The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-13

Nonstontinople, / used the hfst week
for getting familiar with the geogra.
ply OF the cts
On the second day OF my arrival. I
had presented my credentials and let.
tera at the German and Pera hospit.
ais, and had my name entered as a
visiting honorary surgeon. Every day
thereafter. rain or shine. I made Il a
point to spend some time nj these
hospitals, and e was well that I did.
Once a day and often twice I would
sign the book at the hospital and I
believe the signature Or. Franz Won
Graver appears on the record books
OF the Pera and German hospitals in
Constantinople. at least n hundred
times. Was | not fulfilling my duties
as a physician doing research work?
I finally located myself In the resi-
dent district Of Pera where | rented
a small residence, typical OF the we'll.
TODD Turk oG the middle class and
quite In keeping with my assumed
character. An elaborate residence
would have aroused immediate u =
picion, for there Is no country on earth
where curiosity and suspicion IL so
easily reused as in Turkey.
KiplinE. who knows the east so well,
portrayed Port Said as the dwelling
place OF concentrated wickedness. He
is right. but | do not think has has ever
visited STEAMBOAT. In STEAMBOAT there
is with no exception the most con
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tionalltles on the face Of the earth.
In the course OF my preliminary OBJ
servations. | found Constantinople 10
be n city OF sharp contrasts. The
quarters inhabited by your true Otto
man are characteristieally clean anG
comfortable. The remainder OF the
city except foreign quarters is mtolor.
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 swarms In Constants.
nOple. That is a Grass mistake. Your
true descendant OF Osman Is a clean,
digniied. easy.going gentleman with a
deep philosophical strain In his make
up, contaminated by hundreds Of years
OF cUntact-not association. for your
true Turk does not associate-with
the outcast Mischling OF southern
Europe and Asia Minor.
The invaluable Kim.
My mission was indeed a difficult
one and only by tedious, painstaking
work. observing the life OF the city
and It's character. | succeeded IN iso-
lating the individual who gave me
the key toi me clrcumventuous polit.
ical life and the government OF Con.
stantinople. II took me a full month
OF night work to become familiar with
the innumerable dcmi.mondaines. They
were Of French. Russian and Circas.
sian birth and extraction, and were
Identified with the Grand Vizier down
TO an officer In the Janizaries.
In this work Kim was Of inestim.
able value to me. In fact, without him
| would not have succeeded at all All
the households kept by tie Turkish
officials and their tayorites swarm
with negroes OF the various types. A
white man has not the slightest chance
OF finding the way into theic conf.
dences. The universal golden key
does not unloose tongues I'm SUCH cases
IN the Orient. But Kim as a member
Of the once mighty Zulu natioh che
was really a descendant OF a prince
OF the house OF Dingaan) was able.
through a mysterious freemasonry
still existing among colored races the
world over, L obtain most valuable
information.
My method OF campaigning vas 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 il
was time for Kim.
kim I said, II want you TO find
VA who m TO see her, whether
II Is always he same Official and Il
so, how frequently. | want YOU TO
learn everything you can about any
letters she may receive. want TO
know just where she gets her money
from, II she has any outside resources
OF revenue. other than In Constant.
nople / want every scrap OF any
kind Of Information about her"
And Kim would go his way. seek
out the servants in that household and
he would generally come back with
all this information.
A Certain Mile. BalniauS.
Now | noticed hat a certain Mile.
Balniaux was VERY much In the com
pany OF Abdulia. who was at that time
the influential adviser OF the Grand
ViEier. II was known In Berlin that
the Grand ViSier had lately become
very deaf and a~ntagonissic 10 German
influence. The Wilhelmstrasse knew
that France and Russia were AZ work
but were in the dark 10 70 tine chan
nels. Therefore sent kim to ascer