INDEX
- Abdul Halik Bey, the Vali of Smyrna, 44 et seq.
- Abdul Hamid, an exception, who reversed Turkish ideals, 91
- Abdul Medjid, 153
- Abiloff, M., Azerbaijan, Ambassador for Caucasians, 202
- Ablutions, a religious rite, described, 83
- Acropolis, at Athens, difficulties of its ascent, 40, 41
- Adabazar, a Circassian tribe, 153
- Adalia, school closed, 194
- Adam, Mr. Adam, of British delegates, 307
- Adana, 125, 198
- Abdul Hak, Hamid, Turkish writer, for the people, 220
- acknowledged leader of the “New” literature, reconstructs learning and creates the soul of Turkey, 221
- Adnan Bey, Dr., Vice-President of the Assembly, 153, 186
- Angora High Commissioner in Constantinople, husband of Halidé Hanoum, 206
- Adrianople, the Siege of, 288
- Æschylus, 41
- Afghanistan, Ambassador, 202, 203
- Afioum-Karahissar, where they finally leave train, 88, 102, 110
- Aga Aglou Ahmed Bey, Director of Angora Press, repeats that “whatever we do is wrong,” 226,
- Agamemnon, on board the, 195
- Ahmet Emine, brilliant journalist, 142
- Aidin Railway, antiques found in laying the route, 62, 63
- Alascheir, once prosperous, 76, 77
- Albania, 294
- Albanians, wiped out, 23
- scheme to exclude, 169
- Albert Hall, 38
- Alcohol, its use and abuse, taught in schools, 216
- Alewites, 153
- Alfred and the cakes, 249
- Algeciras, and its assembly of fallen angels, 178
- Ali Fouad Pasha, general, President of “Rights of Roumelia and Anatolia,” largely the inspiration of the Assembly, 199
- commanding in the North, 224
- America and her churches as advertisers, 78
- American, author will not pretend to be, ix
- “nerves” in the war, 26
- author supposed to be American, but objects, 75, 76 et passim
- sings “Swannee River,” 53
- the first at Smyrna, his advice, 67
- the second at Smyrna, his advice, 67, 68
- scheme to rebuild Turkey à la “States,” 85
- unwise propaganda for Christians 175
- Nonconformity and the Holy War, 239, 240
- idle talk of a new “home” for Armenians, 247
- their mischievous propaganda, 247
- characteristic, of arrogant obstinacy, 262, 263
- diplomacy not wanted in English Embassies, 291
- Near East relief workers in Anatolia, 203
- who are, unfortunately, too pro-Armenian, 203
- American Relief Worker to the rescue, 256 et seq.
- his marvellous efficiency as a traveller, 256-258, 259 et seq.
- joins author on journey to Constantinople, 259
- views on Greek barbarity, 259, 260
- recognises “personal” element in all relations with Turks, 260
- eager to know author’s view of American work in Turkey, 263-265
- his idea of service in “understanding,” 264
- linguist and jack-of-all-trades, 267, 268
- rudeness, a tactful cure for women’s nerves, 268
- back-stair influence on the League, 315
- Americans, do not know how to drink, 113
- Anafarta, 182
- Anatolia, Greek atrocities in, 63
- sense of isolation, 72
- great hospitality, 72 et seq.
- general condition of country, 74 et seq.
- nowhere to house the poor people, 75
- children and soldiers of, 75
- people comforted by being seen, 77
- wonderful recovery of trade, 101
- a typical han (inn), 110
- similarity of devastated towns, 125, 126
- bazaars and curio-merchants reviving their trade, 126
- the carriages and drivers of the country, 135
- people seem to have “walked out of the Bible,” 135
- excellent newspapers, 142, 144, 208
- primitive machinery, 144
- must be in at 5 o’clock sunset, 146
- accepted heavy taxation, 152
- song of her love for Roumelia, 153
- carpets and rugs from, 167
- the native music, 170
- refugees of, 186
- unfortunate influence of American relief workers against Turkey on behalf of Armenians, 203, 204
- but they have done fine work in education, 203, 204
- advantages of Anglo-French capital, 204
- retains old customs largely abandoned in Constantinople, 205
- true hospitality in a two-roomed cabin, 232, 233
- character of the people, 234
- everywhere maps of Asia Minor, 234
- their folk-songs, 238, 258
- cared for by Pope, 239
- must not grumble in Anatolia, 256
- need lessons in hygiene, 256-258
- peasants declare they do not lack anything, 258
- a “casual” driver, 259 et seq.
- strange method of caravan-driving, where one donkey leads a troop of camels, 260, 261
- colour of soil suggests rich veins of iron, 271, 272
- peasants accept low prices when told that times are bad, 275
- her folk-songs heard in Lausanne, 299, 300
- when it first became Moslem, 308
- being manœuvred into power of Helenes, 308
- purchased by blood of peasants, 312
- reference to, 46, 64, 112, 115, 125, 138, 166, 175, 180, 182, 199, 206, 212, 245, 284, 288, 311
- See “Angora”
- Andromache, 41
- Anglican scheme for union with Greek Church, 239, 240
- Angora, “the little Republic of the Mountains,” ix
- discourtesy to ambassadors from, 27
- no luxuries in, 32
- unknown to British, 72
- misunderstood in Angora, 125
- at last near at hand, 127
- first view of, 131
- somehow disappointing, 132
- atmosphere of brotherhood, 133, 134
- the town described, 134–135
- high rents, 139
- everyone reads the papers, 157, 158
- the real “New Turkey,” 139, 140
- a primitive printing works, 144
- the Hadji Baïram “quarter,” 144
- not many “sights,” except hospitals, schools and gardens, 145, 146
- serious housing problem, 146
- how we exaggerate here, 147
- all men proud of their country, 148
- will Angora or Constantinople be capital of the new State, 149
- Holy Angora, 168
- Treaty signed here with France, 177
- its foreign personalities, 202 et seq.
- Germans have no influence, 202
- but are conciliating Turks in Germany, 202
- surprising progress, especially in hospitals, 215, 216
- former “Director of its Press,” 218
- present “Director of its Press,” 226
- its famous Mosque of Hadgi Baïram, 223
- carries one back to centuries before Christ, 226
- where do all the people live? 226
- dangers of the bad roads, 232
- a “difficult” house to find—“near the pump,” 236
- the Christian Colony, 245-247
- representative in Rome, 250
- admirable organisation of Justice by Djelaleddine Arif Bey, 251, 252
- no tips, no haggling over prices, 286
- a woman sent out to Angora by French Government, 291
- has taken from Constantinople the heart and spirit of Turkey, 295, 296
- naturally touching, 304
- reference to, 30, 55, 58, 66-68, 88, 105, 108, 120, 121, 156, 160, 168, 178, 205-207, 228, 239, 242, 244, 273 et passim
- Antigone, 41
- Antoine, who staged some of Pierre Loti’s tales, anecdote of, 18
- Arabia, words from the Turkish literature, 59, 219, 250
- Arabs, scheme to exclude, 169, 222, 306
- minority in Mosul, 311
- Arden, Forest of, 124
- Aristotle, 41
- Armenian choir regret their old “good times” with Turks, 236-238
- Armenians, “under Papal protection,” 52
- attempt of girls to escape, 64, 65
- in America, 78
- hard to realise they are Christians, 134
- in Cilicia, 153
- shawls, 171
- orphans, 211
- turn to Russia, 221
- feel “at home” in Turkey, 237
- want to be left alone, 238
- call Turkey their “home,” 247
- have long filled their pockets out of the Turks, 275
- at Lausanne, 299
- reference to, 222, 238, 241
- Armistice, 182
- “Army of Occupation,” what it means, 30
- Army of Nationalists, described, 224, 225
- Asia Minor, quite safe, 57
- Asiatics, not inferiors, 59
- Asquith, Mr., and his son, 77
- Astor, Lady, effect on other women, of her success in Parliament, 291
- Athens, visited, 36 et seq.
