Turkey, 228, 231 Arms from Russia seized, 97 Arsenal (Tophanè), Constantinople, discovery of bombs, 24 Arson in Constantinople, 243–244 Ashmead-Bartlett, Sir Ellis, 48, 53–55 Aspern, 182 Asquith, Mr., and the Eucharistic procession in London, 213 Austria-Hungary, Turkish policy of, 275 Austrian Double Eagle March, the, 156–157 Avellis, Hugo, in Constantinople, 204–248; knowledge of Turkish character, 239–240; stories of Turkish women, 257–258 Azarian, Armenian banker, 20 Azerbaijan, 296 Bagdad Railway, 269, 277 Bahri Pasha, Governor-General of Van, fired on, 74 Baiburt, 85–86 Bajezid, Sultan, mosque of, 8 Balkan War, 295 Balls in Constantinople, 197–198 Baptists, 228 Batoum, 67 Bayazid, 105 Bazar de Secours, 52–53 Bebek, 169 Begler-Bey, Palace of, 139, 159 Beikos, 27, 257 Beilan, 116 Belgrade, 59 Belisarius, 183; sayings of, _quoted_, 160 Benedek, Field-Marshal, 182 Bennett, Mr. Gordon, 10–11, 15, 40, 57–59, 129 Bergholz, Mr. Leo, American Consul at Erzeroum, 99 Berlin, Congress of, 278 Bernhardi, General, 286 Beschiktasch, 142 Bieberstein, Baron Marschall von, 162; and Abdul Hamid, 177; and the Fehim Pasha incident, 264–247 Bigham, Clive, 48, 55 Birds, shooting of, 254–245 Biredschik, 63, 111–112 Bismarck, Prince, opinion on the Cretan situation, 1–2; the Sultan’s message to, 34–35; and Gortschakoff, 188; and Détaille’s picture, 215; diplomacy, 270–271, 272; on the position in the East, 279 Bitlis, 63, 77, 88, 91, 96, 120, 132; the road to, 101–110; report of the English Vice-Consul, 122–123 Black Sea, 65, 82 Blunt, Mr. J. P., 47–48 Bodenstedt, Friedrich, _quoted_, 277–278 Bombs, discovery in Constantinople, 24 Bosphorus, the, 92, 141, 278 Bournous, the, 113 Bribery, charges of, 80 Bucharest, diplomacy in, 189 Büchner, 237 Budapest, 285 (_note_) Budapest University, 283 Bulgarians, Uniate, 228 Burton, Sir Richard, knowledge of the East, 224–225, 226 Buyukdere, massacre of Armenians at, 19–20 Byron, Lord, on Constantinople, _quoted_, 5 “Byzantinism,” 183 Capitulations, the, 201, 231 Caravans, starting point for, 67; on the Zigana Pass, 84–85 Carlyle and Islamism, 219–220 Cassim Pasha, suburb of, 8 Castries, Count de, “L’Islam,” 218 Catholics, Latin, 228 Censorship of the Press in Constantinople, evading the, 23–24, 171 Cercle d’Orient, Constantinople, 19, 195 Chadidja, 259 Chakir Pasha, Marshal, story of the watch, 70–6, 93–94; accounts of the Armenian rising, 77–79; and Reouf Pasha, 98 Chaldeans, Uniate, 228 Chalet Kiosk, 288 Charles, Archduke, 182 Chary, Hermann, Roumanian interpreter, 40–41, 48, 65, 117 Chefakat, Order of the, 165, 172 Christian Churches in Turkey, 28, 222–223 Christianity in Turkey, 119–123, 216–223, 226–230 Circassians, characteristics of the, 106–107; exodus of, 278 Club de Constantinople, 195