The Tomahawk., 1919-12-18

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studied cruelty to prisoners Of war Is
a quite reasonable treatment Of Brit
ish residents within the empire. The
British embassy was inviolate-how
different to Berlin now the German
embassy has gone into retirement and
the fine carved eagles on the roof are
mournfully wrapped round with SACK
ing. Undoubtedly the Turks now want
ito be friends with the British, but it Is
beyond the scope Of this article to dis
cuss mandates and the like The Turk
knows he has been beaten, and is try
ing to prove that it was not his fault.
Be this as it may, it is curious to note
that ia a conspicuous place in the ar
mory Of st. Irene, now opened to the
public at certain times without special
permission, is large Quiltlike sheet,
bearing the replicas Of the flags Of all
the allies, and serving as a background
for four large and well-executed por-
traits Of Mr.. Lloyd George, NJ. Glemen-
ceau, Marshal. Foch and President VIII
son. Can anyone imagine even beat
en- England displaying portraits OF
Hindenburg. .Ludendorff, Bethmann'
Ho1lweg, or Rantzau in the Tower OF
London? -.
Racial Feuds Not Lessened. y. (
With the Greeks and the Armenians
the age-long feud continues, embit.
tered by the war, and In no way i'm
proved by current rulnors as to favors
to be accorded to these countries, at
the expense of Turkey Only the pres
ence Of other allied troops and war
ships prevents recrudescence OF hor-
rors only too common during the war.
Although ,Britisher can 60 unm0lest-
ed into San Sophia, a Greek hardly
dare show himself in the neighborhood,
and Turkish troops are quartered IN:
side the mosque with the admitted in
tention of keeping the Greeks out.
Life among the Turks themselves Is
little changed. The Yildiz Kiosk still
hatches plots, governments rise and
fall. the sultan himself lives in the
greatest seclusion, and no allied SUBJ
ject Is allowed to be present at the
weekly passage to the Selamlik. When.
in the, middle Of Ramazan he went to
pay his annual vows In San Sophia,
his yacht surrounded BY his household
In little motorboats, the procession was
headed by q pinnace bearing the White
Ensign. Otherwise Turks only were
present. l.>'..t '<.5-
There are no striking. changes in the
appearance Of the town. Fires have
taken larger toll than usual, and would
have taken more were it not for two
British motor fire engines, which, how
ever, have the disadvantage Of e1-
hausting the available water supply
far sooner than a score Of the anti
ouated hand pumps on which the safe
ty ofthe town previously depended.
q Everywhere German interests and
influence are being eliminated. The
Deutsche bank and Wienebank, Verein
have put up their shutters; the erst-
while, German club is now the British
officers resthouse. A gymkhana club
has been opened at Mashlak, and golf!
and tennis are In full swing, while polo
Is played regularly by British officers
at Biyukdere and in the Valley Of the
Sweet Waters, the hills around be
,decked with all the paraphernalia OF
British military camps. .
J.. Trying. 70 Enforce Sanitation,
u The scavenging dogs have disap-
peared : the. horrors Of their end are
well known. Two English lady doctors
charged with, the sanitation OF the
town now force unwilling municipal
authorities to remove. garbage fron
the streets, and on the whole are fair4
y successful. though the task 10 fai
from being an easy one.
The sounds most Characteristic Of
night in the Turkish capital are still
heard: the tap, tap tap, OF the night
watchman's heavy staff, the cries OF
the fireguards. the muexzfn's cali. Out.
wardly there Is little change, but deep
down are the mutterings Of unrest and
uncertainty, and he Is an unusually
bold man who attempts to predict what
win be the fate Of the town which for
18 centuries at least has played SO es.
sential a part In the history Of man.
kind, which has been In Its time the
heart Of a great empire.