- Athenæum, on blonde Turks, 228
- Augustus, his “comfortable” period, 226
- Austerlitz, 166
- Australian mothers, their gratitude for “the truth” about Turkey, 208, 280
- Aviation ground, reorganised, 101
- women aviators, 102
- Azerbaijan, ambassador, 202
- Babadjanian, in charge of Armenian orphans, 246, 247
- Bagdad, and her woman Professor, 125, 190
- Balfour, Lord, unfortunate scorn of Turkey, 314
- Balkan War, 24, 193, 210
- Barrère, M., 299
- Beaconsfield, Lord, 141
- Bedford College open to Turkish women medical students, 211
- Békir Sami Bey, Ambassador from Angora and the Soviets, 27
- Benedict XV., Pope, beautiful bust of, 242
- killed by strain of war, 244
- Benghazi, 182
- Berlin, 25, 111
- Beyrout, 182, 211
- Bieberstein, Marshall von, German diplomat at Constantinople, and his “human” retriever, 24
- Bilidjik, station for “the express,” 88, 255, 259
- Bismarck, 305
- Bitlis, 182
- “Black” Sultan, the, 227
- Boghetti, who brought fruit, 232
- Bolshevism, compared with Moslem, 90
- Bosphorus, 251
- Boston lady, her insulting lies about life in harem, 315
- Briand, M., attack on Lloyd George, 50
- British Museum, 63
- Broussa, ancient capital of Turkey, fine hospital at, 215, 216
- headmistress at College of, misses the “Christian” pupils, 217
- and the comfort of its Hotel Brotte, 272
- unexpected visit to, 273 et seq.
- governor’s house burnt to cinders, 273
- town had been saved by a brigand, 273
- influx of Jews, 274
- splendid bathing, 274
- silk and tobacco factories, 274, 275
- its bazaar, its Mosque, and the letter-writer, 276
- true atmosphere of Islam, 276 et seq.
- a minaret and the famous Green Mosque, 277-279
- school-house and hospital, 282, 283
- reference to, 163, 258, 259, 316
- Browne, Prof. E. G., hope that he will translate some of the Turkish books on Nationalism, 217, 218
- Brutus, his wife, 124
- Bryce, Lord, his opinion enough to crush all argument, a tale of Western arrogance, 262, 263
- Bucharest, 62
- Bulgarians, now friends again, 175
- Burns, Mrs. John, anecdote of her dignity, 133
- Byron, Lord, his Greece and his Maid of Athens, 41
- Byzantine Hippodrome in Constantinople, 27, 308
- Cadem Haïr, a maid, whose mistress buys her trousseau, 189
- Caliphat, the sacred office, 90
- Calthorpe, Admiral, and the Armistice 193
- Calthorpe, 227
- Camerad Areloff, Soviet Ambassador in Angora, 152
- Canada, 280
- Capitulations, unjudicial, incompatible with national sovereignty, would be also injurious to foreigners, 117, 311
- naturally “desired” by foreigners, 275
- Caracol, the (or lock-up), of Smyrna, 52
- Caravan, in charge of a donkey, 260, 261
- Carl Marx, 156, 162
- Carlyle on Mahomet, 22
- Carpet-factory visited, 100, 101
- Catholic, what the word now means in Turkey, 52, 63
- happy in Turkey, 241
- Caucasian Confederation, 182, 202, 224
- Cecil, Lord Robert; quaint thoughts of him in Anatolia, 105
- Cemetery, like a field of poppies, 101
- Ceretti, Monsignor, Paris Papal Nonce, memories of Pope as a young man, 242, 243
- Chamber of Deputies, the French, 154
- “Chapel of Bones” in Malta, 31
- Cheik (once Professor of Arabic at Oxford) joins author in her journey, 69 et seq.
- Cheik, the; our “troubles” will make history, 80, 81, 102
- Cheik-ul-Islam, called in to formally depose Khalif, 199, 200
- compared to Abdul Hamid’s “Cheik,” 200
- Chemsi Effendi, schoolmaster in Salonika, 180
- Cheriat laws are not run on a “cash basis,” 251, 269, 270
- Chester, Mr., of the U.S., and sky-scrapers, 117, 118
- Child Observer, the, or Boy Scout, from America, 300
- his “little kindness” to Ismet Pasha, 300
- China, 58, 234
- Chislehurst, where Kemal Pasha’s future wife was educated, 190
- Chivalry, fine, but inconvenient sometimes, 56 et seq.
- Choate, Joseph, stern rebuke of Baron Marshall von Bieberstein, 301, 302
- Christ in Koran, 22
- venerated by Turks, 92
- Christian minorities to be looked after by M. Kemal, 238
- Christian prayer for Turkey and the Pasha, 237
- Christians claim exemption from military service, 160
- Churches, the; their proper function, 108, 109
- Cilicia, 120, 153, 224
- Circassian tribes, 153
- Clapham, 30
- Clemenceau, Mons., bigger man than Napoleon, 165, 166
- did not know of oil in Mosul, 311
- Committee of Union and Progress, 195, 222
- its mistakes, 173
- Compton, Mr., administers relief in Anatolia, 203
- “Conceited ass” a leader of camels, 260, 261
- Constant, Mons., French Ambassador at Constantinople, 24
- Constantine, of Greece, afraid of air-raids, 94, 95
- Constantinople, its avenue of Pierre Loti, 20
- mass meeting in the Byzantine Hippodrome, 27
- its “dangerous” distractions, 29 et seq.
- fear of its being handed to Russia, 90
- will not tolerate a “Greek” Patriarch, 107, 108
- the Hippodrome made in Germany, 118
- some impressions of its bazaar, 126
- will it be capital of new State? 149
- Parliament seized by English, 155
- present position and prospects, 176
- reforms interrupted by the war, 187
- the newspaper called Illeri, or Forwards, 229
- representative in Rome, 250
- ceremony of the Mouharrem, 250, 251
- its relics of Byzantium, 274
- eager for tips, sharp contrast to the Anatolians, 285, 286
- fixed tariff required for tips and cabs, 286
- compensations in luxury, 286
- Armenian concert interrupted by dogs, 294, 295
- street-feuds among dogs, who unite against “alien” Christians, 294, 295
- still the sublime but no longer the Turkey of the Turks, which is Angora, 295, 296
- the holy man of the Tekka, 296, 297
- how correspondents “hash up” their news, 303
- Ottoman rule in, 308
- cannot be neutral, and so intended for Russia, 319
- government by committee would mean English rule, 320
- must be given back to Turkey, 320
- reference to, 23, 26, 108, 125, 153, 163, 179, 180, 182, 193. 203, 206, 220, 224, 239, 244, 252, 259, 263, 273, 284, 288, 307, 309, 311
- Conversation without words, 138
- Cook, Messrs. Thomas, & Co., Egypt, Ltd., 19, 20
- Crowday, Dame Rachel, at the League, 112
- Cuba, 49
- Curzon, Lord, knows the East, 143
- firm, but not insulting, 178
- views on the Assembly, 193
- books on the East, 227
- understands Ismet Pasha, 287
- knows the subject, and his own mind; has full powers, 289
- for him the right way is not the easy way, 290
- compliments the author, 291
- his duel with Ismet Pasha, 197, 299
- preparing his “part,” 301
- a pleasure to meet, 303
- unfortunate severity and stiffness of manner in public, 303
- really interested in Turks and understands them, 303, 304
- might be more himself with Ismet Pasha, 303
- cannot ignore “public opinion” in the West, still based on our conception of old Turkey, 304
- said of Ismet Pasha, “I like the little man,” 305
- naturally told nothing, but asked questions, 305
- guesses at his policy, 306
- hampered by association with the Coalition, 306
- pity he cannot deal more directly with Turks, 306
- his public speeches, 306
- refuses to recognise religious tolerance of Turks, 309
- try to force on Turkey what they would not offer to Greeks or Bulgars, 310
- could deal with “public opinion” if he really wished to, 310
- always seems to distrust Turks, 310
- reference to, 27, 299, 317
- Cyprus, 24
- Czar Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, at Marienbad, 129
- Damascus, 182
- Dames de Nazareth, the, at Beyrout, converted to school, 211
- Dane at Smyrna, his advice, 67
- Dardanelles, the, 182, 224
- Daudet, his hero and his goal, 157
- Deacoville, 85, 88
- de Brock, Admiral, stationed outside Smyrna, 63
- de C——, Mrs., widow of Minister in Teheran, 62 et seq.
