The Harrison times., 1914-11-21

! udu pltbtultu my NltutllIldlo anu iSN
ters at the German and Pera hospit-
ais, and had my name entered as a
visiting honorary surgeon, Every day
! thereafter, rain or shine, | made 1t a
point 20 spend some time at these
hospitals, and It was well that ! did.
Once a day and often twice | would
sign the book at the hospital and |
believe the signature DR., Franz Won
Grayer appears on the record books
OF the Pera and German hospitals in
Constantinople, at least one hundred
times. Was | not fulfilling my duties
as a physician doing research work?
| finally located myself in the resi-
dent district of Pera where ! rented
a small residence, typical Of the well,
to.do Turk Of the middle class and
| quite in keeping with my assumed
| character. An elaborate residence
would have aroused immediate sus-
picion, for, there Is no country on earth
where curiosity and suspicion Is so
easily reused as in Turkey,
Kipling, who knows the east so well,
portrayed Port Said as the dwelling
place Of concentrated wickedness, lie
| is right, but do not think has has ever
visited Stamboul. In Stamboul there
is with no exception the most con
| glomerate mixture Of nondescript ma
tionalltles on the face Of the earth.
In the course Of my preliminary OBJ,
seryations | found Constantinople to
be a city Of sharp contrasts, The
quarters Inhabited by your true Otto
man are characteristically clean anG
comfortable. The remainder Of the
city except foreign quarters Is mtoler-
ably dirty With true Oriental toler-
anCe, the Turk lets things gang their
ain gait. The casual observer and
| traveller always confounds the Turk
with the rest Of the nondescript mass
Of humanity that sw2rms in Constant.
nOple. That Is a Grass mistake. Your
true descendant Of Osman Is clean,
dignihed, easy going gentleman with a
deep philosophical strain in his make
up, contaminated by hundreds Of years
Of cOntaCt-not association, for your
true Turk does not associate-with
the outcast Mischling Of southern
Europe and Asia Minor
The Invaluable Kim
Ny mission was indeed q difficult
one and only by tedious, painstaking
work, observing the life Of the city
and its character ] succeeded IN iso.
lating the individual who gave me
the key to the circumyentuous polit'
Ical life and the government Of Con
stantlnople. 1t took me a full month
Of night work to become familiar with
the innumerable demimondalnes, They
were Of French, Russian and Circas'
sian birth and extraction, and were
identified with the Grand Vi2ier down
to an officer IN the Jani2aries,
In this work Kim was Of nestim'
able value to me, In fact, without him
| would not have succeeded at ALL All
the households kept by the Turkish
officials and their Iavorites swarm
with negroes of the various types, A
white man has not the slightest chance
Of finding the way into their eonll'
dences. The universal golden key
does not unloose tongues In such cases
IN the Orient. But Kim as member
Of the once mighty Zulu nation Che
was really u descendant OF prince
Of the house Of Dingaan) was able,
through a mysterious freemasonry
still existing among colored races the
world over, to obtain most valuable
information
My method Of campaigning was to
ascertain the name OF one Of the IA
yorites Of the Turkish officials, TO
locate her residence and then put Kim
to work. Finally locating one of these
women, would manage to learn her
name and where she lived, Then It
was time for Kim,
KIM" | said, Il want you to find
out who comes TO see her whether
Il Is always the same official and II
3d. how frequently, ! want you to
learn everything you can about any
letters she may receive, ] want to
know just where she gots her money
from, II she has any outside resources
Of revenue, other than IN Constants.
nople, want every scrap Of any
kind Of information about her"
And Kim would 80 his way seek
out the servants in that household and
he would generally come back with
all this information,
A Certain Mile Balnlaux,
Now | noticed that certain Mile.
Bnniaux was very much In the com
pany of Abdulla, who was at that time
the influential adviser OF the Grand
Vi2ier, II was known In Berlin that
the Grand ViElor had lately become
very Deaf and antagonlstlc to German
influence, The WilhelmBtraBBe know
that France and Russia we're at work,
but wore IN the dark ~ to the chan,
nels, Therefore sent Kim 20 aBGQrs
tain If Mile, Balniaux was visited by
Abdulla at her private residence |
told him 10 learn the exact hour Of
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