The sun., 1919-07-27
Wild Raids and Desert Dashes OF
Bedouin Bands Were Among the
Wars Most Romantic Features
Turkish Outrages Avenged

stantinople at least a dozen times be-
fore 1t really happened.
Up to a point I always found him
trustworthy. for his hatred of the
Turks was stronger even than his
greed for money, and no sum could
have tempted him to become a spy in
the service of the Turkish police
position which was once offered to
him. In any case he was always con-
WINGED that the British would win the
war and therefore knowing on which
side his bread was buttered. would
never have dared to betray the British
ers who employed him.
How Prisoners Wrote Letters.
AS an intermediary for correspon-
his charge being twenty piastres for
each letter delivered.
Theodore, my friend" one would
say, II want you to go to Pera for
me-"
Good. II you have not written the
note I will talk with the guards while
you prepare It."
He would then stroll across to the
guards table with the news that the
British officers would be pleased to
buy them whatever they wanted to
eat; and the prisoner would scribble
his correspondence with a slip Of
paper on his lap. Meanwhile. the body
of Theodore would screen him from
the guards in the far corner. Later
the letter would be handed Theodore,
in the middle Of the banknotes with
which one paid the bill.
II any reply was brought Theo-
dore would hand 1t over under cover
of a menu card, always with a whis-
pered reminder. MY charge is twenty
piastres."
During the last six months Of the
war the Greek waiter must have been
the messenger for many scores of
secret letters dealing with escape or
light love, or both. Most often, how
ever, he would take from US to various
civilian friends request that check
might be ceshed. since for intrigues
Of either love or escape funds were
always necessary.
Pretending to he Insane.
Throughout the month of June. 1918,
I was in Gumuch Sonyou Hospital
pretending to be mildly insane as an
excuse for staying in the capital while
I arranged an escape. Across the Sea
of Marmora, on the Asiatic shore,
Capt. Yeats-B Brown and Sir Robert
Paul were In Haidar Pasha Hospital,
the first with a demand that his nose
should be Strengthened surgically. and
the second with complaints Of ear
trouble. AS a matter OF fact. they had
little wrong with either nose or ear.
for they also were on the point OF
making a bid for freedom.
Whenever possible Yeats-Brown
would try to come from Haidar Pasha
on Sunday morning and meet me at
Theodore's. II he was unable to do
this we would correspond through the
waiter. I remember when entered
the restaurant on a certain occasion
hearing Yeats-Brown ask Theodore to
take him outside and show him where
special brand OF cigarettes might be
bought. This he did In a loud voice.
speaking Turkish. as II he wanted the
guards to overhear.
The pair then left the restaurant.
They departed bare headed, so that
the Turks were unsusplcious. They
returned ten minutes later. Yeats
Brown taking care to fiaunt a newly
bought hox Of cigarettes before the
eyes OF the guard.
He had. he proceeded to tell me.
been to look at the outside OF Theo-
dore's own house. 30 that he might
recognize II. He and Paul were to be
turned out OF hospital in two days
time. and as they were to be sent to
Asia Minor very shortly II would be
necessary for them to escape almost
Immediately.