- Democracy may be “perfect” in the East, 162
- Dervishes, the “contemplative” and the “dancing”: fascination of their rhythms, 281
- their “progressive” representative, 156
- Dersim, its aged Deputy, 155, 156
- Diab, Deputy for Dersim, ninety years old, 155, 156
- Diarbékir, 139, 234
- Diogenes, 77
- Diplomacy must be taken up when you are twenty-one, not later, 292
- Disraeli, grateful protector of Turks, 241
- Divans, early Turkish poems, 219
- Djavid Bey, 138, 306
- Djelaleddine Arif Bey, represents Angora in Rome, 44, 250
- Djellal Noury Bey, editor of the Illeri, and the National Pact, 229-231
- used to edit a French paper, 230
- Djémal Pasha, former Minister of Marines, as interpreter, 98, 208, 249, 250
- the late, 235
- Dogs lack the dignity of the East, 98
- Drake, 249
- Drummond, Sir Eric, asks why Turks suspect the League, 314
- wants Turkey to be on Council of League, 317
- “Drunken Englishman, The,” a popular game in Naples, 113
- Dublin, degree given to Turkish woman medical student, 211
- Dumas, and his interview with Gregory XVI., 240
- Durdje, a Circassian tribe, 153
- Dutch parson at Smyrna, his advice, 67
- Dutchman who ought to write a book, 53
- East, Sir Alfred, on painting an Eastern sunset, 297
- École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres, school attended by author, 218
- Edison, a tale of his youth, 181
- on being deaf, 309
- Edward VII. and Pierre Loti, 19
- Egypt, 59, 116, 148, 168
- Eliot, George, her words are part of the treasure England has for mankind, 214
- Ellison, Grace, her mission for peace, ix, x
- her friendship with Pierre Loti, 17 et seq.
- early admiration of Gladstone, 22
- first personal impressions of the Revolution, 23
- her “Turkish sister,” 23-25
- at Stamboul, 24
- her “An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem,” 24
- risks of friendship for Turkey, 25
- invited to Angora, 28
- some of her views on women, 29 et seq.
- her search for Union Jack, 34 et seq.
- her “defence” of England, 35, 39, 42
- her impressions of Athens, 36 et seq.
- on the “modern” Greek financier, 36 et seq.
- and the Hellenes, 38 et seq.
- on imperialism for Greece, 40
- on Smyrna, 43 et seq.
- her first impressions of devastations, 43
- the first “spinster” to enter Turkey, 44
- her battles with the flies, 47, 48
- distrust of financiers who exploit Turkey, 50, 51
- known as “niece” of Lloyd George, 50, 51
- refuses “control” from English chivalry, 54 et seq.
- could meet bullying better than kindness, 55
- always “trusts” Turks, 56
- entirely unsupported by Government or the Press, 58
- “childhood” beginnings of her keen interest in the East, 58, 59
- nearly blown up among ruins of Smyrna, 61
- actually ready to start for Angora, 66
- farewell gifts and advice, 67-69
- advice and gifts from men of all nations at Smyrna, 67-69
- her “answer” to them all, 69
- her delightful companion, the learned Cheik, 69 et seq.
- memories of England, 69, 70
- her eventful journey to Angora, 71 et seq.
- first impressions of Anatolia, 72 et seq.
- once more called an “American,” but objects, 75, 76
- experience of life in trains, 77 et seq.
- a night in the open, 80, 81
- not a true Eastern, 82
- a journey on foot, 85 et seq.
- addresses public meeting at Ouchak, 94 et seq.
- does not regret discomfort, 94
- reasons for visit to Angora explained, 95
- must not have war, 95
- demands “friendship” between Turkey and Great Britain, 96
- strange ways of her Turkish lady’s-maid, 98
- the terror of travelling in a luggage train, 104 et seq.
- refuses to stay in train 109, 110
- once more taken for American, 114
- her aims and work, 119
- making her toilette in the train 122, 123
- her “Turkish Woman’s Impressions of Europe,” 124
- disappointed at first impressions of Angora, 132
- visits newspaper office and printing works, 144
- her “guide” in Angora, 144 et seq.
- what to sketch in Angora, 145
- once more “why” an American, 148
- sort of “father confessor” to beloved new nation, 148
- impressions of Assembly, 148 et seq.
- talks with Mustapha Kemal, 159 et seq.
- at the Pasha’s own house, 163 et seq.
- curiously like M. Kemal, 170
- her interview with M. Kemal, 174 et seq.
- what it cost her to reach Angora, 183
- views and anecdotes of harem life, 184-191
- views on “women,” 185
- makes friends with Ministers of the Assembly, 192 et seq.
- hopes they will be ready to learn from Europe, 198
- renews her friendship with Halidé Hanoum, 205 et seq.
- messages to John Masefield and from Australian mothers, 208
- her own “best way” of helping national Turkey, 214
- still “more to do” in Angora, 215
- visits a Lycée for Girls, 215, 216
- interesting Preface to her “Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem,” by Prof. Browne, 218
- proud pupil of École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres, 218
- organised meetings against help to Czarist Russia, 220, 221
- faith the same for all men, 223
- indiscreet questions about the army, 224, 225
- final impressions of Angora, 226 et seq.
- her ideas of propaganda, 228
- she is half-East, half-West, 228
- prefers hard work to peroxide and henna, 228
- approves the National Pact, 229-231
- enjoys a picnic and a good dinner, 231, 232
- a poor shot, 231
- nearly suffocated by fumes from mangal, 232
- visits a wayside cabin, 232, 233
- studying the map, 234
- talk at a “supper-party” given by an Anglophobian, 235-238
- her Turkish sister again, 238
- impressions of Rome and the Pope, 239 et seq.
- describes the Pasha to the Pope, 243, 244
- visits Armenian orphans, 246, 247
- on diplomats in Rome, 249 et seq.
- impressions of several Khalifs, 249, 250
- tale of Alfred and the cakes, and of the Suffragettes to Prince Youssouff Zeddine, 249, 250
- sees a celebration of the Mouharrem, 250, 251
- leaves Angora in the snow, 254 et seq.
- dangerous drives in a yaili, 254 et seq., 259 et seq.
- a night “in the open” saved by American efficiency, 256-258
- tale of mutual ignorance between English and Americans, 260
- “falls in love” with an ass! 260, 261
- thinks, on the whole, Americans do more harm than good in Turkey, 263-265
- judge a nation by its “gods” and learn “humanity” from Islam, 265
- attack on Puritanism towards women, whom all Turks honour and respect, 265, 266
- Turks too resigned while our dollar-race drenches the world in blood, 266
- life in primitive times, 268 et seq.
- by all means let us play at schemes for rebuilding the world, but leave all the “old bits,” 269
- Broussa, and the first chance of brushing one’s hair, 272
- tale of letter-writing for a Poilu, 276
- climbing a minaret, 277
- visiting Loti’s Green Mosque, 278, 279
- on board a cockle-shell of a boat, cheered by photograph of Gladys Cooper 283, 284
- her “harmless” mission to make England a little better understood, 284
- impressions of Constantinople, 285 et seq.
- too much heart to be English, 285
- her Swan-Song of what she has proved women can do, 291-293
- defence of her “Disadvantages of Being a Woman,” 292
- only trusted at the Front, when men thought she was French, 292, 293
- more at home in French Embassies than English, 293
- four Christmas Days in Turkey, 293-295
- danger of being too cosmopolitan, 294
- holds on to Faith, because War has taken away everything else, 295
- anger with jazz bands, 295
- first woman admitted in Tekké at Constantinople, 296
- at Lausanne, 298 et seq.
- strange feeling of being in a neutral country, 298
- severe criticism of journalists at Lausanne, 301-303
- helps to make Lord Curzon understand, 304
- haunted at Lausanne by memories of Angora, 306
- tries to divide time between Turks and British, 307
- obtains full explanation of Turkish policy at Lausanne, 309-312
- views on the League of Nations, 313 et seq.
- could never obtain statistics about Greek atrocities, 316
- hopes for the future, 318 to the end
- over the Channel in an aeroplane, 318
- held responsible in the States for Irish policy, 318
- witty answers that turn away wrath, 318
- congratulations and thanks to New Turkey, 320
- England, memories of, 69, 70
- English, the; once welcomed, now distrusted, ix
- idle policy in Turkey, 25
- hated by Greeks, 39
- will be soon welcomed again in Turkey, 49, 50
- ignorance of Young Turkey, of Angora, and of the Nationalists, 72
- humour unlike the French, 124
- will now take bribes, 142
- our policy will “come right,” 144
- seized Turkish parliament in Constantinople, 155
- will again be friends with Turks, 174, 178
- generous welcome to Turks in England, 211
- Taine’s judgment of them quoted, 214
- the best real “education,” 218
- stupid ignorance of the Khalif’s supreme duty towards Holy Relics, 219
- shameful admiration for Russia of the Czars, 220, 221
- close a “Nationalist” club, 222
- whole “Press” is anti-Islam, 231
- must lead attitude of the world towards Turkey, 239
- why should we interfere? 263 et seq.
