Evening star., 1923-06-14

being merely a courtesy title and not
one In law. Nor was 1t until their
grandfather, Edward VII, had sue
ceeded to the throne that he granted
them by sovereign patent the tltles
OF princesSeS.
Lord Carnegie will eventually be
very rich. For his mother, Lady
Southesk. Is the daughter and heiress
of the great fortune of the late Sir
Alexander Bannerman.
The names of Southcsk and of Car
negie are well known In America,
largely through the grandfather OF
the future husband of Princess Maud.
For he travelled very extensively In
the United States and Canada at a
time when they were less familiar TO
Europeans than they are today. he
wrote several very pleasant DOCKS
about America, and there are a num-
ber OF towns on both sides OF the
Dominion border that bear the names
Of Southesk and Carnegie. Lord Car
negie has a strain of American blood
In his veins. for his ancestor, Sir
David Carnegie. married the daughter
of Andrew Elliott, lieutenant gov
ernor Of New York.
Some weeks ago it was announced
that Sultan Mehmed VI, who. after
his fight from Constantinople, sought
refuge first at Malta and then at
Mecca. had decided to transfer his
residence to Haifa. not only because
of the state of his health, but also
because 1t was considered desirable
that he should be within easier reach
| of Constantinople in the event OF any
move being made there with view
to his restoration. True. he was
treated with the most profound rev
erence by everybody at Mecca, in
habitants as we'll as pilgrims. and
mer grand sheriff of Mecca, himself a
representative of the family of the
prophet, joining in paying religious
and temporal homage to the COM
mander Of the faithful.
But Mehmed Wis health had been
| completely wrecked by the long i'm
prisonment of more than quarter
of a century which he underwent
throughout all the latter part of the
reign of his brother, Sultan. Abdul
Hamed. Even while still On the
I throne he was very much Of an In
valid. and required the utmost care
and attention on the part of special
lists. which could not be obtained at
| Mecca Moreover, the climate there
was terribly trying to one who had
breezes of Constantinople and of its
environs. His heart refused to func-
tion properly. He had frequent faint
ing spells, and, finally, when his
transfer TO some kindlier cline had
become matter of extreme urgency
the idea of transporting him to Haifa
was abandoned and his medical ad-
visers insisted upon his proceeding
farther north, namely. to the mos,
sheltered spot of the Italian Riviera
where he now occupies Sir William
Mobiles villa at San Reno, which has
been leased for an indefinite period
for his use. He travelled from Mecca
| via Jeddah and Suez. to Alexandria
| where he embarked upon an Italian
steamship that had been chartered
| for his use, and, while treated with
! the most profound respect and rever-
ence during his brief stay in Egypt
| no one was allowed to approach him
Mehmed VI is now living in very
! great retirement at San Reno. care
| fully guarded by the Italian ant
| On his life by more or less authorized
agents OF the Angora government. tc
| whom mis- existence naturally consti.
tutes very sharp thorn in theil
| flesh.
, Whether he is ever likely to be
| the affairs of the Near East, it il
| difficult to say. For he gave sucf
| evidence of enfeebled health anC
complete prostration in his totterina
| attempts to walk when he arrived al
/ San Reno as to convey the impress
| sion that he is near the end of his
| existence. But, of course, one never
knows. Perhaps it is just possible
| that his feebleness was simulated In
| order to deceive his watchers from
/ Angora into the belief that he ha!
/ not the physical Or mental vigol
needed for any move on his part tC
recover his temporal and spiritua
! throne