CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PAGE
An Englishwoman in Angora[ix]
List of Illustrations[xv]

CHAPTER I

On Board the Pierre Loti—Turkey’s Debt to Loti’s Magic Pen[17]

CHAPTER II

Turkey and Tolerance—A Friendship Wasted[22]

CHAPTER III

Malta: the Name I was to Hear Throughout Anatolia[29]

CHAPTER IV

Athens—“We Have Loved Helen; Must We Divorce Her?”[36]

CHAPTER V

Smyrna: a Picture of Desolation[43]

CHAPTER VI

British Chivalry!—Brave Women a Nuisance![54]

CHAPTER VII

Smyrna—God’s Work—The Exquisite Sunset—Man’s Work—War[60]

CHAPTER VIII

Emotions and Impressions—“On the Way”—Nowhere to House the Poor People[71]

CHAPTER IX

More Impressions-“Sitting Amidst an Army of Supposed Savage Fanatics, Debating the Greatness of God”[79]

CHAPTER X

A Journey on Foot—A Country Made by God, untouched by Man[85]

CHAPTER XI

A Public Meeting at Ouchak—Hospitality—A Sacred Rite[94]

CHAPTER XII

A Luggage Train—The Worst Stage of My Whole Journey[104]

CHAPTER XIII

A Third-Class Compartment—A Frenchman Amongst the Ruins[114]

CHAPTER XIV

In the “Train de Luxe”—The Supreme Good Fellowship of English Laughter—Journeying Towards the Cradle of New Turkey[122]

CHAPTER XV

Angora I.—Entering a “Brotherhood”—An Atmosphere of Camaraderie[132]

CHAPTER XVI

Angora II.—At the Home of My Kind and Courteous Host[141]

CHAPTER XVII

Angora III.—The Marvellous Atmosphere of a Great Birth[147]

CHAPTER XVIII

The Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha—The Greatest Man in Turkey To-day[159]

CHAPTER XIX

An Interview with the Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha[174]

CHAPTER XX

Mustapha Kemal Pasha—The Man Who is Master of His Fate[179]

CHAPTER XXI

A Turkish Cabinet—The Three Best-Known Ministers—A Cabinet of Young Men[192]

CHAPTER XXII

Turkish Cabinet—The Less-known Ministers of the Sovereign State[198]

CHAPTER XXIII

The Foreign Colony in Angora—A Group of Foreign Personalities[202]

CHAPTER XXIV

Halidé Edib Hanoum, Author and Patriot—A Woman Dowered with the All-Conquering Gifts of the Truly Brave[205]

CHAPTER XXV

Hospitals—Schools—Education and the Nationalist Writers—The Days Pass, but There is Still Much to Be Done and Seen[215]

CHAPTER XXVI

Last Days in Angora: Excursions, Conversations, Picnics—HAÏDAR Bey’s Party[226]

CHAPTER XXVII

Rome, the Eternal City—A Visit to the Catholics in Angora[239]

CHAPTER XXVIII

Three Diplomats at Rome—The Guardianship of the Holy Tomb[249]

CHAPTER XXIX

En Route for Constantinople—A Night at Bilidjik Under the Frost-Laden Skies[254]

CHAPTER XXX

From Bilidjik to Broussa by Yaili—After the day’s Roughening Experiences one can Sleep whatever the Accommodation[259]

CHAPTER XXXI

A Few Days in Broussa—The True Islam Atmosphere[273]

CHAPTER XXXII

Constantinople No Longer the Capital—The Heart and Spirit of Turkey are in Angora[285]

CHAPTER XXXIII

Lausanne Palace Hotel—The Home of Turkey, France, and Japan—“Every Possible Phase of Complete Internationalism”[298]

CHAPTER XXXIV

Turkey and the League of Nations—The Parliament of Nations Must Be Truly Impartial and International[313]

CHAPTER XXXV

The Future—Above All, a Lasting Peace[318]
Index[321]