- much to learn from the East in pity and humanity, 265
- cruel Puritanism followed by bloodshed in race for dollars, 265, 266
- their injustice to Turks entirely due to their being misled by Greek and Armenian dragomen, 280
- witty story to illustrate our national habit of not listening, 290
- public opinion still based on conception of “old” Turkey, 304
- our Empire founded on trust, 306
- people in vain seek for confidence from the Government, 306
- captured Mosul by violating Armistice, 311
- need friendship of Turks, as Turks need English friendship, 312
- should have been above pick-pocketing habit of confiscating enemy property, 314
- can only regain prestige by honest peace, 320
- “Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem, An,” by Grace Ellison, 24
- appreciation by Prof. Browne, 218
- Envichéir, and its primitive inn, 268
- Enver Pasha, evil influence, 25, 92, 98
- Erki-Chéir, where General Trécoupis was in captivity, 108
- Europe, will she ever realise? 147, 148
- Faith, the same for all men, 223
- Falkenhayn, General, whose methods disgusted M. Kemal, 182
- Falstaff, 124
- Fanar to be separated from Orthodox Church, 308
- Fatma, 189
- Ferid Bey, Mme.; see “Mufidé Hanoum”
- Feszi Bey, Minister of Public Works, 198
- Fethi Bey, Minister of the Interior and Ambassador from Angora; his praise of England, 27, 28
- his “philosophy,” 32, 33
- memories of London, 162
- a Minister at thirty-two, 192
- his life and character, well known in England, Minister of Interior, 195-197
- claims Jerusalem for the Turks, who honour Christ, rather than for Jews, 252, 253
- laughs at our English pride of family, 270
- humiliated in London by hearing the harem life misrepresented, 315
- reference to, 35, 125, 132, 137, 143, 154, 159, 166, 178, 285
- Flies in Athens, 37
- have real “freedom” in Turkey, 47 et seq.
- the end of, 79
- France, why she gave up Cilicia, 120
- Frank Street in Smyrna, 62
- Franklin-Bouillon, M., advises friendship with England, 121
- says he could have made peace at Lausanne, 318
- Freedom of the Straits must be real freedom, 176-178
- French influence in the Near East, 20
- Frenchman at Smyrna, his advice, 68
- Friendship between Turkey and Great Britain essential to both, 96
- Fouzouli, earliest writer of love-poetry in Turkish, 219
- Front, at the, 96
- Gabriel Effendi Nouradunghian, an Armenian, chosen by Turks as Minister of Foreign Affairs, 221
- Ghazal, that is, a love song, 219
- Gallipoli, 182
- Gasparri Cardinal; his views on Turkey, 148
- his character, 252
- Geneva and the League, 112, 317
- cathedral locked, 279
- Genoa, 300
- George V., the “Moslem” King, 86
- Georgian Circassian slaves, 190
- Georgians at Lausanne, 299
- Gerbervilliers, 95
- Gentleman: Turkish ambition to be one, ix, x
- Germans have no influence, 202
- Germany began to tamper with Nationalist independence and was thrown off, 25, 195, 271
- Gladstone, reaction against influence of, 22, 78, 95, 141
- Lady, and the Lyceum Club League Circle, 313
- Gladys Cooper, her photograph in a ship’s cabin, Queen of Beauty among the ladies of the Levant, 284
- Goethe quoted, 143, 320
- Gordon, General, author’s father’s praise of, 22, 207, 249
- Goschen, Sir Edward, and Edward VII., 129, 130
- Grand National Assembly, the parliament of Nationalist Turkey, 135
- description of building and position, 148
- the band in gardens of, 152
- form of proceedings, 153-155
- evidence of democracy, 154
- different personalities, 155 et seq.
- predominance of military uniforms, 156
- rather “difficult” variety of culture among Deputies, 156, 157
- false reports at Lausanne of its corruption, 157
- is really national, 157
- inspires confidence, 158
- one chamber the ideal form of government, 162
- opposition at present has little weight, 169, 170
- its attitude explained by M. Kemal, 174
- a Cabinet of young men, 192
- its three great men, 192 et seq.
- Cabinet and Prime Minister independent, 192
- Ministers are Heads of Departments, 192
- real authority rests with the whole Assembly, 192
- Lord Curzon does not think system would work for a stable State, 193
- difference in knowledge and culture between Deputies, 198
- Cabinet and less-known Ministers, 198 et seq.
- difficulties in the future foreseen, 200
- has achieved permanent success, 228, 229
- the restaurant provided by a professor, 235
- a Western atmosphere, 238
- deserves congratulations from the Mother of Parliaments, 305
- reference to, 146, 247
- Grand Tchelebi, progressive representative of Dancing Dervishes, 156
- Great Britain breaks her faith with Turkey, 90, 91
- bitterness against, 95
- Greater Greece, greater than Greeks can sustain, 21
- Greek Patriarch supported by Sultans, 308
- Greek Pope, the, 39
- Greek, moneylenders, 36 et seq.
- the business men of Turkey, 49
- atrocities in Smyrna, 26, 60
- to enslave Turks, 27
- hate Lloyd George, 39
- barbarism in Anatolia, 63
- ungrateful conduct of refugees, 63
- anecdote of cruelty, 73, 74
- other examples, 74
- Greeks in America, 78
- devastations worse than the “German,” 79
- burning of trains, 94
- their dream of Empire, 107, 221
- largely victims of Big Powers, 161
- we cannot forget their atrocities, 208
- report of them by Halidé Hanoum, 212, 213
- Church, 245
- further evidence of devastations on return journey, danger of American relief worker, 260
- Ottoman Greeks weep when their compatriots burn Broussa, 273
- run away from a field of poppies, which they mistake for Turkish soldiers, 274
- have long filled their pockets out of the Turks, 275
- have always misled the English about the Nationalists, 280
- their “victims” in hospital, 282, 283
- more respected by the Powers than the Turks, 310
- servants in Turkish harems, well treated and contented, 315
- statements about, by an Italian lady at Broussa, 316
- foolish vision of a place on the Bosphorus, 319
- reference to, 52, 222, 241, 244
- Green Mosque at Broussa made famous by Pierre Loti, 20, 278, 279
- Gregory XVI. interviewed by Dumas, 240
- Guests, how they should “direct” their hosts in Anatolia, 138
- Gunhani, where railway line is cut, 79, 85
- wonderful railway bridge, 88
- Hadji Baïram, a “quarter” of Angora, 144
- its mosque, 223
- Hague, Second Conference, a dramatic moment, 301, 302
- HAÏDAR Bey from Vannes, the “old brigand” who buys rugs and carpets for Colonel Mougin, 235-238
- Hakki Pasha, Grand Vizier, quoted, 25
- Halidé Edib Hanoum, one of the finest women in Turkey, 92
- the Jeanne d’Arc of Turkey, 102
- never unveils her hair, 138
- wanted in “Assembly,” 157
- quoted, 184
- character, life, and opinions, 205 et seq.
- respected everywhere, wanted in the Assembly, 205, 210
- now an enemy to England but ready to love us again, 205
- manner and appearance, 206, 207
- translates from the American, 207
- her work and views on freedom for women, 209 et seq.
