The Denver Jewish news., 1924-08-28
Jays Result in Courteous Service and Satisfactory Transact

Troops marched to the Sclamlk,
hotscmrn. Again WIS led To the re-
viewing stand where I've years ngo !
watched the procession with Ncwllnsl,i
An ndJuinnt came and invited me Ia
/ the Ambassadors room. There were
gathered the diplomatic corps. who ap
pcarcd much more stupid aud indlner.
ent ~ close range, The women, too.
who from the square looked pictures Of
elegance, lest n great deal Of their
charm with the lessoned distance
"Ibrahim Bey came and told me the
Sultan had bestowed on me Glass II.
of the Medschidije. | thanked him
and said. the least could accept was
Glass /. Ibrahim retired in u polite
rags and said he would inform the
Sultan. -.
"A few minutes later was led
through the entrance of the audience
chamber.
"Der Herr stood before me exact
ly as had pictured him; small, thin,
with great hooked nose, full dyed
beard, week trembling voice. He
wore his imposing Selamk uniform,
diamond studded decorations, gloves.
He gave me his hand, and we
seated ourselves. | sank deep and
comfortable in the cushions. He sat
on dvan, his sword between his
knees. Ibrahim sat and stood When
the Sultan spoke to lbrahim | watch
ed my lord carefully, and he retaliat-
ed when | spoke to the interpreter in
French"
Compliments were exchanged. The
Sultan protested his friendship for the
Jews, and Herzl acknowledged that
Turkey had been for them ever a
place of refuge. "Then / said, When
Prof. Vambery told me that Your Ma
jesty would receive me, could not
help thinking of the old story of An
droces and the Lion. Your Majesty
is the lion, perhaps / am Androcles,
and perhaps there is thorn that
needs removal
"He acknowledged the compliment
with Il smile.
might speak more openly and to
the point? He begged me to proceed.
"'The thorn, believe, is your pub
lie debt If that could be removed
Turkey would regain her vital
strength
"He sighed and smiled signing.
Ibrahim translated: His Majesty has
concerned himself, ever since he has
mounted the throne, with removing
this thorn, but in vain. His predeces-
sore had acquired the thorn, and it
| seemed impossible to extract it. If
could do anything about it, it would
be more than nice of me.
Well, said l, 4 believe l cam
"The Sultan impressed me as a
weak, owardly, but thoroughly good
natured man. believe him to be
neither clever nor cruel, but an un-
happy prisoner in whose name a thiev-
ing, infamous, scoundrelly camarilla
commits the vilest wrongs. Abdul
Hamid Khan II is a generic term for
the shabbieset gang of rascals that
ever rendered a land unsafe and un-
| happy. E. | see him before me now,
the Sultan of this declining robber EN-
pire. Small, NANCY, with his badly
dyed beard combed apparently once u
week for the Selamik, the hooked nose
of Punchinello, the long yellow teeth
with big gap in the upper set, the
fez pulled low over his obviously bald
head, his big ears serving, as l say
to my friends, as a pants-protector-
to keep the fez from slipping down
over his trousers, the weak hands in
their all too big gloves and the colored
cuffs that do not match his costume,
the bleating voice, restraint in every
word and fear in every glance. And
this rules"