The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-30
AFTER THE KA|SER'S VISIT.
CONSTANTINOPLE SHOP KEEPERS
DISAPPOINTED.
The Expected Visitors to the Turkish
Capital did Not Considerations
Scattered Right and Left.

NSTANTINOPLE, October "a
If Turkey and Germany are not fast
friends and brothers. then there has
been some beautiful acting in Con-
stantinople during the last week.
The sultan's spending S1,OOO,000 in or
der to give the emperor and his party
five days of good time might Indicate
nothing more than the courtesy due
from one sovereign to another And
likewise there is no special signiti-
canoe in the fact that the emperor
gave ont ieweled decorations right
and left and conferred title on near
w every Turkish official in sight, be-
cause it is customary to recognize the
valiant gentlemen. 1t Is a part of the
European tip system.
But when the German officers en-
braced and kissed the Turkish officers
and called them "brothers." and when
the emperor shook hands with the
sultan so many times that the emo
tional reporters of the orient couldn't
keep tally. there was something more
than courtesy in the proceedings The
Turks believe so. and think Germany
is with them to the death to Illustrate
any ambitious project of the other
powers. Consequently it is thought
that the sultan acted wisely in build
ing special roadways, redecorating all
the palaces and spending fabulous
sums on presents for his guests. For
man who is broke and whose coun-
try is in "hocll'' i'm the international
pawnshop, he made "A very good show
ing. It simply proves no matter how
| r,.I hn ~ nj
scrape together enough to entertain
company.
| 1t is said that Constantinople was
cleaned and disinfected in contempla-
/ ton of the kaiser's visit. Not having
seen the city before the kaiser came,
/ it is impossible to pass judgment up
on this report. Only, if the city is
clean now, one can scarcely imagine
what it must have been before.
! The remaining evidences of the i'm
perial visit are the German flags in the
streets. the pictures of the emperor
and empress in the shop windows and
general display of souvenir cards
showing the German flag draped with
| the Turkish star and crescent.
The hotel men are sad and thought
| full, because the visitors who were said
to be pouring in didn't pour at ALL
and as for the Jews. Turks. Greeks
and Armeniaps in the bazars. who had
dreamed dreams of hundreds of rich
and foolish travellers, coming to see
the ceremonies. they are doubly fe-
rocious in their attacks on the few
who wander into their sandal wood
scented traps.
1t will be a surprise to some Anne
rican readers to learn that the kaise-
rim visited the harem and showed very
much the same social attention to the
various wives of the sultan as would
have been shown to the solitary con-
sort of any other European sovereign.
The women of the harem are not
queens, it is true, but each one is the
legally welded wife of, a monarch,
and as such is entitled to the courte-
sizes of royalty. OF course Wilhelm
did not meet any of the wives. The
Mohammedan law cannot be set aside
even on an extraordinary occasion, as
was shown when the sultan went in
to the mosque alone the kaiser await
ing his return as patiently as mere
spectator.
Although the wives were kept out
of sight. they took rather active part
i'm honoring the royal guests. Satur-
day, the 22nd, was the birthday ami
: versary of the empress, and she re-
ceived many splendid bouquets from
the imperial ladies of the harem, and
one of especial size and beauty from
the Valide Sultana, the first and the
principal wife of Abdul Hamid The
sultan sent a superb nosegay of rare
flowers. The little princess. Refie Sui
tana, daughter of the sultan, who is
only about years old. went to the
Merassim palace and presented flow,
ers to the kaiserin. Just before the
departure on Saturday the empress
paid a final visit to the harem. She
was compelled to converse with the
wives through an interpreter, as the
ladies of the harem are not educated
to speak any of the foreign languages