- Chief Inspector of Schools, an organiser of education programme, 209
- retains the “veil” for its “Nationalist” significance, 210
- has prepared report of Greek devastations, 212, 213
- pessimistic about Conference, 213
- peace but not dishonour, 213
- Jeanne d’Arc of Turkey, 214
- the greatest woman of the “New” literature, 222
- her remarkable “Nouveau Touran,” 222
- member of the “Turc Odjagui,” 222
- should have been invited to report on harems, 314, 315
- reference to, 153, 184, 186, 204, 227, 232, 233
- Hamdoullah Soubhi Bey, eloquent speaker for women, 185
- Hamid Bey, 306
- Hamidieh, the, in the Balkan War, 193
- Hamilton, Lady, did influence politics, 290
- Harem, misunderstood, 26
- provides “real” safety, 30
- discussed with M. Kemal, 184-186
- descriptions and anecdotes, his own choice, 187-191
- not invented by Prophet, introduced in conquest of Byzantium, 190
- investigated by the League, 314
- formerly described by nursery governesses, 315
- Christian servants well treated and contented, 315
- a tabloid reply to criticism, 318, 319
- Harrington, General; his views on Turkey and Lausanne, 286, 287
- Hassan Fehmi Bey, Minister of Finance, 198
- Hedjaz, sacred city, 250
- Helen of Troy, 38
- Henderson, Arthur, 156
- Henderson, Neville, British Chargé d’Affaires at Constantinople, popular in Turkey, though not pro-Turk, 293
- Herbert, Colonel Aubrey, authority on Near East, 128
- Hikmet Bey, Captain, aide-de-camp to the French colonel, 134, 305
- Hindenberg, 182
- Hodja, living in oak tree, 77
- Hodjas, their reactionary influence, 156
- Homer, 41
- Horses, agreeable neighbours, 110
- Hospitals, greatly advanced in recent years, 215, 216
- House, Colonel; why he chose Geneva for seat of the League 317
- Hussein Djahid, brilliant journalist, 142, 143
- Hussein Raghib Bey, Prof., Chargé d’Affaires in Paris; his account of Nationalist literary revival, 218-223
- Hygiene needed in Anatolia 256, 257
- “Hymn of Independence,” sung by all Moslems, 238
- Idol that was a fountain, 18
- Illeri (or Forwards), a newspaper in Constantinople, 229
- Imbrie, American commercial attaché, to protect “concessions” and organise relief, 203
- lives in railway salon, 203
- Imperial Ottoman Bank now the Bank of Turkey, 204
- Incivility, does not “pay” in diplomacy, 27
- India, 25, 58, 59 90, 116, 263
- In-Enus, some impressions of the battle, 183, 197, 307
- International Red Cross, 299
- Iron Duke, H.M.S., outside Smyrna, 63
- Islam, word means obedience, the reverse of Bolshevism, 90
- Ispahan, roses of, 20
- Israel has its place in Islam, 92
- Ismet Pasha; his duel with Lord Curzon, 197, 299
- understands Lord Curzon, 287
- public taught to laugh at his pleasantries, 301
- “official” treatment from Lord Curzon, 303
- depressed by fears he has not done enough for Turkey, 305
- dread of war, 305
- a soldier, sent to fight a Bismarck, 305
- does he, or his Turkish confrères, really trust Lord Curzon, 306, 307
- left Constantinople with nothing, returned the head of the Army, 307
- no chance of a fair fight with mature British diplomats, 307, 308
- makes dangerous concession about Greek Patriarch, 309
- works into night, 309
- explains his point of view, 309-312
- advantages of being deaf for diplomacy, 309
- doing his best for peace, but cannot give up the Pact, 309, 310
- all agreements with us are held up as “great concessions,” 310
- we are offered “one room in our own house,” 310
- always met with distrust, 310
- chief obstacles to peace: Mosul, finance, judicial capitulations, reparations, 310
- we cannot betray Anatolia, 312
- toast of the British Empire and King George, 320
- reference to, 137, 183, 194, 199, 298-300, 306
- Italy, a bad example, 314
- Italian, a wise proverb, 29
- Izzet Pasha; his Cabinet, 193, 195
- Jaffa, 182
- “Jane Clegg,” acted by Sybil Thorndike, 28
- Japan, 58
- Jeanne d’Arc, story from her life, 180 et seq.
- Jerusalem held sacred by Turks, 250
- Jews eager to replace Greeks, 161, 274, 275
- beginning to “make their profit” out of simple Turks, 275
- Johnson, Robert Underwood, formerly American Ambassador at Rome, 300
- Judea, 250
- Julius Cæsar, search for humour in, 124
- compared to M. Kemal, 161
- Kada-Keuey, 254
- Kadinlar Dunyassi, a paper for women, 209
- Kaiser, the, 118
- Kara-Kuey, 88
- Kara Kheuz, i.e., Punch-and-Judy show, at a wedding, 189
- Karahissar, centre of opium trade, 112
- Kassaba, terrible condition of, 75, 77, 102
- Kemallidine Pasha, General, 279
- Kemal Pasha, Mustapha; the victory of his “rebels,” 27
- when he “lifts his little finger,” 29
- not a “rebel,” 91
- seeks to free Islam from Byzantine heresies, 91
- great importance of his choosing the right type of wife, 92
- takes over house from Constantine, 94, 95
- an American interviewer says he smokes “Players,” 98
- women must take their place in life, 102
- wisdom to prohibit alcohol, 113
- inspired people with almost superstitious confidence, 128
- and “the miracle happened,” 129
- his “dancing” car, 137
- on French Revolution, 153, 181
- great civil organiser, 158
- requires no “guard,” 159
- his true greatness discussed, 159 et seq.
- inspired by his mother’s suffering, 160
- difficulties with the Churches, 160
- lenient towards Greeks, 161
- hard-working and simple home-life, 161 et seq.
- compared to Julius Cæsar, 161
- handsome and eloquent, 162, 163
- his home, his mother, his opinions, and his life, 163 et seq.
- would be at home in any drawing-room, 164
- views on Napoleon, 165, 166
- secure in his people’s admiration, 167
- disapproves of word “Kemalist” for a “national” movement, 167
- not influenced by Bolshevists, 169
- more balanced than some of the Deputies, 169
- personality can dominate Assembly, 170
- might be author’s brother 170
- visit to peasants, 171, 172
- not easy to understand, 172
- an interview with, 174 et seq.
- the “Assembly” is not one man, 174
- ultimate confidence in England, 174, 178
- hopes that the Conference will bring peace, 175
- sympathy with all Christians, 175, 176
- views of Constantinople and on freedom of the Straits, 176
- must have “national” frontiers, 176
- attitude towards minorities, 176, 177
- must refuse “privileged” on capitulations, 177
- not only soldier, but statesman, 178
- some account of his mother, 179
- facts of his life, 180 et seq.
- disgusted by brutal methods of General Falkenhayn, 182
- appointed Inspector of the East or High Functionary of the Eastern Villayets, 182
- opinions and desire for reform of the harem, 185, 186
- his own choice of a wife, 189-191
- advocate of “sensible” dress for men and women, 185, 186
- wedding-presents to his bride, 189, 190
- educated in Rochester, 190
- will sweep away harem and other Byzantine heresies, 190, 191
- great faith in youth, 192
- his task will get harder as country settles to reconstruction, 200
- two hundred years ahead of some of his own Ministers, 200
- a “tribute” applied from an ancient inscription, 210
- supports the “Turc Odjagui,” 222, 223
- visits the “Mosque,” with other Deputies, 223
- against Byzantian heresies, 238
- concerned for Christian minorities, 238
- correspondence with the Pope, 243, 244
- regrets division between Christian Churches, 244, 245
- maintains that Turks have always practised religious tolerance, 245
- a real democrat in practice, a reformer loyal to Islam; faith in full liberty and in his people, 270, 271
- driven to arms by Greek’s entry of Smyrna, 314
- reference to, 30, 45, 46, 66, 74, 93, 100, 108, 115, 117, 119, 120, 125, 130, 134, 135, 149, 157, 195, 205, 207, 227, 232, 239, 308
- Kerr, Philip, private secretary to Lloyd George, 128
- Khadidja, poetess and public singer 190
- Khalif, the present, 182
- Khandeke, a Circassian tribe, 153
- Kiamil Pasha, Grand Vizier to Abdul Hamid, 23
- Kiazim Pasha, Minister of National Defence; his character, 199
- Kipling, Rudyard, his cat, 18
- Konia, chief city of Dancing Dervishes, 281
- Koran, “an accursed book?” 22,
- Krassine M., told of Turkish views on Soviet Government, 27
- Kutahia, a dinner-service from, 167
- Kurd, population of Mosul, 311
- Kurdistan, 234
- Lady of Paradise, Mahomet’s daughter, 190
- Lamartine, 220
- Lasz, the, the President’s guard, 163
- Latifée Hanoum, the Pasha’s future wife, 186
- educated at Chislehurst, 190
- Lausanne, authorities there know nothing of life in Angora, 125
- still talk of Turkey that is dead, 140, 160
- what can Nationalists do there, 147
- told the Assembly was corrupt, 157
- ignorance, 168
- views of the Delegates, 176
- results of Conference, 177, 178
- scorn for patriotism of the Turks, 184
- duel between Lord Curzon and Ismet Pasha, 197
- Halidé Hanoum elected Delegate, but too ill to go, 205
- receives Halidé Hanoum’s report of Greek atrocities, 212
- English Delegates’ foolish scorn of the Kurd, 234
- Conference must produce peace, 287
- both sides adopt the method of not listening, 290
- will they ever listen to a woman? 290
- under the flags of France, Turkey, and Japan, 298
- a gay and busy scene, 298
- hotel a babel from folk-songs of Anatolia to fox-trots and cocktails, 299
- a host of “new” nationalities, all sighing for the (political) moon, 299
- French Delegate bullied to bed, 299
- first word of a “new” and independent Turkey, 299
- always called Turkey to order, 300
- politics all day, 300
- luxury for the Press, 300
- weakness of journalists, 301-303
- more work done than at Genoa, 300
- fight out details and ignore important questions, and the Turkish point of view, 302
- wasteful methods of official diplomacy, 304
- the real problem of Lausanne, 305
- too many Commissions, 306
- haunted by memories of Angora, 306
- all watch Venizelos, the bird of ill-omen, 307
- the first woman diplomatist, 307
- British are not so pro-Russian as they have to appear, 308
- talks about the Greek Patriarch, 308, 309
- Conference will not see what National Pact means to Turkey, 309, 310
- everyone meets Turks with distrust, 310
- chief obstacles to peace: Mosul, finance, judicial capitulations, reparations, 310
- England and Turkey need each other, 312
- Lausanne has not failed, 312
- may she learn from mistakes of Versailles, 319
- reference to, 159, 174, 186, 208, 223, 228, 272, 313, 317, 318, 320
- Law, Mr. Bonar, 141
- League of Nations must be impartial and international, 313 et seq.
