The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-08-10
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CoNSTANTINouLE, July :. tBy
Mail. --ConstRntinople now COM
bines all the frenzy Of a new mining
camp and world seaport. It's the
end OF the trail' for all the Balkan
states and everything ives, OF Sues
on the Mediterranean. Caucasian oil
men. Done,s Basin miners, Aptaol.
Ijan sheep and cattle kings. Greek
war millionaires and Syrian mer.
chants rush 10 Constantiuople to pop
champagne in proof Of their success
soldiers and sailors OF half q dozen
nations swell the population and add
10 the cosmopolitan aspect OF the
streets and pleasure resorts.
Under Allied occupation the city
has become a wilder place than II
was under the Turks. There are no
civil courts. None OF the Allies de-
sire to assume responsibility for re-
forms other than are necessary TO
safeguard life. Italian. French and
British troops cooperate with the
Turkish gendarmerie in keeping or.
der. But everybody's job il nobody's
Job. Consequently Constantinople r.
very wide-open. town. Midnight
closing is enforced pretty generally.
but until that hour there Is little In.
reference with dance halls, gamb-
ling dives and redligh, districts un.
less murder Is committed.
Leadville and Goldheld In their
dixziest DAYS never offered anything
wilder than certain sections Of Con.
stantinoph where jazz bands vie
with Neapolitan orchestras and
isigane singers in their efforts to at
tract wayfarers into the beer tun'
nels and dance halls filled TO over
flowing with the painted woren OF
many nationalities.
Half a dozen summer gardens Of
fer vaudeville programs which at
tract thousands OF persons every
night who seem 20 have far more in
terest in the drinks and restless
crowds than In the Russian prlms
donnas and bare-legged dancers
whose art is usually as meagre as
their attire. Turks. Arabs. Bedou-
ins. Egyptians and Assyrians. gor'.
geously clad in native costumes. ei-
bow their way among Cossacks and
Georgians whose uniforms are far
more brilliant than their recent mill.
tary achievements.
Coal black French colonials. re-
splendent in red fezzes and green
khaki. m.ngle with sikhs and Pun
jsbi whise long hair and many-col-
cred headdresses are wrapped in
sombre brown. Civilians. soldiers
and sailors from all parts OF the
world are hopelessly iumbled to-
gether in Constantinople crowds and
are so busy looking az each other
that tenors from the Petrogrsd op-'.
era. naughty French singers from
Monmarte and Austrian sirong-j Jaw
ed ladies claim but slight attention. |
Constantinopie itself is a grand
pageant every day. Its main thor
oughfare. Rue Grand Pera, Is more
fascinating than any scene whoch
producers can ever hope TO stage.
Cama-drivers lead In their patient
trains, burdened with charcoal.
through the maze OF streetcars,
shrieking army motorcars and car
riages, piloted over the rough paw
ing at breakneck speed by Turkish
hosteiers who crack their whips and
shout constantly at high pitch TO
pedestrians who venture on the mar
row sidewalks. Turks mounted on
tiny dOnkeys move indifferently
through this maelstrom. Occasion |
ally Turkish peasants drive y fock |
OF sheep or turkeys into this swirl Of
tTaffic and serene oxen draw heavy |
carts along at pace so slow that
drivers Of military camions curse
them in ten different languages.
The narrow. crooked stree,s Of
are illsuited 10 motor
trafic and the slow-go!ng fatslistic |
Turk Is little inclined TO change his
pace. Consequently there are many /
accidents and the indifference with
which foreign military cars are driv-