- unfortunately appears to be anti-Islam, 313
- by allowing Greeks to enter Smyrna it drove M. Kemal to arms, 314
- should consider the feelings of all nations, 314
- report on harems entrusted to Roumanian poetess, not to Halidé Hanoum, 314, 315
- listened to back-stair propaganda of American relief workers, 315
- its own Press department distrusts Greek and Armenian propaganda, but sympathises with the Turk, 315
- can only help Christians by putting a stop to pro-Christian propaganda, 316
- what a really international League could do for Turkey, 316, 317
- the only way is to put Turkey on Council of League, 317
- reference to, 105, 112, 299
- Lebouvier, M., Dutch pasteur, reports Greek atrocities, 26
- Lenin, theories opposed to the Turkish, 150, 159
- Life, a story from, 318
- Literary Digest quoted, 76
- Lloyd George against Turks, 25
- his “indiscretions” towards Ambassadors for Angora, 27
- what Turkey owes to him, 32
- and “our dear Christian brethren,” 38
- hated by Greeks, 39
- confused with King George, 86
- is he not a democrat? 91
- his puzzling inconsistency, 92
- his policy not the policy of English people, 95
- and Les Misérables, 127
- why does this “democrat” hate Turks, 77, 128
- the fallen angel, or modern Nero, 141, 142
- says you must speak to Turks “with guns,” 169
- “that” Lloyd George, 237
- super-bogeyman of the Near East, 257, 258
- badly advised, 287
- his insults to Turkey not taken seriously, 314
- reference to, 78, 101, 108
- Loti, Pierre, his dream and interpretation of Turkey, 17 et seq.
- Lowther, Sir G., Ambassador at Constantinople, 24
- Ludendorff, 182
- Luggage-train, a painful journey, 89, 90
- Lycée for Girls described, 217
- MacClure, Mr., tells journalists what to say, 301-303
- Mahmoud Bey, smiling aide-de-camp of M. Kemal, 163
- Mahmoud Chefket Pasha, 182
- Mahmoud Essad Bey, Minister of Economics, studied in Switzerland, 199
- Mahmoud II., 289
- Mahomet, Prophet of Islam, 22
- and his daughter the “Lady of Paradise,” 190
- a story with a meaning, 230
- See “Prophet of Islam”
- Mohammed V., anecdote of, 23
- Mallet, Sir Louis, Ambassador at Stamboul, 24
- Malta, the home of exiles from Turkey, 29 et seq.
- Manchester Guardian, unsound on Turkey, 231
- Mangal, or charcoal, stove; its dangers and discomforts, 257
- Manissa, first halt in Anatolia, 74, 77
- Marie, author’s “Catholic” maid in Angora; her ideas about hot bottles, 134, 135
- Marienbad, tales of Royalty at, 129, 130
- Marriage and brides in Turkey, 187-191
- Mary, Princess, 249
- Masefield, John, memories of, at the Front, 208
- Mecca, visited by “Black” Sultan, 227
- Mehmet Emin Bey, of Adalia, leading poet of the Nationalists, 222
- Melek, heroine of Pierre Loti, 19, 22 et seq.
- Melle Stanciof, first woman diplomatist, very able, 307
- Mentone, 52
- Merry de Val, Cardinal, 252
- Mesopotamia, 116, 311
- Metaxatis, Monseigneur, a Cretan, once Metropolitan of Constantinople, as Metelios IV., 108
- Metelios IV., see “Metaxatis”
- Midhat, whose son was the pioneer parliament-maker, 229
- Michelet, his “little Assembly,” 153
- Milne, 227
- Minaret, ascent of and impressions produced, 277
- Minorities can only secure protection by loyalty, 316
- Minorities Committee; their Norwegian head says Asiatics will never become Europeans, 316
- Missionaries and treacherous propaganda, 240
- Mihrinour and her husband in Rome, 251
- Moudania, the most depressing town in Anatolia, 283
- Monsignor X. conducts author to Vatican, 242
- Mont Pegasus, ascent of, 62
- Morgenthau, Mr., an American who wants to make an ideal republic á la Tammany on the Bosphorus, 76
- says States are not disposed to lend, 178
- Morning Post quoted on interview with M. Kemal, 177
- Moscow plans against India, 178
- Mosul, its future, 177
- “Mother in the Home, The,” an American tale translated by Halidé Hanoum, 207
- Mouche, 182
- Moudania Conference, 186, 197
- Mouedine Pasha, General, who “taught” M. Kemal and Fethi Bey, 125, 130
- Mougin, Colonel, earlier called the “French colonel”; his gallantry (?), 112
- friendship with, 114 et seq.
- gives an excellent dinner on the train, 116, 117
- his role in Angora, 119
- his car very welcome, 127
- his hospitality in Angora, 132
- his Embassy, once the Station Hotel, 134
- persists in doubt, 147
- praise of Kemal’s army, 183, 225
- represents French interests with skill and tact, 203
- his awkward questions at dinner, 232
- always “informs” his Government, 232
- fears of responsibility for author’s life, 232
- says only Turks can really protect Christian minorities, 237, 238
- high praise of Refet Pasha, 288
- reference to, 121, 123, 126, 131, 133, 234, 246, 247
- Mouharrem, Persian ceremonial in memory of the martyr, Hussein, 250, 251
- Mudros, the Armistice, 31
- Mufidé Hanoum (Mme. Ferid Bey) second great woman-writer of “New” literature, 222
- Mussolini, M., visits Lausanne, 308
- Naim Bey, courteous hotel-keeper in Smyrna, 46
- Namik Kemal Bey, Turkish writer for the people, 220
- Napoleon and M. Kemal, 165
- Nasreddin Hodja, Turkish wit, his stories from, 33, 34, 267
- National Pact discussed, 219-231
- Nationalist appeal for the first time adopted by Moslems, 93
- Nationalist Literary Revival, brief history of, 218-223
- Nationalist Turkey, ix., 19
- result of Lloyd George’s policy, 32
- misunderstood by British official, 54
- a Nationalist meeting at Ouchak, 95 et seq.
- the Pact contains nothing unreasonable, 97
- Nationalism, a religion, 125
- fight for freedom single-handed, 154
- what Nationalism means, 161
- compared to Christianity, 168
- National Pact, a new “decalogue,” 167
- natural enthusiasm for new Turkey facing reconstruction, 172, 173
- not the cat’s-paw of Bolshevism, 178
- will not allow herself to be used against British influence in India, 178
- the “Constitution” proclaimed, 182
- founders need no advice from us, 201
- does not look to France for help, 203
- the pioneer worker, Halidé Hanoum, 207
- much literature has been already written about, 217, 218
- brief history of Nationalist Literary Revival, 218-223
- “Story of Nationalism,” by Hussein Raghib, how it grew out of the Turc Odjagui, a club founded to protest against “Union and Progress,” 222
- what was a “party” movement made National, 222
- the army described, 224, 225
- grows from 10,000 men to 400,000 men with 450 big guns, etc., 224
- actual statistics and character of staff, 225
- unwisely too proud to use propaganda, 226-228
- discussion of the National Pact, 229-231
- Nationalism, a religion, 230, 231
- the “Hymn of Independence,” 238
- will protect “loyal” minorities, 247
- wants peace, not surrender, 247
- her Constitution will not “imitate” from England, 251
- Turks beginning to be themselves, 263
- still approached as we used to approach Abdul Hamid’s Turks, 304
- no offence to British prestige in the National Pact, 305
- their policy at Lausanne, 309-312
- cannot be curbed by neutral zones, 320
- must have honest peace, 320
- not dead, but born again, 320
- See also “Turks”, “Turkey,” “Young Turks”,”
- Nansen, Dr., always talking of “Greek” suffering, 212, 213
- Naval man of the best type, but starched, 64
- Nazoum, Dr., head of Army Medical Service; his hospitals, 216, 279, 281
- Nelson, call to “Duty,” 64
- Neutrality, cannot satisfy a country’s pride, 298
- though in Switzerland it has “made history,” 299
- New York, 18, 49
- Nicholson, Mr. Harold, British Delegate, 307, 309
- Nightingale, Florence, part of the treasures England has for mankind, 118, 214
- Nihat Réchad, Dr., talk with his sister, 279
- Nonconformity, foe of the Turks, 78
- Noury, Mme., who cooks the dinner, 232
- Nourredine Pasha, 279
- “Nouveau Touron,” by Halidé Hanoum, 222
- Oeillet supplies cigarettes, 232
- Officer; the Turkish officer detailed to conduct author to Angora, 71 et seq.
- Official dignity, its dangers in dealing with Young Turkey, 64, 65
- Official ignorance of Nationalist Turks, 54
- care for English women, 54 et seq.
- Old maids, none in Turkey, 189
- Oriental landscapes, glorious colours, 145, 223
- Orientals, broad-minded, 19
- Osman, 140, 156
- his tomb, 278
- Osman Noury Bey, of the “Ottoman Bank,” 137, 138
- Osman Nyzami Pasha represents Constantinople in Rome, 250
- Osmanli, 308
- Ottoman “Christian” property freed from sequestration, 313
- Ottoman Commission, 25
- Ottoman Empire, large slices relinquished, 176
- Ottoman Government, the old corrupt, 148
- Ottoman Greeks, Greece has no room for, 36
- Ottoman Society, 24
- Ouchak, hospitality of the governor, 93
- Oxford, on Greece 41
- Palestine, 116, 224
- Pan-Islam rising to be feared, 93
- Papas Eftim Effendi; his proposal about the Orthodox Church, 308
- Paris, 18, 157
- Parliaments before the Assembly, 229
- Parthenon, 63
- Patriarch, the Greek; his disloyalty, 108, 160, 161, 213
- Pellé, General and Madame, invited author to Christmas lunch, 293
- Pera always disliked by author; always feels someone is going to stab her in the back, 294, 295
- reference to, 23
- Pericles, boast for his own epitaph, 39-41
- Peroxide and henna, less effective than a little hard work, 228
- Persia, 25, 59, 116
- Persian Ambassador, now left, 203
- Persian literature, its influence on the Turkish, 219
- Persians, 222
- Pierre Loti, the steamer, 34, 60
- Pirus, 36-38
- Pius X., portrait of, 242
- killed by strain of war, 244
- Pius XI., Pope, audience with, 239 et seq.
- friendship for Anatolia, 239
- a father’s heart on Peter’s throne, 240
- debt to Turkey for tolerance and responsibility towards Christian peoples, 241
- interested in personality of the Pasha, 241, 243, 244
- speaks many languages, 242
- his robes and appearance, 243
- his deep yearning for peace, 244, 247
- messages to Christians, and Turks in Anatolia, 247
- Plato’s Republic and Bolshevism, 41, 52
- Poincaré, M., visits Lausanne, 308
- Pompeii, and how its houses were warmed, 226
- Pope, elected; the Khalif, hereditary, 249
- Power of the Press, a farce, 301
- Price, Ward, will not ask for interview, 301
- Prince Said Halim, late Grand Vizier, 35
- Prophet of Islam, the; his wedding-presents to his bride, 189
- Prussianism in England, 284
- Rauf Bey, Prime Minister without portfolio, 192
- Réchad, Dr., on evening-dress, 33
- Red Cross should work with Red Crescent, 264
- “Red” Sultan, the, 227
- Refet Pasha, well-deserved praise from General Harrington, 286-288
- Regent’s Park, animals in, are fed like journalists, 301
- Religion, a living force in the East, 106
- Reparations, only asking four milliard gold francs, 310
- Revolution, the, 23
- Rhadyah, woman traveller and lecturer, 190
- Rhodes, 100
- Rhondda Valley compared with Angora, 132
- Riza Nour, not really insolent, 302
- Rochefort and Pierre Loti, 18
- Rochester, where author went to school, 190
- Roget, his “Thesaurus” and a harem, 26
- “Rose in the Bud,” tune to which a Turkish poem “goes perfectly,” 208, 209
- Rosebery, Lord, 165
- Roufy Bey, Mme., at the hospital in Broussa, 282
- Roumanian poetess sent to report on harems, 314
- Roumelia, 153, 164, 199
- Ruchène Echref, Mme., and her husband, neighbours of M. Kemal, tell of his future wife, 186
- Russia must not be sacrificed? 24
- Russian Christians, 245
- Sakharia, extreme point reached by Greeks, 130
- Salihli, town of four houses, 77
- Salonika is not the gate of Christendom, 93, 195
- Samsoun, 183
- San Remo, 52
- Sarojini Naidu, a poem by, quoted in full, 208, 209
- Savoy, the, 32
- Schinassi Effendi studies culture in France, 220
- Scotch calmness hides feeling, 54
- Sea of Marmora, 176
- Sefa Bey, Minister of Education, 198
- Seldjoucide, 140, 308
- Selim, first keeper of the Holy Relics, 219
- Senegal, H.M.S., blown to pieces by mine, 65
- Senegali, 114
- Sèvres, Treaty of, and why Turkey signed, 26
- Seyed Hussein of the Khaliphat Delegation insolently snubbed by quotation from Lord Bryce, 262, 263
- Shakespeare, his humour, 124
- quoted, 301
- Silver threads for good luck, 188
- Sloane Square Station, a meeting outside, 220
- Smyrna, crime of sending Greeks to, x
- occupied, 26, 31
- impressions of, 43 et seq.
- its hotels, 46 et seq.
- no longer the alien’s paradise, 51
- the quay, 54, 63
- among the ruins of, 60 et seq.
- remains of Frank Street, 62
- details of fire, 62 et seq.
- anecdote of the Custom House, 64, 65
- last words from, 67-70
- certainly not burnt by Turks, 212
- has charm of Sodom and Gomorrah, 226
- reference to, 86, 88, 102, 115, 121, 123, 132, 139, 153, 194, 224, 274, 313
- Socrates, 41
- Sœur Julie, 95
- Sofia, 181, 182, 195
- Sophocles, 41
- Sons of Palestine at Lausanne, 299
- South American, the, one of guests at hotel in Smyrna, 48, 52,
- Soviet helpful to Turkey, 90
- Embassy and Camerad Areloff, 202
- Spaniard at Smyrna; his advice, 67
- Spartelli Library in Smyrna, 53
- St. Sophia, Church of, cannot be restored to any one sect of Christians, 244, 245
- Stamboul, 24, 206
- Stan-Harding, Mrs., on the “best people” in Russia, 35
- Stars and Stripes, not the Union Jack, 34
- Steeg, M. Louis, says the author “will never die,” 232
- Governor-General of Ottoman Bank, 238
- “Story of Nationalism,” by Hussein Raghib, 222
- Suffragettes chained to grille at Westminster, 249, 250
- Suliman, the Magnificent, 219
- Sultan Ahmed Khan, Ambassador from Afghanistan, difficult relations, 202, 203
- Sultan Mahmoud, 219
- Sunset reveals God’s world in contrast to man’s, 62
- Syrenaique, 182
- Syria, 114, 115, 182, 211, 294, 318
- Syrians at Lausanne, 299
- Sykes-Picot agreement on Mesopotamia, 311
- Tagore, a delight to talk with, 59
- Taine, M. Henri, on the English quoted, 214
- Talaat Pasha, 208, 209
- Tanine, newspaper of Angora, 142, 208
- Tchan-Kaya, home of M. Kemal, a few miles out of Angora, 163, 186, 197
- Tcharhaff, Turkish head-dress, 31
- Teheran, 62, 125, 130
- Tewfik Rushi Bey says “easy divorce” makes happy marriages, 187
- “Thesaurus,” by Roget, and a harem, 26
- Thorndike, Sybil, in “Jane Clegg,” 28
- Thrace, her boundaries, 177
- Timbuctoo, 18
- Times, the, suppresses reports of Greek atrocities, 26
- Timourlin, his mountain-tomb, 140
- Timur, his ideas of pleasure, 33
- Tokatlian’s Hotel in Constantinople, 285
- Tokatlian’s Restaurant, 267
- Town-planning unknown in Turkey, 62
- Townshend, General, and the Armistice, 193
- Tunnel, a journey through, 86
- Turc Odjagui, a club founded to protest against “Union and Progress,” from which sprang Nationalism, 222
- Turkey, meaning of word to different peoples, 20
- devotion to England, 23, 24
- the “philosophy” of her people, 33, 34
- few Turks now speak English, 43
- the “dead” Turkey still talked of in Lausanne, 140
- here beginneth the New Turkey democrat of democracies, 140
- English trade unionism not wanted, 157
- birth of New Turkey, 160 et seq.
- risks of friendship with, 25
- crushed and humiliated at Sèvres, 26
- her real crime is to have kept Constantinople, 31
- gives fair exchange, 36
- no idea of town-planning, 62
- an “enemy” country of dear friends, 70
- strike her and all Islam will rise, 93
- social antipodes of England, 100
- desire to join Opium Convention, 112
- must have national frontiers, 176
- must have her place in future of civilisation, 177
- harem life and tales of weddings, 184-191
- the absentee bridegroom, 188
- no “old maids,” 189
- the famous women of, 190
- use and abuse of foreign schools, 195
- great change in conditions of life, 199, 200
- Europe cannot grasp meaning of Turkish civilisation, 206
- notes on early literature, 219, 220
- abstract character of Turkish love-poetry, 219
- true head of Islam, 239
- can we trust the West? 240
- insulted by Christendom, 240
- her many services to the Vatican, 241
- learnt French culture from Jesuit fathers, 241
- Allah compared with Jehovah, 265
- justice does not depend on cash, 269, 270
- the “Commandments” have no mystery, 270
- real democracy, because Head of State is elected by, and responsible to, the people, 270
- non-progressive centuries due to influence of Hodjas, 271
- the Islamic atmosphere of Broussa, 276 et seq.
- Mosques always open for prayer, in contrast to cathedral at Geneva, 278, 279
- her heart and spirit is now in Angora, 295, 296
- her first appearance in “big” diplomacy, 299
- charged with arrogance at Lausanne, 300
- complains that her point of view is ignored, 302
- still treated at Lausanne like old Turkey, 304
- tolerance may be weakness, 308, 309
- has given three years proof of power to organise, 310
- and the League of Nations, 313 et seq.
- never interfered with British property during the war, but we have confiscated her property, 313
- hope for the future, 318-320
- badly beaten but secured victory over Greeks, 319
- Turkish courtesy has its inconvenience, 88
- “Turkish Woman’s Impressions in Europe,” 124
- Turks can only be dealt with by complete trust, 56, 66, 69, 72
- always respect women, 57
- anecdote of their tenderness to all animals, 60, 61
- anecdote of rather inconvenient faith in Allah, 61
- anecdote of their proverbial carelessness about official details, 65
- moderation in revenge, 74, 75
- daily prayer, 83
- kindness to enemy people, 84
- their soldiers, 84
- will not take money, 84
- need very little food, 86
- their high code of honour, 86
- further example of their philosophy, 86
- fearless riders, 88
- every man equal before the law, 91
- tolerance of all religions, 92, 175, 176
- danger of our calling them “niggers” or “natives” in Egypt, 92, 93
- no longer trust the West, 92
- tale of a woman patriot, 99
- bought arms from England and other countries, 102
- their almost embarrassing courtesy, 138, 142, 143
- want an Asiatic capital, 149
- their democracy not Socialism, 149, 150
- all desire peace, but cannot accept humiliation, 175
- if they appear arrogant are moderate, 184
- illustrations of democracy at weddings, 188, 189
- important to teach Nationalism to children, 194, 195
- an extreme example of fine hospitality, 103
- fit because they don’t drink, 113
- beginning to lose faith in British honour, 116
- their new sense of confidence as citizens of a Free State, 118, 119
- dislike Germans, 125
- their almost embarrassing courtesy, 138, 139
- always merciful to their beasts, 139, 171
- a brilliant woman medical student, 211
- friendly rivalry with Christians in schools, 217
- system of education too exact a copy of the French, 218
- let us blazon their hospitality, 228
- their energy produces more blonde women, 228
- the only race who can really protect Christian minorities, 237, 238
- always tolerant alike to Catholics and Jews, 241, 245
- honour the Christian prophets and hold Jerusalem a sacred city, 250
- claim that they would guard Jerusalem and the Holy Tomb more reverently than the Jews, 252, 253
- their friendship depends on the personal element, 260
- not stubborn or unreasonable, 262
- anecdote of offensive arrogance from a judge towards a Turk, 262, 263
- spoilt by flattery in Europe and a taste of Western luxury, 264
- should keep their religion and their civilisation, 264, 265
- deep respect for maternity, 266
- resignation tends to stagnate, 266
- clean bodies, if dirty clothes and houses, 269
- the Koran will not permit us to drown kittens, 269
- Asia will not deny justice to Turks, 294, 295
- asked to exempt Christians from military service, 310
- offered back “one room in their own house” as a great “concession,” 310
- a proud race who cannot forget even what they forgive, 314
- sympathy from Press Department of the League, 315
- foolishly too proud to use propaganda or answer their detractors, 316
- refuse to support their claims by statistics, 316
- will never become European, 316
- hope they will trust the imperfect League, 317
- must have Constantinople, 320
- See “Young Turks”
- Turner and Pierre Loti, 20
- could not paint Eastern sunset, 297
- Trécroupis, General; his captivity at Eski-Chéir, 108
- Tripolitain War, 182
- Trotsky, theories and ideas opposed to the Turkish, 150
- Tyrell, Sir Wm., “Chief of the
- Underlings,” Irish Head of
- British Foreign Office, 307
- Union Jack sought in vain, 34 et seq., 39, 65, 66
- last sight of, 69
- Vakit, newspaper of Angora, 142
- Valetta, in Malta, 31
- “Vanity Fair,” 30
- Vatican ceremonials and library, 240-242
- Vely Nedjdat Bey, author’s guide in Angora, 35, 215
- Venizelos, his magic name, 27
- Versailles, a lesson for Lausanne, 319
- Von Bieberstein, Baron Marshall, rebuked by Joseph Choate, 301, 302
- War means—“and he never returned,” 20
- has not yet come, 55
- Waterloo, 30
- Wells, H. G., on our love for those we have wronged, 35
- Westminster, 21
- Whahid Eddin, called the Khalif, 219
- Wilson, General, a fine officer, 286
- Wilson, President; his ideals derided, 91, 162, 262
- Wintringham, Mrs.; effect on other women of her presence in Parliament, 291
- Women may be protected away from their duty, 29 et seq.
- and cows, 29
- a great nuisance when they are brave, 54 et seq.
- at a grave disadvantage as journalists, 58
- their seclusion comes from Byzantium, not from the Koran, 92
- they “count” in the East;
- their progress compared with the same in England, 92, 205
- leave much housework to men, 100
- work in the war, 102
- must remain anonymous, 111
- Turkish women on English ballrooms, 111
- never recognised by Government or by the Press, 115, 116
- not now confined to harem by advanced Turks, 138
- their freedom imperfect in England, 147
- their real freedom desired by the enlightened, 157
- the author and M. Kemal discuss the harem, 184-186
- lectures and friendships and weddings, 187-191
- women’s progress in Turkey started on right lines, 185
- should not compete, but co-operate, with men, 185
- their ways in Turkey, 189
- harem in a Byzantine heresy, 190
- famous Turkish women who spoke or sang in public, 190
- gained much from American colleges, 204
- their freedom a burning question in Turkey, 209
- their legal status, 209, 210
- excellent women’s papers, 209
- carried forward one hundred years by work for the Red Crescent in the Balkan Wars, 210
- may probably retain the veil for its Nationalist significance, 210
- brilliant students, 211
- only a few feminine “stars” at present, 211
- visit to a Lycée for Girls, 216, 217
- their schools and the University in Constantinople, 217
- Soubhi, an eloquent opponent of the harem, 233, 234
- manifold injustice at the hands of the Puritans, who dare to scorn the unmarried mother, 265, 266
- all Turks respect maternity, 266
- their “unskilled” labour expensive, 275
- never listened to by statesmen, 290
- no place in Embassies, 291
- more respected by French statesmen than English, 291
- their unpaid and unrecognised service is gratefully received, 292
- men more “natural” with Frenchwomen than English, 292, 293
- Yahia Kemal, a poet who might do even finer work, 222
- Yaili, or native carriage, dangerous driving, 254 et seq.
- Yemen, exiles to, 23
- Yeni Gun, newspaper in Angora 143
- Younous Nadi Bey, who “ought to be shot,” editor of Yeni Gun, 143
- Young Turks not to blame for joining Germany, 25
- Youssouf Kemal Bey, Ambassador from Angora, 27
- Youssouff Zeddine, Prince, listens to stories of England, 249, 250
- his courage and his suicide, 250
- Zakaroff, his gold, 42
- Zeyneb, (i), beautiful lady-professor at Bagdad, 190
- Zeyneb (ii), heroine of Pierre Loti, 19, 22 et seq.
- Zeyneb (iii), says no fear of theft at weddings in Turkey, 188
- Zia Bey, chief of Police in Smyrna, 46
- Zia Guenk Alp, Professor of Sociology, immense influence on “New” literature, 221, 222